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7.00pm	World News Today (888)
7.30pm	The American Future: A History, by Simon Schama Investigation into modern America's political and social identity against the backdrop of the recent presidential campaign, beginning by exploring declining optimism about the prospects of its land and resources. The programme speculates about the consequences of the nine-year drought presently affecting the American West, and the Hoover Dam, which is no longer capable of supplying enough water for the city of Las Vegas or farms in the country's south west (888)
8.30pm	An Islamic History of Europe Rageh Omaar travels to Spain, Sicily and France to investigate Islamic influences on Europe and discovers a rich heritage of ideas that not only played a major part in the Renaissance, but which continue to affect Western society on a daily basis (888)
9.00pm	Science and Islam New series. Professor Jim Al-Khalili travels to Iran, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Spain, and Italy to chart the scientific achievements that occurred in the Islamic world between the eighth and 14th centuries. The nuclear physicist examines the development of algebra by the mathematician Al-Khwarizmi, improvements made to medical diagnosis by Al-Razi and the regular scholarly debates organised by the ruling elite in Baghdad in the eighth and ninth centuries (888)
10.00pm	The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink? Celebration of the band's history, featuring interviews with Pink Floyd musicians David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright as well as rare archive footage. Other contributors include Bob Geldof, who brought the band back together for 2005's Live 8 concert, manager Peter Jenner, producer Joe Boyd and graphic designer Storm Thorgerson (888)
11.00pm	Science and Islam Professor Jim Al-Khalili travels to Iran, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Spain, and Italy to chart the scientific achievements that occurred in the Islamic world between the eighth and 14th centuries. The nuclear physicist examines the development of algebra by the mathematician Al-Khwarizmi, improvements made to medical diagnosis by Al-Razi and the regular scholarly debates organised by the ruling elite in Baghdad in the eighth and ninth centuries (888)
12.00am	Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe A tongue-in-cheek take on the TV industry, this edition focuses on how portrayals of men and women in commercials have changed over the years to reflect who really has control of the purse strings. Poet Tim Key also presents another of his verses (888)
12.30am	Growing Babies: War in the Womb Part one of two. Infant psychologist Laverne Antrobus investigates how pregnancy can determine human development and behaviour, looking at the battle for survival for mothers and babies from conception to birth. She begins by exploring the theory of foetal-maternal conflict, which views pregnancy as a kind of battle between the interests of mother and child (888)
1.30am	Growing Babies: Baby Brainpower Conclusion. Child psychologist Laverne Antrobus investigates the development of babies before and after birth, and looks at how they react toward people, language, objects and music. She debates whether they learn from experience or from knowledge hard-wired into their brains, meeting researchers who use hi-tech scanning equipment to delve inside the minds of infants (888)
2.30am	An Islamic History of Europe Rageh Omaar travels to Spain, Sicily and France to investigate Islamic influences on Europe and discovers a rich heritage of ideas that not only played a major part in the Renaissance, but which continue to affect Western society on a daily basis (888)
3.00am	Science and Islam Professor Jim Al-Khalili travels to Iran, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Spain, and Italy to chart the scientific achievements that occurred in the Islamic world between the eighth and 14th centuries. The nuclear physicist examines the development of algebra by the mathematician Al-Khwarizmi, improvements made to medical diagnosis by Al-Razi and the regular scholarly debates organised by the ruling elite in Baghdad in the eighth and ninth centuries (888)
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