What’s on air today: Prue Leith and her son MP Danny Krueger investigate euthanasia in the US

Tip of the Day: Prue and Danny’s Death Road Journey

Based on her 2020 film about traveling to Cambodia with her adopted daughter Li-Da. Bake Judge Prue Leith makes another foray into documentaries with this euthanasia investigation. As a patron of the rights group Dignity in Dying, which is campaigning to change UK law to allow health care when people are “absolutely fed up with life,” Leith is backed by her son, Conservative MP Danny Krueger. Look for Canada and America. Krueger opposes the legalization of euthanasia in the UK, believing it will lead to abuse and exploitation. Will what they discover change their opposing views?

The Great Stink of 1858

In a two-part documentary that resonates today, Xand van Tulleken recalls how thousands of liters of raw sewage from all over London were dumped into the Thames every day in the 19th century. When the summer heat came, the river turned into a poisonous cesspool, spreading disease and fear. In contrast to the flagrant discharges of sewage into our seas and rivers, the government then decided to do something about it.

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Another chance for copycats to come up with age-inappropriate ideas as the remaining members were tasked with developing a new lunch box for children ages six to eight, as well as an app to promote healthy eating. One team has a clear vision, but poor decisions and lack of vision on the other side lead to bleak projects. In the boardroom, expect Lord Sugar to say things like “Take a bite out of the market” and “There are no free meals.”

Cold Case Forensics: The Murder of Stephen Lawrence

A final look at the work of pioneering forensic scientist Dr. Angela Gallop deals with the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence in southeast London in 1993, which remained unsolved for more than a decade. Finally, dr. Called in Gallop and her team to check evidence. Along with Detective Clive Driscoll and Lawrence’s family lawyer, Imran Khan, she describes how this landmark case eventually went to trial.

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Part 2 of Morwenna Banks’ superb adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel opens with our brash heroine Barbara Parker (Gemma Arterton) being stalked into a Soho strip club, ranting about the crowd and refusing offers to “entertain” the clientele. Redding accepts an offer to have a “chemical conversation” with one of the male stars of the sitcom she failed to audition for the previous week, and an invitation to meet with the head of light entertainment (aka “the guy who lost Tony Hancock”). .”)) remain true.

Following in the footsteps of the killers

In June 1990, 52-year-old grandmother Trevalyn Evans temporarily closed her antique shop in Llangollen, North Wales, leaving a note saying she would be back soon. She never returned and apparently vanished into thin air. Emilia Fox, criminologist Professor David Wilson and former lead detective Dr. Graham Hill investigates Trevalyn’s disappearance and identifies several new suspects.