My Country Italy. When it comes to understanding a country, there is nothing like an insider’s view.

SHOWING TIMES Friday 18 December at 2030 GMT Repeated: Monday 21 at 1130 GMT (AP only), Tuesday 22 December at 1530 GMT and Wednesday 23 at 0230 GMT

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When it comes to understanding a country, there is nothing like an insider’s view. A nation’s character – its fears, hopes and obsessions – are all reflected in the way a country reports itself to its own people.

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My Country on BBC World News taps into this rich vein by showcasing documentaries made by local film-makers about their own patch.

We’ll include films about social issues, politics, current affairs investigations and observational documentaries. No one film can ever give a complete picture of a country but we hope that they’ll all offer a fresh, revealing and surprising perspective on the nation concerned.

Recently My Country has travelled to Poland and Afghanistan.

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My Country: Italy

DIRITTO RIVESCO - INSIDE OUT

Inside a jail in Northern Italy, a group of prisoners write and perform a play denouncing the appalling conditions under which they’re forced to serve their time.

Meanwhile, the prison’s governor is struggling to make changes to the place despite a chronic lack of funds and endless impenetrable bureaucracy.

Directed by Maria Tarantino, her debut film is an exploration of power and human relationships inside an institution, where everything is defined and regulated by never-ending rules.

A Vaccine for Road Safety

BBC World News Front Page > Programme Highlights > Programme A-Z > A Vaccine for Road Safety

A Vaccine for Road Safety Michelle Yeoh returns to the issue of global road safety SHOWING TIMES 1030 GMT on Saturday 14th November Repeated: Repeating on Saturday at 2330 GMT and on Sunday 15th at 1330 and 2130 GMT. View your local programme times In May of this year BBC World News featured Dying to go to School. Michelle Yeoh travelled the world to meet young victims, bereaved mothers, surgeons and travellers Michael Palin and Michael Schumacher to ask why there were increasing young deaths from traffic. ABOUT THIS PROGRAMME Watch Our World on BBC World News A Vaccine For Road Safety In this follow up programme, we revisit the global journey and it's positive response. We look at the solutions coming out of South Africa, India, Costa Rica and Vietnam to name a few. For the first time transport ministers from around the world meet in Moscow to declare the death of thousands of people in traffic accidents worldwide equal to a medical epidemic. Michelle Yeoh, issues the challenge.

Hot Cities Meltdown. Series investigating the challenge of adapting and surviving in an urban world, threatened by climate change. This week, water security in Peru

SHOWING TIMES Saturday 14th November at 0810 GMT Repeated: Saturday at 1810. Sunday 15th November at 0210 and 1410 GMT

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Many of the world’s biggest cities are increasingly threatened by climate change. If it continues unchecked, millions will be left homeless, starving and with little water.

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	Click here to go to the Hot Cities website

Hot Cities travels the world from Lagos to Los Angeles, from Shanghai to Surat, from Dhaka to Durban to analyse one of the significant threats facing the planet.

Talking to the experts, the politicians and some of the millions of new migrants to the world’s biggest cities, the series assesses not just the threat from climate change but our response.

In 2008 the world reached an important milestone when, for the first time in history, more people lived in cities than the countryside. Homo sapiens had become homo urbanus.

All this has led to a vicious circle. Cities are one of the big drivers of climate change. As cities get even bigger, they drive climate change even harder. And that makes many of these massive urban areas more vulnerable to rising sea levels, violent storms and dramatic changes in temperature.

In December the most important climate change conference in over a decade will be held in Copenhagen. That is where world leaders and their advisors must hammer out a blueprint for survival. Hot Cities shows how important their decisions will be.

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Episode Three: Meltdown

Water security is going to be one of the most pressing issues as the world faces the challenge of climate change. If average global temperatures rise by only a few degrees most of the world’s glaciers will all but disappear, leading to floods and severe water shortages for millions of people.

Hot Cities goes to Lima in Peru, one of the driest cities in the world which relies heavily on the water from three rivers fed by glacial melt.

As the city swells in size the demands on the water supply will only increase. But already Lima is working on a survival strategy based on re-cycling projects and something called fog-catching, literally catching fog in large thin-meshed nets and using the moisture to irrigate plants.

fast track

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This week on fast:track... This week on fast:track... fast:track visits the World Travel Market Fast:track reports from the World Travel Market in London and checks the pulse of the travel and tourism industry. Is it all doom and gloom for 2010 or are there promising signs on the horizon for travellers? Rajan Datar reports Click here to watch fast:track visits Warsaw Two decades on from the fall of Communism, Kirsten Magasdi visits Warsaw to find a city still looking for a new tourist identity. Click here to watch fast:track travel gadgets With all the technology available these days, things can get very confusing. Luckily Tommy Sandhu is on hand to guide you through some of the latest travel gadgets

13th September 2009

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So Now, Sao Paulo

Rio De Janeiro is on most tourists must-see lists when they visit Brazil. For years, the city of Sao Paulo has trailed in its wake, as it attempted to combat the crime that had dogged it for years. Now though, the figures show that the city is a much safer place. Not only that, but it is building a reputation as the country's cultural capital. fast:track finds out why graffiti there, is not necessarily synonymous with vandalism.

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The Brazil Grill

Where any big tourist destination exists you will also find a host of top-end restaurants looking to capitalise. Brazil is no exception. Its culinary range extends way beyond the big, meaty steaks you would normally expect - particularly if you are willing to pay. fast:track meets one man at the forefront of the country's culinary revolution and finds out what makes his kitchen so special.

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Once More Onto The Beach

While the beaches of Rio are open to all, not all of us look quite as comfortable in tiny swimsuits as do the locals. The sandy stretches have for decades, inspired songs and attracted visitors from all four corners of the globe. But is there something for everyone, or will you always end up feeling like an outsider? fast:track pours its considerable weight into a pair of trunks, and strides confidently onto the beach.

6th September 2009

Iceland: Reykjavik

Iceland, famous for viewing the beauties of Mother Nature such as its magnificent icecaps, glaciers and waterfalls. Up until this year though, it was also a place where you needed to have quite deep pockets if you wanted to stay for long periods of time. Rajan Datar investigates how the seismic banking crash has resulted in helping the countries tourism trade take off. Hotel bookings have risen whilst shopping prices have halved, with some businesses even considering expansion.

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Iceland: Westman Islands

The largest puffin colony in the world exists just south of mainland Iceland. 6-10 million Atlantic Puffins are the fascination of many tourists who visit the Westman Islands for a bit of puffin spotting. Simon Hancock investigates the attraction of these birds and sees how the local children of Heimaey known as ‘The Puffin Patrol’, dedicate their time to help pufflings in distress!

30th August 2009

Las Vegas

The US does brassy, noisy, colourful destinations very well. Las Vegas, Reno and Orlando all attract visitors in their thousands - not just holidaymakers but also conference delegates. However, the White House recently announced it would avoid holding meetings in those places to avoid accusations of insensitivity, during the recession. That upset hoteliers and restauranteurs, so the Obama administration announced any selection would be made solely on grounds of cost and quality. fast:track finds out if that is a realistic option in a place like Las Vegas.

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Rickshaw Diaries

Over the past month, we have followed Joe Inwood and his gang as they have travelled across India in an auto-rickshaw. This week brings us to the final leg of his incredible journey. As he heads west, he experiences more Indian culture than planned and deals with an unexpected injury. The trip draws to a close with mixed emotions as they reach their final destination - Goa!

23rd August 2009

Spain

Rafael Estefania looks into how the Spanish dream is affected by the current economic crisis.

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Rickshaw Diaries

Join Joe Inwood for part 3 of his marathon journey across India in a auto-rickshaw, as Joe and his brother go in search of the Royal Bengal Tiger.

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Miami

Peter Nunn goes to Miami to take a look at the ailing tourism industry, and asks whether a new President could mean a new beginning.

19TH AUG 2009

Putting Macedonia On The Map

Amandeep Bhangu reports from a small town in the Balkans which is stepping back in time, all in the name of tourism. 100 years ago, Krusevo endured a revolution and these days the residents of the town take great pride in re-enacting some of the traditions, including dancing and dressing-up, to attract tourists to the region. The fast:track team head to Macedonia to witness the action.
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Reviewing Travel Reviewers

Over the past decade, travel review websites have become a primary source of travel information, especially as the web has grown. Rajan Datar investigates this trend and looks into their vulnerability to deception. Fake posts, biased reviews and intentionally negative comments to rivals have become common, as well as questions about the kind of people who post reviews. fast:track talks to industry professionals including a traditional guide writer and the Director of Trip Advisor.
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Rickshaw Diaries - Part 2

Joe Inwood continues his adventures across India in an auto-rickshaw. In the third instalment, Joe and his friends struggle as their rickshaw breaks down continuously until they are forced to drive in dangerous conditions through the night. Finally reaching their destination, a tiger reserve, Joe is disappointed to find a serious lack of tigers waiting for him…
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BBC Early Life

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Early Life

Genre: Documentary

What goes on inside the brains of babies? How much are we shaped by the first few years of our lives? Can those early experiences and interactions with parents, carers and surroundings leave an indelible mark on our personalities? Scientists now have new insights into how children think. Some claim we’re not acting on our discoveries and are wasting the potential of a quarter of a billion lives. In a new three part series which travels to Peru, Africa and Thailand, Early Life explores the latest science and asks whether we’re ignoring a unique chance to make a better world.

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Catch them young!: This film provides the introduction to the series - and looks at one Peruvian Mayor’s dream of catching kids early, and making a better world. Is his dream backed by science? It sets the stage for the arguments that will be explored through the other two films in the series - using archive, experts, and episodes from elsewhere in the world.

Cortisol kids: This film shows what life is really like for children in today’s cities. Filmed partly from the kids’ point of view, our film will follow one small family/group of children as they weave a daily path among the muddy, noisy, neon-lit urban maze of Africa’s biggest slum – Kibera, in Nairobi, Kenya. In both Slumdog and City of God, violent, fractious cities produce adults who are evidently good, as well as others who are obviously antisocial and violent. Is this a fact of human nature, or are the cities manufacturing anti-social kids because of elevated cortisol levels? And can better parenting, pre-schools and schools ever undo the damage?

My first day at school: The final film in the series will follow a group of children in Thailand as they prepare for the first day at a local school. What’s the best way forward? So far in our series we’ve found that traditional nurturing may not work for a globalized world. More effective parenting, and perhaps some kind of pre-school education, is vital. This film asks - what’s the way forward now?

Major new series on early childhood launches on BBC World News

31^s July 2009: What goes on inside the brains of babies – and how irrevocably are we shaped by the first few years of our lives? Recent developments in behavioural and neuroscience have led to new insights into how children think. But some now claim we’re not acting on these discoveries – and risk wasting the potential of a quarter of a billion young lives worldwide.

So are we ignoring a unique chance to make a better world? Launching on BBC World News tomorrow, August 1st, tve’s powerful new series Early Life explores the arguments through the stories of young children and their families in four different continents.

BBC World News broadcasts The Mayor’s Dream, the first Early Life programme, at the following times: Saturday August 1st at 9.30 & 17.30; Sunday August 2nd at 01.30 and 14.30 (all times GMT) BBC World News broadcast times vary around the world. For details of transmissions in your region, check the BBC World News website. http://www.bbcworldnews.com/Pages/default.aspx

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In The Mayor’s Dream, we visit the Andes where Amilcar Huancahuari Tueros is the Mayor of Santa Nazarena, in Ayacucho province, Peru – once the epicentre of the notorious Shining Path Maoist guerrilla movement. Amilcar believes that stimulating children’s brains early on can make for a more prosperous, less violent, society. We visit the labs of Boston USA where Harvard scientists are trying to determine whether science really is on the Mayor’s side. We show how some Kenyan mums have realised that the old parenting ways - like not talking to babies - have to change in today’s world. And we talk to a young architect in Turkey who believes her own life proves the Mayor's dream can be a reality. While some experts warn against parents pressurising their kids too early, it’s now clear the first five years of a child’s life are vital. But are we acting on what we know?

The second programme, Kibera Kids, broadcast globally on BBC World News from August 8th, is filmed in Kibera, the biggest slum in sub Saharan Africa. Even before they go to school here, children must run the gauntlet of Kibera’s crazy and even violent street life. Scientists warn that stress can raise levels of the hormone cortisol, permanently altering the architecture of young brains. But while stress can be a problem, so can too little stimulation – as scientists discover how important interaction is for childhood development. The adults of Kibera are working hard to offer kids a safe and stimulating haven in pre-schools. But for parents and teachers of children like Nasuru, Brian and Patience, pre-school also brings dilemmas. Should it reflect traditional African social values, or the West’s more individualistic outlook? Meantime four-year old Natasha is out on the streets, receiving no stimulation at all, and there are some 200 million kids like her across the world… So can Kibera really be a model for Early Childhood Development?

My First Day at School, the final Early Life programme, is broadcast on BBC World News from August 15th. Three kids face their first day at school – but are their lives already set on different courses? Scientists suggest that how the brain develops in the first years of life may affect kids’ ability to prosper at school. Our film follows three children as they prepare to enter primary school in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Sita is looking forward to it, Best is wary, and Tha Na Korn doesn’t even have a school to go to yet. Their dilemmas reflect those of Thailand as a whole: how should a country with its own traditions of childhood prepare its kids for the new globalized society? Research shows Japanese, American and Chinese models can conflict – so how can a country that’s caught in the middle decide? Are universal ‘Child Rights’ the answer or are they just a well-meaning myth? It’s only in extreme cases that brain chemistry is disrupted irreparably by a poor start in life - but millions of children around the world may still not have the chance to recover. So what’s the best way of making sure all children have a decent chance on their first day at school? And why do the Millennium Development Goals – the internationally accepted development targets for global poverty reduction – include nothing on the vital role of children’s early childhood years?

To read a longer feature article on The Mayor’s Dream by Early Life series editor, visit the BBC World News website. For more information on the individual stories, visit the Life website http://www.tve.org/lifeonline/index.cfm?aid=1960.

The Early Life series is generously supported by the Bernard van Leer Foundation.

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The Wow Factor sees Tara Bernard shows home owners how to create stunning rooms on limited budgets.

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Premiere Date:January 17, 2007

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Tring

Jan. 03, 2008

Beautiful countryside cottage that is drab, bland and boring.

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Whitechapel

Dec. 27, 2007

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East Finchley

Oct. 11, 2007

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Thames Ditton

Oct. 04, 2007

2.

Golden Rules of Design

Mar. 21, 2007

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1. Docklands

Gregg owns his riverside flat near Island Gardens on the Isle of Dogs in Docklands. Nathan, a friend from his university days, moved in last year and lives there with him. ..more

Docklands

Gregg owns his riverside flat near Island Gardens on the Isle of Dogs in Docklands. Nathan, a friend from his university days, moved in last year and lives there with him. The flat was bought in 2002 and enjoys great river views from the external balcony – they are able to catch the river taxi directly outside their front door ! The problem is that the new build flat is a little dull in décor, and their living / dining room appears a little bit narrow. They would like to give this area more character and free up the space for better entertaining and relaxing.
With the help of Tara, her team and some trips to some inspirational places the space is transformed on their limited budget.

2. Streatham Kitchen

Sarah and Andrew’s kitchen is in need of a makeover and quick -it is so old it is almost an antique! ..more

Streatham Kitchen

Sarah and Andrew’s kitchen is in need of a makeover and quick -it is so old it is almost an antique! They have a whopping £30k to throw into the Kitchen of their dreams – a space that will be the envy of all their friends. When it comes to design, Sarah loves to buck the trend, the minute it turns up on telly or in a magazine, as far as she’s concerned ‘it’s off the menu’. She loves anything Art Deco, bold, edgy design and she loves anything green. With a budget to die for Tara really will have her work cut out, but can she design something that will satisfy Sarah’s quirky taste…?

3. Kilburn

Daniel, the archetypal bachelor, has £2,500 to spend on this good-sized living space. Much of the storage is inherited from the previous owner, and the snail shaped CD rack definitely needs to go! ..more

4. Streatham Bathroom

Jane and Martin have a stunning floor to ceiling window that they want to maximise on in this South London Bathroom. This is their own private bathroom and a haven from their two young children, Max and Eve. ..more

5. Thames Ditton

Having downsized following the separation from her husband three years ago Sara and Alice’s current living room is about the same size as their old hallway. It is a multifunctional room that serves as a place to eat, work, relax entertain and play. ..more

Thames Ditton

Having downsized following the separation from her husband three years ago Sara and Alice’s current living room is about the same size as their old hallway. It is a multifunctional room that serves as a place to eat, work, relax entertain and play. Sara now has £3,000 to get everything she needs out of this room to give her and Alice the best living space possible. This house is about a whole new lifestyle for Sarah and Alice…by her own admission Sara has had a long lasting love affair with cream and pine but now feels it is time to move on. This is a fresh start for both of them and Sara wants her new found confidence and style reflected in the room. With the help of Tara, her team and some trips to some inspirational places the space is transformed on their limited budget.

6. East Finchley

August 30 at 5:00pm

Roy and Angela’s pine kitchen dates back to the early nineties and totally dominates this L shaped room. Angela is the first to admit she is well behind the times when it comes to design and Roy happily admits ‘style…..no I don’t have any style at all…’ ..more

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7. White Chapel

September 6 at 5:00pm

Laura and Jar Mir are cool, funky, vibrant and fun, they have a great attitude to life but sometimes fall short in the style stakes…they know what they like, but are not always sure how to go about achieving it. ..more

White Chapel

Laura and Jar Mir are cool, funky, vibrant and fun, they have a great attitude to life but sometimes fall short in the style stakes…they know what they like, but are not always sure how to go about achieving it. They have embarked on an ambitious project to add square footage and hopefully some value to this East London flat. They are currently in the process of making the mezzanine loft level structurally sound and have set aside £5,000 for the decoration.

Laura and Jar Mir want a lot out of this room – ideally they would like a chill out zone, a sleeping area and a wet room, and enough extra storage to house Jar-Mir’s huge comic collection and budding DJ Laura’s extensive record set.

With the help of Tara, her team and some trips to some inspirational places the space is transformed on their limited budget.

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8. Tring

September 13 at 5:00pm

Melanie and Simon live in a beautiful coutryside cottage in Tring. They’re living space is drab coloured, bland and boring and in desperate need of some storage and focus which isn’t the hideous fireplace that Simon hates.
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9. Golden Rules of Styling

September 20 at 5:00pm

Focusing on case studies from earlier in the series Tara demonstrates the importance of style in interior design by teaching us her 5 golden rules on styling a room. ..more

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10. Golden Rules of Design

September 27 at 5:30pm

Focusing on case studies from earlier in the series Tara demonstrates the importance of function in interior design by teaching us her 5 golden rules on design. ..more

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Premiere:	January 01, 2007

BBC world programmes to record

15/08/2009 22:10:00

My Country: Afghanistan

25 Percent

This film focuses on female members of the Afghan parliament. Diana Saqeb follows six women as they try to balance their duties at home as wives and mothers, whilst attempting to fulfil their parliamentary responsibilities and assert their positions.

Dancing With The Devil In this weeks Our World Humphrey Hawksley retraces Graham Greene's journey across Liberia and Sierra Leone. Humphrey Hawksley retraces Graham Greene's journey across Liberia and Sierra Leone and finds that despite huge amounts of international aid the countries are still beset with a multitude of problems. He retraces the extraordinary journey undertaken on foot by the novelist from Sierra Leone across Liberia in 1935. How has West Africa changed? Is it better or worse than it was 70 years ago? From Wednesday 12th August on BBC World News, repeating at various times during the week.

BBC World News America is broadcast from the BBC's Washington DC bureau.

TB Vaccine Season 5 Episode 8

TB is a moving target. It’s a complex, mutating virus that is appearing in hundreds of different, drug-resistant strains. There are 16 different vaccines now undergoing trials – but how will we know which will quickly be made ineffective by TB’s extraordinary ability to change itself? After meeting a sufferer in London we journey to the TB frontline in South Africa.

• Air date 01 January 2007
• Produced for BBC World

BBC World commissioned a series entitled "Kill or Cure" through Rockhopper Productions in 2004.

12/08/2009 03:30:00

Kill Or Cure?

TB Vaccine

Kill or Cure? goes to the Gambia to investigate the latest vaccines being developed to fight TB - a complex disease which appears in many different drug-resistant strains.

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The Best

What happens when three chefs all pit their wits against each other to find the very best recipes?

The Best is a British cookery programme which aired for ten episodes in 2002 on BBC2.

'The Best' introduced us to three of the brightest new stars in the world of food - Paul Merrett (Head Chef at The Greenhouse in Mayfair, who trained under Gary Rhodes), Ben O'Donoghue (Head Chef at Monte's, a private members' club in Knightsbridge, where Jamie Oliver is a consultant chef) and Silvana Franco (food consultant, writer and stylist for many well known celebrity chefs).

The programme saw the three culinary rivals, each with their own individual cookery styles, competing to produce the best dish using the same main ingredient or theme. As Silvana says, 'Paul's dishes have the 'wow' factor, Ben is innovative, using ingredients you may not have used before and I cook food that will appeal to people who want to cook something in a hurry.'

Categories include everything from the best lamb recipe - from Paul's Stuffed lamb saddle, Ben's Crunchy polenta shepherd's pie or Silvana's Warm lamb salad - the best rice dish - Silvana's Crusty squash pilaf, Ben's Chinese pork and egg congee or Paul's authentic Paella - to the best chocolate recipe to satisfy a sweet tooth - Silvana's Speedy chocolate cardamom sauce, Ben's White chocolate panacotta or Paul's Classic chocolate fondant.

Judging was performed by a rotating panel of three judges, who were not told who created which dish.

In The Best Paul, Ben and Silvana share their professional know-how, offering tips, shortcuts and endless ideas to help you serve up delicious home-cooked meals every time.

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• Season 1 Episode 10: Cheese and Barbecue

  Chefs Paul Merrett, Ben O'Donoghue and Silvana Franco test out seafood barbecue recipes on the three judges and rustle up their tastiest cheese snacks. Dishes include four-cheese fondue, orange barbecue sardines, goat's cheese and cranberry toasts, and barbecue beer and chilli mussels. Last in series

• Season 1 Episode 9: Berry and Pasta

  Chef Silvana Franco prepares quick pasta suppers and sumptuous summer berry desserts for the three judges. Dishes include strawberry margarita granita, tomato and herb linguine, peach and raspberry clafoutis and classic spaghetti carbonara

• Season 1 Episode 8: Salad and Pork

  Chefs Paul Merrett, Ben O'Donoghue and Silvana Franco create succulent salads and test out their tastiest pork dishes on the three judges. Recipes include crunchy tomato panzanella, fig and feta salad, pork vindaloo and Chinese-style crispy pork

• Season 1 Episode 7: Veg and Noodle

  Chefs Paul Merrett, Ben O'Donoghue and Silvana Franco are challenged to create a variety of vegetable side dishes and tasty noodle bowls to impress the panel of judges. Recipes include steamed Florence fennel, chicken noodle laksa, pepperonata, and roasted asparagus and oriental noodle salad

• Season 1 Episode 6: Soup and Tuna

  Chefs Paul Merrett, Ben O'Donoghue and Silvana Franco battle it out to prepare the tastiest soups for summer, as well as testing out their most tantalising fresh tuna recipes. Dishes include Thai hot and sour soup, tuna and horseradish burgers and velvet cauliflower soup

• Season 1 Episode 5: Tart and Chicken

  Paul Merrett, Ben O'Donoghue and Silvana Franco compete to see who can produce the tastiest summer tart with the season's fruits, including raspberries, pink grapefruit and plums. The second challenge is to create a spicy chicken dish, prompting the chefs to prepare a tandoori-style recipe, a batch of hot chicken wings and an exotic poussin

• Season 1 Episode 4: Breakfast and Rice

  Chefs Paul Merrett, Ben O'Donoghue and Silvana Franco give the mornings extra get-up-and-go with three ideas for the perfect light breakfast and also demonstrate how to prepare rice dishes. Culinary delights include coffee and pecan muffins, panettone with poached peaches, authentic Spanish paella and crusty vegetable pilaf

• Season 1 Episode 4: Sweet Breakfast and Savoury Rice

  Chefs Paul Merrett, Ben O'Donoghue and Silvana Franco combine their gastronomic know-how to provide kitchen secrets and culinary shortcuts as they create dishes based on a given ingredient or theme

• Season 1 Episode 3: Egg and Lamb

  Chefs Paul Merrett, Ben O'Donoghue and Silvana Franco get in the mood for spring with a range of dishes containing ingredients associated with the season - eggs and lamb. Recipes include pea and mint frittata, crunchy polenta shepherd's pie, cheese souffle and stuffed saddle of lamb

• Season 1 Episode 2: Chocolate and Fish

  Chefs Paul Merrett, Ben O'Donoghue and Silvana Franco combine their gastronomic know-how to provide culinary shortcuts for a range of fish dishes and chocolate puddings, including roast hake and pancetta, haddock and mushy pea fish cakes, chocolate fondant and chocolate cardamom sauce

• Season 1 Episode 1: Sandwiches and Steaks

  Chefs Paul Merrett, Ben O'Donoghue and Silvana Franco gather their gastronomic know-how to present their best sandwich and favourite steak dinner

How to make a .torrent in Utorrent 1.7.7

How to make a .torrent in Utorrent 1.7.7

First off open utorrent up. Then you have 2 options:

1) Go to file then Create new torrent




2) Press on the Wand icon to make a new torrent





When the new box opens Browse for the file or directory you want to upload. A file would be a single show a directory a series pack



Make sure that Start Seeding is unticked so it is OFF and Private Tracker is ticked to ON

In tracker properties make sure you have the announce url for the box :

http://www.thebox.bz:2710/announce

Then press on create and save and that will make your.torrent and save it to your pc


Don't forget after you have done everything on the upload page you will need to:
1. Download the .torrent file from The Box.
2. Stop the torrent.
3. Point uTorrent to where your files are. Right-click the torrent -> Advanced -> Set download location
4. Force a re-check. Right-click the torrent -> Force Re-Check.
5. Press start

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disabling DHT

In Options, go to Plugins, and Distributed DB.

Uncheck the option "Enable the distributed database".

Restart Azureus. No more DHT.

Now it should say "DHT Disabled" in the status bar where the DHT info would normally appear. You can even get rid of that by going to Options, Interface, Display, and unchecking the "DDB Status" option.
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Question 1:
How would I go about disabling DHT? I have gone through the settings multiple times and couldn't find anything on the wiki.

Question 2:
How can I set it so that 1 torrent can be downloading but a finished download seeding? Usually nothing will downloading while a finsihed torrent is seeding. I would like only 1 downloading and 1 seeding torrent.

Question 3:
Is it possible to set Vuze to load on the Advanced tab? I'm not interested in anything except my downloading torrent.


1.) Tools -> Options -> Connection
'Peer Sources' section.
Uncheck 'Decentralized tracking'

However, why do you want to shut it off? DHT can be very useful, and all the private sites that 'require' you to shut off DHT are wrong, or they aren't setting the 'private' flag correctly, which is their problem (the private flag keeps the torrent from being shared over DHT).

2.) Tools -> Options -> Queue
You may need to fiddle with some of the numbers to get 1:1 (unfinished:finished) to work exactly. Just try to get a 1+ ratio on whatever you're seeding.
I would suggest setting Max Torrents to either 2 or 3, Max Simultaneous Downloads to 1.

Just remember, if you aren't properly seeding the torrents, then Azureus will bypass some of this to get your ratio up.

3.) If you're totally not interested in the Vuze content, you can switch to the Classic UI from Azureus 2.5 and below.
Tools -> Options -> Interface -> Start
Check 'Start in Advanced View (AZ 2.x)'

If you want something otherwise, you may have to wait for somebody else to answer. I don't use the Vuze UI at all.
However, experimenting with the 'View' menu may help as well.

From House To Home

http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/38053

http://uktv.co.uk/home/item/aid/2431

From House to Home is the show where property dealer Sarah Beeny teams up with eco-friendly designer Oliver Heath to explain the best ways to transform ordinary houses into stylish homes, room by room.

Thanks to the myriad of makeover shows that have invaded out screens over the last few years, we all know the ins and outs of creating a Mediterranean kitchen, a minimalist bathroom or a French boudoir bedroom.

But what if you don't want your home to look like a theme park? What if you just want it to look gorgeous?

This acclaimed series follows property developer Sarah Beeny, leading interior designer Oliver Heath and acclaimed garden designer Andy Surgeon as they go about transforming a typical semi-detached house from an empty shell into a stylish and practical family home over the course of eight weeks.

But From House To Home is not about DIY or flashy makeovers. Instead, it's an indispensable step-by-step guide to the basic rules of design - from what colour to paint your bathroom to the most effective way to light your kitchen to the golden rules on buying a sofa.

[2002/10/30]

(2002)

able

Library Synopsis

6/11

The team reveal how to create favourable first impressions in the home by applying basic design rules of layout and colour. There are also suggestions for creating the illusion of space through the use of mirrors.

30/10

Sarah Beeny and Oliver Heath look at dining-room design.

23/10

Five basic styles of garden design, including formal, cottage and contemporary. And how to apply a diverse range of rules to transform a suburban back garden to stunning effect.

16/10/2002

Sarah Beeny and Oliver Heath tackle dual-purpose design. They provide an easy to follow guide for creating a study that can double up as a guest bedroom as the team considers and applies basic design principles such as colour, storage and furniture. Plus there is other advice on hand including one-room living, working with patterns and a guide to avoiding the most common design disasters.

9/10/2002

This programme focuses on the bathroom.

2/10/2002

Focuses on makeovers for the bedroom.

25/9/2002

Designer Oliver Heath and property developer Sarah Beeny focus on the living room in tonight's episode of the makeover series.

18/9

In this new eight-part back-to-basics design series, property developer Sarah Beeny and interior designer Oliver Heath, reveal the real tricks of the trade on how to turn your house in to a perfect home. Room by room and in the garden; the team use their professional know-how to give both practical and creative advice. From the kitchen to the living room and the bathroom to the bedroom, the team consider and apply basic design principles such as lighting, storage, colour and layout to transform a typical suburban semi-detached house. In the first episode, the focus is on the kitchen, often the most expensive room to design. Sarah and Oliver reveal their expert tips for creating an efficient and beautiful kitchen including choosing the right worktop, picking the right colour scheme, lighting to best effects and finding the cleverest gadgets.