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PROGRAM
HIGHLIGHTS – May 2008
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•NOT GOING OUT – US Premiere
BBC America premieres thirteen brand-new episodes of
sitcom Not Going Out, starring top UK comedian Lee Mack. In
the series premiere, Lee looks for a roommate and gets more than he
bargained for. He ends up sharing a place with a California girl,
Kate (Megan Dodds), and it isn’t long before they become more than
friends and roommates. To make matters more complicated, Lee’s best
friend, Tim, is Kate’s ex-boyfriend, and he’s looking to get back
into her good graces. Who will remain friends? Who will remain more?
Not Going Out premieres May 2, 9:20pm ET/PT.
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•VICTORY – BBC America Premiere
Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow,
and a slew of soccer legends, including Pele and Bobby Moore, star
in this tale of struggle and triumph in World War Two-era Paris. A
group of German officers decide to stage a soccer game between a
Nazi all-star team and Allied prisoners of war, for propaganda
purposes. The prisoners want to win, but more importantly, want to
use the game as an opportunity to escape from the captors. Can they
somehow do both?
Victory premieres May 18, at 8pm ET/7:30pm
PT.
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•DRAGONS’ DEN – BBC America Premiere
The award-winning, critically-acclaimed series gives
would-be entrepreneurs a chance of a lifetime to pitch their ideas
to five self-made millionaires, aka the Dragons, who have the
connections and the cash to make their business plan a reality.
Since there’s no such thing as easy money, participants have to
prove their ideas mean big business – especially if they are going
to get the Dragons to invest money out of their own pockets. With
their dreams in the balance, business becomes personal. Pitches
include everything from a device that rocks babies to sleep, to a
new fashion line boutique, to umbrella vending machines in the
London Underground train stations.
Two-hour season premiere of Dragons’ Den
premieres May 20, at 8pm ET/PT.
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STUNTS, MARATHONS AND
MOVIES
•HOW CLEAN IS YOUR HOUSE? MARATHON
Feel better about the spring-cleaning you’ve been
putting off by tuning in for three hours of Britain’s dirtiest,
dingiest, nastiest, and most foul-smelling abodes in this
six-episode marathon of How Clean Is Your House? The
cringe-inducing show sets dust-busting divas Kim Woodburn and Aggie
MacKenzie on some of the most disgusting and disorganized homes
you’ve ever seen, making the filthy fabulous.
The How Clean Is Your House? Marathon begins
May 4, 3pm ET/noon PT.
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•ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS MOTHER’S DAY MARATHON
This Mother’s Day, BBC America salutes mothers
everywhere with an afternoon of the best of the worst in mothering
from Patsy and Edina, everyone’s favorite alcoholic and
out-of-control girlfriends. Tune in for a six-episode marathon of
this legendary comedy trendsetter.
The Absolutely Fabulous Mother’s Day Marathon
begins May 11, 2pm ET/11am PT.
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•WHO-LIDAY WEEKEND
Take advantage of the long weekend by getting out of
town – way out of town – in this escape to the far ends of the
universe and the limits of space and time. BBC America presents five
hours worth of adventures with The Doctor in our Who-liday Weekend
Marathon.
Who-liday Weekend begins May 25, 1pm ET/10am
PT.
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•MONTY PYTHON’S FLYING CIRCUS MARATHON – US
Premiere
Nearly 40 years ago, Monty Python’s Flying Circus
changed television forever with their surreal, no-holds-barred brand
of sketch comedy. BBC America has the exclusive on newly-remastered
episodes from the all-time legends of British comedy, as never seen
before. This ten-hour marathon features classic episodes that have
been digitally remastered, bringing fans right into the room with
Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and John Cleese.
Digitally remastered episodes of Monty Python’s
Flying Circus premiere May 26, 9am ET/6am PT.
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For more information on BBC America, please visit www.bbcamerica.com
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