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HIGHLIGHTS

DRAMA

Mistresses follows the lives of four 30-something girlfriends who are leading very different lives. Critics call it "Sex and the City" meets "Desperate Housewives."

Robin Hood is unlike any version you have ever seen. Rather than focus on the man who wears white, we tell the story of the man who opted to wear black, Guy of Gisbourne.

LIFESTYLE

Top Gear is an entertainment car show that joins celebrity guests with the world's coolest, most expensive cars.

Gordon Ramsay "Kitchen Nightmares" follows the celebrity chef as he works with restaurateurs to revamp failing establishments and make them profitable, transforming everything from the food and menus to the décor and relationships.

You Are What You Eat features holistic nutritionist Gillian McKeith working with unhealthy eaters to break a lifetime of bad habits in just eight weeks.

SCI-FI

Primeval follows a group of scientists who are trying to protect humanity when past, present and future worlds collide.

Torchwood, our highest-rated program, tracks a special-ops team that is separate from the government, outside the police and beyond the United Nations. They are responsible for protecting the world from alien invasion. Critics call it part "CSI" and part "The X-Files."

Doctor Who continues to reinvent itself over time with a new cast and characters. The program follows a time traveler who tries to rid the world of evil-doers.

COMEDY

Skins, our teen comedy, stars Dev Patel of "Slumdog Millionaire." "Skins" offers a more realistic view of teens than most American teen comedies. It's "Gossip Girl" meets "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" meets real life.

Gavin & Stacey is our romantic comedy about the loving relationship of a young couple, Gavin and Stacey, and what happens when their eccentric families and friends unite.

NEWS

BBC World News America, with contributor Ted Koppel, delivers a U.S.-produced newscast with a global perspective.

BBC EARTH

BBC Earth, from the producers of "Planet Earth," offers 50 years of storytelling, more than 70 expeditions every year, from over 100 locations around the world. Our expeditions get you closer, our filmmakers take you deeper, our vision brings you the world. You've never seen life like this.

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