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Tourettes: I Swear I Can Sing

BBC 3 at 9:00pm (Other show times...)

Tourettes: I Swear I Can Sing

At 25, Ruth Ojadi had an amazing singing voice and a place to study music at university. She should have been on her way to the top. Instead, Ruth was diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome and her life fell apart.

The blinks and twitches her GP had put down to nerves became worse and before long she started swearing and blurting out inappropriate comments, eventually dropping out of university and locking herself away. and once again step up to the mic, but when a trip to the supermarket is such a struggle how will she cope with getting up on stage?

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The Real Thumbelina

The Real Thumbelina

ITV1 London at 9:00pm

Lesley Manville narrates this new touching documentary which follows four-year-old Amelie Gledhill who suffers from a rare form of dwarfism called Russell-Silver Syndrome....

Jimmy‘s Grow Your Own Christmas Dinner

Jimmy's Grow Your Own Christmas Dinner

Channel 4 at 9:00pm

Jimmy Doherty has spent months growing and making his own traditional dinner from scratch - to discover if it tastes better than the modern turkey and trimmings provided by the gia...

Ross Kemp Back on the Frontline

Ross Kemp Back on the Frontline

Sky1 at 9:00pm

The time has come for Ross Kemp to withdraw from the frontline once again, as his thought-provoking documentary draws to a close. What conclusions will he reach?...

Angels in America

Angels in America

Sky Atlantic at 9:00pm

This five-time Golden Globe-winning film explores the sexual, racial, religious, political and social issues of the Reagan era when Death swings the scythe of AIDS....

Young Apprentice

Young Apprentice

BBC 1 at 9:00pm

Twelve candidates have been whittled down to two, and after seven gruelling weeks it is time for Lord Sugar to set his final task before deciding who will be his Young Apprentice a...

I Had The X Factor... 25 Years Ago: A Wonderland Special

I Had The X Factor... 25 Years Ago: A Wonderland Special

BBC 2 at 9:00pm

With the 2011 X Factor champion newly crowned and all the finalists wanting to make the most of their sudden celebrity, this show looks back at the lives of those who were in their...

Tourettes: I Swear I Can Sing

Tourettes: I Swear I Can Sing

BBC 3 at 9:00pm

Documentary following 25-year-old Ruth Ojadi whose life fell about after she was diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome. Now, three years on, Ruth has decided to take her life back....

Coach Trip

Coach Trip

Channel 4 at 5:00pm

The coach heads off for 15 days of festive fun, but not everyone will survive the dreaded vote and stay to the end....

Ford Monday Night Football

Ford Monday Night Football

Sky Sports 1 at 7:00pm

Manchester City travel to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea in the Barclays Premier League....

Return of the Lost Boys of Sudan

Return of the Lost Boys of Sudan

BBC 2 at 7:00pm

When South Sudan became independent in the summer of 2011, it brought the return of many who had fled the long civil war. Among them were some of the 'Lost Boys' - the name given t...

Countrywise Kitchen

Countrywise Kitchen

ITV1 London at 8:00pm

In the first of three special programmes Paul Heiney and chef Mike Robinson celebrate winter in the kitchen - from seasonal produce to specially preserved foods....

River Cottage

River Cottage

Channel 4 at 8:00pm

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and the River Cottage team serve up an extra special festive menu with a twist this Christmas as they celebrate with a renewed sense of the value of mea...

The Great Treehouse Challenge

The Great Treehouse Challenge

Sky1 at 8:00pm

The first part of a new three-part documentary which charts the efforts of three communities as they attempt to create the ultimate environmentally responsible community space....

Jumper

Jumper

Film4 at 9:00pm

Exciting sci-fi adventure about a man who can teleport himself to anywhere on the planet, instantly. It seems really cool until he realises he is being hunted by people who want to...