What to watch on Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
 The documentary series in which a batch of wealthy benefactors seek to change the lives of others for the better, continues.
Thirty-five-year-old Dominic List made his fortune in telecoms and has a string of IT companies. Now he's agreed to leave his luxuries behind and go undercover in Peckham; although just a few miles from his swish riverside pad, it's an area of London with some of the highest levels of crime in the UK. In 2000, 10-year-old Damilola Taylor was stabbed to death on a Peckham estate, and since then the area has never been far from the headlines with stories of gang violence.
On arrival in Peckham, Dominic hears first hand about the problems in the area, and learns that the gangs are both a menace to and protectors of the neighbourhood. Dominic meets some of the young people who are trying to provide an alternative to street crime and gang culture, and he attempts to help those who are determined to make a difference.
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 | Start of a new supernatural US drama based on the Sookie Stackhouse Mystery novels by author Charlaine Harris. It takes place in the small town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, in the not ... |
 | Carol Vorderman presents the annual awards ceremony that honours the nation's unsung heroes. At London's Grosvenor House, Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Prince Charles are joined ... |
 | A photo shows ten teenagers standing in an Oxford quad wearing exquisitely tailored tailcoats, ready for a night of fine dining and drinking. Among them, are two men who would go o... |
 | The documentary series in which a batch of wealthy benefactors seek to change the lives of others for the better, continues.... |
 | BBC journalist Sadeq Saba journeys through his country, offering a rare opportunity to see ordinary Iranians going about their daily lives.... |
 | Sci-fi action thriller, starring Keanu Reeves. He plays Neo, a computer hacker who discovers that the world around him is a computer simulation called the Matrix. He learns this fr... |
 | Start of a new and acclaimed seven-part drama mini-series. Marines prepare to invade Iraq at the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. While the soldiers wait to receive th... |
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