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Thursday January 3 at 9.00pm on BIO

Celebrities and public figures get back to their Welsh roots by delving into their family history to piece together their family past and discover how their life has been shaped by the decisions and circumstances of their ancestors.

Thursday January 3 at 8.30pm on BIO

Each episode features a different family in dire straits; one spouse is at their wit’s end, caught in the middle between their loud-mouth relatives and the person they married. Using tough love and unconventional tactics, seasoned relationship experts bring everyone under one roof and force them to uncover the deeper issues that lay beneath the constant fighting. Relationship expert and former criminal lawyer Mel Robbins returns along with life coach and advice columnist Laura Baron. They’re sent in to mediate between family members but often, they find themselves in the worst of the crossfire.

Thursday December 27 at 9.30pm on BIO

Half Tonne Hospital is an emotional and at times tragic journey mixing human stories of great achievement with medical science, as families and doctors try to stop patients from literally eating themselves to death. For those who seek treatment it’s their last chance to survive an addiction every bit as devastating as alcohol or drugs. And it’s a problem which isn’t just limited to the US. Most countries in the developed world are seeing rapidly rising obesity rates and Half Ton Hospital provides a shocking warning of what the future may hold for them. Alex Lewis knows he does not have much longer to live. Aged 21 he finds himself falling hopelessly in love and can’t quite believe what’s happ g ppening. Alex was first diag y y y gnosed with bone cancer shortly before his 18th birthday. After over three years of intensive treatment, he realises he is running out of options. He decides to cram as much life as possible into the time he has left. His remarkable zest for life is contagious. On the first day of filming in June, 2010 his only sadness is not being able to commit to a long-term relationship. That evening he goes to a party in Swansea, kisses a girl, falls in love and within weeks they are inseparable. In September Alex and Ali become engaged to be married. This is a story story of the power of love as a young man confronts his mort of the power of love, as a young man confronts his mortality ality in the most emotionally charged circumstances in the most emotionally charged circumstances imaginable.

Tuesday December 25 at 7.30pm on BIO

This special presentation covers Bennett’s six month recording sessions with the biggest names in music, including Lady Gaga, and featuring Amy Winehouse’s last recorded song.

Tuesday December 25 from 9.30pm on BIO

Graham Stafford served almost fifteen years in jail for murdering a twelve year old girl – a crime he has always claimed he did not commit. Early in 2008, a massive explosion in a Hunter Valley winery killed owner Trevor Drayton and and another man William Rikard another man. William Rikard–Bell Bell Trevor , Trevor s’s talented assistant winemaker was walking just behind him when the talented assistant winemaker, was walking just behind him when the explosion occurred.

Monday December 24 at 9.30pm on BIO

The glitterati, including Princess Anne, descend upon The Lowry in Manchester for the 2011 Royal Variety Performance. Join Bio. for dazzling, unbelievable and, at times, hilarious performances from the likes of Tony Bennett Bennett Barry Manilow Cee Lo Green Tim Minchin and Jimoen along with a host of others , Barry Manilow, Cee Lo Green, Tim Minchin and Jimoen, along with a host of others.

Monday December 24 at 8.30pm on BIO

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, joins the Queen’s closest companions in a rare and intimate account of Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth the woman beneath the crown A series of rare interv , the woman beneath the crown. A series of rare interviews iews with the royal family provide delightful intimate with the royal family provide delightful intimate details: Prince William tells of her support as he prepares for his future role as king; Prince Harry and his cousin Princess Eugenie reveal private anecdotes about their doting grandmother and Prince Andrew, Duke of York shares his personal memories of her as a young mother. With unrivalled access to Buckingham Palace and Clarence House, together with previously unseen private material, the film paints a revelatory and intimate portrait of Elizabeth as she grew up and married. The result draws back the curtain to reveal the real person – a wife, a mother, a grandmother – as well as a reigning Queen.

Monday December 17 at 8.30pm on BIO

In Alison Grist’s revealing documentary, homegrown star Immodesty Blaize examines the world of British burlesque and and its resurgence in popularity With classy showgirl costumes big its resurgence in popularity. With classy showgirl costumes, big–band band sounds decadent stage sets and elaborate sounds, decadent stage sets and elaborate prop routines, the risque routines are making a storming comeback as shows sell out across the UK.

Wednesday December 5 at 7.30pm on BIO

After more than 150 episodes, thousands of audition tapes and hundreds of successful rehabilitations, the final season of Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan is here, only on Bio. The stars come out in this final season with Cesar lending his expert hand to Kelsey Grammer, US Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels, and the legend himself, Hugh Hefner who’s King Charles is being hassled by Miss November’s tiny pooch. This unmissable season is only on Bio.

Saturday December 1 at 6.30pm on BIO

Faced with their own mortality an improbable group of young people, many of them HIV-positive young men, broke the mold as radical warriors taking on Washington and the medical establishment. HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE is the story of two coalitions-ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group)-whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time. With unfettered access to a treasure trove of never-before-seen archival footage from the 1980s and ’90s, filmmaker David France p , g , puts the viewer smack in the middle of the controversial actions, the heated meetings, the heartbreaking failures, and the exultant breakthroughs of heroes in the making.