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The Brit Awards 2010 8pm, ITV1 A strange mixture of high glamour and homely charm looks to be the mood for this year's Brit Awards. On the one hand, there are big names from across the pop galaxy – chief among them the not-actually-British Jay-Z and Lady Gaga. On the other, your host is that increasingly tangential British comic institution, Peter Kay. Clash of cultures aside, this looks certain to continue the event's steady upward trend from embarrassing music-business salmon-en-croute fest to tricked-out, star-laden event. There are also turns from Lily Allen, Kasabian and more. Survivors 9pm, BBC1 This week, the soapier, relationship elements return but, this far into the show, they actually carry a lot more weight and impact. After a tense encounter with fellow travellers on the road, the survivors visit a rather hippy-dippy commune who seem to lead a self-sufficient existence in quiet seclusion. Tom gets jealous over Anna's new friendship but it's Sarah (Robyn Addison) who steals this episode when she finds out a lot more than she bargained for about the current state of the virus. Skippy: Australia's First Superstar 9pm, BBC4 There is scarcely an Australian alive who couldn't hum you the banjo-plucked theme tune of Skippy, The Bush Kangaroo, a fundamentally rubbish but likable children's television programme about a crime-busting marsupial produced in the late 1960s. There is a fascinating story here about how and why Skippy became a global phenomenon, and what that meant for Australia's view of itself, and the world's view of Australia. This gently funny documentary tells it well. Having a Baby to Save My Child 10.35pm, BBC1 A carefully judged film about a desperately sad situation that should be required viewing for any critic of embryo selection before they make judgment. Four-year-old David has Fanconi anaemia, a rare disorder that attacks the bone marrow and makes the body incapable of producing blood. Few people make it through to adulthood, and David's best chance of surviving is receiving bone marrow from a sibling. This means his parents need to have another child through embryo selection – a choice criticised for providing a "spare part" baby – in order to give David a chance of surviving.

Source: The Guardian ↗

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