EVER wanted to get to the bottom of dung? Thought not. But Tony Robinson, who was constantly being compared unfavourably to the stuff in his role as Baldrick in Blackadder, does just that in The Wonderful World of Dung (Pearl, 8.30pm).
Among other pertinent - and pungent - facts, Robinson discovers that if it weren't for the lowly dung beetle, we could find ourselves walking about in a cowpat the size of Australia.
Post racing experts Robin Parke and Lawrence Wadey share their tips on those other major dung producers, horses, in Racing Night Live (World, 9pm), while it sounds as though Pearl can't get away from the subject in their film Disaster at Silo 7 (9.45pm, original running time 100 mins).
Actually, it's not that kind of silo. This one is the sort where missiles, rather than waste, are stored.
The film is based on a real-life near-disaster in America's mid-West in 1980 when a leak in a missile silo threatened to cause a disastrous explosion.
Perry King plays the air force technician trying to prevent the catastrophe in this average drama movie. Look out for appearances from Peter Boyle (The Dream Team ) and Dennis Weaver (McCloud ).
