London Live Friday

A digest of news and events from across London from the past few days.

Interviews on news and events from across London.

A Wiltshire auction house is packed out for a Qianlong dynasty jade teapot that is expected to fetch £300,000. In London, an unusual Edward Seago painting is on offer

Prestige Pawnbrokers MD James struggles to get into the festive spirit, until a day at the track with superbike champion Carl Fogarty secures him a charity deal

Examining the key events of 1941, including the Battle of the Atlantic, the invasion of the USSR, and major battles fought in North Africa and Greece

Michael Portillo visits four abandoned locations that were at the centre of relatively unknown historical events, beginning with Royal London Hospital

Griff Rhys Jones continues his journey across Australia on the Indian Pacific, visiting Adelaide, Broken Hill and finally Sydney

A pet dog is stolen from a ranch and sold to work pulling sleds during the Yukon Gold Rush. Period drama based on Jack London's novel, with Charlton Heston and Michele Mercier

An incompetent headmaster devises a bizarre plot to save his job. Slapstick comedy, starring Jimmy Edwards and Richard Briers

Nicola White explore the banks of the Thames for treasure

News weather events and the best of the capital's culture. Join us to explore life in London.

The conservation team attempts to track down a well-hidden lion. Meanwhile, project leader Andi Rive is overwhelmed with the amount of work she has to do as the sanctuary develops

Reggie attends his own memorial service and is disturbed to see how close his grieving widow has become to Henry Possett

Short visual tour exploring Fitzrovia for locals and tourists. Narrated by Dewyne Lindsay

A policeman sets out to bring to justice a man suspected of many crimes but never convicted. Crime drama, starring Ivan Desny and Nadja Regin

A violent teenage hoodlum gets involved in a personal vendetta within the walls of a juvenile prison. Drama, starring Sean Penn, Reni Santoni, Esai Morales and Ally Sheedy

A shy school master falls in love with a librarian whose beliefs are wildly different from his own. Romantic drama, starring Jason Merrells and Denise Welch

London cabbie Mark Monroe takes you to the hidden and more quirky parts of the city that normally lie undiscovered

Secrets to be found embedded beneath the pavements of Bloomsbury

The true story of Beulah Mae Donald, who took down the Ku Klux Klan after the brutal murder and lynching of her son

A Wiltshire auction house is packed out for a Qianlong dynasty jade teapot that is expected to fetch £300,000. In London, an unusual Edward Seago painting is on offer

Prestige Pawnbrokers MD James struggles to get into the festive spirit, until a day at the track with superbike champion Carl Fogarty secures him a charity deal