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SOAP UPDATE GETTING it on with your ex is all the rage in Emmerdale right now. And although Laurel and Marlon didn't go the whole hog with their exes (as Dan did with Ali), their panicky snogs with Ashley and Donna have certainly cast a pall over their wedding day.

As the guests gather in church, a precedent is due to be set for soap weddings. At least the congregation has Jimmy King's new hairpiece to amuse them while they wait.

eastenders BBC1, 7.30pm THIS is something you don't expect to see: Linda and Sharon without a full face of slap after their bender.

Later, Phil becomes confused about Sharon's intentions when she buys him a wedding gift. And Cora, with a dodgy hairdo, sings Happy Birthday in the style of Marilyn Monroe. Yes, it's Stan's big day.

REALITY educating the east end C4, 9pm YOU'LL know from your own school days that there are some teachers you pay attention to and others are so annoying their very presence is enough to wind you up.

If this second kind ordered you to eat sweets and listen to your favourite music on your headphones all day, you'd still want to disobey them.

We see both kinds of teachers in our second visit to Frederick Bremer School, in Walthamstow, but we'll leave it to you to work out which one is which. One of the pupils in their sights is Halil, 13 - a sweet-faced boy who's apt to fly into a rage at any sign of disrespect in the playground.

Deputy head Mrs Hillman knows this could get him into a lot of trouble in the future and wants to drum it out of him now.

And in Year 10, Lemar dreams of becoming a professional footballer - just like 10billion other kids.

Instead of shattering his dream, his PE teacher encourages him to think up a Plan B and comes up with a clever way of letting him see the world through a teacher's eyes. This should probably be a compulsory exercise for all students.

DOCUMENTARY who do you think you are? BBC1, 10.40pm NO MATTER how much the contestants screw up on the Great British Bake Off, the lovely Mary Berry will always find some small thing to praise - even if it's only their choice of doily.

So she's equally keen to try to see the best in all her ancestors even if, at times, that proves to be an uphill battle.

At one point she politely chooses to ignore the suggestion that one of them might have been involved in sharp practices. The matter is brushed under the carpet, even though, in somebody else's ancestral search this same person might have ended up in the column marked "villain".

Mary's biggest delight is discovering that she really does have baking in her blood.

But while her great-great-grandfather was coining it in by turning out up to 800 loaves a day in one of the roughest parts of Norwich, she discovers that another branch of her family, including her namesake, would suffer a wretched turn of fortunes.

the invictus games BBC2, 8pm IF YOU didn't see Sunday's Countdown to the Invictus Games, check it out on the iPlayer.

We met wounded servicemen training to represent Team GB in this inaugural event and, if you watch it, you'll never take your arms and legs for granted again.

The brainchild of Prince Harry, based on the idea he nicked from the American Warrior Games, the next four days will see 400 injured service personnel from 13 nations taking part in nine sports.

Men like Captain Dave Henson, who had both legs amputated above the knee after stepping on a 5kg bomb on his first tour of duty in Afghanistan.

"Warfare's a very exciting business - until it all goes wrong," said Dave.

Tonight, he'll be competing in the 200m sprint during the first day of track and field events at Lee Valley Athletics Centre in London.

oF Outlining his plans for the Games in March, Harry explained that it was to demonstrate the power of sport to inspire recovery, support rehabilitation and demonstrate life beyond disability.

Or as competitor JJ Chalmers puts it: "The Games is probably the start of a new life. I have friends who are double and triple amputees and who have been shot in the face. I want people to see just how incredible they are."

Pick the." Presented by Jonathan Edwards, tonight we see highlights from the opening day's athletics, culminating in the 4x100m relays

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SKILLS Lemar and PE teacher Mr Abberley

FUN Mary plays with mum Margery and brother William

TEAM GB Corrie Mapp, Jaco van Glass, Charlie Walker, Andy Decus, Ray Lowrie and Mike Goody

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