Moviefone Copyright 2011, HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. Moviefone Good old fashioned elbow grease. Donna Summer was renowned for being the Queen of high-energy disco.

She shot to fame in the 1970s singing a string of classic disco hits, including Love to Love You Baby, Bad Girls and Hot Stuff.

During her 40-year career, she worked with the likes of Giorgio Moroder, David Geffen, Stock Aitken and Waterman, and Barbra Streisand. Her last single, To Paris with Love, topped the US dance chart in 2010.

In 1977 Summer was interviewed about her single I Feel Love and said "this song became a hit because it has a high-energy vibe".

Following that interview, the description "high-energy" was increasingly applied to high-tempo disco music - or Hi-NRG, as it became known.

In 2004, Summer was inducted to the Dance Music Hall of Fame, alongside The Bee Gees and Barry Gibb. Her classic song, I Feel Love, was also inducted that night.

Summer had reportedly been suffering from cancer and passed away in Florida, according to TMZ.com.

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It's time to check up on those cute baby bears in Minnesota, the lions of the Masai Mara, the elephants of the nearby Samburu National Reserve and the meerkats of the Kalahari Desert.

A full hour of wonderful animal antics, presented by Richard Hammond and Julia Bradbury - and much (?) of it live.

The show also follow the progress of the macaque monkeys of Sri Lanka, the grey whales in the Pacific and the otters of the Amazon as they learn top survival skills.

Tales of Television Centre - BBC2, 9pm

As the BBC prepares to leave its ancestral home, this programme looks back at just a few of the unusual tales gathered from nearly 50 contributors who've worked inside the building.

The film, made by Richard Marson, a former Blue Peter editor and TV historian, features memorable moments from shows recorded at the Centre, as well as contributions from David Attenborough, Terry Wogan, Angela Rippon, Matt Baker, Zoe Ball, Greg Dyke and Sir David Frost.

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