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Our World
Current affairs.
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| 06.00 |
Breakfast
A round-up of national and international news, plus sports reports, weather forecasts and arts and entertainment features. Including at NewsWatch at 7.45.
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| 08.45 |
Live Athletics: European Championships
Coverage of the opening stages of the women's marathon on the streets of Barcelona, as the athletes begin their quest to succeed Ulrike Maisch as champion. The German ran a personal best in Gothenburg, Sweden, four years ago to finish 26 seconds clear of Serbia's Olivera Jevtic in second place. Presented by John Inverdale, with commentary by Steve Cram and Brendan Foster. Coverage continues on BBC2.
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| 10.00 |
Saturday Kitchen Best Bites
James Martin presents highlights of the series, recalling dishes prepared by Bryn Williams, Andrew Turner, Simon King and Silvena Rowe.
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| 11.30 |
What To Eat Now
Chef Valentine Warner's quest to uncover the best seasonal food takes an al fresco turn as he offers tips on creating the perfect picnic. The ultimate summer salad, broad-bean dishes and home-made cakes are among the summery delights destined for the basket.
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| 12.00 |
BBC News; Regional News and Weather
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12.10 |
Formula 1
Jake Humphrey presents live coverage of the 12th round of the season from the Hungaroring near Budapest, as the drivers compete for places at the front of the grid. Fernando Alonso claimed pole position for Renault last year, but the qualifying session was marred by a serious head injury suffered by Ferrari's Felipe Massa, when debris struck him on the helmet, knocking him unconscious and fracturing his skull. Commentary by Jonathan Legard and Martin Brundle.
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| 14.30 |
Live Golf: The Women's British Open
Hazel Irvine introduces coverage of the third day from the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, where the world's best female players continue their bid to win the title. Catriona Matthew was victorious at Royal Lytham & St Annes last year, where she tasted victory in a Major for the first time in her career. With commentary by Peter Alliss, Ken Brown, Andrew Cotter, Maureen Madill and Philip Parkin. Coverage continues on BBC2.
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| 16.50 |
BBC News; Regional News and Weather
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| 17.05 |
Hole in the Wall
EastEnders' Joe Swash and rugby star Austin Healey are the captains, as two silver-clad teams are transformed into human jigsaw pieces by trying to slot themselves through shapes in a moving wall. Radio 1's Comedy Dave, TV presenter Anne Diamond, soap villain John Altman and model Sophie Anderton are this week's celebrity contestants. Anton Du Beke is the host.
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| 17.40 |
Madagascar
While not in the league as Shrek, this offering from DreamWorks Animation is serviceable family entertainment. Chris Rock and Ben Stiller provide the voices for Marty the zebra and Alex, a preening lion, who enjoy a comfortable existence in Manhattan's Central Park Zoo until Marty expresses a desire to return to the wild. What follows is a predictable but engaging series of mishaps that land the pair in Africa, along with anxious giraffe Melman (David Schwimmer) and straight-talking hippo Gloria (Jada Pinkett Smith). The pace drags a bit in the last third of the movie and the attempts to infuse Marty and Alex's relationship with pathos are just too half-hearted and curiously uninvolving. But the film is always marvellous to look at and the sight gags come thick and fast. Among the highlights are Sacha Baron Cohen (TV's Ali G) as the funky but quite mad King of the Lemurs and a pair of posh British monkeys who propose a unique form of literary criticism.
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| 19.00 |
101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow
Steve Jones presents as another batch of contestants try to win £10,000 by answering general knowledge questions correctly or face being removed from the show in the most outrageous ways possible. This week features the extreme exit Flippin Wreck - a car sent tumbling down the runway engulfed in a ball of flames.
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| 20.00 |
Tonight's the Night
A schoolboy who has battled the odds to keep singing takes to the stage with the stars of musical The Lion King, a young mother from Newcastle has tea with pop star Enrique Iglesias, and a cancer survivor performs with actress Sheridan Smith and the cast of West End hit Legally Blonde. Plus, a policewoman from Yorkshire gets the chance to duet with opera star Lesley Garrett. Presented by John Barrowman.
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| 20.50 |
The National Lottery: Saturday Draws
Irish duo Jedward perform their new single All the Small Things, and OJ Borg presents the Lotto, Dream Number and Thunderball draws.
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| 21.00 |
Casualty
Not for the first time, Casualty lays on moving drama in the long-running storylines while the week's cases are, not to put too fine a point on it, thin and unconvincing. So let's concentrate on the bigger picture, where terminally ill Megan (Brenda Fricker) still hasn't got in touch with her old friend Charlie - nor he with her, despite the best efforts of Tess. When they do finally meet, Megan makes a devastating demand of Charlie that leaves him with a haunted look in his eyes and a hefty moral choice to make. Similarly big decisions await Lenny, whose interview for the fellowship gets entangled with the long-running drugs-trial imbroglio. Guest stars include Sarah Lam (also in tomorrow's Sherlock, coincidentally) and the late Geoffrey Hutchings in one of his last roles. Radio Times reviewer - David Butcher
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| 21.50 |
John Bishop's Britain
Entertainment show in which the Liverpudlian comedian delves into subjects and themes that touch everyone's lives, including family, growing up, holidays, work, love and marriage. This week, Bill Oddie talks about his first kiss.
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| 22.20 |
BBC News; Weather
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| 22.40 |
Insomnia
Based on the 1997 Norwegian blockbuster of the same name, this skilfully directed psychodrama from Christopher Nolan (Memento) proves that hit European movies can be remade successfully. Alaska provides a visually arresting backdrop for an unhinged noir nightmare that sees hard-boiled LAPD detective Al Pacino sent to a small fishing town to investigate the brutal murder of a teenager. When he mistakenly kills his partner on a fudged stakeout and blames the hunted assassin (Robin Williams) who saw what he did, the killer blackmails him into pinning both deaths on someone else. And so a convoluted cat-and-mouse game begins with Pacino - terminally sleepless from the endless daylight - barely staying one-step ahead in the evidence-planting conspiracy while trying to conceal his own crime. Dwelling on the far more compelling issues of ethical decay and moral breakdown than the whodunnit aspects, Nolan's inventive thriller is intensely gripping throughout and sees Pacino on dynamite form.
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