with Frank Bough
Sally Magnusson and Jeremy Paxman
Reports from PENNY BUSTIN JAMES COX ,
MARGARET GILMORE , PETER MARSHALL
BILL NEELY , GUY MICHELMORE and MIKE STEWART
Sports news from Sally Jones

with Lynn Faulds Wood and John Stapleton

with Robert Kilroy-Silk

Last year over 60,000 people were behind on their mortgage repayments.
Margo MacDonald looks at ways of tackling the problems - especially if you lose your job. (e)

with Phillip Schofield

Story: The Pedlar of Swaffham (traditional)
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with Hannah Gordon

The Open Air number is [number removed]
Deputy editor CYRIL GATES Editor PETER WEIL BBC Manchester including at
12.0 News and Weather

Today Tom meets the audience in the Civic Centre, Port Talbot and local people get the chance to go On the Spot. Debbie Greenwood Goes 'out and about'.

with Martyn Lewis
Weather JOHN KETTLEY

Eileen Clarke clashes with Joan Langdon.

A See-Saw programme
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with Don Spencer
An amazing assortment of pieces and bits
Though it doesn't seem possible you have to admit
That somehow or other the pieces all fit...
How many creatures can you spot in and out of the water?
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At the start of BBCtv's three-day coverage of the world's greatest National Hunt meeting, HRH The Princess Anne salutes two legendary horses.
First she rides Aldaniti past the stands on the Cheltenham leg of his Aintree charity walk then, near the winner's enclosure, she unveils a statue of the late Dawn Run who last year became the first horse to win both the Champion Hurdle and the Gold Cup.
2.15 The Waterford Crystal
Supreme Novices Hurdle (2m)
2.50 The Arkle Challenge Trophy Steeplechase (2m) (Coverage continues on BBC2)

Peter Snow presents live coverage of this key budget, with analysis and comment from
Sir Patrick Meaney (Chairman,
Rank Organisation) Gavin Laird
(General Secretary, AEU) Philip Hardman
(tax accountant) and Peter Oppenheimer (economist)
Sir Robin Day talks to leading politicians before and after the Chancellor's speech Valerie Singleton analyses the effects of the budget on tax payers and consumers. Nick Clarke and Mark Rogerson report from the City, and in the key marginal constituency of Pendle in Lancashire, Paul Burden and Patti Coldwell test voters' reactions.
Director VICTOR MELLENEY Producers
JOHN BRIDENT , DOMINIC CAMERON SARA NATHAN , DAVE PICKTHALL Editor JONATHAN CRANE
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Rolf Harris illustrates that money is still the root of all evil. Today: Heir Conditioned, Fast Buck Duck and Dough, Ray, Me-ow Producer DAVID PLATT

with Sue Lawley and Nicholas Witchell

Weather Michael Fish

Introduced by Frank Bough. John Carter explores Mexico. For St Patrick's Day,
Bill Buckley gets on his bike in Cork and Kerry and shakes a leg at a local hooley.
Gillian Reynolds on board the Greyhound bus goes on to New Orleans.
And the winners of the HolidayjRADio TIMES competition are revealed. Producer PATRICIA HOUUHAN
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by Bill Lyons.
'All they got on me is the fact I hate her guts. If that was a criminal offence I wouldn't be the only one to get put away!'
(Ceefax subtitles)

with Julia Somerville and Philip Hayton Regional News Weather

The Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Rt Hon Nigel Lawson. MP, for the Government

with Barry Norman

The Fourth Protocol is the film version of Frederick Forsyth's bestselling thriller. Michael Caine is the spy-catcher and Pierce Brosnan the Soviet agent intent on exploding a nuclear bomb.

War Zone: more political intrigue, this time played out against the war-torn background of Beirut. Christopher Walker and Hywel Bennett are the stars.

at the King's Hall, Belfast The atmosphere that has made Chris de Burgh one of the world's top pop entertainers is captured in a recent world tour concert recorded in Belfast.
Songs include 'Don't pay the ferryman', 'Fatal hesitation', and 'The lady in red'. Sound
RICK LAWRENCE , KENNY THOMPSON Produced and directed by ULTAN GUILFOYLE
BBC Northern Ireland

The Smiths
Presented by Eric Robson
John Smith is out of work for the third time in three years. He's enrolled on an MSC course hoping to add to his qualifications, but will it help him obtain work?
The family have moved to find work in the past and once again wonder if they'll be forced either south or even abroad. (e)