With Dermot Murnaghan and Sian Williams.
From Melbourne Cricket Ground, the curtain-raiser that heralds 11 days of sporting endeavour at the 18th Commonwealth Games. Celebrating the competition's tag as the Friendly Games, up to 3,000 performers and volunteers will be involved in a spectacle that will flow out of the stadium and along the Yarra river. With Barry Davies and Hazel Irvine. Highlights at 7.30pm on BBC2; the action proper starts at 11.10pm.
Executive producer Martin Webster
Executive editor Dave Gordon Live online at www.bbc.co.uk/sport (UK broadband only)
Digital viewers can access four extra streams (two on Freeview) - see www.radiotimes.com/commonwealth for timetable - plus a text service
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Two married couples battle it out in Detling, Kent. Followed by News; Weather
Raisina E500 to buv a Leicester City season ticket. (5)
Max is frustrated by Steph.
Repeated at 5.35pm
For My Baby. Faith helps a dying woman wrestling with a decision about who will look after her baby. Writers Michael Chappell , Richard Stevens For cast see page 32
Mr Monk and the 12th Man. Nine murders have been committed via varvina methods.
Regional News
8/15. Barry and Paul look after a bad-tempered parrot.
The van comes to life.
Emma struggles to tell Tanya about moving to Indonesia.
Healing sick donkeys in Egypt, plus fashion disasters from recent years.
Shown at 1.40pm
With George Alagiah and Natasha Kaplinsky.
Followed by Weather with Darren Bett.
5/8. Dropping by to talk to Davina McCall will be ex-EastEnder Michelle Collins , star of next Thursday's drama about IVF couples called The Family Man. Plus music from Cyndi Laupei ; who performs True Colours, taken from a new album in which she reworks some of her best-known songs. The show returns in a fortnight. Series producer Sarah Proctor ; Executive producers
Beatrice Ballard and Danny Dignan
Two Premiership high-flyers seek to further their European ambitions as they vie for an FA Cup quarter-final place at the Boleyn Ground (kick-off 8.05).
Following the 0-0 stalemate last month and a league meeting on Saturday, this fifth-round replay will be the third clash between the two teams in under a month. Bolton dumped the Londoners out of the Carling Cup earlier in the season, so Alan Pardew's men will be aiming to return the favour.
Quality youngsters such as Nigel Reo-Coker and Anton Ferdinand played a vital part in the Hammers equalling a club record of seven straight wins recently, but Sam Allardyce's Trotters proved their mettle by defeating holders Arsenal in round four.
Commentary comes from Guy Mowbray and Mark Lawrenson. Presenter Gary Lineker is joined in the studio by Trevor Brooking and Les Ferdinand.
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With Fiona Bruce. Regional News
Then Weather with John Hammond.
The very first episode of the Richard Wilson comedy.
After being replaced by a talking machine, newly redundant Victor Meldrew has to contend with unreliable mechanics and a magic act.
Followed by National Lottery Update
Live coverage of the opening day's action from Down Under, presented by Hazel Irvine and Steve Cram.
11.10, 12.35 Swimming Heats - the women's 200m freestyle, men's 50m backstroke, the women's 50m butterfly, men's 400m freestyle, women's 200m individual medley, men's 200m butterfly, women's 50m breaststroke and men's 4x100m freestyle. With Andy Jameson , Adrian Moorhouse and Sharron Davies.
11.50,1.40 Rugby Sevens Scotland v Niue, New
Zealand v Wales, England v Cook Islands, Scotland v Canada, and Kenya v Wales. With Paul Dickenson , Keith Quinn , Brendan Telfer and Paul Allison.
4.00,6.30 Badminton/Bowls The start of the mixed team event in the badminton plus round one of the men's and women's pairs and triples in the bowls.
5.00 Hockey Scotland's women v New Zealand. Producers Jonathan Bramley , Richard Carr and Helen Kuttner Editors Michael Cole and Carl Hicks
VIDEO Plus+ code for il.10pm-1.40am VIDEO Plus+ code for 1.40-7.00am Live online at www.bbc.co.uk/sport (UK broadband only)
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