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3.00 News, Regional News and Weather

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Neil

Concluding coverage of James Wattana's second-round match in the Masters tournament. At stake is a place in the quarterfinals. The action from Wembley Conference Centre is introduced by Dougie Donnelly.

Contributors

Presenter:
Dougie Donnelly

Carlton and Will get caught in a compromising position when a game backfires on a double date.

Contributors

Will Smith:
Will Smith
Philip Banks:
James Avery
Vivian Banks:
Daphne Maxwell Reid
Hilary Banks:
Karyn Parsons
Carlton Banks:
Alfonso Ribeiro
Ashley Banks:
Tatyana Mali
Geoffrey:
Joseph Marcel

The last in the series about pioneering scientists and inventors comes from the north west of England. Host Adam Hart-Davis discovers the connection between botany and Wordsworth the poet when he learns about his friend, John Gough, a local botanist who identified many rare plants despite being blind. A bicycle pump and a disgusting jelly help unearth the history of Lake Windermere. Adam climbs to the snowy summit of Helvellyn to try to reproduce John Dalton's weather forecasts. Finally, in Manchester, he learns about Joseph Whitworth, whose move to standardise the nuts and bolts of the engineering industry has endured to the present day.

Contributors

Presenter:
Adam Hart-Davis
Producer:
Paul Bader
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Drori

Concluding the financial advice series. Tonight, the companies that claim they can rescue home owners from the negative equity trap. Plus, the result of the competition between three sixth-formers from a Manchester college and a stockbroker in the race to double a £100 stake. Presented by Liz Barclay, Mickey Clark and Tony Morris.

Contributors

Presenter:
Liz Barclay
Presenter:
Mickey Clark
Presenter:
Tony Morris
Series Director:
Mark Jones
Editor:
Peter Weil

Sandi Toksvig hunts for ptarmigan and meets one of Norway's top chefs as she ends her tour of Scandinavia by sampling a midnight train feast. Also on tonight's menu: advice on how to cook roast beef with celeriac and taste tests on a selection of German wines.
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Contributors

Reporter:
Sandi Toksvig
Director:
Linda Nash
Series Producer:
Tim Hincks

Fourth of a six-part series.

A silent war waged behind the famous Crush Bar and further confrontation between management and unions over rates of pay feature in tonight's behind-the-scenes developments at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.

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Contributors

Series Producer:
Andrew Bethell
Series Director:
Michael Waldman

Ronnie O'Sullivan begins his defence of the title he won last year in continuing coverage of the Masters from Wembley Conference Centre. The 20-year-old faces world championship finalist Nigel Bond.

11.55 Weatherview

Open University
12.30 Fifth-Century Athens: Seize the Fire
(Rpt)
1.00 Outsiders in Muslims in Europe

Night School
2.00 Primary Science

BBC Focus
4.00 Teaching and Learning with IT: CD-ROM and Maths Ideas
4.30 Teaching and Learning with IT: IT Needs Girls!
5.00 English Heritage: Conservation at Work
5.30 Film Education: Sense and Sensibility - from Text to Text

Open University
6.00 Computing Ticket to Fly
6.25 The Planet Earth A Scientific Model
6.50 Ottoman Supremacy The Sulemaniye, Istanbul

BBC Two England

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