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Live coverage from one of today's 60-overs-per-side NatWest Trophy quarter-final matches. Introduced by Tony Lewis.

Contributors

Presenter:
Tony Lewis
Commentary:
Richie Benaud
Commentary:
Geoffrey Boycott
Commentary:
David Gower
Commentary:
Jack Bannister

From the creators of Airplane! the spoof police comedy series that spawned the Naked Gun hit movies. Starring Leslie Nielsen

Drebin uncovers corruption and murder when a boxer's supposed suicide leads him to try to clean up the dirty world of boxing.
(Repeat)

Contributors

Frank Drebin:
Leslie Nielsen

Cricket
Further live coverage of today's quarter-final matches.

Glorious Goodwood
The opening day of the Goodwood meeting, featuring races at 2.15,2.45,3.20 and 3.50. With commentary by Peter O'Sullevan, Jimmy Lindley and Jim McGrath, plus reports from Jonathan Powell and Clare Balding. Introduced by Julian Wilson.

Including at 3.00 and 3.40 News Regional News and Weather

Contributors

Commentary (Glorious Goodwood):
Peter O'Sullevan
Commentary (Glorious Goodwood):
Jimmy Lindley
Commentary (Glorious Goodwood):
Jim McGrath
Reporter (Glorious Goodwood):
Jonathan Powell
Reporter (Glorious Goodwood):
Clare Balding
Presenter (Glorious Goodwood):
Julian Wilson
Producer (Glorious Goodwood):
Malcolm Kemp

Peter Pan and the Pirates
Cartoon adventures.
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4.30 Ocean Odyssey
More adventures with ocean girl Neri.
(Stereo)

5.00 Newsround
With Julie Etchingham and Chris Rogers.
(Subtitled)

5.10-5.35pm Byker Grove
Another chance to see the seventh series of the popular teenage drama.
A new arrival sparks painful memories for Gary. Can the Grove ever be the same again? The lads discover that friendship and football don't mix.
Episode written by Roy Apps.
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Contributors

Presenter (Newsround):
Julie Etchingham
Presenter (Newsround):
Chris Rogers
Writer (Byker Grove):
Roy Apps
Producer (Byker Grove):
Matthew Robinson
Director (Byker Grove):
Paul Annett
Gary:
George Trotter
Noddy:
Brett Adams
Charlie:
Donna Air
Alison:
Victoria Murray
Dale:
Leslie Baines
Leah:
Jayni Hoy

Continuing the current affairs magazine series about Britain's black population.

Kurt Barling reports from America on the debate over the classification of those who have one black and one white parent. The number of mixed-race children is on the increase, but while some groups see race classification as one of the few remaining victories of the civil rights struggle, it is now being challenged by parents.

Plus, Henry Bonsu goes behind the scenes as pop promoters hold the final auditions for 20 hopefuls who are desperate to be part of a new black boy band. Presented by Rianna Scipio.
See today's choices.

Contributors

Presenter:
Rianna Scipio
Reporter:
Kurt Barling
Reporter:
Henry Bonsu
Producer:
Sandy Smith
Series Producer:
Patrick Younge

The series that provides a guide to the countryside. Tonight, Nick Fisher goes dragonfly spotting and discovers that the recent hot summers have resulted in a dragonfly boom, as well as an increasing interest in them. He also leams about an "insect-line" which
Cheshire-based Paul Hill has set up to enable spotters to report their latest sightings and find out news of rarities.
Meanwhile, Lindsay Cannon investigates the poisonous plants which lurk in hedgerows and woods; mountaineer Jim Curran tackles
Suilven, one of the country's most beautiful and remote peaks nearthe west coast of Sutherland; Ray Mears finds some unusual uses forfungi; and the Rev Rupert Greene goes on the trail of water meadows.
Producer Kathryn Moore ; Series producer
Dick Colthurst Stereo Subtitled ............

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Fisher
Unknown:
Paul Hill
Unknown:
Jim Curran
Unknown:
Ray Mears
Unknown:
Rupert Greene
Producer:
Kathryn Moore
Producer:
Dick Colthurst

Continued coverage from Atlanta, including the new Olympic discipline of mountain-biking which will provide a gold medal tonight in the women's race, where Britain's hopes are carried by Caroline Alexander and Debbie Murrell.
Medals are also at stake in table tennis and yachting. Plus news of the quarter-finals in boxing and tennis; developments in badminton; and the latest basketball action, an event which America made its own four years ago. There is also an update on progress in archery, where Britain's Simon Terry took the bronze at Barcelona. Introduced by Sue Barker.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sue Barker

Stokesay Court in Shropshire was built 100 years ago by John Derby Allcroft, a manufacturer of white cotton gloves, with no expense spared. At the beginning of the Second World War its remarkable contents were packed away into attics, where they remained hidden and forgotten until last year.
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Followed by Video Nation Shorts

Contributors

Presenter:
Lucinda Lambton
Producer:
Jamie Muir
Executive Producer:
Edward Mirzoeff

12.30 Swedish Science in the 18th century
From backwater to a nation at the forefront of scientific discovery.
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1.00 Deadly Quarrels
During the First World War two mathematicians used their skills to analyse Conflict.
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1.30 Poetry and Landscape
What can 18th century landscape paintings and poetry reveal about the attitudes to politics and society at the time?
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Highlights of this evening's gymnastics gala which gives the stars of Atlanta's gymnastics events the chance to perform their favourite routines without the intense pressure of the competition.

Contributors

Commentary:
Barry Davies
Commentary:
Christine Still
Commentary:
Mitch Fenner

Round-the-world explorer Ragnar Thorseth journeyed to the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic. His expedition to discover the gentle side of the polar bear went horribly wrong when Thorseth's fishing boat became locked in the ice for eight months.
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Contributors

Subject:
Ragnar Thorseth

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