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Cricket
Live coverage of this afternoon's play in the Fifth Test from Trent Bridge.

Athletics
Live action from the sixth World Athletics championships at the Olympic Stadium in Athens. Including at 5.00 the women's 200m semi-finals and 5.25the men's
200m semi-finals. Kelly Holmes is looking to improve on her bronze medal of two years ago in the women's 800m semi-finals at 5.50 and Paula Radcliffe aims to shine in the women's 5,000m semi-finals at 6.15.
Britain's Colin Jackson and Tony Jarrett will try to get among the medals in the men's 110m hurdles final at 7.15, where they face a formidable American challenge. Plus coverage of tonight's other three finals: the women's discus, the 10km walk and the shot.
Introduced by Desmond Lynam, with commentary by David Coleman, Stuart Storey, Brendan Foster, Paul Dickenson, Dave Moorcroft and Christina Boxer.

Contributors

Presenter (Athletics):
Desmond Lynam
Commentary (Athletics):
David Coleman
Commentary (Athletics):
Stuart Storey
Commentary (Athletics):
Brendan Foster
Commentary (Athletics):
Paul Dickenson
Commentary (Athletics):
Dave Moorcroft
Commentary (Athletics):
Christina Boxer

What happens when things go wrong with a building- when the pipes burst, damp rises and subsidence makes a home fall apart? In the fifth of six programmes, Stewart Brand argues that houses are often disasters waiting to happen and that a few pounds spent on early maintenance can save a great deal of money later on.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Presenter:
Stewart Brand
Producer:
Ed Stobart
Series Producer:
James Runcie

The guide to the countryside. Nick Fisher visits the lavender fields of Norfolk, while Blanaid Aughney goes in search of the semi-precious stone Blue John in Derbyshire. Pete McCarthy discovers the hidden history of Gloucestershire through its landscape and Ray Mears serves up a woodland feast.

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Contributors

Presenter:
Nick Fisher
Presenter:
Blanaid Aughney
Presenter:
Pete McCarthy
Presenter:
Ray Mears
Producer:
Annette Martin
Series Producer:
Sarah Rowlands

Open University
12.30 Your Place or Mine?
1.00 Markets and Hierarchies
(Rpt) (Subtitled)
1.30 New Forms of Partnership
(Rpt) (Subtitled)

Summer Nights
2.00 Fit for Summer Essentials

Languages
4.00 A Vous La France: 14 and 15; French on a Plate: Loire

Business and Work
5.00 The Small Business Programme
(Rpt)
Twenty Steps to Better Management - the Drama

Open University
6.00 Picturing the Modern City
6.25 Modelling in the Long Term
(Rpt)
6.50-7.15am Manage that Change

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