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Meredith Henderson, who stars in the BBC2 children's drama The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, is among this week's guests while music comes from boy band Code Red, pop band Soap and retro-rockers the Montrose Avenue. Plus a preview of Will Mellor's new single in Disc Drive.
Plus fashion from Nick Brown of Live and Kicking magazine, more Mission
Interiors with designer John Amabile and animated adventures with Dennis the Menace and Popeye and Son. With Tim Vincent, Gail Porter and Chris Jarvis.
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Contributors

Unknown:
Meredith Henderson
Unknown:
Shirley Holmes
Unknown:
Nick Brown
Designer:
John Amabile
Unknown:
Tim Vincent
Unknown:
Gail Porter
Unknown:
Chris Jarvis
Director:
John Smith
Series Producer:
Ed Gray

Introduced by Sue Barker from Queen's Club and Steve Rider from Donington. Motorsport From Donington, live coverage of round 11 of the Touring Car championship, in which Nigel Mansell is making the first of six appearances this season for the Ford team. Commentary by Charlie Cox and John Watson.
(Sunday Grandstand continues at 1.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Sue Barker
Presenter:
Steve Rider
Commentary (Motorsport):
Charlie Cox
Commentary (Motorsport):
John Watson.

1.35 Rallying Highlights from Greece of the Acropolis Rally, round eight of the world championship. Commentary by Mark James and Tiff Needell.
2.05 Tennis Live action from the final of the international grass tournament at
London's Queen's Club. Since 1968, the winner of Queen's has gone on to win
Wimbledon on five occasions. Mark Cox and John Barrett provide commentary.
4.00 Motorsport Live coverage from the Oonington circuit of round 12 of the Touring Car championship.
TV presentation (tennis) Barbara Slater ; (motorsport) Malcolm Kemp and Mark Wilkin

Contributors

Commentary By:
Mark James
Unknown:
Mark Cox
Unknown:
John Barrett
Unknown:
Barbara Slater
Unknown:
Malcolm Kemp
Unknown:
Mark Wilkin

Eurovision Final
From Vienna's Concert House.
Stephanie Hughes introduces the final of this year's Eurovision Young Musician competition.
Eight musicians from all over Europe have won through to the final concert with Britain represented by Adrian Spillett - the Shrewsbury percussionist who won the BBC Young Musician title in Belfast last March. Spillett, whose repertoire includes Joseph Schwantner's Percussion Concerto, is the first percussionist to appear in the Eurovision competition since its inception in 1982. The competitors will be accompanied by the Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dennis Russel
Davies, while the panel of judges is chaired by Yehudi Menuhin.
The young conductors' competition can be seen next Saturday..............
Event sponsored by Lloyds Bank

Contributors

Introduces:
Stephanie Hughes
Unknown:
Adrian Spillett
Unknown:
Joseph Schwantner
Conducted By:
Dennis Russel

A three-part insight into the work of the Serious Fraud Office - the controversial law-enforcement agency set up ten years ago.

How the office's early success in high-profile cases was followed by the Blue Arrow prosecution fiasco.
See today's choices.
(Subtitled)
Book: Fraudbusters is available from bookshops, priced £18.99
See This Week: page 4

Contributors

Producer:
Mark Hedgecoe
Series Producer:
Mark Killick

A season of programmes about children's health begins with the first of six guides to ailments that can afflict children.

Although notoriously difficult to diagnose, meningitis is beaten in 90 percent of cases in which the disease is correctly identified in its early stages.
(Subtitled)
The Children Health Survival Guide to deafness is tomorrow at 9.50pm

Contributors

Director:
Lynn Barlow
Series Producer:
Mark Fielder

Science fiction drama. based on a story by Arthur C Clarke , and starring
Jack Wagner , Jack Coleman An asteroid badly damages a cargo ship en route to Venus, leaving five crew members with enough oxygen for only three.
Director Arthur Allan Seidelman
(1994,15) ♦ See Films: pages 62-69

Contributors

Story By:
Arthur C Clarke
Unknown:
Jack Wagner
Unknown:
Jack Coleman
Director:
Arthur Allan Seidelman
Chief Engineer McNeil:
Jack Wagner
Second Mate Grant:
Jack Coleman
Bosun Palmer:
Craig Wasson
EngineerCadet Isaacs:
Sigrid Thornton
Gillings:
Kay Lenz
Captain Howard:
Kevin Colson

In the last of the series, Alexei Sayle considers what might have happened if the career of Bobby Charlton had coincided with penicillin's invention and the building of Hadrian's Wall. Director Edgar Wright ; Producer
Jon Rowlands

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexei Sayle
Unknown:
Bobby Charlton
Director:
Edgar Wright
Producer:
Jon Rowlands

Action fantasy starring
Nigel Terry , Helen Mirren
A tale of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table and Merlin -and of an enchanted sword of power called Excalibur.
Director John Boorman
(1981.15) + See Films: pages 62-69 **** ♦ Barry Norman on John Boorman : page 55
Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Terry
Unknown:
Helen Mirren
Director:
John Boorman
Unknown:
Barry Norman
Unknown:
John Boorman
King Arthur:
Nigel Terry
Morgana:
Helen Mirren
Merlin:
Nicol Williamson
Lancelot:
Nicholas Clay
Guenevere:
Cherie Lunghi
UtherPendragon:
Gabriel Byrne
Gawain:
Liam Neeson
Duke of Comwall:
Corin Redgrave
Leondegrance:
Patrick Stewart

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4.00 The New Get by in French-the first of two touristguides to France, including language tips and travel advice.
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5.00 Computers Don'tBite Business (part 3) OPEN UNIVERSITY
5.45 Babies' Minds
4597554 6.10 The Golden Thread
Subtitled 7975028 6.35-7.00am
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