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Supermodel Caprice talks about her new single, and there's music from Irish boy band Westlife, dance group Phats and Small, and the guitar-driven Toploader. Plus the usual games, reviews and cartoons. Presented by Chris Jarvis , Tim Vincent and Kate Heavenor.
Producer Gail Hendrie ; Series producer Ed Gray WRITE TO: [address removed], or e-mail [address removed] Website: www.bbc.co.uk/fullybooked
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Then Rewind 1958: My Holiday in Spain At the age of eight, Paul Chandler went on one of the first package holidays. 1959: the Earliest Men. Richard, 15, joined his parents, anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey , in East Africa as they found the remains of the very earliest man. Repeat

Contributors

Presented By:
Chris Jarvis
Presented By:
Tim Vincent
Presented By:
Kate Heavenor.
Producer:
Gail Hendrie
Producer:
Ed Gray
Unknown:
Paul Chandler
Unknown:
Mary Leakey

Jamie Theakston interviews soul vocalist Mary J Blige, and Jayne Middlemiss catches up with dance outfit Phats and Small.
(Shown last Tuesday)
(Digital widescreen)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jamie Theakston
Presenter:
Jayne Middlemiss
Interviewee:
Mary J. Blige
Guests:
Phats and Small

Introduced by Steve Rider.
12.20, 3.30 Motorsport
Coverage from Thruxton of rounds 17 and 18 in the British Touring Car championship.
Commentary by Charlie Cox, John Watson.

1.10 Three-day Eventing
New Zealander Blyth Tait will be bidding to defend the title he won last year at the British Open championships, taking place at Gatcombe Park, Gloucestershire.
Commentary by Michael Tucker, Lorna Clarke, Lucinda Green and Clare Balding.

2.45 Swimming
The final day of the European Swimming championships from Istanbul, where Paul Palmer and Alison Sheppard are the British medal prospects. Commentary by Andy Jameson and Adrian Moorhouse.

4.30 Golf
Live coverage of the final round of the Senior Masters from the Edinburgh course at Wentworth. Brian Huggett of Wales was the winner last year, but South African Gary Player, who won the inaugural event two years ago, will be one of the favourites to claim the winner's £25,000.

6.25 News Roundup
TV presentation (touring cars) Malcolm Kemp and Mark Wilkin
Digital widescreen

Videoplus code for 12.15-6.30....................... Code for 12.15-3.30 (not PDC) ............ Code for 3.30-6.30 (not PDC)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Steve Rider.
Commentary By:
Charlie Cox
Commentary By:
John Watson.
Unknown:
Blyth Tait
Commentary By:
Michael Tucker
Commentary By:
Loma Clarke
Commentary By:
Lucinda Green
Unknown:
Paul Palmer
Unknown:
Alison Sheppard
Commentary By:
Andy Jameson
Commentary By:
Adrian Moorhouse.
Unknown:
Gary Player
Unknown:
Malcolm Kemp

Daily Telegraph columnist Boris Johnson examines the controversy surrounding recent newspaper coverage of the war in Kosovo. Director Charles Kitchen ; Series producer Christine Ruth Digital widescreen

Contributors

Unknown:
Boris Johnson
Director:
Charles Kitchen
Producer:
Christine Ruth Digital

An exploration of how man's struggle for food has shaped modern society, presented by Professor Alun Howkins.
Power, Plague and Profit. People in the Middle Ages suffered a host of environmental ills, but the devastation wrought by the Black Death, which killed 40 per cent of the population, signalled the death of the feudal system and ushered in a new world.
Director/Producer Judith Winnan
Digital widescreen

Contributors

Presented By:
Professor Alun Howkins.

Series exploring significant trends that could confront policy-makers in the next century.
Virtual Risk. Is life becoming more dangerous, or is society just becoming more nervous?
Risk expert
Professor John Adams talks to presenter Evan Davis about his belief that authorities responsible for safety have gone too far in trying to contain the hazards of life. See today's choices.
Producer Jeremy Monblat ; Series producer Nicola Meyrick Subtitled ....................... 30

Contributors

Talks:
Professor John Adams
Presenter:
Evan Davis
Producer:
Jeremy Monblat
Producer:
Nicola Meyrick

Rerun of last year's series. Joining team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are Liberal Democrat MP Charles Kennedy and jazz singer and critic George Melly. Presented by Angus Deayton.
Director Paul Wheeler ; Producer Giles Pilbrow Digital widescreen Repeat Subtitled....

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Ian Hislop
Unknown:
Charles Kennedy
Unknown:
George Melly.
Presented By:
Angus Deayton.
Director:
Paul Wheeler
Producer:
Giles Pilbrow

The final part of the comedy-sketch series features the Consumer Watchdog, It's Not
Fair and Sponsored Sex channels. Director Peter Boyd Maclean ; Producer Jackie Hamilton Digital widescreen

Contributors

Director:
Peter Boyd MacLean
Producer:
Jackie Hamilton

A drama from Horizon, based on a true story and set in the years around the Second World War, giving an account of an extraordinary discovery that illustrates the battle between science and faith. Starring Paul Rhys, Emma Fielding

English biologist David Lack struggles to reconcile the scientific evidence for evolution he found on the Galapagos Islands with his growing sense of the presence of God.

(Digital widescreen)

Contributors

Writer/Director:
Philip Martin
Series Editor:
John Lynch
David Lack:
Paul Rhys
Elizabeth Silva:
Emma Fielding
Julian Huxley:
Ian Hogg
George Varley:
Guy Henry
Atlan:
Richard Dempsey
Ratcliffe:
Donald Douglas
Skolnick:
Sam Cox
Vicar:
Robin Hart

A double bill of the acidic comedy.
11.35 The Interview. Mary Lou dents Hank's Bentley. Featuring Jim Belushi and Ben Folds Five.
12.00 / Buried Sid. Larry and guest Laura Dern try to keep their new romance a secret.
Subtitled
Videoplus code for 11.35-12.00 . Code for 12.00-12.25 Code for 11.35-12.25 (not PDC).

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Lou
Unknown:
Jim Belushi
Unknown:
Sid. Larry
Unknown:
Laura Dern

Offbeat drama, continuing BBC2's season of contemporary American films, starring Josh Charles Anne Heche , John Goodman Conceived in a traffic jam,
Charlie grows up obsessed with monitoring freeway traffic and with finding out about sex. Director Bryan Gordon (1995, 18)
* See Films: pp 52-58 *** Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Unknown:
Josh Charles
Unknown:
Anne Heche
Unknown:
John Goodman
Director:
Bryan Gordon

Repeats are not indicated. THE GREATS
2.00 Historical Figures LANGUAGES
4.00 Buongiorno Italia 1-2;
Famously Fluent BUSINESS AND TRAINING
5.00 Web Wise
OPEN UNIVERSITY
5.45 Alaska: the Last Frontier?
Subtitled 8236192 6.10 Putting
Training to Work 1495734 6.35-
7.00am Windows on the Mind

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