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Hazel Irvine introduces live coverage from Woburn Golf and Country Club in Milton Keynes of early play on the opening morning of the women's British Open.

American Sherri Steinhauer will be back to defend the title she won at Royal Lytham and St Annes last year after a remarkable comeback. All but out of the tournament reckoning after shooting a first-round 81, Steinhauer clawed her way back to claim victory by a single shot from Sweden's Sophie Gustafson and compatriot Brandie Burton.

Commentary and analysis comes from Peter Alliss, Alex Hay, Howard Clark, Beverly Lewis and Mickey Walker.

Including at 11.00 News and Regional News (Subtitled) Weather

Contributors

Presenter:
Hazel Irvine
Commentary/Analysis:
Peter Alliss
Commentary/Analysis:
Alex Hay
Commentary/Analysis:
Howard Clark
Commentary/Analysis:
Beverly Lewis
Commentary/Analysis:
Mickey Walker
Executive Producer:
Alastair Scott
Executive Producer:
John Shrewsbury

First of two Man from UNCLE spy spoofs, starring Robert Vaughn, David McCallum

Napoleon and Illya do battle with agents from THRUSH over a secret formula for extracting gold from sea water.
(1967)
(How to Steal the World is tomorrow at 12.30pm)
See Films: pp 46-52 **

Contributors

Director:
Barry Shear
Napoleon Solo:
Robert Vaughn
Illya Kuryakin:
David McCallum
Randolph:
Herbert Lom
Amanda True:
Joan Crawford
Carl von Kesser:
Curt Jurgens
Count de Franzini:
Telly Savalas
Constable:
null Terry-Thomas
Sandy True:
Kim Darby

6.00 Second Sight
On the fourth anniversary of his wife's death, Sisko encounters Fenna, a lovely but elusive alien woman.

6.45 Sanctuary
Four passengers on an alien vessel in trouble are transported to Deep Space Nine.

(Repeat)

Videoplus code for 6.00-6.45
Code for 6.45-7.30
Code for 6.00-7.30 (not PDC)

Contributors

Cmdr Benjamin Sisko:
Avery Brooks
Odo:
Rene Auberjonois
Major Kira Nerys:
Nana Visitor
Chief O'Brien:
Colm Meaney
Fenna/Nidell:
Salli Elise Richardson
Dr Julian Bashir:
Siddig El Fadil
Quark:
Armin Shimerman

Continuing the series in which Richard Holmes examines how the First World War was fought.

A visit to Verdun in France, scene of the first battle where artillery totally dominated the battlefield, leaving one million soldiers killed or wounded.
See today's choices.
(Repeated next Saturday)
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)
BBC Book: Western Front, priced £17.99

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Holmes
Director/Series Producer:
Mark Fielder

Stelios Haji-Ioannou is a young Greek multi-millionaire determined to revolutionise air travel in Europe with his Easyjet company, one of a number of low-cost carriers who are undercutting the prices of established airlines by as much as 90 per cent.

But with competition for control of the skies intensifying, this film asks if Easyjet can survive financially, examines how the company manages to cut costs without jeopardising safety and reliability, and follows Stelios and his team during two years of legal and business battles in the airports and courts of Europe.
(Digital widescreen)

Contributors

Subject:
Stelios Haji-Ioannou
Producer:
Mark Donovan
Series Producer:
Nick Catliff

Tracing the history of a Mercedes 250SL, first owned by sixties model Twiggy, later bought by Jamiroquai's Jay Kay, and eventually won in a newspaper competition by a tax consultant from the Home Counties.
(Digital widescreen)

Contributors

Director:
Russell Hayes
Series Producer:
Richard Pearson

This updated repeat from the Back to the Floor series follows Gillian Du Charmes, headmistress of Benenden girls boarding school, as she returns to Forest Gate Comprehensive in east London to see how things have evolved in the classroom since her last visit as a supply teacher.
(Revised repeat)

Contributors

Subject:
Gillian Du Charmes
Producer:
Adam Wishart

In the final of four portraits showing three generations of women, Edna, 89, Brenda, 55, and Sarah, 30, tell a story of increasing prosperity and independence for women in the 20th century.

After leaving school at the age of 14 and spending 15 years in service as a maid, Edna decided to send her daughter Brenda to elocution lessons.

In a break from family tradition, Brenda then went on to send her own daughter Sarah to private school. Sarah now has a successful career in the City.

(Digital widescreen)

Contributors

Director:
Susanna White
Executive Producer:
Belinda Allen

The series about sexual politics in modern multicultural Britain examines problems surrounding some mixed-race relationships. A young Asian woman's parents are refusing to accept her marriage to an Afro-Caribbean man, while Sarah - from a white, middle-class background - faces adverse reactions in Berkshire to her black boyfriend Rodney.
(Subtitled)

Contributors

Producer:
Marilyn Comrie
Executive Producer:
Dele Oniya

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Moscow: a City in Transition
1.00 Powers of the President
(Subtitled)

The Greats
2.00 Explorers

Languages
4.00 Buongiorno Italia 19-20; Famously Fluent

Business and Training
5.00 Computers Don't Bite

Open University
5.45 Virtual Democracy?
6.10-7.00am Lifestyles, Work and the Family

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