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Spice Girl Melanie G hosts the music series featuring the best in R 'n' B, hip hop, soul and jungle. Notable among today's studio guests are Destiny's Child and Me One.
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Contributors

Presenter:
Melanie G
Guests:
Destiny's Child
Guests:
Me One

Introduced by Steve Rider from Wentworth in Surrey.

12.30 Snooker
Action from this year's Grand Prix at Preston's Guild Hall -the first ranking tournament of the season.
Stephen Lee travels to Lancashire as the defending champion, but resurgent Scotsman Stephen Hendry, who lifted a seventh world title last May, will be among those players expected to provide stiff competition.
Commentary comes from Clive Everton, Ray Edmonds, Dennis Taylor and John Virgo. Coverage continues after the golf.

1.00 Golf
Live coverage from Wentworth in Surrey of the final of this year's World Match Play championship as the two remaining players from an original field of 12 battle it out for a winner's cheque of £170,000. The victory last year by American Mark O'Meara represented a triumph for the sport's older generation as the veteran held off the youthful challenge of compatriot and world number one Tiger Woods. Peter Alliss , Alex Hay, Howard Clark, Mike Hughesdon, Beverly Lewis and Dougie Donnelly occupy the commentary box.
TV presentation (golf): Alastair Scott. John Shrewsbury , Barbara Slater (W)

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Introduced By:
Steve Rider
Unknown:
Stephen Lee
Unknown:
Stephen Hendry
Unknown:
Ray Edmonds
Unknown:
Dennis Taylor
Unknown:
John Virgo.
Unknown:
Mark O'Meara
Unknown:
Peter Alliss
Unknown:
Alex Hay
Unknown:
Howard Clark
Unknown:
Mike Hughesdon
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Beverly Lewis
Unknown:
Dougie Donnelly
Unknown:
Alastair Scott.
Unknown:
John Shrewsbury
Unknown:
Barbara Slater

Another edition of the wildlife strand. Ends 6.45pm
Editor Fiona Pitcher ; Series producer Paul Appleby WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/animalzone
Natural Neighbours Addicted to Swans. A film about the elegant birds who make lifelong partners and devoted parents, and the love that they attract from many people. Producer Nigel Marven ; Series producer Mike Gunton (R) (S)

Contributors

Editor:
Fiona Pitcher
Producer:
Paul Appleby
Producer:
Nigel Marven
Producer:
Mike Gunton

Elephants of the Sand River
The Kaokoveld, an area bordering the Skeleton Coast of Namibia, is a barren expanse of mountains and desert. To survive in this parched environment, the desert elephant has had to adopt a nomadic lifestyle. See Choice.
Producers Martyn Colbeck and Brian Leith; Series editor Neil Nightingale (S) (W)

Contributors

Producers:
Martyn Colbeck
Editor:
Neil Nightingale

This breakdown of the financial damage caused by the war in Kosovo continues the Kosovo: the Reckoning season. When the estimated £500 million cost of resettling the Albanian refugees is added to the expenditure on military hardware, peacekeeping forces and repairing ruined infrastructure, the final bill is likely to run into billions.
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Correspondent concludes the Kosovo: the Reckoning season next Saturday with a look at another legacy of the Kosovan war

Contributors

Producer:
Mark Savage
Executive Producer:
Richard Klein

Jeremy Paxman speaks to computer visionary Bill Gates - the richest and one of the most powerful men in the world - about his incredible success with his company Microsoft and his plans for the future. See Choice.
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Contributors

Interviewer:
Jeremy Paxman
Interviewee:
Bill Gates
Director:
Stuart McDonald
Executive Producer:
Beatrice Ballard

Feminist writer Germaine Greer , Remington chairman Victor Kiam and presenter Jayne Middlemiss join Jeremy Clarkson tonight, while the host enlists journalist and dissident
Vitali Vitaliev in a bid to get to grips with modem Russia. Producer Elaine Bedell ; Director Brian Klein (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Germaine Greer
Unknown:
Victor Kiam
Presenter:
Jayne Middlemiss
Unknown:
Jeremy Clarkson
Unknown:
Vitali Vitaliev
Producer:
Elaine Bedell
Director:
Brian Klein

Continuing the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Monty Python's Flying Circus, the team examine the trials and tribulations of life in their usual irreverent comic style.
Highlights include Mr Creosote, Death's visit to a dinner party and the song Every Sperm Is Sacred.
Widescreen. (1983, 18) (S)
Films: pp 70-78 ***
Jonathan Ross's Movie Moment: page 68

Contributors

Director:
Terry Jones

Repeats are not indicated.
Post-16 2.00 The Geography Collection
Languages 4.00 The French Experience (1-4) with subtitles Working In Engineering 5.00 The Guide 7743627 5.45 Working It Out: Engineering- skills and training in Wales. Open University 6.00 Personnel Selection (S)
6.30 Scalingthe Salt Barrier Ends 7.00am

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