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David Bowie talks about his new single, Jamie Theakston meets Carleen Anderson and the Brand New Heavies, plus a look at the charts in 2000.
(Shown last Tuesday)
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Contributors

Presenter:
Jamie Theakston
Guest:
David Bowie
Guest:
Carleen Anderson
Guest:
Brand New Heavies

More mechanical mayhem as radio-controlled machines battle against each other and the house robots. Hosted by Craig Charles and Philippa Forrester.
(Shown last Friday) (S)

Contributors

Presenter:
Craig Charles
Presenter:
Philippa Forrester

Introduced by Sue Barker.

1.35 Ski Sunday
World Cup action from the men's downhill at Chamonix, France, and the women's giant slalom taking place at Berchtesgaden, in Germany. With Hazel Irvine.

2.30 Basketball
Live coverage from the Sheffield Arena of the National Cup final, basketball's equivalent of football's FA Cup. Sheffield Sharks are the reigning champions after edging out the Greater London Leopards 67-65 last year. Stuart Storey and Alton Byrd provide the commentary.

4.05 World Darts
Coverage of the second day's play of the World Professional Darts championship. Fourth seed Robbie Widdows faces fellow Englishman Andy Hatfield in one of today's clashes. Tony Green commentates.

5.00 Rugby Union
Highlights of the weekend's penultimate round of European Cup group matches. Welsh sides Pontypridd and Llanelli both face French opposition in, respectively, Colomiers, who were last year's losing finalists, and Bourgoin.

(W)

Contributors

Presenter:
Sue Barker
Presenter (Ski Sunday):
Hazel Irvine
Commentator (Basketball):
Stuart Storey
Commentator (Basketball):
Alton Byrd
Darts player:
Robbie Widdows
Darts player:
Andy Hatfield
Commentator (World Darts):
Tony Green
Producer:
Jonny Bramley
Editor:
Michael Cole

Alice Beer casts an eye at Earls Court over the 1,000 exhibits from this year's London Boat Show, the first international gathering of the millennium. The programme includes celebrities receiving instruction from the professionals: dinghy expert Ben Ainslie teaches Charlie Dimmock how to sail; Jamie Theakston test-drives the new James Bond boat with powerboat ace Steve Curtis; Sean Hughes reviews a trio of the latest cruisers; and Alice Beer trains with Chay Blyth to navigate around the Fastnet Rock.
(S)

Contributors

Presenter:
Alice Beer
Sailor:
Ben Ainslie
Guest:
Charlie Dimmock
Guest:
Jamie Theakston
Powerboat racer:
Steve Curtis
Guest:
Sean Hughes
Sailor:
Chay Blyth
Producer:
Karen Brown
Executive Producer:
Nick Vaughan Barratt

John Inverdale presents coverage of this afternoon's first-round matches, including the return of crowd favourite Bobby George, who takes on fellow Englishman Denis Ovens, who is making his Frimley Green debut.
(W)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Inverdale
Darts player:
Bobby George
Darts player:
Denis Ovens

The three-part inside story of the speculative fever that gripped Japan in the eighties, and the crippling crash that followed.

Japanese people recall the giddy years when land and share prices spiralled upwards and banks pressed cheap loans on customers. But when the crash came, small firms and ordinary families were first in the firing line.
See Choice.
(S)

Factual: Bubble Trouble 8.00pm BBC2
The shops are still full of Japanese branded goods but we don't hear about Japan's economic miracle any more. This fascinating series tells exactly what happened in the last two decades when the Yen went through the roof, the country's economy went off the rails and the bubble burst. It is a tale told with clarity and economy, a fast-moving narrative revealing how naive economic management sent land and share prices spiralling and fuelled a false boom. But when the government finally left banks and stockbrokers to go bankrupt, "it was like a crack across a blue sky," says one broker. It is an eye-opening view of Japan's changing culture that makes you wonder what the film-makers would make of Britain pic's changing fortunes.

(GE)

Contributors

Producer:
Marcus Kiggell
Executive Producer:
Peter Pagnamenta

Sister Bliss of dance group Faithless, Underworld lead singer Karl Hyde and Gruff from Super Furry Animals share their predictions for the future of popular music.
(S) (W)
(The series continues on Thursday at 8.50pm with a look at housing)

Contributors

Interviewee:
Sister Bliss
Interviewee:
Karl Hyde
Interviewee:
null Gruff
Director:
Steve Burrell
Director:
John Durrant
Producer:
Monica Garnsey

Another chance to see the last episode of the first series. The new series is showing on Friday at 9pm.

Linda makes a stand for her sex when she appears as the "woman scorned" on The Terry Clinger Show. Tom, meanwhile, makes a shock announcement - he's getting married, but the big question is: to whom?
(Regular cast on Friday at 9pm)
(R) (S) (W)

Contributors

Beryl Merit:
Rosalind Knight
Gloria:
Sophie Stanton
Vince:
Ronan Vibert
Degsy:
Richard Cant
Terry Clinger:
William Hope

Western starring Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda.

When the people of Warlock decide to take a stand against a group of hellraising cowboys, they find their choice of an ageing marshal brings its own problems.
Widescreen.
(1959, 15) ***
(S)
Films: pp 60-65

Contributors

Director:
Edward Dmytryk
Johnny Gannon:
Richard Widmark
Clay Blaisdell:
Henry Fonda
Tom Morgan:
Anthony Quinn
Lilly Dollar:
Dorothy Malone
Jessie Marlow:
Dolores Michaels
Judge Holloway:
Wallace Ford
Abe McQuown:
Tom Drake
Bacon:
Richard Arlen
Curley Burne:
DeForest Kelley
Skinner:
Regis Toomey

Seeds Ronnie Baxter and Les Wallace are among those aiming to reach round two at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green. Presented by John Inverdale.
(W)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Inverdale
Darts player:
Ronnie Baxter
Darts player:
Les Wallace

Drama, showing in the Movie World season.

A woman and her four-year-old daughter Ponette are involved in a car crash. The woman dies, but the child, who has suffered only a broken arm, cannot come to terms with the loss of her mother.
Widescreen. In French with English subtitles.
(1996, PG)
(Films: pp 60-65 ***)

Contributors

Director:
Jacques Doillon
Ponette:
Victoire Thivisol
Matiaz:
Matiaz Bureau Caton
Delphine:
Delphine Schittz
Ada:
Leopoldine Serre
Luce:
Luckie Royer
Carla:
Carla Ibled

(Repeats are not indicated)

Exam Revision
2.00 GCSE Bitesize Revision: English 1 (S)

Languages
4.00 France Inside Out: Part 1
Culture guide
Talk French: Parts 1-2
Beginners' language course.

Working with the Land
5.00 The Guide

Open University
6.00 Seeing through Maths: Taking Off
(S)
6.30 Seeing through Maths
(S)

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