(Repeats are not indicated)
6.05 Bulls, Bears and China Shops
6.30 Women of Northern Ireland
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7.00 Talking about Care
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7.30 Rousseau in Africa: Democracy in the Making
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Jane Hill and Andrew Harvey with a roundup from News 24, plus weather at 8.25.
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9.00 The Elvis Statistic
9.05 Policing Hate
9.35 The WebStory.com/Yesterday
10.05 Your Place or Mine?
10.35 France Challenge
The weekly magazine follows a fund-raising climb up Mount Kilimanjaro by deaf and hearing people. With sign language and in-vision subtitles.
(Repeated Thursday at 1.10am on BBC1)
Website: [web address removed]
A fortnight of green-baize action begins in earnest this morning as Stephen Hendry begins the defence of his record seventh world championship title against newcomer Stuart Bingham.
Coverage continues at 1.15pm on BBC1, and at 5.25pm on BBC2. Introduced from the Crucible theatre in Sheffield by David Vine. (S)
In this Anthony Minghella-scripted adaptation of a traditional German folk tale, an evil witch marries a recently widowed king and jealously transforms his sons into ravens.
Starring John Hurt, Brian Henson, Miranda Richardson, Jonathan Pryce and Joely Richardson.
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Saturday Matinee drama starring Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner.
A fading Hollywood director discovers beautiful flamenco dancer Maria Vargas in a tawdry Madrid nightclub and turns her into a star. However, Maria soon tires of the glamorous world she has conquered.
(1954, PG) ****
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Films: pp 60-67
Following the two races on BBC1's Grandstand, coverage continues of the second day of Newbury's prestigious spring meeting.
Archive sounds from the BBC's musical vaults, including hits from Texas and Dusty Springfield.
Shown last Wednesday (S)
Continued coverage from Sheffield sees 1999 runner-up Mark Williams taking on John Read. The evening session is at 8.55pm.
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Jamie Oliver meets an old friend and organises a reunion supper for all their former colleagues.
(Shown last Wednesday)
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With George Alagiah.
Weather Peter Cockroft.
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With some 7,000 offshore companies and their own clandestine banking system, the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean have long been a favourite tax haven for the world's accountants, but are now seen by financial superpowers as being vulnerable to cheats and money launderers. John Sweeney goes on the trail of a major player on the local financial scene who has gone missing under mysterious circumstances.
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As it returns for a new, eight-part run, the heritage series looks at buildings inspired by animals, starting an animal-themed mini-evening of history. Kirsty Wark sees how hunting has laid the foundations for a wealth of lavish architecture, while Lucinda Lambton looks for Britain's grandest animal monuments and Dan Cruickshank assesses an avant-garde builder's contribution to architecture through his work at London Zoo. See Choice.
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Website: [web address removed]
First of seven programmes from the strand which concludes tonight's themed The History Zone.
For six centuries the Tower of London was home to history's longest continuously-running zoo. The film tells of exotic beasts which lived in the Royal Menagerie - including a white bear which swam in the Thames, a beer-drinking zebra and pipe-smoking baboons.
See Choice.
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The other prisoners of the Tower of London: page 24
David Vine is the host for the first evening session of this year's world professional snooker championship.
Stephen Hendry is aiming to become the first player to qualify for second-round action tonight as he completes his match against rank outsider Stuart Bingham.
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Comedy starring Anthony Hopkins.
Michigan, 1907: Eleanor Lightbody has convinced her husband that a spell at a health spa will rescue their marriage. But the rigorous and unorthodox treatments available at Dr Kellogg's sanatorium lead instead to further marital strife.
Widescreen.
(1994, 18) **
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Films: pp 60-67
Barry Norman on Anthony Hopkins: page 52
Drama starring Robert Mitchum and Ava Gardner.
New Orleans beauty Barbara Beaurevel is in love with a young, married doctor. When Barbara inherits a fortune, she conceives a plan to get her true love back.
Ends 2.35.
(1951) **
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Films: pp 60-67
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Website: [web address removed]
Ends 5am.
