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The Prince of Atlantis
Matt is put in charge after Eva is suspended from BIG. (R) (S)

8.40 Zorro
Montecero hires a bounty hunter. (R) (S)

9.10 Casper
Adventures of the friendly cartoon ghost. (R) (S)

9.30 The Journey of Allen Strange
Live action series about a teenage alien stranded on Earth. (R) (S)

9.55 Travel Bug
The Duncan family visit New Zealand on the fourth leg of their global trip. (S)

10.25 Byker Grove
Ollie's relationship hits trouble, while Barry faces his worst nightmare. (R) (S)

Contributors

Writer (Byker Grove):
Rachel Dawson

Presented by Steve Rider.

1.05 Cerebral Palsy Games
Jane Hoffen reports on the recent Cerebral Palsy World Games in Nottingham, where Caroline Innes and Lloyd Upsdell, two of Britain's top medallists in Sydney, were tipped for success.

2.05, 2.45, 3.10 Racing
Three live races from Ascot, with starts at 2.15, 2.45 and 3.15, plus the 3.25 Phoenix Stakes from Leopardstown. Jim McGrath, Willie Carson and Angus Loughran commentate.

2.25, 2.55, 3.35, 4.00 World Athletics
Coverage of the final day of the eighth World Athletics championships from Edmonton, Canada.
The highlight of the day is the women's marathon. Two years ago in Seville, this race was the closest finish in marathon history, with just three seconds separating the first two. Steve Cram and Brendan Foster provide commentary. (S)

5.35 Touring Cars
Rounds 15 and 16 of this year's British Touring Car championship come from Snetterton for the second of this season's night races. Charlie Cox and John Watson commentate.
(W)
Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Steve Rider
Unknown:
Jane Hoffen
Unknown:
Caroline Innes
Unknown:
Lloyd Upsdell
Unknown:
Willie Carson
Unknown:
Angus Loughran
Unknown:
Steve Cram
Unknown:
Brendan Foster
Unknown:
Charlie Cox
Unknown:
John Watson

Third of a four-part series in which writer Michael Lewis examines the influence of technological change.
Inside v Outside. An exploration of how the internet is giving power to outsiders, including a look at how rock band Marillion use the web to sidestep the record industry and a meeting with an Oldham boy who is planning a revolution. Plus "e-lancing" in Estonia, a visit to TV presenter Keith Chegwin 's bedroom, and an investigation into why Finnish culture has produced the mobile phone.
Producer Sarah Harrison ; Series producer Charles Miller (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Lewis
Presenter:
Keith Chegwin
Producer:
Sarah Harrison
Producer:
Charles Miller

A double bill this week in the rerun of the landmark series about the Second World War, narrated by Laurence Olivier.

Japan. Japan had entered the war confident that superior strength and discipline would prevail. By 1944 though they were fighting for survival, crippled by shortages of food, metals and fuel. The situation worsened after massive defeats at Saipan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, combined with a continuous campaign of Allied bombing. (R) (S)

8.05 Pacific. Ferocious fighting characterises the Allied offensive in the Pacific. The Japanese are fanatical in defence and severe casualties are incurred by the Americans as they embark on a two-pronged attack. (R) (S)
Website: [web address removed]
BBC History Magazine: available monthly, price £2.95

Contributors

Narrator:
Laurence Olivier
Director (Japan):
Hugh Raggett
Director (Pacific):
John Pett

Thriller based on a true story. Detective Viktor Burakov hunts a ruthless serial killer who is terrorising the USSR. But his battle is as much with the crumbling Soviet bureaucracy as it is with his elusive adversary.
Contains strong language and violent imagery. Review page 52.
Director Chris Gerolmo (1995. 18) (S)

Contributors

Unknown:
Viktor Burakov
Director:
Chris Gerolmo
Detective Viktor Burakov:
Stephen Rea
Colonel Fetisov:
Donald Sutherland
Dr Aleksandr Bukhanovsky:
Max von Sydon
Andre Chikatilo:
Jeffrey Demunn
Gorbunov:
John Wood
Bondarchuk:
Joss Ackland
Dunenkov:
Ralph Nosseck
Mrs Burakova:
Imelda Staunton

In the final episode of the new, dark and innovative sketch show, the surreal comedy includes a poet's murder solved live on air, and drama queen Quigley Cox facing a police line-up. Featuring Julie Duncanson , Mark McDonnell , Steve McNicoll and Gavin Mitchell.
Director Eric Ngowani Haynes ; Producer Gary Chippington (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Quigley Cox
Unknown:
Julie Duncanson
Unknown:
Mark McDonnell
Unknown:
Steve McNicoll
Unknown:
Gavin Mitchell.
Director:
Eric Ngowani Haynes
Producer:
Gary Chippington

Perrier Award-winner Rich Hall presents the live stage act of his alter ego - the redneck ex-convict and bigamist from Tennessee, Otis Lee Crenshaw. Performing whisky-laced songs, with thoughts on women, trailer parks and Southern "white trash", Crenshaw is joined by fellow funnyman Bill Bailey and a man named Johnny Cash.
Producer John Tiffney (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Rich Hall
Unknown:
Otis Lee Crenshaw.
Unknown:
Bill Bailey
Unknown:
Johnny Cash.
Producer:
John Tiffney

The season of Shaft films concludes with the third in the trilogy of blaxploitation thrillers. The bullets fly thick and fast when private investigator John Shaft goes undercover in Africa to bust an evil slave-smuggling ring. Widescreen. Review page 52.
Director John Guillermin (1973.18) (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Shaft
Director:
John Guillermin
John Shaft:
Richard Roundtree
Amafi:
Frank Finlay
Aleme:
Vonetta McGee
Jazar:
Neda Arneric
Wassa:
Debebe Eshetu
Emir Ramila:
Cy Grant

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ISLAM UK Inside Islam 2.00 Faces of Islam (part 2) (S) Languages 4.00 Talk Spanish (parts 1-4)
Working in Hospitality 5.00 Computer Skills
Open University 6.00 Putting Training to Work Britain and Germany (S) 23684 6.30 After the Revolution (S)

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