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Stephen Lee and Tony Drago battle it out for a place in the second round, which also gets under way this afternoon. BBCi: digital viewers can access additional live coverage of both tables, plus a news and statistics service, via the red button

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Unknown:
Stephen Lee
Unknown:
Tony Drago

There's a crisis at the waterhole in Namibia's Etosha
National Park. If the wardens can't fix the water pump, hundreds of animals will die of thirst. Three orphaned cheetahs are suffering from a mystery stomach bug and Ben Fogle travels to a lost world where dinosaurs ruled the plateau.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Fogle

Anarchic tearaways Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood host a more twisted spin on the old favourite as four members of two families - two adults and two children - pit their wits against each other in quick-fire rounds of questions. RT DIRECT: Dick and Dom's In da Bungalow is E9.99 (VHS) or £12.99 (DVD), incl p&p. To order call [number removed]7979 (national rate)

Sylvie Guillem - widely considered one of the greatest dancers of her generation - is interviewed in the week she and the Ballet Boyz perform An Evening of Work by Russell Maliphant at Sadler's Well in London. Harold Pinter discusses director
Lindsay Posner 's new staging of his first full-length play, The Birthday Party. And which is the true-life portrait of William Shakespeare ? A centuries-old debate could finally be resolved. With Verity Sharp. Producer Marcus Herbert ; Executive editor George Entwistle
Repeated at 11.20pm www.bbc.co.uk/cultureshow There's more on Shakespeare in BBC Learning Zone at 2am

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Unknown:
Sylvie Guillem
Unknown:
Russell Maliphant
Director:
Lindsay Posner
Unknown:
William Shakespeare
Unknown:
Verity Sharp.
Producer:
Marcus Herbert
Editor:
George Entwistle

The last second-round place will be decided tonight as 2004's runner-up Graeme Dott concludes his match with world number 17 Ian McCulloch. Hazel Irvine presents from the Crucible. Commentary by Clive Everton , Dennis Taylor , John Virgo ,
Willie Thorne , Terry Griffiths and Neal Foulds. BBCi: digital viewers can access additional live coverage of both tables, plus news and statistics, via the red button on the handset

Contributors

Unknown:
Graeme Dott
Unknown:
Ian McCulloch.
Unknown:
Hazel Irvine
Commentary By:
Clive Everton
Commentary By:
Dennis Taylor
Commentary By:
John Virgo
Commentary By:
Willie Thorne
Commentary By:
Terry Griffiths
Commentary By:
Neal Foulds.

New series 1/5. Birchbark Canoe. Mears makes a traditional canoe from birch bark, cedar and spruce roots. The time-consuming task requires judgement and patience - a true bushcraft experience, using only traditional tools and natural materials. For Mears, these are the finest crafts ever created - and making such a canoe is a life-long ambition.
Series producer Ben Southwell RT DIRECT: the new Ray Mears's Bushcraft DVD available for
E24.99 including p&p. To order, call [number removed]3850 (national rate) Living off the land: page 36

Contributors

Producer:
Ben Southwell

World champions of yore Steve Davis and John Parrott offer their unique insight as they join Hazel Irvine at the Crucible in Sheffield. The second round is under way and matches are the best of 25 frames, played over three sessions.

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Davis
Unknown:
John Parrott

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2.00 Key Stage Three Bitesize Revision English Three. Studying the set scenes in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Macbeth and Henry V; followed by basic writing skills, including spelling, grammar and punctuation.
4.00 GCSE Bitesize Revision History: Modern British History. The liberal reforms, votes for women, the home front 1914-18, the General Strike, the Depression, the home front 1939-45 and the welfare state.

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