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Girls Aloud guest, the Jacqueline Wilson contest winner is announced and we visit Liverpool FC. Plus Dennis the Menace, Arthur, Metalheads and Mona the Vampire. Hosted by Barney Harwood, Kirsten O'Brien and Rochelle Wiseman.
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Contributors

Guests:
Girls Aloud
Presenter:
Barney Harwood
Presenter:
Kirsten O'Brien
Presenter:
Rochelle Wiseman
Director:
Ian Trill
Producer:
Kerry Briggs

Live coverage of the second morning in Helsinki gets under way.
9.55 Women's 400m round one. Donna Fraser looks to emulate the form that saw her just miss out on a medal in the 2000 Olympics.
10.05 Heptathlon long jump. Kelly Sotherton continues her challenge against Carolina Kluft and the indomitable Eunice Barber.
11.50 Men's 3,000m steeplechase round one
12.30 Women's 100m round one Plus regular updates from the women's 20km walk. INTERACTIVE: digital viewers can access a news service and medals table
Live coverage in Sport on 5 at 1pm on Radio 5 Live

Contributors

Unknown:
Donna Fraser
Unknown:
Kelly Sotherton
Unknown:
Eunice Barber.

Presented by Clare Balding .
Swimming From Sheffield, trials for the Commonwealth Games. Commentary by Andy Jameson and Adrian Moorhouse.
Producer Kate McKeag

Contributors

Presented By:
Clare Balding
Commentary By:
Andy Jameson
Commentary By:
Adrian Moorhouse.
Producer:
Kate McKeag

6/13. Beautiful but troubled, Northern Ireland's coast has had a turbulent history for more than 2,000 years. Nicholas Crane et al take in the history as they cycle Antrim's coast road, dive Strangford Lough and step across the Giant's Causeway. Continues on Friday at 9pm. Series producer Steve Evanson ; Series editor Gill Tierney
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INTERACTIVE: short films, information on 39 coastal walks around Britain (12 with mobile-phone commentary), plus how to sign up for free local guided walks are available via the red button. Details of the walks are also available at [web address removed] or by calling the information line on [number removed] (national rate)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Crane
Unknown:
Strangford Lough
Producer:
Steve Evanson
Editor:
Gill Tierney

4/7. Joe Absolom stars as a new face at the agency.
Writer/Director Andy Hamilton ; Producer Sue Howells

Contributors

Director:
Andy Hamilton
Producer:
Sue Howells
Trevor:
Nell Pearson
Sammy:
Paul Reynolds
Barry:
Abdul Sails
Heidrun:
Cosima Shaw
Ralph Michael:
Fenton Stevens
Theresa:
Rosalind Ayres
Meryl:
Claire Skinner
Scott:
Joe Absolom

Oliver Stone 's hard-hitting biographical drama starring Tom Cruise. Fired with enthusiasm, young Ron Kovic volunteers for the Vietnam War, only to be wounded in battle. Paralysed from the chest down, he returns to an America vastly different from the one he left and attempts to heal the mental and physical wounds. Review page 48.

Contributors

Unknown:
Oliver Stone
Unknown:
Tom Cruise.
Unknown:
Ron Kovic
Ron Kovic:
Tom Cruise
Donna:
Kyra Sedgwick
Mr Kovic:
Raymond J Barry
Mrs Kovic:
Caroline Kava
Charlie:
Wlllem Dafoe
Tommy Kovic:
Josh Evans
Jimmy Kovic:
Jamie Talisman
Recruiting sergeant:
Tom Berenger

Crime thriller. Lawrence Tierney plays a former Los Angeles cop who takes a job protecting a widow from blackmailers and is then framed for murder. Review page 48.
Director Richard Fleischer (1948) (BW) Film Trivia: page 46

Followed by 48 Preludes & Fugues

Contributors

Unknown:
Lawrence Tierney
Director:
Richard Fleischer

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WorkSkills for Business
(Repeats not indicated)

2.00 Getting Started
How to get your own business off the ground.

3.00 Dragons' Den
Budding entrepreneurs pitch ideas to multi-millionaires.

4.00 Welcome to the Cybermarket
How email and the web can benefit small businesses.

5.00 Big Ambitions
People try to realise their dreams.

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