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Live coverage of the Indoor
Open at Ponds Forge, Sheffield, where the second round stage concludes today. With vital ranking points at stake, 32 of the world's best players have been in action. Introduced by Jill Douglas , with reports from Rishi Persad and commentary from David Corkill , Andy Thomson , John Price and Greg Harlow.
Producer Gerard Lane Also live online at www.bbc.co.uk/sport

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jill Douglas
Unknown:
Rishi Persad
Unknown:
David Corkill
Unknown:
Andy Thomson
Unknown:
Greg Harlow.
Producer:
Gerard Lane

Paul Martin is at the home of rugby league's Huddersfield Giants. While, in Halifax, experts Kate Alcock and Nigel Smith both pick a winning line-up for the auction.

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Martin
Unknown:
Kate Alcock
Unknown:
Nigel Smith

The arts show features a rare interview with controversial French author Michel Houellebecq on his new book, The Possibility of an Island, Sir Timothy Clifford on 21 years as the head of Scotland's National Galleries, and how the search for a new way of dealing with the visual arts in remote rural areas has thrown up a new musical fusion: knitting and opera. With Charles Hazlewood. Series producer Marcus Herbert ; Executive producer Edward Morgan Repeated at 11.20pm www.bbc.co.uk/cultureshow

Contributors

Unknown:
Michel Houellebecq
Unknown:
Timothy Clifford
Unknown:
Charles Hazlewood.
Producer:
Marcus Herbert

New series 1/8. Seven brave home owners have each bought a run-down house and, under the watchful eye of top restoration experts, are going to try to restore them to their former splendour.
Lancashire. Les and Val Thomas have never lived in a house more than ten years old. But all that is about to change, as they have fallen in love with a Grade II Jacobean farmhouse that has been neglected for decades. Presenter Charlie Luxton lends a hand.
Producer Kate Scholefield ; Series producer Amy Joyce Homes to DIY for: page 31

Contributors

Unknown:
Val Thomas
Presenter:
Charlie Luxton
Producer:
Kate Scholefield
Producer:
Amy Joyce

9/9. Could the dodgy pie your grandfather once ate be the root of your stomach problems? The answer's yes, according to scientists who have found a whole new layer to our genes beyond DNA, the very cornerstone on which modern biology sits. With it comes startling first evidence that this can cause heritable effects in humans. The controversial science of epigenetics represents a major shift in thinking from the view that DNA carries all our heritable information, and that nothing an individual does in their lifetime will be biologically passed to their children.
A new series is scheduled to start in January.
Focus magazine: £3.25. The new issue, which goes on sale Thursday 27 October, includes an article on epigenetics

Contributors

Producer:
Nigel Paterson
Editor:
Andrew Cohen

9/10. Essex boxer Dominic Negus, who once head-butted Olympic super-heavyweight champ Audley Harrison, also works as hired muscle, collecting debts for businessmen. For Negus the job becomes personal when he discovers that his 84-year-old father, who's ill in hospital, is owed £10,000 by a car dealer. An extraordinary and violent confrontation follows, but when his father dies soon after and Negus himself is savagely attacked, he considers early retirement. Following Negus through six turbulent months, the film asks what price he pays for his violent profession.

Contributors

Subject:
Dominic Negus
Director:
Nick Godwin
Series Producer:
Alastair Cook
Series Producer:
Robert Davis

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