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Introduced by Clare Balding.
Badminton/Basketball/Bowls/ Gymnastics/Table Tennis
Gold medals are decided today in the bowls singles, men's basketball, mixed doubles table tennis and rhythmic team gymnastics. There is also action from the badminton singles and doubles quarter-finals. Coverage is also available online at www.bbc.co.uk/sport (UK only)
L Digital viewers can access four extra
L streams (two on Freeview) of coverage - see www.radiotimes.com/commonwealth for timetable - plus a text service

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Introduced By:
Clare Balding.

Paul Martin inspects the Regency pier at Worthing in West Sussex, while antiques experts Michael Baggott and Philip Serrell appraise potential auction lots at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum.

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Unknown:
Paul Martin
Unknown:
Michael Baggott
Unknown:
Philip Serrell

Seven million people in the UK are involved in some kind of work at night, a figure expected to increase to 13 million by 2020. The Money Programme's Max Flint investigates the driving force behind the new 24-hour work culture. Does it mean the end of the habitual nine-to-five? Are the benefits to business and consumers coming before the health of the workers? Producer Adam Warner ; Series editor Clive Edwards

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Unknown:
Max Flint
Producer:
Adam Warner
Editor:
Clive Edwards

As the last weekend of the Melbourne Games begins, 21 gold medals have been decided, including nine on the penultimate day of athletics. Did Jade Johnson have success in the long jump pit? Also, three more medals were decided in diving, and the bowls competitions ended with the singles event. Live online at [web address removed] (UK only)
Digital viewers can access four extra streams (two on Freeview) - see [web address removed] for timetable

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Unknown:
Jade Johnson

The London Games of 1948 brought hope to a world emerging from the darkness of the Second World War; but the "Blitz spirit" lived on, as British athletes got fit on jelly and custard, and women had to make their own kit. In a humorous peek behind the scenes, noteworthy archive film complements interviews with amateur athletes of the time. Alan Coren narrates.

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Narrator:
Alan Coren
Director:
Dominic Sutherland
Executive Producer:
John Farren

3/4. The feel-good language adopted by the modern national curriculum is a far cry from the cutting sarcasm of the 1950s. Back then a school report like Norman Wisdom 's - "this child is every inch the fool; luckily for him he's not very tall" - was routine. With contributions from David Puttnam , Bill Oddie , Fiona Bruce and Gyles Brandreth. Richard Briers narrates. Producer Pip Banyard ; Exec producer Stuart Prebble

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Unknown:
Norman Wisdom
Unknown:
David Puttnam
Unknown:
Bill Oddie
Unknown:
Fiona Bruce
Unknown:
Gyles Brandreth.
Unknown:
Richard Briers
Producer:
Pip Banyard
Producer:
Stuart Prebble

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