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Gary Lineker presents live coverage of day two of the Open championship from Hoylake, where the world's best golfers are battling it out for the most prestigious title in the game.
The Americans have dominated the competition for some years now the last European golfer to win was Scotland's Paul Lawrie in 1999. With Darren Clarke ,
Colin Montgomerie and David Howell expected to spearhead the home challenge this time, can a Briton finally take back the Claret Jug? With reports by Hazel Irvine and commentary by Sam Torrance and Mark James. Highlights tonight at 7.15pm.
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(non-PDC) Coverage on Radio Five Live from 9am
Digital viewers can access a range of extra features for the golf, as well as live coverage of Great Britain's crucial Davis Cup tennis clash with Israel at Eastbourne

Contributors

Unknown:
Gary Lineker
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Paul Lawrie
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Darren Clarke
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Colin Montgomerie
Unknown:
David Howell
Unknown:
Hazel Irvine
Commentary By:
Sam Torrance
Commentary By:
Mark James.

Highlights from the second day of the Open at Royal Liverpool British Club, Hoylake.
A host of the game's biggest names from the rest of the world will be looking to end the recent dominance of the USA, whose golfers have taken the title nine times in the past 11 years. Presented by Mark Pougatch. Commentary by Peter Alliss ,
Ken Brown and Wayne Grady.

Contributors

Presented By:
Mark Pougatch.
Commentary By:
Peter Alliss
Commentary By:
Ken Brown
Commentary By:
Wayne Grady.

Joe, Carol and Rachel make their final visit to the "Chelsea of the North". They go behind the scenes at the show's most striking annual floral display, look at the winners of the National Flower Bed competition, and meet Jackie Brocklehurst , whose Eat My
Garden! plot aims to be 100 per cent edible. Safety trimmer/strimmer: page

Contributors

Unknown:
Jackie Brocklehurst

Former world champion freediver Tanya Streeter visits the Galapagos Islands to meet nature's best freedivers. Here she encounters primitive diving lizards and turtles that can hold their breath for hours, and becomes exhausted as she attempts to keep pace with a flightless cormorant.
Producer James Honeyborne ; Series producer Wendy Darke

Contributors

Unknown:
Tanya Streeter
Producer:
James Honeyborne
Producer:
Wendy Darke

Britain's Fruiting Heritage. Sarah Raven examines how the recent increase in demand for organic and locally grown harvests could finally turn the tide on the UK's importation of mass-produced fruit.
Producer David Symonds : Series producer Sarah Moors

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Raven
Producer:
David Symonds
Producer:
Sarah Moors

Wry period romantic comedy based on the satirical novel by George Orwell , starring Richard E Grant and Helena Bonham Carter. When a successful copywriter abandons his career to become a poet, it's up to his long-suffering girlfriend to try to keep their relationship on the rails. Review page 43.
Director Robert Bierman (1997, PG)

Contributors

Novel By:
George Orwell
Unknown:
Richard E Grant
Unknown:
Helena Bonham Carter.
Director:
Robert Bierman
Gordon Comstock:
Richard E Grant
Rosemary Helena:
Bonham Carter
Ravelston:
Julian Wadham
Erskine:
Jim Carter
Julia Comstock:
Harriet Walter
Hermione:
Lesley Vickeraqe
Mrs Trilling:
Lill Roughley
McKechnie:
John Cleqq
Mrs Wisbeach:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Mrs Meakin:
Liz Smith
Paul Doring:
Malcolm Sinclair
Dora:
Dorothy Atkinson

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