Programme Information

Wimbledon 2011

Saturday 2 July

6.00-7.00am BBC ONE (Yesterday At Wimbledon)
1.00-6.15pm BBC ONE, BBC ONE HD and BBC HD/3D
6.10-8.00pm BBC TWO and BBC HD/3D
8.00-9.00pm BBC TWO (Today At Wimbledon)

• Press release (Wimbledon in 3D)
• www.bbc.co.uk/wimbledon

Sue Barker presents live coverage of the womens singles final

Sue Barker presents live coverage of the women's singles finals at Wimbledon.

After six rounds, just two competitors remain from the 128 who harboured hopes at the beginning of the Championships. At stake on the world-famous Centre Court today is the Venus Rosewater Dish and the prestige of being part of a roll of honour that includes the likes of Helen Wills-Moody, Suzanne Lenglen, Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf. The 2011 winner will also take home £1.1m in prize money.

Also taking place are the men's and women's doubles finals. The doubles events are always entertaining and previous champions at the All England Club include such legendary combinations as Newcombe and Roche, McEnroe and Fleming, McNamara and McNamee, Navratilova and Shriver and Woodbridge and Woodforde.

Wimbledon 2011 is simulcast on the BBC HD channel – the BBC's High Definition channel available through Freesat 109, Freeview 54, Sky 169 and Virgin 187. BBC One coverage is simulcast in HD on BBC One HD on Freesat 108, Freeview 50, Sky 143 and Virgin 108. Coverage between 1-8pm is also available in 3D on the BBC HD channel.

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Adam continues to act under his own jurisdiction in this week's episode of the medical drama that stars Denise Welch as Goldie, the straight-talking mother of a sex offender.

Known sex offender Matthew is brought into the ED after suffering a beating at the hands of a former victim's father. When he confesses to Adam that he wishes he was dead, Adam is tempted to bypass normal hospital procedure and help him, especially after a frank talk with Matthew’s ashamed mother, Goldie. Against normal policy, Adam pays a visit to the hospital pharmacist, but just how is he planning to help Matthew?

Meanwhile, Mads is distraught to learn that her new friend is the wife of her attacker, Ash; and Linda goes head to head with Jordan over budgets, only to find unlikely assistance in the form of Jordan’s new PA.

Tristan Gemmill plays Adam, Denise Welch plays Goldie, Gavin Bell plays Matthew, Hasina Haque plays Mads, Chris Ryman plays Ash, Christine Tremarco plays Linda and Michael French plays Jordan.

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David Walliams, Miranda Hart, Catherine Tate and Rik Mayall are among the cream of British comedy leading the stellar cast in this surreal and spectacular animation, created by children for children, which forms part of the Cultural Olympiad.

Thousands of children across the country contributed drawings, sound effects and story ideas to the film, which was brought together by Tate and Aardman Animations with additional support from the BBC, either by uploading images to the website or by attending one of the touring movie workshops held across the country.

Eleven-year-old Beanie's bland life is changed for ever when he is sent on a mission. Armed only with laser lip-gloss and a pair of blend-in pants he has to save his parents from Evil Stella and return the Golden Nit to its rightful place at the heart of the sun, thereby saving the universe.

David Walliams is the Golden Nit, Miranda Hart is mum, Harry Enfield is dad, Catherine Tate is Evil Stella, Vic Reeves is Captain Iron Ears, Rik Mayall is the narrator and President Pinky, Sanjeev Bhaskar is Ten Heart Hero, Ralf Little is Fireboy and Bobby Fuller is Beanie. A host of other stars pop up in cameo roles including David Tennant, Pixie Lott, Matt Baker, Andy Akinwolere, Dick and Dom, Steve Backshall and Stacey Solomon.

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Andy Akinwolere grabs his clapperboard for the full behind-the-scenes story on The Itch Of The Golden Nit – the biggest animated film ever made by children, created from thousands of contributed drawings, story ideas and sound effects.

Andy meets the voice of the Golden Nit, David Walliams, at the voice recordings to find out why he became involved with the project; gets his own starring moment as he voices a cameo role; and meets up with some of the thousands of children who provided drawings for the animation at one of the movie roadshows. A visit to Aardman's animation studio shows how the story is taking shape and Andy finds out how the thousands of different drawings, up to 50 per second, are being edited together.

Finally, Andy gets to walk the red carpet for the glitzy West End première and watch the finished film on the big screen.

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Secrets Of The Pop Song – Ballad Ep 1/3

BBC Two explores the process of songwriting in this new three-part series, which follows from pen to paper and then to the first public performance. Each episode sees songwriter, producer and musician Guy Chambers collaborating with an artist to write a new song, kicking off with the ballad and critically acclaimed songwriter Rufus Wainwright.

With universal themes of love and loss, the ballad is one of the biggest and most successful genres in pop. These are the songs that frequent weddings and funerals, and with a wealth of emotion are highly evocative.

Following the duo through the whole process, the programme also hears from a variety of celebrated musical contributors who divulge the secrets of the trade. Sting, Boy George, Neil Tennant and Don Black talk about their hit ballads; Diane Warren reveals some of her tricks; and music critic Will Hodgkinson delves into the archive to investigate old ballads.

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