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Manish Bhasin previews the weekend's fixtures and looks back at what's been happening in the world of football over the last seven days.
With less than a month of the season to go, every game is now critical and today's Barclays Premier League programme sees title rivals Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United all in action. There are also plenty of promotion and relegation issues to be decided in the Coca-Cola Football League, with Stoke's clash with Bristol City likely to have an effect on both their hopes of winning automatic promotion from the Championship.
There is also a chance for viewers to see last week's goals from the Clydesdale Scottish Premier League as well as a check on this weekend's fixtures north of the border, which include the second of the Tennent's Scottish Cup semi-finals. Manish and his guests also look ahead to this week's Champions League semi-final first legs, which will feature at least one English club.
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This year's 888.com World Snooker Championship, from the Crucible in Sheffield, gets off to a flying start today with what's being billed as the tie of the first round.
Defending champion John Higgins has a tough opener against two-time Crucible runner-up Matthew Stevens, who will be looking to secure his return to the world's top 16. Also in action today are Australian Neil Robertson, who takes on former finalist Nigel Bond, and Peter Ebdon, who has a tricky encounter with the up-and-coming Jamie Cope from Stoke – who is making his World Championship debut. Hazel Irvine, Steve Davis and John Parrott guide viewers through the opening sessions of this 17-day event.
Clive Everton, Dennis Taylor, John Virgo, Willie Thorne, Terry Griffiths and Neal Foulds provide the commentary.
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 Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber
continues his talent search in
the fourth live show Graham Norton continues the Saturday night talent search, as he introduces the fourth live show.
There's a double challenge for Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and the panel this series: to find talent for the role of Nancy and a total of three youthful protégés to play orphaned urchin Oliver in Cameron Mackintosh's forthcoming revival of the much-loved timeless musical Oliver!.
Three Nancy hopefuls have already bid an emotional farewell, and now 10 girls remain to sing live for the viewers' votes and the chance to be Nancy. The panel – John Barrowman, Denise Van Outen and Barry Humphries – and Andrew Lloyd Webber keep a close eye on proceedings and also select the fourth Oliver to have a guaranteed place in the semi-final.
Viewers can sing along by pressing their Red button.
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 Zoe (Sunetra Sarker) has
decided to turn over a new leaf Jessica and Sean's life as a couple is revealed, as they drop the children at school, in this week's medical drama offering. It's a perfect picture - but Sean's mind is on other things as he sends Zoe a text, asking to see her.
In the ED, Kelsey, Adam and Ruth are getting ready for their shift. Ruth has returned to work and is starting back on clinical duties, but she is apprehensive. The staff are surprised to see Zoe in early, for once – she has decided to turn over a new leaf, which means there is no room for Sean in her life and she deletes his message without even reading it.
Elsewhere, a 14-year-old boy jumps from the emergency exit of a bus and is hit by an oncoming car. Zoe, Sean and Jessica have to work together to deal with his injuries and memory loss.
Meanwhile, Abs's friend, Stacey, loses his job and consoles himself with a drink. He later burns his arm and ends up in the ED, but when Abs confronts him on the state of his liver, he gets into his car, despite still being drunk, and tries to drive off – narrowly missing Abs.
Jessica later turns down an invitation from Adam, but he is determined to impress her and make her see what she is missing. With Alice as his accomplice, he whisks Jessica away for lunch in his car. The lunch has been cooking on Adam's car engine – which Alice has had to drive around the car park for an hour. Jessica is won over and they steal a kiss but, catching sight of her husband, she breaks away and gets out of the car.
Jessica is played by Gillian Kearney, Sean by Richard Dillane, Zoe by Sunetra Sarker, Kelsey by Janine Mellor, Adam by Tristan Gemmill, Ruth by Georgia Taylor, Abs by James Redmond, Stacey by Andy Newton Lee and Alice by Sam Grey.
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 Is Milly (Montserrat Lombard)
being stalked? Alice seems to be comfortably settling down with out-of-work writer Douglas McVitie, as the entertaining and provocative drama continues. Sleeping with someone, however, is one thing, but is she emotionally ready for the two of them to share an answer-machine message?
Despite some pre-dinner nerves, a meal with Douglas's former girlfriend, Kendra, seems to go without a hitch. Now a successful cartoonist and animator, she reveals she is currently putting together a new TV series called Lobotomy Bay – a satirical dissection of the "meat-heads and morons and general dysfunctionals of 21st-century Britain".
Alice and Douglas later get an invite to a dinner party at the grand South London home of Kendra and her media-mogul husband, Elliot Anderson. Elliot is a producer who has amassed a small fortune turning out various franchise series. The word is that Elliot is keen to throw a profitable new writing assignment Douglas's way.
But as Alice's dream dinner party turns into a nightmare, there is an ever bigger shock in store for her sexy young actress friend, Fae Madison, who is braving her first-ever blind date. And then there is the creepy one-eyed giant, Wolf, who now seems to be stalking Alice's colleague, Milly.
Alice is played by Tamsin Greig, Douglas by Mark Heap, Kendra by Niky Wardley, Elliot Anderson by Bill Bailey, Fae Madison by Amelia Curtis, Wolf by Simon Day and Milly by Montserrat Lombard.
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Viewers can see all the goals and highlights from today's seven Premier League games in tonight's edition of Match Of The Day.
The title race is reaching its final stages and defending champions Manchester United make the short journey to Blackburn, managed by Old Trafford legend Mark Hughes. United have won four out of the last five fixtures between the sides, with Louis Saha's goal proving decisive when Sir Alex Ferguson's side visited Ewood Park last season.
Everton have not managed to beat Chelsea at their last 19 attempts, and victory today would not only have ended that run but also helped Everton's quest for a Champions League spot and dented Chelsea's title hopes in the process. Wigan and Tottenham have met just five times but those games have produced 21 goals. The Latics have never beaten Spurs, and lost 4-0 at White Hart Lane earlier in the season, but at least had home advantage today. Reading were looking for a first-ever win against Arsenal while Liverpool visited Fulham. Middlesbrough hosted Bolton and West Ham were at home against bottom-of-the-table Derby.
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World Snooker Championship – Snooker Extra
Saturday 19 April
1.55-3.35am BBC TWO (moved from BBC ONE)
www.bbc.co.uk/sport
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Hazel Irvine introduces highlights from the opening day's play of the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.
Commentary comes from Clive Everton, Dennis Taylor, John Virgo, Willie Thorne, Terry Griffiths and Neal Foulds.
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World Snooker Championship
Saturday 19 April
4.30-5.15pm & 7.30-8.35pm BBC TWO
www.bbc.co.uk/sport
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Hazel Irvine introduces continued live coverage of the World Snooker Championship from the Crucible in Sheffield. The 2002 World Champion, Peter Ebdon, takes on the World No. 22, Crucible debutant Jamie Cope. Matches, which are the best of 19 frames in this round, are played over two sessions.
Reigning World Champion John Higgins will also be aiming to be the first man into the second round tonight, as he concludes his match with former Crucible runner-up Matthew Stevens.
Clive Everton, Dennis Taylor, John Virgo, Willie Thorne, Terry Griffiths and Neal Foulds provide the commentary.
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Clare Balding introduces live coverage from the Twickenham Stoop as Harlequins host Castleford in the fourth round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup.
The 12 engage Super League teams enter the competition at this stage and this game is the only all-top-flight tie in this year's draw. Castleford have won the famous competition four times, but the last time was more than 20 years ago and they exited the tournament at this stage last year at the hands of Bradford. Harlequins' best Challenge Cup performance was reaching the final in 1999, when they were still known as the London Broncos.
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Hazel Irvine brings viewers highlights from this evening's play at The Crucible.
John Higgins aims to overcome a tough opponent in Matthew Stevens and book his place in the second round.
Clive Everton, Dennis Taylor, John Virgo, Willie Thorne, Terry Griffiths and Neal Foulds provide the commentary.
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