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| BBC ONE Saturday 26 July 2008 |
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Rugby
League – Challenge Cup Semi Final
Saturday
26 July
12.10-2.30pm BBC ONE
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Clare Balding presents live coverage from Huddersfield's Galpharm Stadium of the first Carnegie Challenge Cup semi-final between holders St Helens and Super League Grand Final winners Leeds Rhinos (the second semi-final between Wakefield and Hull is live on BBC Two on Sunday, 27 July).
Leeds have lifted the trophy on 12 occasions but haven't won it since 1999, while St Helens, with 11 Challenge Cup wins, will be hoping the Galpharm Stadium proves a happy hunting ground once again after beating Bradford Bulls there in last season's semi-finals.
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With the Beijing Olympics just a fortnight away, BBC One offers viewers an opportunity to check out the final preparations of some of the world's finest athletes with live coverage of the London Grand Prix from Crystal Palace. For the first time since 1985, the event goes into a second day, the highlight of which will be Olympic and World 10,000m Champion Kenenisa Bekele's attempt on Haile Gebrselassie's 5,000m stadium record.
Britain's Andy Baddeley will take on reigning World Champion Bernard Lagat and World and Commonwealth medallist Craig Mottram in the historic Emsley Carr Mile, while heptathlete Kelly Sotherton competes in a four-event challenge.
SB4
Myleene Klass continues the
search for Britain’s favourite
choir Myleene Klass and Nick Knowles continue the search for the nation's favourite choir as five more choirs perform for the judges' vote in the hope of being crowned the Last Choir Standing.
Judges Russell Watson, Sharon D Clarke and Suzi Digby will select two of the five choirs to go through to the live studio shows where the final six choirs will eventually face a public vote.
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Suspicious of Snezana's recent behaviour, Jeff decides to follow her and ends up at a settler's camp full of illegal Serbian immigrants, in this week's edition of the medical drama. A shocked Jeff discovers that Snezana has been treating the entire community, and decides he can't stand by and watch her put herself and the immigrants in danger.
Lucas, meanwhile, has regained consciousness and a delighted Adam goes to tell Jessica the good news. He declares his love for her, but she pulls away saying that she wants to stay with Sean – family must come first.
Branka, a cleaner in a residential care home, confronts her son about his suspicious behaviour. She finds an air pistol in his bag and, in a struggle between them, Branka gets shot and a care patient is knocked to the floor. Afraid that the police will catch up with them, Branka and Goran head for the settler's camp that Snezana has been helping. Branka collapses but Jeff manages to save her by improvising with Snezana's illegal supplies. Jeff and Snezana argue and she reveals that she has a 12-year-old daughter back in Serbia. Jeff makes a pact with Snezana to keep her secret – if she destroys all of the medicine.
Elsewhere, Marilyn asks Zoe to lie on oath when Maggie's case goes to court. She attempts to bribe Zoe with a career proposition but Zoe declines. Later, Marilyn spies Zoe flirting with Sean and puts two and two together. She threatens to disclose their affair to the board if Zoe doesn't co-operate. Backed into a corner, Zoe is forced to agree to lie in court.
Snezana is played by Ivana Basic, Jeff by Matt Bardock, Adam by Tristan Gemmill, Jessica by Gillian Kearney, Sean by Richard Dillane, Marilyn by Caroline Langrishe and Zoe by Sunetra Sarker.
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| BBC TWO Saturday 26 July 2008 |
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Maverick violinist Nigel Kennedy makes his first Proms appearance for 21 years as BBC Two begins its regular Saturday night broadcasts from the Royal Albert Hall.
Charles Hazlewood and Suzy Klein present a programme which shows off diverse aspects of the musical talents of a man who once said: "People can say I'm a classical violinist if they want to, but I've always viewed myself as a musician who plays music and not just a certain part of it."
The programme includes highlights from Kennedy's two recent Proms performances, including Elgar's Violin Concerto, and a selection from his Late Night Jazz Prom with the Nigel Kennedy Quintet. Kennedy also talks about his life and career.
Elgar said of his Violin Concerto: "It's good! Awfully emotional! Too emotional, but I love it." It was Kennedy's recording of the work in 1984 which first put him on the musical map, critics praised him as having the spirit of Elgar in his blood.
Accompanying Kennedy are the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Paul Daniel. Kennedy then swaps his priceless traditional violin for an electric version to join the Nigel Kennedy Quintet to perform some of his latest compositions from his new jazz CD, A Very Nice Album, his first original album for nearly 10 years
For the past few years Kennedy has been living in Poland, exploring the country's rich musical heritage, and he teamed up with some of Poland's finest jazz musicians to form the NKQ.
Digital viewers can press the Red button on their remote control for programme notes during the performance.
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| BBC FOUR Saturday 26 July 2008 |
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Cab driver Len Fox found
himself hating the 9m
Londoners he served Arena's London Transport Trilogy continues this week with an exploration of the soul of the London Cabbie, part of BBC Four's Cab Night
Robert Elms presents this specially commissioned documentary, which is the centrepiece of an evening of comedy, drama and news archive.
Unsurpassed in the world's taxi pecking order, London cabbies carry a photographic memory of the city's layout following years on the notoriously gruelling Knowledge. They drive the most iconic cab in the world, yet they are also among the most maligned characters on our city's streets.
By eavesdropping on the cabman's shelter in Russell Square and exploring the stories of five extraordinary cabbies, whose experience spans 70 years, tonight's programme reveals the soul of the London cab driver.
The drivers featured include Roy Perkins, 91, who took his first fare in 1938 and served as a London cabbie through the war; Len Fox (first fare 1974) who, after 20 years on the job, found himself in a group therapy session just off the M1 recounting his hatred for the nine million Londoners he served; and Harry Harris (first fare 1988) who after a cashed-up, champagne-fuelled Eighties driving his cab, went travelling round the world – only to return to a major recession in London.
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