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| BBC ONE Saturday 4 October 2008 |
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Manish Bhasin and guests look ahead to the weekend's football action.
In the top flight, defending champions Manchester United travel to Ewood Park to face Blackburn Rovers – managed by former Red Devils midfielder Paul Ince. Roy Keane, another ex-Old Trafford favourite, leads his Sunderland side out against Arsenal, while West Bromwich Albion host Fulham and Wigan Athletic meet Middlesbrough.
In the Coca-Cola Championship, Birmingham play QPR while SPL champions Celtic take on Hamilton.
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Double Olympic gold medallist Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia heads an impressive field this afternoon for the two-mile race along the Newcastle and Gateshead quayside.
The race, which also features Olympic 5,000m silver medallist Eliud Kipchoge, has been extended from one to two miles.
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BBC Sport presents live coverage of the Group A clash between Gloucester and Wasps at Kingsholm, as the EDF Energy Cup gets under way.
The Twickenham final in April may seem a long way off at this stage, but both teams will have their sights set on the big prize – won last year by the dominant Ospreys side.
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Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly host the dance extravaganza live from BBC's Television Centre, where the remaining 14 celebrity couples compete for the coveted title of Strictly Come Dancing champions.
Tonight it's the turn of the men to try out their fancy footwork. They will all be hoping to avoid bottom place on the leader board and stay in the competition. The women return later in the show to perform a group dance.
Judges Arlene Philips, Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli, meanwhile, are on hand to cast a professional eye over the performances.
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Gaius (Richard Wilson)
advises Merlin against
using his magic powers Someone has poisoned Camelot's water supply and Gwen is Uther's prime suspect, as BBC One's adventure-packed family drama continues.
Deep in a subterranean cave, a beautiful witch, Nimueh (played by Michelle Ryan), moulds a clay model of a tiny creature that she brings to life with a drop of water. She places the strange being into an egg and sends it hurtling down the river that flows towards Camelot. The egg surfaces in the water of a darkened vault, which supplies all of Camelot's drinking water.
As a terrible sickness spreads through Camelot, Uther demands to know the cause. Gauis is forced to admit that it is a magical plague and Uther orders Arthur to find the culprit.
Merlin tells Gaius that if the plague is a magical illness he wants to try to cure it with magic. But Gaius turns on him – if he's caught practicing magic, he will be killed.
Gwen, meanwhile, discovers that her father has fallen ill with the disease. She goes to Gaius for help, but he can offer no hope of saving him. Gwen breaks down – if she can't find a cure he won't live through the night. Merlin overhears and can't help but be moved by Gwen's despair.
Merlin sets off into the street, evades a curfew and risks his life to go to Gwen's father. He disobeys Gaius's advice and secretly cures him with his magical power.
The following morning, Merlin's pleasure turns to shock as soldiers arrive and arrest Gwen for using magic. A guilt-ridden Merlin listens to her screams for help but doesn't know what to do. Uther, however, quickly deems that she must be the sorceress who caused the sickness, then used magic to cure her own father of it. He sentences her to death. Can Merlin help to save Gwen without exposing his own abilities?
Angel Coulby plays Gwen, Anthony Head plays Uther, Michelle Ryan plays Nimueh, Richard Wilson plays Gaius and Colin Morgan plays Merlin.
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It's Dixie's first day back at work and it seems to be a quiet day, as the medical drama continues. She says she is okay and is clearly trying to act normally, but Jeff isn't convinced. She is still quiet and withdrawn, yet is also taking risks in the ambulance – driving too fast and taking shortcuts.
As her day reaches a violent climax on the Farmead Estate, Dixie realises the truth she has been holding back. She tracks down Ben, the counsellor, at home, and starts to unravel events. The truth has been haunting her ever since the accident – her guilt has become an unbearable burden and she blames herself.
Zoe, meanwhile, has been given the news she feared – she is infertile. Having been in a foul mood all day, snapping at her patients, and clearly hung-over, she heads straight to a bar with Adam to get drunk. When Adam goes home early, things get progressively worse and Zoe ends up back at the hospital with alcohol poisoning, having fallen and hit her head on a toilet. Jessica covers for her in front of their colleagues, not allowing it to be known that Zoe, a doctor, has got herself into such a state. Instead, she tells them Zoe's drink had been spiked.
Elsewhere, Alice has been invited by Curtis to join him and Snezana on their paramedic shift. They are getting on well, and there's clearly a spark between them. When the shift ends in mayhem at the Farmead Estate, Alice is intrigued by Curtis and the way he successfully deals with the situation.
Dixie is played by Jane Hazlegrove, Jeff by Matt Bardock, Ben is played by Mark Letheren, Zoe by Sunetra Sarker, Adam by Tristan Gemmill, Jessica by Gillian Kearney, Alice by Sam Grey, Curtis by Abdul Salis and Snezana by Ivana Basic.
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Viewers can catch highlights of today's four matches in the Barclays Premier League in tonight's edition of Match Of The Day.
At Ewood Park, Blackburn Rovers boss Paul Ince tests his managerial mettle against Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson for the first time. Ince spent six years as a player under Ferguson before eventually falling out with the Scot. Few sides relish a trip to Ewood, but with the likes of Ronaldo, Rooney, Berbatov and Tevez at his disposal, Ferguson has a wealth of attacking options. Will the Govan-born boss get the better of Ince, the self-styled guv'nor?
Roy Keane, meanwhile, another Old Trafford favourite, always enjoyed a tussle with Arsenal during his playing days, and his Sunderland side will be fired up for Arsenal's visit to the Stadium of Light. The Gunners have won their last seven league games against the Black Cats, with their last defeat on Wearside over eight years ago.
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Hot new girl group The Saturdays perform their latest single this afternoon as BBC Switch's music TV show, presented by BBC Radio 1's Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw, continues. The group also chat with Annie and Nick and take part in The Quiz Of Shame.
Sound is filmed every week in a London loft, and Annie and Grimmy are joined by an audience of 50 selected fans and friends. From established names through to rising stars, a different band joins in the fun and performs each week. There is mischief, guests from the worlds of fashion, sport, comedy, film and TV, audience interaction and bands in unexpected places.
Viewers aged 16 and upwards can apply to be in the audience by going to bbc.co.uk/switch.
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