| BBC 1 |
| 12:30 BBC News; Regional News and Weather | | |
| 12:45 Football Focus | | Dan Walker and guests review the midweek Champions League fixtures and look ahead to the latest round of Premier League matches, which include Hull City v Arsenal, Chelsea v West Ham United and Manchester United v Fulham. |
| 13:30 A Question of Sport | | England rugby union international Shane Geraghty, respective Birmingham City and Bolton Wanderers strikers Kevin Phillips and Kevin Davies, and 800m world championship bronze medallist Jenny Meadows join team captains Phil Tufnell and Matt Dawson for another round of the quickfire quiz. Presented by Sue Barker. |
| 14:00 Live Six Nations Rugby Union | | Ireland v Wales Ireland v Wales (Kick-off 2.30pm). Gabby Logan presents the opening game of the penultimate weekend, as the defending champions entertain the Welsh at Croke Park. Ireland's 17-15 win in Cardiff last March gave them their first Grand Slam title in 61 years. There will be no repeat for Declan Kidney's men this time around, having lost to France in their second game, but the visitors will be just as intent on exacting their revenge. Commentary by Eddie Butler and Philip Matthews. |
| 16:25 BBC News; Regional News and Weather | | |
| 16:35 Live Six Nations Rugby Union | | Scotland v England Scotland v England (Kick-off 5.00pm). John Inverdale is at Murrayfield for the second of today's games, as the Scots hope to recapture the Calcutta Cup from their auld enemy. The side playing at home has triumphed in this fixture for the past five years, with their last meeting at Twickenham 12 months ago finishing 26-12 in favour of Martin Johnson's men. Scotland coach Andy Robinson had a largely unsuccessful period in charge of England between 2004 and 2006, winning just nine of his 22 matches at the helm, and will be relishing the opportunity of getting one over on his former employers and, in the process, effectively ending their championship hopes. Commentary by Andrew Cotter and Brian Moore. |
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| BBC 2 |
| 12:00 Greek | | Barely Legal Casey suffers a crisis of confidence as she prepares for her law exams, and asks Evan for his help - but it becomes clear that he has other things on his mind. Meanwhile, Rusty gets the pledges to practise using their fake IDs in preparation for spring break, and Ashleigh learns about the dangers of credit cards. Starring Spencer Grammer and Jacob Zachar. |
| 12:45 Single, Together, Whatever | | Three teenagers try to cope with unrequited love. Beckah's boyfriend has left her behind to go travelling, Rebecca harbours a crush on a boy who never notices her, and Laurence tries to win the affections of a girl who claims that love leaves her cold. |
| 13:15 The 5:19 Show | | Youth music show, presented by Tom Deacon and AJ Odudu, featuring interviews, sketches and performances. |
| 13:35 The Cut | | A Perfect Candidate Marla and Jay get closer during a road trip, and an important inspection looms for the cafe, putting Toni under pressure. Soap for teenagers, first broadcast online in five-minute episodes, starring Lara Goodison and Samuell Benta. |
| 14:00 Revealed | | A look at whether self-harm among teenagers is a growing problem. Charlotte Ashton and Anthony Baxter present. |
| 14:15 The Sky at Night | | Life Patrick Moore leads a debate among astronomers and astrobiologists into the likelihood of there being life on other planets now that more than 400 potential worlds have been discovered outside Earth's solar system. At the Royal Society, Chris Lintott searches for evidence of alien life. |
| 14:55 Suspicion | | A woman swept off her feet by the attentions of a charming rogue agrees to marry him, despite the warnings of her friends. However, his increasingly odd behaviour arouses her suspicions, and when his business partner dies in mysterious circumstances, she becomes convinced he has murder on his mind. Alfred Hitchcock's thriller, with Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Nigel Bruce and Cedric Hardwicke. |
| 16:30 Final Score | | Mark Chapman presents the classified results and a round-up of the afternoon's news from the Premier League, Football League and Scotland. |
| 17:25 First Knight | | A wandering swordsman is knighted for his fighting prowess at the court of King Arthur and his wife, Lady Guinevere. However, the new knight and the queen develop a dangerous and secret attraction for each other. Adventure, starring Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond and Ben Cross. |
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| ITV 1 |
| 12:00 News and Weather | | |
| 12:09 London Weather | | |
| 12:10 Michael Winner's Dining Stars | | Continuing his search for home cooking to professional standards, the restaurant critic tucks into courgette and pesto bruschetta followed by roast lamb and a passion fruit and orange pudding, prepared by Jane Bennett in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. His chauffeur then takes him to Solihull, West Midlands, for an Indian buffet meal devised by Hema Johan before deciding whether to hand out the coveted Dining Star awards. |
| 13:10 Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | | Jessica Fletcher investigates the death of a slave owned by her late aunt and discovers sinister secrets relating to her other relatives, who were far from law-abiding citizens. Detective drama based on the TV series, starring Angela Lansbury in a dual role, alongside Phylicia Rashad, Michael Jace and David Ogden Stiers. |
| 14:50 Midsomer Murders | | Ring Out Your Dead The bell-ringers of Midsomer Wellow are mysteriously murdered one by one - and it seems an ancient rhyme may hold the key to the killer's motive. As Barnaby and Troy embark on a baffling investigation in an attempt to determine the truth, Joyce starts digging into the past to discover the assassin's motives. John Nettles, Daniel Casey and Hugh Bonneville star. |
| 16:50 Mr Bean's Holiday | | Premiere. The bumbling fool wins first prize in the church raffle - a trip to France and a video camera - but his travels cause chaos as he disrupts a film shoot in Cannes, to the fury of its megalomaniac director, and then is mistakenly accused of kidnapping a youngster. British comedy, starring Rowan Atkinson, Willem Dafoe, Emma de Caunes and Max Baldry. |
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| Channel 4 |
| 13:00 Smallville | | Prey Clark suspects Chloe's new friend Davis Bloome is a serial killer whose crimes have brought terror to the streets of Smallville - a suggestion she is quick to refute. |
| 13:55 Channel 4 Racing from Sandown Park and Wolverhampton | | Alice Plunkett introduces live coverage of this afternoon's six feature races. From Sandown Park: The 2.05 EBF Paddy Power 'National Hunt' Novices' H'cap Hurdle Final (2m 4f), 2.35 paddypower.com H'cap Chase (3m 1/2f), 3.10 Paddy Power Imperial Cup H'cap Hurdle (2m 1/2f) and the 3.45 DBS/EBF Mares' Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race Final (2m 1/2f). From Wolverhampton: The 2.20 williamhill.com Lady Wulfruna Stakes (7f) and the 3.30 williamhill.com Lincoln Trial H'cap Stakes (1m 1/2f). Commentary by Alastair Down, John Francome, Richard Hoiles, Stewart Machin, Jim McGrath and Tanya Stevenson. |
| 15:55 Three Hungry Boys | | The marine biologists abandon their camper van to spend a night on an island. Trevor, Thom and Tim are hoping for an enjoyable adventure, but face the challenges of making a raft, dealing with midges and having to drink their home-brewed beer. |
| 16:25 Come Dine with Me Extra Portions | | Four people from Newcastle attempt to outdo each other by hosting the perfect dinner party to claim the £1,000 prize. Barbie collector Lee Eley kicks off proceedings with a James Bond-themed evening complete with bikini-clad waitresses serving Martinis. |
| 16:55 Come Dine with Me Extra Portions | | Conservative Party member Brian Moore hosts the next party in Newcastle, determined to show that good food can be bought cheaply by preparing a menu with ingredients from a low-cost supermarket. However, Brenda Mallam is quick to pour scorn on his plan, and demands extra chillis on her starter, claiming it is bland. |
| 17:25 Come Dine with Me Extra Portions | | Organic food enthusiast Rebecca Hambley hosts the third party in Newcastle, preparing a Moroccan menu with which she hopes to score maximum points. However, she soon begins to struggle with the meat her butcher has given her for the main course. She also has the unenviable task of dealing with uneasy relations between Brian and Brenda. |
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| Five |
| 12:00 Megastructures: 747 Demolition | | The documentary series investigates a grand project under way at the Evergreen Air Center in Arizona to salvage the parts of a retired 747. Engineers strip the machine down in an effort to harvest any useful components, examining everything from the landing gear and flight controls, to the plane body itself. |
| 13:05 Chinese Food in Minutes | | Ching-He Huang tutors two students from Durham in the ways of fine oriental dining, teaching them how to prepare easy and cheap Chinese food to replace their usual mince-based recipes. Among the dishes highlighted are fried sweet chilli chicken, spicy Sichuan aubergine and griddled yellow-bean pork. |
| 13:35 The King and I | | Animated adaptation of the musical about the blossoming of an unlikely relationship between the King of Siam and the English schoolteacher caring for his children. Featuring the voices of Miranda Richardson, Christiane Noll, Martin Vidnovic and Ian Richardson. |
| 15:10 Man of the House | | A youngster is doing his best to make life hell for his potential stepfather and sabotaging all his plans to marry his mother, when a series of unforeseen events brings the pair closer together. Disney comedy, starring Chevy Chase, Farrah Fawcett, Jonathan Taylor Thomas and George Wendt. Including Five News Update. |
| 17:15 five news | | Round-up of the day's headlines from around the world. |
| 17:20 Battle of the Bulge | | A German tank commander is assigned to lead a surprise counter-offensive against Allied forces as part of a last-ditch attempt to turn the tide of World War Two. Drama, starring Robert Shaw, Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Telly Savalas and Charles Bronson. |
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