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Athletics – European Championships

Saturday 31 July

8.45-10.00am Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One brings live coverage of the women's marathon at the European Championships, which are taking place in Barcelona. For the first time in the history of the Championships, the race is taking place entirely on the streets of the city, rather than starting and finishing in the stadium.

Portugal's Marisa Barros was the first European to finish at last year's World Championships, in sixth place, and she continued her good form with a personal best in Osaka earlier this year.

Coverage continues on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two at 10am.

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Golf – Women's British Open

Saturday 31 July

2.30-4.50pm Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE

Hazel Irvine introduces the third-round action from Royal Birkdale. Scotland's Catriona Matthew is the defending champion but, with the world's top 10 women golfers all competing, it promises to be a titanic tussle.

Coverage continues at 5pm on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two.

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John Barrowman makes more dreams come true

John Barrowman makes more dreams come true on this week's Tonight's The Night, with a little help from stars from the stage and the international music scene.

A schoolboy with an amazing talent who has battled the odds to keep singing takes to the stage with the stars of The Lion King, and a young mum from Newcastle has tea with her idol – pop superstar Enrique Iglesias.

Also on the show, Sheridan Smith and the cast of the hit musical Legally Blonde help a cancer survivor fulfil her dream of performing on the West End stage in a very special performance.

A policewoman from Yorkshire, who swapped treading the boards for pounding the beat, gets the chance to showcase her soprano voice when she duets with international opera star Lesley Garrett.

Packed full of surprises and magical moments, Tonight's The Night is the show that really can make dreams come true.

Tonight's The Night is simulcast on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD channel – the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's High Definition channel, available through Freesat 108, Freeview 50, Sky 143 and Virgin 108.

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Lenny and Yuki go head to head for the JAFA scholarship; rumours of Zoe and Jordan's engagement fly around the ED; and Roxanne Pallett stars as the girlfriend of someone with vitiligo, in Casualty – The Enemy Within.

It's interview day for the JAFA Fellowship and Lenny is highly confident. However, he's furious to discover the Ludlow Foundation is refusing to compensate the Crypto virus victims, so decides to take the fight upstairs, until Jordan warns him that Robert is on the interview panel. After holding his own in the interview, Lenny finds his trust shattered when a patient disappoints him. The young medic has to decide whether to stick to his guns or succumb to Robert's offer to relinquish the proof of the cover-up in order to win the Fellowship.

Meanwhile, Zoe is both thrilled and perturbed to see Jordan so happy about her supposed pregnancy and desperately continues with her fertility treatment, despite the fact that it is making her unwell. She has dizzy spells throughout the day and eventually faints at work. Revived by a concerned Jordan, Zoe realises she's running out of time but can't see how to tell Jordan without ruining everything.

Arrogant DJ D-Ray is admitted to the ED with a skin complaint. Zoe discovers that he has vitiligo and that he's been having copious sun-bed sessions to cover up his whitening skin. Warning him that he could have the early stages of skin cancer, Zoe refers him to a specialist but, arrogantly, he tears the referral up in her face. When D-Ray's girlfriend, Leanne, arrives at the ED, D-Ray must decide whether to tell her the truth. But is their relationship only skin deep?

Later, Charlie learns that Megan is dying and is in a great deal of pain. She is desperate and asks Charlie to help her. Is it too much for Charlie and his conscience, though?

Lenny is played by Steven Miller, Yuki by Will Strong, Zoe by Sunetra Sarker, Jordan by Michael French, Robert by Alec Newman, D-Ray by Charles Mnene, Leanne by Roxanne Pallett, Charlie by Derek Thompson and Megan by Brenda Fricker.

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Brilliant Liverpudlian stand-up star John Bishop continues his brand-new entertainment show, sharing his unique comedic take on universal themes that touch everyone.

Filmed in front of a live audience, John combines a blend of stand-up, sketches, real-life stories from the great British public and celebrity studio guests, all bound together with his consummately entertaining brand of observational humour, relaxed conversational style and undeniable charm.

"The idea behind it is that if you walk into a pub, these are the kinds of topics people would talk about," says John. "It's the stuff that makes us who we are."

Each week's jam-packed, feel-good show is based on a universal theme – subjects and events that touch everyone's lives, including family, growing up, holidays, work, love and marriage.

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Athletics – European Championships

Saturday 31 July

10.00am-12.00noon Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TWO

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two continues coverage of the women's marathon at the European Championships in Barcelona as it reaches a climax on the city's streets.

In the Olympic stadium, British world champion Jessica Ennis continues her quest for European gold as the second day of the heptathlon begins with the long jump. Today also sees the heats of the relays, with all four British teams expected to reach the final.

Coverage continues at 5.45pm.

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Golf – Women's British Open

Saturday 31 July

4.50-5.45pm Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TWO

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two brings continued coverage from Royal Birkdale as the leading contenders in the women's British Open complete the third round.

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Athletics – European Championships

Saturday 31 July

5.45-9.00pm Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TWO

John Inverdale introduces the penultimate evening's action from the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona as 10 more gold medals are decided. Great Britain's team captain, Jessica Ennis, is expected to be one of the newly crowned champions as she finishes two days of heptathlon competition with the javelin and 800m.

Welshman Dai Greene is another title contender in the men's 400m hurdles, having entered the championships as the most consistent performer this summer, while Michael Rimmer and Mo Farah are medal prospects in the 800m and 5,000m respectively.

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Katie Derham presents as the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms celebrate Stephen Sondheim

Katie Derham presents as a star-studded cast and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra, conducted by David Charles Abell, celebrate the 80th birthday of Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim, with songs from some of his best-loved shows.

Bryn Terfel is the demon barber of Fleet Street and he's joined by Maria Friedman, Simon Russell Beale, Julian Ovenden, Caroline O'Connor, Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell. David Charles Abell conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra, aspiring young performers supported by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Performing Arts Fund and a specially formed Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms Sondheim Ensemble.

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By 1910 Britain was on the brink of social change – and class war. Suffragettes were marching for the vote, the campaign for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Rule was stepping up in Ireland and the new Labour Party was winning the support of the working-classes.

Against this background, the elected Liberal government took on the entrenched might of the unelected House of Lords. And the monarchy was drawn into the constitutional conflict.

A year earlier, Chancellor Lloyd George had introduced the so-called People's Budget – with new taxes on the rich to help pay for social reforms and fund an arms race. In an unprecedented move, the Conservative-dominated Upper House had thrown out his Budget.

The Liberals had no choice but to take their case to the country and the stage was set for a bitter battle dubbed the "Peers versus the People". It would take two General Elections and many more Parliamentary conflicts before the House of Commons could finally assert its authority over the hereditary peers.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Parliament recreates the drama of that year and those two general elections in Peers Versus The People, presented by Carolyn Quinn, combining the drama of election programming with modern interviews and archive contributions.

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