Saturday, July 31 2010

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MORNING

06:00

Milkshake!: Peppa Pig TR

George and Peppa help Daddy Pig look for his glasses (Animation)

06:05

Roary the Racing Car TR

Flash grows tired of the constant roar of engines and decides to divert the cars off the track (Animation)

06:15

Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures TR

The duo search for Uncle Arnold's buried treasure (Animation)

06:20

Fifi and the Flowertots TR

The youngster enlists the help of the Tots as she plans a surprise for Pip (Animation)

06:35

The Milkshake! Show TR

Jen receives an invitation to a fancy-dress party (Children's)

07:00

Elmo's World TR

Hoping to learn about how things smell, Elmo thinks about his nose, before trying to balance a ball on it (Animation)

07:15

Pocoyo TR

A new game entertains Pocoyo, but his friends are not so keen on it (Animation)

07:25

Chiro TR

The chick and his friends discover new hiding places (Children's)

07:30

Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs TR

Harry breaks his mother's favourite teacup and tries to repair it in Dino-World (Animation)

07:45

Noddy in Toyland TR

Noddy and Bumpy the dog search for a chest of pearls belonging to the mermaids, which pirates have buried in the sand (Children's)

08:00

Mist: Sheepdog Tales TR

Fern is upset by gossip circulating that she is not working hard enough on the farm, but soon gets a chance to prove herself (Children's)

08:15

Little Princess TR

The youngster sets up her own shop (Animation)

08:25

The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky TR

Mrs Whistlehead's sheep go missing and the blame is placed on the Great Wild Woolly (Animation)

08:45

Igam Ogam TR

The cavegirl and her friends try to avoid having a bath (Animation)

09:00

Olivia TR

The youngster wants to stop her brother growing taller than her (Children's)

09:15

The Mr Men Show TR

Mr Bump has an accident in Little Miss Helpful's unlit basement (Animation)

09:35

Gerald McBoing Boing TR

Dad locks his bike to a circus elephant, and ends up as part of the high-wire act (Animation)

10:00

Animal Rescue Squad TR

Highlights of the series in which Michaela Strachan and Matt Baker report on the work being done to protect animals in the UK and abroad. They meet people involved in everything from large-scale conservation projects to small wildlife sanctuaries, and investigate the daily dramas that take place in Britain's veterinary practices (Wildlife)

10:20

Don't Stop Believers T

Introducing one of the choirs set to participate in the entertainment show Don't Stop Believing (Documentary)

10:30

The Man Who Moves Buildings TR

Jeremy Patterson and the team are faced with poor soil conditions and a forecast of heavy rain when they undertake the job of transporting a large, 19th-century house half a mile through the busy town of Muscatine in Iowa. The discovery of a huge cistern buried in the garden and a miscalculation of the building's weight adds to the experts' problems and leaves them unsure how to proceed (Documentary)

11:30

Daring Raids of World War Two TR

Gordon Corrigan gives an account of the 1942 raid, led by Royal Marine Major Herbert George Hasler, in which 10 `Cockleshell Heroes' set off in flimsy canoes up the Gironde river to destroy German ships at Bordeaux. Only four men survived the perilous 60-mile journey to reach their intended targets and eight primed limpet mines were attached to the hulls of six ships. The subsequent explosions stunned an unsuspecting enemy causing extensive damage and the arduous mission was deemed a success (Documentary)

AFTERNOON

12:00

The Green Berets (1968 PG) T

Genre: Adventure
Director: John Wayne, Ray Kellogg
Cast: John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray, Raymond St Jacques, Bruce Cabot, George Takei, Luke Askew

A US Army colonel heads two squads of crack soldiers on a dangerous mission in the jungles of Vietnam, where they have to construct a camp to withstand attack and kidnap an enemy general. Accompanying him on his mission is a sceptical reporter, who questions the validity of the war. Military adventure, starring John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton and Aldo Ray
(Film)

14:40

Day of the Evil Gun (1968 PG) T

Genre: Western
Director: Jerry Thorpe
Cast: Glenn Ford, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, Paul Fix, John Anderson, Nico Minardos, Harry Dean Stanton, Pilar Pellicer

A rancher learns after three years away from home that Apaches have kidnapped his wife and children. He turns to a neighbour, a retired gunslinger, to help bring them back - but their alliance grows uneasy when it comes to light his wife had promised to marry the gunman, believing her husband to be dead. Meanwhile, the pair embark on a journey of revenge in which the rancher revels in the bloodshed while his partner takes the back seat. Western, with Glenn Ford, Arthur Kennedy and Dean Jagger
(Film)

16:30

Ice Station Zebra (1968 U) T

Genre:
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan, Jim Brown, Tony Bill, Lloyd Nolan, Alf Kjellin, Gerald S O'Loughlin

An American atomic submarine commander races against time to reach a Soviet spy satellite which has crash-landed near a British research station in the Arctic - before Russian troops arrive to stake their claim to it. Adventure based on Alistair MacLean's novel, starring Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown, Tony Bill and Patrick McGoohan
(Film)

EVENING

19:10

Five News T

Round-up of the day's headlines from around the world

19:15

Cricket on Five T

England v Pakistan. Action from the third day's play in the First Test of the four-match series, staged at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. England have won four and drawn one of their past five Test series, including 2009's Ashes victory, and their last defeat to Pakistan in this format was in 2005, when they lost by an innings and 100 runs in Lahore. Presented by Mark Nicholas, with commentary by Geoffrey Boycott, Simon Hughes and Michael Vaughan (Sport)

20:00

Don't Stop Believers TR

Introducing one of the choirs set to participate in the entertainment show Don't Stop Believing (Documentary)

20:05

NCIS TR

A blind man unwittingly photographs evidence of a murder, leading Jethro and the team to the corpse of a petty officer who was stabbed with a knife left at the scene. Further evidence indicates his death was not the result of a random mugging - but cracking the case proves difficult. Meanwhile, Tony has relationship problems

21:00

CSI: Miami TR

Terrorist suspect Sonya Barak goes on the run from assassins sent by her own side, forcing Horatio and the team to race against time to recapture her - both to protect and bring her to justice. Meanwhile, the presence of a cameraman recording the work of the lab causes Wolfe to make a mistake and compromise vital evidence. Starring David Caruso and Jonathan Togo

21:55

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TR

A casino worker is murdered in woodlands, and evidence suggests he was planning to rob his workplace with a colleague - but the detectives struggle to find a motive for the killing. Meanwhile, Langston has to come to terms with his genetic heritage. Crime drama, starring Laurence Fishburne and Marg Helgenberger

22:55

CSI: NY TR

The wife of a former CSI is found dead in a motel room and the case takes a gruesome twist with the discovery that traces of heroin on her clothes have been extracted from human bodies. Elsewhere, Stella plans to entrap two Greek nationals who are on the hunt for ancient coins. Guest starring singer Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and her husband Peter Wentz, with Gary Sinise and Melina Kanakaredes

23:50

Don't Stop Believers TR

Introducing one of the choirs set to participate in the entertainment show Don't Stop Believing (Documentary)

23:55

Cops in Crisis TR

Highlights of the documentary series following the most dangerous and harrowing situations told through the eyes of the police officers who survived them, from robbery attempts gone wrong to deadly shoot-outs (Documentary)

LATE NIGHT

00:15

SuperCasino

Live interactive gaming (Sport)

04:05

European Challenge Tour Golf

The English Challenge. Action from the inaugural staging of the tournament at the Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa near Colchester (Sport)

04:55

The Family Recipe TR

Celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli demonstrates how to prepare his favourite family dishes (Cookery)

05:00

Hana's Helpline TR

The agony aunt organises a search for Patsy Pig's missing teddy bear (Animation)

05:10

The Milkshake! Show TR

Naomi Wilkinson tries to invent a milkshake-making machine (Children's)

05:35

Thomas & Friends TR

Percy is given four jobs to do, but leaves the most important until the last minute (Animation)

05:45

Roary the Racing Car TR

Marsha celebrates her birthday, but Big Chris forgets all about the special occasion (Animation)

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Producer(s): Mark Cuban
Writer(s): Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Cast: Sasha Grey, Christopher Santos, Bridget Storm, Jeff Grossman, Timothy J. Cox, Kimberly Magness, Peter Zizzo, Ken Myers, Timothy Davis, Ted Jessup

Rated: 4/5

Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Scott Eastwood, Robert Hobbs, Langley Kirkwood, Bonnie Henna, Grant Roberts, Patrick Holland

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Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Max Von Sydow

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