OUT AND ABOUT (compiled by our news editor Stephen Stray)

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TONIGHT'S TOP TV (by reporter Sharon Pell)

BBC1, 5.55pm: Merlin
MERLIN finds himself rescued by aspiring knight Lancelot when Merlin is attacked by a griffin, but he once again finds that a good deed in return may land him in more trouble.
This continues to be a great family drama on a Saturday night but please, BBC, can you keep it at a regular time each week?
Former Heroes star Santiago Cabrera guests.

ITV1, 6.55pm: Harry Hill's TV Burp
COMIC Harry Hill injects a bit of comedy into Saturday nights with the return of his TV review.
This time the series will be long-standing with a whopping 25 episodes.


FEET UP WITH A FILM? (Tonight's best movies by reporter David Seymour)

Channel 4, 10:50pm: In Good Company (2004) (15)
WARM-hearted comedy from the director of About A Boy and in the spirit of Frank Capra. Dennis Quaid plays the ad executive who is first, demoted, second, given a boss half his age, and third, finds out this young upstart is in love with his daughter. With Topher Grace and Scarlett Johansson.

BBC2, 2.20pm: Waterloo (1970) (PG)
NOT a forerunner to this summer's smash hit Mamma Mia. In fact, contains no ABBA at all. Instead, it's France versus all comers in this dramatic recreation of Napoleon's last stand. Rod Steiger is Napolean, Christopher Plummer is the Duke of Wellington, and Orson Welles is Louis XVIII??? Featuring impressive action sequences.
what is a beautiful recreation of Depression-era Chicago.


SPORTING SELECTION (The best live action courtesy of sports reporter Duncan Browne)

Sky Sports 2, 3.30pm: Live European rugby
IN A double bill of action, Ospreys host Perpignan before London Wasps travel to face Leinster.
It is the second round of action from the group stages, with teams looking to impose themselves in their pools.





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