Programme Information

Formula 1 – Chinese Grand Prix

Sunday 17 April

7.00-10.15am BBC ONE

• www.bbc.co.uk/sport

Jake Humphrey presents live coverage of the Chinese Grand Prix. If today's race is half as good as last year's, it will be well worth setting the alarm clock. Jenson Button topped the podium 12 months ago, when wet conditions resulted in a thrilling race at the Shanghai International Circuit. Button finished ahead of McLaren team-mate and fellow Briton Lewis Hamilton, with Nico Rosberg third. Red Bull duo Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber began the race on the front row of the grid, but finished sixth and eighth, respectively, after struggling in the rain.

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London Marathon 2011

Sunday 17 April

10.15am-2.00pm BBC ONE

• www.bbc.co.uk/sport

Sue Barker presents live coverage of the 31st London Marathon

Sue Barker hosts continued live coverage of the 31st London Marathon (catch starting-line action on BBC Two from 8.30am). The pace picks up in the elite races as the competitors make their way through the streets of the capital. Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede won the men's race 12 months ago, finishing over a minute clear of Kenya's Emmanuel Mutai. Kebede will be back in London once again, as will Liliya Shobukhova, who held off fellow Russian Inga Abitova to win the women's title. In the men's wheelchair race, home hopes will again rest with David Weir, who missed out on a fifth successive victory last time around after suffering a puncture.

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London Marathon 2011

Sunday 17 April

8.30-10.15am BBC TWO

• www.bbc.co.uk/sport

Sue Barker introduces live coverage of the 31st London Marathon, as the elite athletes and fun-runners line up for the world-famous race. Steve Cram, Brendan Foster, Paul Dickenson, Paula Radcliffe and Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson are in the commentary box, as the action begins in Greenwich.

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Jonathan Edwards introduces highlights from the 31st London Marathon. The event has come a long way since American Dick Beardsley and Norwegian Inge Simonsen won the inaugural men's elite race in a dead-heat and Joyce Smith claimed the women's elite crown.

The day is not just about elite athletes, however. Since 1981, fun-runners have raised over a half a billion pounds for charity. Last year, 36,550 runners completed the 26.2-mile course, earning a record total of £50.6m for good causes.

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Colonel Gonzalo Londoño fulfils a dream in Police Academy UK

More surprises are in store for Police Academy UK's four overseas police officers, as they continue their fact-finding mission in Birmingham, the UK's second-biggest city.

The policing of prostitutes and drug addicts is the order of the day, which is something of an eye-opener for female Samoan Constable Usufono Latu, whose small Pacific police force tends to deal with, at worst, cannabis problems.

Each of the officers also takes part in firearms training in the hope that they will be one of the two chosen to work alongside anti-terrorism officers on a Royal visit at the end of the week.

The officers discover that antisocial behaviour is rife in the city, and that youths have little respect for the police. An incident on a Birmingham bus leaves Zambian officer Alfred Nawa lost for words.

Colonel Gonzalo Londoño from Colombia and the Zambian Assistant Commissioner go on to fulfil their dream of meeting a bona fide member of the Royal Family. And, true to form, Gonzalo gets competitive over who spent the most time talking to Royalty.

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