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Match Of The Day Live – League Cup Final

Sunday 27 February

3.00-6.30pm BBC ONE and BBC ONE HD

• www.bbc.co.uk/matchoftheday

Gary Lineker introduces live coverage of the League Cup final

Gary Lineker presents live coverage of the Carling Cup final between Arsenal and Birmingham City at Wembley. It's six years since Arsenal last won a trophy and they are clear favourites to end their barren run today, having beaten Birmingham home and away in the league this season.

But Alex McLeish's side are a different proposition in cup competitions and showed tremendous character to come from behind in their semi-final against West Ham. Commentary comes from Guy Mowbray and Mark Lawrenson.

Match Of The Day Live is simulcast in HD on BBC One HD on Freesat channel 108, Freeview channel 50, Sky channel 143 and Virgin Media channel 108.

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South Riding Ep 2/3

Sunday 27 February

9.00-10.00pm BBC ONE and BBC ONE HD

• www.bbc.co.uk/drama
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Sarah (Anna Maxwell Martin, front), enjoys Robert's company

Sarah's ambitions for her school find their focus in Lydia Holly, the gifted eldest child of a labourer and his wife who live with their six children in a shanty town on the fast-eroding South Riding cliffs, as Andrew Davies's adaptation of Winifred Holtby's rich and panoramic portrait of a Yorkshire community in the Thirties continues.

In the Depression of the Thirties these families are just managing to hold on to their livelihoods and to their homes, perched as they are on the very edge of England. Education offers Lydia a way out, but fate has other plans for the overstretched Holly family and, in spite of her best efforts, Lydia must turn her back on the glittering prizes.

Joe Astell's housing scheme would transform the lives of the South Riding poor but there are some tricky politics to negotiate before the scheme becomes a reality – especially as some of his fellow councillors are more interested in lining their own pockets than in public works. Lusty Methodist minister Alfred Huggins, for one, sees a heaven-sent opportunity to pay off a blackmailer. Councillor Snaith has more or less told him where the estate is to be built: all he needs to do is buy a few acres and wait for the price to rise.

Meanwhile, Robert Carne, haunted by memories of his beautiful wife, Muriel, must face the consequences of a life spent paying for an act of madness a decade and a half before. With the bank threatening to repossess his home it's time for him to make some serious changes. His decision takes him to Manchester, where he runs into Sarah. Christmas is just around the corner and, away from the strains of life in the South Riding, Robert and Sarah enjoy each other's company. Neither is prepared for the events that unfold...

Sarah Burton is played by Anna Maxwell Martin, Lydia Holly by Charlie May-Clark, Mr Holly by Shaun Dooley, Joe Astell by Douglas Henshall, Councillor Alfred Huggins by John Henshaw, Councillor Snaith by Peter Firth and Robert Carne by David Morrissey.

South Riding is simulcast in HD on BBC One HD on Freesat channel 108, Freeview channel 50, Sky channel 143 and Virgin Media channel 108.

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Outcasts Ep 6/8

Sunday 27 February

10.25-11.25pm BBC ONE and BBC ONE HD

• www.bbc.co.uk/outcasts
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Rudi (Langley Kirkwood) sends his men to take revenge on Forthaven

Three expeditionaries go missing outside the settlement for two days, as the blockbuster sci-fi series continues. As hope of finding them dwindles one of them, Josie Hunter, walks back into the settlement. Josie is reunited with her family and Forthaven celebrates her return. However, she is different – her children can't communicate with her and reports of her attack on a fellow XP outside the perimeter start to filter through.

Josie is arrested and detained in PAS, but when Stella receives a distress signal from Josie outside the settlement, she and Tate begin to question who the Josie Hunter in their PAS cells really is.

After finding out that the XPs planned to kill him, Rudi sends two of his men to take their revenge on Forthaven by attacking the power plant. The electricity goes down and Forthaven goes into blackout.

Marie Docherty, meanwhile, the last woman to fall pregnant in Forthaven and the wife of one of the missing XPs, is experiencing a complicated labour. The power cut puts both her life and the life of her baby in danger.

The power cut releases the prison doors in PAS and Josie is able to walk free. Cass is sent to find her, but soon realises that she has taken her children from her home and disappeared. But, just as dawn rises, Cass sees Josie walk back into the settlement, without her children, bruised and battered. Josie is arrested, but knows nothing about what's been going on in Forthaven or where her children have gone. Cass begins to wonder if there are two Josie Hunters. Tate is now convinced that there is something far greater at work on Carpathia, too.

Juliet Aubrey plays Josie Hunter, Hermione Norris plays Stella Isen, Liam Cunningham plays Richard Tate, Langley Kirkwood plays Rudi, Melissa Haiden plays Marie Docherty and Daniel May plays Cass Cromwell.

Outcasts is simulcast in HD on BBC One HD on Freesat channel 108, Freeview channel 50, Sky channel 143 and Virgin Media channel 108.

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Six Nations Rugby – Scotland v Ireland

Sunday 27 February

2.30-5.00pm BBC TWO

• www.bbc.co.uk/sport

John Inverdale is at Murrayfield as the Six Nations continues apace. Scotland and Ireland served up a thriller at Croke Park last year, with Andy Robinson's side clinching a surprise 23-20 win.

Ireland, Grand Slam winners in 2009, will seek revenge in Edinburgh where they have enjoyed a lot of success in recent years. Commentary comes courtesy of Andrew Cotter and Phillip Matthews.

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Midwife Suzanne Saunders-Blundell abandons the high-tech maternity unit at Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield to work in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia in West Africa, in the final film of this three-part series in which British workers test their skills in some of the most challenging environments on Earth.

This is the third poorest country on Earth, where one in 12 women dies in childbirth. Suzanne, a fan of natural childbirth back in Britain, soon learns that there is little time for such luxuries at the Redemption Hospital. The priority is to try to get women to hospital in the first place and then delivering babies as quickly and safely as possible.

On her first day in the hospital she has to deal with a traumatic still birth, where the dead baby has to be delivered in the wrong position. She has never dealt with such complications and, as the days go by, Suzanne is shocked by the harsh environment she is working in and some of the situations she is faced with. She meets a 39-year-old woman, who arrives in the ward bleeding profusely after a terrible still birth at home, and is touched by the story of 21-year-old Hannah, who has tried to abort her baby by using a traditional herbal method but arrives in the unit with a terrible infection.

Living with her Liberian colleagues Suzanne learns how the country, originally founded as a refuge for slaves repatriated from America, has got into such a terrible condition – where there is little running water and only sporadic electricity supply. The vicious civil war may have ended seven years ago but it left the country with no infrastructure.

Suzanne learns of the role women played in protests that helped to end the fighting in Liberia and realises the incredible efforts that women make to keep their families and communities together. By the end of her stay, Suzanne is passing on aspects of her training to her new friends and realises the incredible privileges people have in Britain.

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Colin Murray presents highlights of the day's Premier League match at Upton Park, where West Ham hosted Liverpool. The Hammers are in real need of points near the foot of the table but have lost their last four matches against Liverpool – who are enjoying a revival under Kenny Dalglish.

As usual, there is also an in-depth round-up of all Saturday's Premier League action as well as analysis and debate on all the major talking points.

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Being Human – Daddy Ghoul Ep 6/8

Sunday 27 February

9.00-10.00pm BBC THREE and BBC HD

• www.bbc.co.uk/beinghuman
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Mitchell (Aidan Turner) is implicated in the Box Tunnel 20 massacre

George finds out that his dad, George Sr, who he hasn't seen for three years, has died, as the hit drama about supernatural friends continues. Bringing back memories of his old life – before the werewolf curse – George decides to pay his respects at his dad's service.

After Nina has tipped off the police about Mitchell's involvement in the Box Tunnel 20 massacre, a young policewoman, Nancy, arrives to question him.

Annie is angered that anyone would want to try and implicate Mitchell and is determined to get to the bottom of the crime herself.

Herrick, meanwhile, is lurking in the attic – his thirst for blood getting more and more unbearable.

George is played by Russell Tovey, George Sr by James Fleet, Nina by Sinead Keenan, Nancy by Erin Richards, Mitchell by Aidan Turner and Herrick by Jason Watkins.

Being Human is simulcast on the award-winning BBC HD channel – the BBC's High Definition channel available through Freesat channel 109, Freeview channel 54, Sky channel 169 and Virgin Media channel 187.

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