Independent, The (London): WATCH ROUND THE CLOCK

BEFORE 6PM

Golf: the Open

9AM BBC2

Fans of walk-spoiling can settle in for 10 and a half hours of coverage today from St Andrews. It's an event that Tiger Woods won in 2000 when it was last held here.

Halls of Montezuma

1PM CHANNEL 4

Richard Widmark leads the troops in this rousing Second World War drama (above) about US Marines looking for Japanese rockets.

Baby House

2.15PM ITV1

The penultimate episode of the (really rather peculiar) reality show has the co- habiting first-time mums preparing for the final push.

FROM 6 TO 8PM

Should I Worry About...?

7PM BBC1

... takeaways, wonders Richard Hammond. Of course you should, runs the familiar subtext, in a programme wisely scheduled the day before a sizeable number of us are sitting at home with said dishes on a Friday evening.

Great Railway Journeys

7.10PM BBC4

On the subject of anxiety, Benedict Allen (right) takes a trip on the so-called 'lunatic line' that runs between Kenya and Uganda.

FROM 8 TO 10PM

The Girl in the Caf

9PM BBC4

Richard Curtis retells Notting Hill with a Live8 sensibility in an unlikely romance between a jaded Treasury official and an idealistic waif. Bill Nighy and Kelly Macdonald star.

Horizon

9PM BBC2

A welcome repeat for an entertaining documentary (right) on a cunning ruse by American students to beat the blackjack tables in US casinos.

Spelling Bee

9PM ITV1

Chris Tarrant tests the orthographic ability of middle-alphabet celebs, including Patrick Mower and Tara Palmer-What's- 'er-name.

Dispatches

9PM CHANNEL 4

An updated undercover documentary (above) asks whether the Royal Mail has improved since Dispatches damned it in 2004.

10 TO 12MDN'T

Michael Palin and the Mystery of Hammershi

10.35PM BBC1

The ubiquitous one (below) explores the life and work of the little-known Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershi.

Jarvis Cocker's TV Pop Rules!

10.50PM CHANNEL 4

The man who jumped on stage during Michael Jackson's performance at the Brits selects controversial incidents in pop history.

The Late Edition

11.50PM BBC2

Marcus Brigstocke is joined for this discussion by the Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik and the former chief inspector of schools, Chris Woodhead.

LATE

The School

12.15AM BBC4

A documentary to soothe worried teachers at the end of term, as a school 'failed' by Ofsted dramatically turns around under dynamic new management.