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Determined Scot Murray aims to serve up a major

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Wimbledon BBC One and Two, Various times AS familiar and leathery as a comfy old couch, Sue Barker presents live coverage from Wimbledon on the opening day of the 2009 Championships.

Once again all eyes will be on Scots hopeful Andy Murray, who will have another opportunity to prove he is not the Tennis version of Colin Montgomerie, in not being able to clinch a major yet.

Fear not, his time will come, but this time he will have to overcome an assembled cast of brilliance, including Roger Federer.

The Supersizers Eat BBC Two, 9.00pm GILES Coren and Sue Perkins continue their culinary history tour by lording it up in the Middle Ages, living the life of aristocrats in their medieval manor.

A dead ringer for King Harold, Michelinstarred chef Martin Blunos spends the week conjuring up extraordinary creations, including Cockentrice - made from the forepart of a chicken sewn to the rear of a piglet.

But before they can sample such delights they must take advice from the doctor on balancing their four humours. Viewers discover whether the intrepid duo are: phlegmatic (sluggish and dull); melancholic (sad); choleric (badtempered); or sanguine (sexy and laid-back).

The Wire BBC Two, 11.20pm THE BBC run of the classic HBO drama serial continues as series three kicks off tonight.

A wave of urban reform brings down the notorious Franklin Terrace public housing towers in the critically acclaimed American crime drama.

It forces the Barksdale drug crew to find a new home on the streets of West Baltimore, and Stringer Bell sets up shop using a new sales strategy for Bodie, Poot, Puddin and the rest of the gang, as he awaits the return of Avon from prison.

EastEnders BBC One, 8.00pm PEGGY encourages Jack to propose to Ronnie (Samantha Janus), but events don't run smoothly.

Meanwhile, Ian drops a bombshell when speaking to Jane and Lucas attempts to keep Jordan from seeing his mother, Trina.

Christian confides in Amira that he's pulled a new man and Minty is upset when Manda won't go back to his house after their date.

Dispatches: Rape In The City Channel 4, 8.00pm THIS is another hard hitting and emotive investigation by the Dispatches team, which will not make for comfortable viewing but will be as thought provoking as usual.

In the wake of two recent, high-profile cases in which young women were brutally attacked and raped by groups of young men, Dispatches investigates gang rape in the UK.

Journalist Sorious Samura asks why such violent forms of assault - which he has always associated with war crimes - are now happening in Britain.

Flying Tigers Channel 4, 1.30pm DRAMA, starring John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee and Paul Kelly. An American squadron leader heads a unit of airmen helping China to fight the Japanese during the Second World War.

However, he has to contend with the actions of a high-handed, hotshot pilot whose arrogance causes the death of a fellow airman.

Robin Cook's Terminal Five, 3.10pm THRILLER, starring Doug Savant, Michael Ironside, Nia Peeples and Khandi Alexander. An ambitious doctor risks his life and career to investigate skulduggery at the prestigious medical centre where he works - and discovers the administration has sinister secrets it would prefer to stay buried.

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