Now sport, and to start, the FA Cup semi-finals. Here's Gerald Sinstadt.
Everton and Norwich City played at Villa Park, Birmingham, in glorious sunshine.
And with East Anglian support very strong, Norwich were soon attacking the Everton goal.
The commentator is Barry Davies.
Bow in, that's a good run by Crook. Patney, Rosario is in the middle, up comes Dale Gordon.
Oh, he struck it well.
Fine strike, and he thought it was worth the corner, but he's not to get it.
They've got caught a bit, Gordon had quite a distance to make, Sheedy was the player who came across.
There was only one option, and I must say, I think Dale Gordon is right that he should have got a corner.
Seemed to be to get two deflections, the first off Sheedy, the second off Southall.
Butterworth.
Sheedy.
He looked up, he saw Cotty going one way and sharp the other.
Well done throw.
Brace well.
Oh! It was Crook, and it stays out, now it's in.
Patnevin getting the congratulations, Crook looked in horror, thought for a moment he'd escaped,
but the little fellow was there, and among a few whirling legs, he managed to get the one which counted.
Goalkeeper going one way, back off the angle, sharp, comes again off Crook,
Barron comes off the back line, and it's Nevin who has scored for Everton.
20 minutes gone, 25 minutes left.
Everton one, Norwich nil.
Rosario winning in the air again, but there's always cover behind.
Bowen, well up by Radcliffe, acrobatic attempt by Malcolm Allen.
Sheedy, Cotty, good stop.
Met it very solidly, Tony Cotty.
That's nice, instant pass, there hadn't been too many of those.
Fox, got to find the right cross, Rosario, Crook.
Attempt to make amends for his early mistake goes wide, and Colin Harvey's Everton go to Wembley.
Whom would they play?
Liverpool and Nottingham Forest took the field at a less than full Old Trafford.
In the stand, Brian Clough, the Forest boss, who's never been to Wembley in the FA Cup,
either as a player or manager, would this be the first time?
Kenny Dalgleish and Liverpool would determine he shouldn't make it.
The game was in the commentary box with John Motson as we joined play a couple of minutes into the first half.
Liverpool in their familiar red strip.
Counting for Liverpool, Pierce.
The two sequences of the two sides are quite outstanding.
Liverpool unbeaten in 20 matches since New Year's Day when they lost here to Manchester United.
Nottingham Forest have won 23 of their last 28 games and lost only two since they were beaten at Old Trafford on Boxing Day.
So we have got two sides here with a prolific run of form.
This is Staunton.
Steve Staunton, 20-year-old left back for Liverpool. Big occasion for him. Did well.
Hanson. Hanson at nearly 34.
Houghton again.
The long ball. That's searching out. Johnny Barnes on the far side. He's free. Barnes. Great save. Aldridge.
A goal. John Aldridge. Liverpool in front.
Fourth minute.
And the long ball towards John Barnes. Fox Brian Laws. They got tangled up. Two defenders in each other's way.
And Barnes drove it. Brilliant save by Sutton. Really unlucky, the keeper.
But John Aldridge, that's his instinct, that's his forte and that's the lead for Liverpool. Trevor Brooking.
As it drops down, John Barnes not going, realising he's not going to get there and suddenly sees him pop up.
Hits it with his right foot and really John Aldridge reacted very well because it was behind him and he just looped in.
And John Aldridge, keeping Ian Rush out of the side, scores his 26th goal of the season.
This is Barnes. Forest are backpedalling. Walker and Wilson are really stretched at the moment because Beardsley is full of movement up there.
And they're pulling them one way and then the other and now Whelan's made a run and they've got to cover him now.
And Wilson gets the head to it.
McMahon tucks it inside to Houghton and then it goes to Whelan and Houghton again to Aldridge.
And they can't get out of their own half, Nottingham Forest. Staunton, Whelan, Houghton to his right, Beardsley.
Whelan's moving around from one red shirt to another. Barnes.
Now at last, Forest, break it all up. Tommy Gaynor, it was, who got a foot in and gets the return from Klopp.
Robbala thought about coming and went back quickly. It's Gaynor on the ball.
McMahon got to him. Gaynor got it back. Barnes helped out.
And that's McMahon again and the crowd warming to every challenge. Really good competitive play.
Steve McMahon as Forest got out of their own half for almost the first time.
I've seen some spectators affected by the heat and it's noticeable how quickly the first aid facilities have been activated.
There's Chapman. Oh, McMahon made a mistake and Klopp couldn't quite get there and Webb and a deflection and that's gone in.
It's a goal for Nottingham Forest. Robbala I think was deceived by a deflection from Webb's shot and Forest our level in the 33rd minute.
It came from the throw in and this was unexpected. Lee Chapman got McMahon's error really.
It comes back to Webb. He strikes it against the post and over the line Robbala couldn't grab it. Trevor.
I would have thought Bruce Robbala saw it very late. It came through a lot of legs there and a good strike by Neil Webb.
Liverpool would be a little bit shell-shocked because having played so well to suddenly find themselves level would be very disappointing.
And it's 1-1 and that's put this semi-final into just the sort of perfectly balanced position that you would want as a neutral.
John Barnes. Barnes crossed. Oh, against the bar. Aldridge.
This is a bit of magic by John Barnes and a header by Aldridge and against the bar.
So half-time in the FA Cup semi-final. Liverpool won. Kenny Dalglish's team off to a flyer.
But Nottingham Forest coming back on 33 minutes to level things. After that Liverpool hit the bar. Plenty of activity. Plenty of incident. The scores level.
It's 30 years since Nottingham Forest actually reached an FA Cup final, 1959, and Brian Cleff has never reached one as a player or a manager in some 35 years in the game.
Ten minutes gone in the second half. 1-1. And Staunton again beats Tommy Gaynor. This is Barnes.
Through the middle. Aldridge chasing. Mistake by Walker. Aldridge. Great save Sutton. Aldridge again. Can he pull it back to Beardsley? No, he can't. Corner.
That would have been a better choice. He was screaming for it. But it's so easy from up here. Sutton takes credit. Good save.
How important we'll see. Here's Nichol. Nichol's cross. Oh and Sutton had to pour at it. Just got a hand. Staunton. Liverpool turning the screw.
Let's get the ball away. That long ball through the middle again. Caught out Des Walker. And John Aldridge got in behind him.
Houghton. Houghton again. Oh well played. Beardsley couldn't connect. Liverpool are threatening to do damage again. Whelan. Beardsley. Foul. Laws.
Well Steve Sutton is a very busy man just now. McMahon. This is Barnes.
What a great cross by John Barnes. Headed away by Neil Webb and the crowd seem to sense, the Liverpool section that is, that this could be the moment.
There are times in matches when Liverpool quite distinctly move up a gear and this is one of those moments now. Houghton. Barnes again. Houghton.
Oh it's got in. Tommy Gaynor couldn't stop Aldridge getting in. And Liverpool are back in front.
Well quite who that finally went in off. I'm not at all sure. But Tommy Gaynor was very close to it, number seven. And Beardsley and Aldridge went in with him. Aldridge will claim it. It's Aldridge's goal.
It was almost though the Liverpool supporters in that three or four minutes leading up to the goal were almost sucking the ball into the net at that Stretford end you know.
It's very hot to make the sort of recovery runs that some of the forest players are having to make now. Liverpool dictate the game. Houghton.
Well played. Brilliantly played. Beardsley!
From a magic little series of tricks by Ray Houghton on the right hand side. He was teasing Stuart Pearce first one way then the other. Then he took on Steve Hodge, pulled it back and Peter Beardsley will feel that he should have scored.
Alan Hanson has the ball. Liverpool have nearly all the possession.
And it is so clammy down there. So humid that Nottingham Forest are, the temperatures still up here at 76 Fahrenheit. Nottingham Forest are going to have to gust for breath really as they chase around trying to cut down the space that Liverpool are utilising.
They still find their own player Aldridge. That was beautifully done again. Oh and that's going to be an own goal is it. Brian Laws.
And Liverpool may now be in the cup final. Aldridge setting the play up with Beardsley. Barnes didn't touch it. Laws certainly did. That's an own goal.
And it's 3-1 and those supporters are celebrating the strong possibility now of Liverpool after all the tribulations of the last three weeks qualifying for the FA Cup final against their Merseyside rivals Everton.
On the game there's absolutely no question that Liverpool deserve to be in the lead that they've got. Good ball by Staunton. Walker.
Chapman Clough. That's better. Walker's through. Des Walker who's never scored a goal for Nottingham Forest could have made a name for himself in the semi-final but so unused is he to being in that position he spurned the chance. And I would have thought that with that may have gone Forest's last opportunity of staging what would have to be a dramatic recovery.
He was clean through. He was onside but he pushed that one wide of the post.
Few disappointed. Forest fans will be leaving early. But that's a good little ball by Nigel Clough to Lee Glover. Chapman in the middle. Stoppage time. Still Glover.
And Liverpool are through to the FA Cup final to play their Merseyside rivals Everton. Kenny Dalglish's team with a smile back on their faces and on those of the supporters who were able to come today.
The end of a traumatic three weeks for them. But they wanted to play. They did play. And they put on an exhibition which was worthy of the club and of the FA Cup semi-final.
The double is still a possibility. The bond between these people and Kenny Dalglish has never been stronger than it is now.
This is a really great scene. Very meaningful to the players as well.
Kenny, just tell us about your feelings at the final whistle there when you went around the pitch and applauded the fans.
Yeah, well obviously they've turned up in the thousand again for us today. They've been very, very supportive.
Obviously our last fortnight or three weeks there's not been much football played. And they've been there and they've supported us all our life. And for the past two or three weeks we've been trying our best to support them.
How well did your team play today? Because they looked irresistible.
There's only one team going to win I think. There's only one team wanting to win as far as I was concerned. But we wanted to win a lot more than either.
So it'll be an emotional Merseyside final after all. Liverpool versus Everton at Wembley on May the 20th. And you can see the highlights in the next edition of BBC Video World.
We now move to Gloucestershire for this year's Badminton Horse Trials. An estimated 220,000 people were in the park on Cross Country Day, enjoying one of the closest competitions in the Whitbread Championship's 40 year history.
Most of Great Britain's Olympic squad were well in the running, including Ian Stark on Glen Burnie. The commentators are Lucinda Green and Michael Tucker.
Brilliant. Perhaps not the most tidy, but Ian just sat back, gave the horse time. Brilliant piece of riding.
And here we have Mary Thompson and Kim Boris. Excellent dressage, lying in sixth place. Not always the fastest horse in a three day event because he's a little bit of a middleweight, carries a little bit of weight.
But his tail always goes like that, it's a sort of helicopter propulsion.
Now, which is Ian going to do? And I think he's going straight. Yep, it's on.
Beautiful. That's what makes him one of the best riders in the world.
Oops, that's the Vicarage V and that's fast becoming the most influential fence. And what we haven't told you yet is that's not only water, but it's pretty smelly water too.
I can tell you that from my own experience.
Well, now Ian, he has virtually got Nigel Taylor in sight.
Now he's going across the corner. New angle.
Poetry in motion. Makes it look so ridiculously easy.
What this horse does when he just gets along is tends to get his head low and pull off his rein.
And he's just beginning to do that. And that won't make it any easier for Ian and I think.
King Boris coming up to the ski jump now.
So far.
Oh, he's got 30 seconds to get home. So come on in.
This could be for the third time in a row. And that's a record.
And there you look at his watch. He's got now 15 seconds to get home. The second one with the time, a tremendous performance.
And there'll be no one more delighted. But at the same time, no one more unassuming and he will be delighted with that.
Well, there's master craftsman coming to the quarry.
Well, he wouldn't complain about that.
Coming to the lake.
He's going straight.
This is where beneficial had his problem, but not master craftsman.
Yeah, beautifully written. Just holds him, keeps the impulsion going.
And craftsman looks so much more experienced, so much more at home.
Finding it easy. And that's got to be very, very good news.
Not only for Ginny here, but, of course, for the British team in the European Championships in September.
Angela Tucker and the dressage leader, Good Value, approach the first question on this course, the quarry.
Good Value at the quarry. Up the steps.
Another problem for them.
Well, now the Vicarage V. And, of course, Ginny had a problem here on beneficial.
I'm sure she'll go the corner again.
And that's not the problem this time. Beautifully written.
Well, we've seen all the big names that were one short.
And there he is, the Olympic champion, Mark Todd, looking as relaxed and as calm as ever.
Riding, of course, Rodney Powles, the Irishman.
Poor Rodney, he's had such disappointments over the last year, but he injured himself in a nasty fall on a young horse some month ago.
And very sportingly gave the ride of Irishman to Mark Todd.
Five, four, three, two, one, go. Good luck.
Well, it won't be the first time that Ginny Leng, Ian Stark and Mark Todd have done battle.
We've got a fascinating 12 minutes ahead of us.
Very quick to stop and turn. She's going to go right the long way around. I think that's very sensible.
Turn right in order to get yourself back into a position to take this fence on.
Little orange pegs up there. You don't want to go outside. I don't believe it.
Oh, she will kill herself. He just never really seemed to put his head down and look at what he was doing.
Then lost his equilibrium altogether, put a leg down and nearly fell over.
Well, now the ski jump and this is one of the fences that really has jumped better than people expected.
Of course, that's been expected an awful lot of just a little disappointed left a leg there, but it's quite safe.
Well, on the way down to the lake, that is the Irishman.
He's going straight. What a super pictures he comes.
He's going for the deep water. No, look at that. Turns straight into the shallow water.
Whatever this man did, he would be an ace at it. I'm quite sure of that.
He can turn his hand and in the evening sunshine, you get a marvelous picture of this lake.
It really is one of the best settings in the world.
The great thing, the horse has got his ears pricked. They're absolutely as one.
Now, what would he what would he dare here?
Playing safe. What you notice rather like Leslie Law, he just doesn't waste a centimeter.
About 400 meters. We can't see it.
He might just have to take a risk at the last if he's going to do it.
Fifteen seconds left. Now, all the way home.
Oh, look at that for timing. Five, six, five seconds to spare.
And there'll be one very happy lad, Rodney Powell, his decision vindicated to put the Olympic champion on Irishman.
And they are the new leaders after our speed and endurance. What a day after the cross country.
Then only one show jumping fence separating those six riders going in reverse order.
Mary Thompson and King Boris went clear to be certain of third place and put the pressure on Ginny Leng,
who needed a clear round on Master Craftsman to stay second.
She's clear so far. Here's Raymond Brooks Ward.
So no room for errors for Ginny.
But then she's a very old hand at this game.
Well, there's been a couple of rattles so far. She'll be glad to see the end of this.
Coming to the second last.
Go on, Ginny. And just listen to that packed crowd here.
Another great performance, show jumping to cap the performance across country yesterday for Ginny Leng.
And now by word, the pressure is on Mark Todd.
So the long lean Toddy from New Zealand.
Well, we said yesterday we've seen the complete horseman and my word we do.
Double gold medalist in the Olympic Games.
Chance ride on Rodney Powell's the Irishman.
Only took the ride when Rodney said he simply couldn't compete this year because of a neck injury on Tuesday.
And clear inside the time across country yesterday.
What a performance.
When Rodney rode this horse last year, he had one and a quarter time faults, but was clear.
And Toddy can't afford even that.
Oh, that's it.
Ginny up. Ginny's up.
It is Ginny Leng, once more the winner of the Whitbread Championship with Master Craftsman.
Mary Thompson. Well done, Mary. Moving up into second place with King Boris.
And Mark Todd on the Irishman for New Zealand is third.
From Badminton, it's about 30 miles across the Seven Bridge to the San Pierre Golf Club near Chapstow.
That's the home of the Epson European Grand Prix, the first event in Britain of the PGA European Tour.
It's a match play event and the defending champion was Bernhard Langer of West Germany.
But he went out in the third round, losing two and one to fellow Ryder Cup player Ken Brown.
Brown then lost to Dennis Dernion in the quarters.
Dernion, having a superb season, went on to beat Ireland's Des Smith, four and three.
Clinching victory with this fine putt on the 15th.
In the other semi-final, Seve Biasteris was in great form.
Beating Australian Mike Harwood, six and five on the 13th green.
So it was Biasteris against Dernion.
Our commentators are Clive Clarke, Bruce Critchley and Peter Alice.
And here's Biasteris about to play his second shot to the par five first.
And those trees on the left-hand side, if Seve...
You see the green behind Seve, between the trees on the left, that's where the green is.
So he can either draw it round the tree, go over the top of the tree, but one thing he doesn't want is a low skimmer.
He's boomed it up and over. Looks as if it may have gone a touch...
Oh, yeah, where did that land? There it is.
Oh, look at this. How do you like that for an opening start?
The nearest thing I've seen to an albatross for many a year. That's a two on a par five.
And, well, Mr Dernion now knows what's going on.
What a way to start. Well, I just hit two woodstone dead at the first and moved to the second.
What a superb shot from Biasteris.
50,000 for the winner, 32 for the runner-up, 18,370 for third and 14 and three quarters for the fourth.
Four iron, Dernion, this for a half.
Well, it's over. We're over there. I think this may be a pickup and on to the second.
Dernion there in three, Sevi, 18 inches from the hole in two. What a way to start.
And there he is. He's given the picked up and on to the second. One hole played, Sevi one up,
and Dernion enjoying that beautiful stroke from Biasteris.
The second hole, 364 yards, looks fairly straight on the little map there,
but in fact you have to play away to the left with your tee shot.
There's the trees where that circular line cut across there.
They stick out and you have to come up this side, probably with an iron club.
He's going to try something.
He's found a spot from where he can get a clear shot at the green.
A very interesting shot. Very few people would have seen that.
Anyone would have tried a backhanding shot and chopped out sideways, tried to go somewhere,
but he saw a spot just five or six feet from where he was.
A five has got more than an even chance of a half.
And in fact a fair amount of green because he can just about find,
clear the left-hand bunker, some 20 yards of green.
Lovely shot.
Brilliant and he'd have settled to be there in three where he found his tee shot.
The shot down to this green is quite severe.
It probably doesn't show on the screen quite as much.
It is rolling down. He's played it well.
You see how difficult it is, the slope, taking it away.
He couldn't have really played it very much better.
In fact he hasn't dropped a shot from the opening hole in his first match.
Six of the first against Mike Clayton.
It's all been birdies and pars and eagles since then.
Second hole.
Got it. Yes.
And how many people would make four when they put their tee shot right underneath the tree?
And where it might have been all square.
Vaisteris wins a hole in four. Vaisteris two up.
Third hole, 135 yards, par three.
And the green hidden from the tee, it's just some six, seven feet, eight,
maybe a bit more than that up in the air.
And you see the three bunkers rounded about.
One big tree at the back.
Seve is playing an eight.
Pretty jolly good.
Started with an eagle.
Got a great fighting par four at the last hole.
Going to get this close.
Eight iron.
Got through it nicely.
Yes, well done. Looks more like it.
Two good tee shots. Dernion to putt first.
What a crucial moment for Dernion.
He must be thinking, well I've got a hole this.
I don't think if I manage to throw a par at Seve, I don't think he's going to crumble.
Might be aiming this just at the right edge of the hole.
The way Dernion's putt ran from the other side.
There it is, you see.
So he starts eagle, par, birdie, three up.
Going about his business in a very stern fashion.
Seve once again in top form, winning the first three holes.
He also won the fourth.
That's how it stayed to the turn.
Then Dernion won the tenth.
Let's rejoin them now at the par three eleventh,
where Ballesteros has to play his second shot out of a bunker.
Dennis Dernion hanging on manfully,
and with a chance here I suppose,
unless Seve of course plays one of his magical bunker shots.
Looks easy enough, flat bunker.
Chops the club underneath and probably holds it.
Just ran on a little bit more than he would have liked,
but a very nicely played shot.
Dennis Dernion lining up his putt, carry at the flag.
Quite a longish putt, must be 12, 14 yards I suppose.
Well I thought that was going to need to be hit much more to the right,
but he knew the line.
Almost got it absolutely right, conceded.
Seve with a putt to hold for half.
Made it look very easy, up and down and two out of the sand.
No real respite for Dernion.
Seve, three up and on to the 12th.
Wouldn't be surprised that didn't touch the side of the hole.
And so many shots like this he's hit over the last three or four days,
but they almost appear commonplace.
There's a graphic of this dogleg 14th hole of four, five, four yards.
The lake on the left, not part of the course,
doesn't come into play because you're playing away from it.
That didn't move as much from left to right as he thought or in fact I thought.
The weight was spot on.
There's chances, chances.
A very good putt.
Doesn't miss many and four up again, four holes left.
The 15th hole, 412 yards.
There's a little movement around the corner left to right,
perhaps not quite as sharp an angle as it would appear.
Well I think he'd be happy with the middle of the green probably.
Never all that far away if you're in the middle of the green.
If you're in the hole, it's even better.
He started by almost getting an albatross two on the 576 yard first hole
and it looks as if he's finished the match here on the 15th.
He's four up and four to play and that nearly went in the hole for two
and it's finished only about 16, 18 inches away.
A bit too shy and I think as soon as Dennis comes up and sees how near
Seve's ball is to the flag, it'll be handshakes all round.
There he was, a very fine shot from the rough for Seve
and he's gone through the week with only two dropped strokes to par.
The very first hole he played, he took six on the par five first
and then he's a little cut a couple of holes back.
The par from that is with eagles and birdies all the way
and he's given the crowds here at St Pierre a rare treat
and it's been his legacy.
Lovely weather, early days for the golf series,
the first event on the British Tour, of course in very good shape really
and a worthy winner, the most charismatic golfer in the world today.
I'll stand up and have a look and I don't think it'll be too long before.
Well, he's marking it but I don't think,
I don't think there's much doubt that Ballesteros has won.
Perhaps he didn't quite see how close Seve was.
Seve says, I wouldn't miss Matt, you can pick yours up.
Thank you very much, you've got 32,000 quid to go home with
and Dennis will be very pleased with that.
That's very good.
Seve now saying, you keep that going,
we may see you in the Ryder Cup team at the Belfry at the end of the year.
Dorian came through the stiffest part of the field,
Roger Davies, Revere, Mark James, Des Smith,
but at the end of the day Ballesteros really was in superb form
and shows just why he is in many people's eyes
certainly the best player in the world.
Now for our play, A Master of the Marionettes.