By Paul Whitelaw House of Saddam, Wednesday, BBC2, 9pm Arena - Cab Driver, Today, BBC4, 9pm First Cut: Saving Britney Spears, Friday, Channel 4, 7.30pm DID SADDAM HUSSEIN REALLY sound like a Middle-Eastern cousin of Inspector Gadget's arch nemesis Dr Claw? He did, according to Igal Naor's growling portrayal in House of Saddam, a new four-part dramatisation of the moustachioed monster's rise and fall.

SADDAM Hussein's former deputy PM Tariq Aziz went on trial yesterday. The 72-year-old walked with the aid of a stick for a brief hearing in the capital Baghdad. He and several other former Iraqi officials have been accused of involvement in the execution of 40 people in 1992.

After Saddam Hussein, no other member of Iraq's former regime is more famous than Tariq Aziz, his deputy prime minister.

By PATRICK QUINN By Patrick Quinn The Associated Press BAGHDAD Hundreds of people, including many children, chanted slogans praising Saddam Hussein on Sunday as they tossed flowers onto his tomb one year after he was executed .

Security was high in Iraq Sunday as supporters of President Saddam Hussein marked the first anniversary of his death.