Tables - Table appears different in Netscape and IE

Hello all, I have a problem I hope somebody out there can help me with.

I have a table of vertical buttons. (As shown below)
As you can see all of the buttons are in 1 <TD></TD> tag. I used <BR> to move down to the next button. Netscape works but IE. there are large gaps in between each button. Can this be fixed?
Thanks
Stephen

<TABLE>
<TR>

<TD valign=top><A HREF="html.htm"onMouseOver="if (document.images) {
document.htmlbutton.src=htmlemboss.src;return true}"onMouseOut="if (document.images) {
document.htmlbutton.src=html.src;return true}"><IMG SRC="html.gif" NAME="htmlbutton"width=125 height=50 BORDER=0 ALT="html link"></A>
<BR>
<A HREF="javascript.htm"onMouseOver="if (document.images) {
document.javascriptbutton.src=javascriptemboss.src;return true}"onMouseOut="if (document.images) {
document.javascriptbutton.src=javascript.src;return true}"><IMG SRC="javascript.gif"NAME="javascriptbutton"width=125 height=50 BORDER=0 ALT="javascript link"></A>
<BR>
<A HREF="paintshoppro.htm"onMouseOver="if (document.images) {
document.paintshopprobutton.src=paintshopproemboss.src;
return true}"onMouseOut="if (document.images) {
document.paintshopprobutton.src=paintshoppro.src;return true}"><IMG SRC="paintshoppro.gif"NAME="paintshopprobutton"width=125 height=50 BORDER=0 ALT="paint shop pro link"></A>
<BR>
<A HREF="graphics.htm"onMouseOver="if (document.images) {
document.graphicsbutton.src=graphics2.src;
return true}"onMouseOut="if (document.images) {
document.graphicsbutton.src=graphics1.src;return true}"><IMG SRC="graphics1.gif"NAME="graphicsbutton"width=125 height=50 BORDER=0 ALT="graphics link"></A>
<BR>
<A HREF="shareware.htm"onMouseOver="if (document.images) {
document.sharewarebutton.src=sharewareemboss.src;
return true}"onMouseOut="if (document.images) {
document.sharewarebutton.src=shareware.src;return true}"><IMG SRC="shareware.gif"NAME="sharewarebutton"width=125 height=50 BORDER=0 ALT="shareware link"></A>
<BR>
<A HREF="search.htm"onMouseOver="if (document.images) {
document.searchbutton.src=search222.src;
return true}"onMouseOut="if (document.images) {
document.searchbutton.src=search111.src;return true}"><IMG SRC="search111.gif"NAME="searchbutton"width=125 height=50 BORDER=0 ALT="search engine link"></A>
<BR>
<A HREF="cool.htm"onMouseOver="if (document.images) {
document.coolbutton.src=cool2.src;
return true}"onMouseOut="if (document.images) {
document.coolbutton.src=cool1.src;return true}"><IMG SRC="cool1.gif"NAME="coolbutton"width=125 height=50 BORDER=0 ALT="cool stuff link"></A>
<BR>
<A HREF="stealersworld.htm"><IMG SRC="home_sel.gif"NAME="homebutton"width=125 height=50 BORDER=0 ALT="home link"></A></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>