Listings
With Dermot Murnaghan and Natasha Kaplinsky.
Breakfast Briefing at 6.00; weather every half-hour from 6.15; national/regional news half-hourly from 6.27.
Contributors
Presenter:
Dermot
Murnaghan
Presenter:
Natasha
Kaplinsky
Editor:
David
Kermode
Good reads as recommended by authors and bookish celebrities. J/8. The Icarus Girl, The Ninth Life of Louis Drax and Inside Hitler's Bunker. With Kate Humble , Pam Ferris , Liz Jensen and Al Murray. Hosted by Jeremy Vine.
BBCi: special features for digital viewers
Contributors
Unknown:
Kate
Humble
Unknown:
Pam
Ferris
Unknown:
Liz
Jensen
Unknown:
Al
Murray.
Unknown:
Jeremy
Vine.
Real-life drama from Guy's and St Thomas ' in London. Followed by News; Weather
Contributors
Unknown:
St
Thomas
New series 1/10. Overweight children embark on a tough six-week fitness drive at the UK's only weight-loss camp for kids.
With Richard Bacon. Shape up for summer: page
Contributors
Unknown:
Richard
Bacon.
Advice for a struggling teashop in the Black Country from two self-made millionaires. Followed by News; Weather
New series Antiques challenge from Covent Garden in London. With Tim Wonnacott.
Contributors
Unknown:
Tim
Wonnacott.
Stuart faces up to his blindness. Repeated at 5.35pm
Will buyers be turned on or freaked out by the psychedelia of a 1960s-Style flat? (Revised rpt) Your last chance to wave goodbye to Your mortgage: page 11
The Committee. A top men's club commissions Jessica to identify a member's killer.
A quad-bike and speedboating challenge.
With George Alagiah and Sian Williams. Plus a weather summary. IS)
Contributors
Unknown:
George
Alagiah
Unknown:
Sian
Williams.
BBC London News Presented by Emily Maitlis.
Editor Catherine Hearne South East Today Presented by Beverley Thompson and Geoff Clark. Editor Quentin Smith. Followed by Weather with Alex Deakin. IS)
Contributors
Presented By:
Emily
Maitlis.
Editor:
Catherine
Hearne
Presented By:
Beverley
Thompson
Presented By:
Geoff
Clark.
Unknown:
Alex
Deakin.
A surprisingly feasible weekend break in Hong Kong, plus winter sun without jet lag in the Gambia.
Series producer Jenny Cole ; Executive producer Owen Gay
Contributors
Producer:
Jenny
Cole
Moving personal accounts of loss and survival in the Boxing Day tsunami, plus how British volunteers are helping to rebuild lives on the Thai island of Phuket. Series producer Mike Lewis : Editor Dave Stanford
Contributors
Producer:
Mike
Lewis
Editor:
Dave
Stanford
Has Tina pushed Johnny too far with her flirting?
Writer Rob Gittins Repeated at 10pm on BBC3 BBCi: digital viewers can access extras at the end of the programme Soap & Flannel: page 43; For cast see page 44
Contributors
Writer:
Rob
Gittins
3/6. It's not a merry Christmas for a couple who owe £1,000. Plus the hunt for a woman who prefers playing slot machines to paying fines. Dennis Waterman narrates. Producer Barney Snow: Series producer Matt Tiller
Contributors
Unknown:
Dennis
Waterman
Producer:
Matt
Tiller
2/3. Russell T Davies 's saucy period romp starring
Peter O'Toole and David Tennant continues. Grimani is incensed when his fiancee, Henriette, falls for the legendary lothario. A profile of Davies follows on BBC4.
Producer Gillian McNeill ; Director Sheree Folkson
First shown on BBC3 RT DIRECT: Dennis Potter 's 1971 Casanova on DVD, £17.99 (RRP E19.99) including p&p. Call [number removed]3850 (national rate)
Contributors
Unknown:
Russell T
Davies
Unknown:
Peter
O'Toole
Unknown:
David
Tennant
Producer:
Gillian
McNeill
Director:
Sheree
Folkson
Unknown:
Dennis
Potter
Casanova:
Peter
O'Toole
Younger Casanova:
David
Tennant
Edith:
Rose
Byrne
Henriette:
Laura
Fraser
Bellino:
Nina
Sosanya
Rocco:
Shaun
Parkes
Grimani:
Rupert
Penry-Jones
Bragadin:
Freddie
Jones
Villars:
Matt
Lucas
Prisoner:
Ron
Cook
French chancellor:
Nickolas
Grace
Ambassador:
Ray
Coulthard
Young Jack:
James
Holly
Jack, aged 11:
Brock
Everitt-Elwick
With Huw Edwards. Regional News
Then Weather with Alex Deakin.
Contributors
Unknown:
Huw
Edwards.
Unknown:
Alex
Deakin.
8/8. Why was the failure of Twang! - Lionel Bart 's Robin Hood musical - a blessing in disguise for the family favourites? Doon MacKichan narrates. A new series is planned for next year.
(The Two Ronnies Sketchbook is on Friday at 8.30pm)
Contributors
Narrator:
Doon
MacKichan
Director:
Brendan
O'Hara
Series Producer:
Toby
Stevens
6/6. Sunset Coast. The marketing of cocaine to the film industry, plus the theories surrounding Marilyn Monroe 's untimely death. With Jonathan Ross.
Director Jack Cocker ; Series producer Allan Campbell
Contributors
Unknown:
Marilyn
Monroe
Unknown:
Jonathan
Ross.
Director:
Jack
Cocker
Producer:
Allan
Campbell
Andrew Neil and Michael Portillo with the political review. More Thursday at 11.35pm.
Contributors
Unknown:
Andrew
Neil
Unknown:
Michael
Portillo
Biographical sports drama about the golfing phenomenon, from his early years to his 1997 US Masters win. Review page 56. Director LeVar Burton (1998, PG)
Followed by Weatherview
Contributors
Director:
Levar
Burton
Signed programmes.
The Reclaimers 5/12. Enhanced commentary.
A 460-mile-long canoe race through Canada's white-water rapids.