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Ends 9.00.
Polka Dot Shorts
Fun with Polkaroo. Today, Bibble is naughty. (R)
7.10 Dastardly and Muttley
Pigeon-pursuing missions. (R)
7.35 Rugrats
Tommy and Chuckle try to trap Santa Claus. (R) (S)
8.00 The Really Wild Show
Michaela Strachan and Nick Baker head up the Amazon in search of the capybara. With sign language.
Shown yesterday at 4.35pm on BBC1(S) (W)
WEBSITE: [web address removed]
8.25 Albert the Fifth Musketeer
Fun with the French hero. (R) (S)
8.50 Noddy
The goblins go stealing. Repeated at 1pm (R) (S)
BBC GAME: Noddy's Magic Adventure for Playstation, price £19.99
Contributors
Presenter ("The Really Wild Show"):
Michaela
Strachan
Presenter ("The Really Wild Show"):
Nick
Baker
Repeats are not indicated.
9.00 What? Where? When? Why? (ages 7-9) Toys: the Happy Gang Game (S) 7928829 9.15 Watch (ages 5-7) Seaside Holiday with Magic Grandad (S) 7047493 9.30 Writing and Pictures (ages 6-7) The Knave (S) 8434035 9.45 Dynamo (early years) Number Eight/Circles and Squares (S)
Ends 10.50. Rain forces Laa-Laato take a walk indoors. (R) (S) BBC CD-ROM: Play with the Teletubbies, for PC and Playstation, price £19.99
Celebrating Chinese
New Year. (R) (S) (W) BBC CD-ROM: Tweenies: Ready to Play, for PC and Playstation, price £19.99
10.50 Tales of Europe (ages 7-9) The Ugly Duckling (S)
11.05 Numbertime (ages 4-6) Side by Side: Under/Over (S)
11.20 Revisewise (ages 7-9) Maths Tests (S) 1695528 11.30 English
Express (ages 9-11) Texts: Football Stories (S) 4284615 11.50 ZigZag (ages 7-9) Environment - Water, Air, Land: Waste (S) 333823812.10 See You, See Me (ages 7-9) Maps: Farm and Croft (S)
The latest business news. CEEFAX: page
Drama starring Robert Newton and Glynis Johns. A drunken rascal on a South Sea island cnanges his ways when he has to work with a lady missionary.
Director Muriel Box (1954, U) Films: pp 56-59 **
Contributors
Unknown:
Robert
Newton
Unknown:
Glynis
Johns.
Director:
Muriel
Box
Leslie Grantham appeals on behalf of the Down Syndrome
Educational Trust.
Contributors
Unknown:
Leslie
Grantham
Coverage from the Commons of Prime Minister's Questions.
Series editor Jon Williams (S) CONTACT DETAILS: on Tuesday
Contributors
Editor:
Jon
Williams
UK Today); Weather (S) (W)
The Economy Drive. Jim Hacker attempts to save some money. Written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn
Postponed from 6 December (R) (S)
Contributors
Written By:
Antony
Jay
Written By:
Jonathan
Lynn
Against-the-clock cookery, with Ainsley Harriott. (R) (S) Celebrity Ready Steady Cook is tonight at 8pm on BBC1
Contributors
Unknown:
Ainsley
Harriott.
Unknown:
Steady
Cook
General-knowledge quiz, hosted by Anne Robinson. (S) (W)
Contributors
Unknown:
Anne
Robinson.
Bob Marley, Bobby Brown, Alice Cooper, Roberta Flack, Etta James and Thin Lizzy are among the archive gems.
(Repeated next Saturday) (S)
(Top of the Pops Friday at 7.30pm on BBC1)
Website: [web address removed]
Top of the Pops The Magazine: price £1.50, available from newsagents
Contributors
Producer:
Mark
Hagen
Shadows and Symbols. A false vision affects Captain Sisko's quest and Worf's mission seems doomed to fail. (S)
Another episode of the classic seventies comedy.
The Weaver's Tale. Tom enjoys his rare financial solvency. Written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey ; Producer John Howard Davies
(R) (S)
Contributors
Written By:
John
Esmonde
Written By:
Bob
Larbey
Producer:
John Howard
Davies
Opera. Designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen , with a little help from international singer Angela Gheorgiou , is asked to add colour and opulence to a tiny bedroom in Hitchin,
Hertfordshire, to reflect the passions of a fanatical opera fan. Director Caspar Peacock ; Series editor Elaine Hackett (S) (W)
Contributors
Designer:
Laurence
Llewelyn-Bowen
Singer:
Angela
Gheorgiou
Director:
Caspar
Peacock
Editor:
Elaine
Hackett
Earthworks. An underground cave -just the thing for a quiet drink - is among the features this week as Diarmuid Gavin creates a sculptural garden in south London complete with a contoured lawn that rises and falls.
Director Helen Foulkes ; Producer Dan Adamson (S) (W) WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/homefront
BBC BOOK: Home Front in the Garden by Diarmuid Gavin , hardback £18.99
Contributors
Unknown:
Diarmuid
Gavin
Director:
Helen
Foulkes
Producer:
Dan
Adamson
Garden By:
Diarmuid
Gavin
Fourth in a ten-part drama tracking the fortunes of the Freeman family over the second half of the 20th century. Sex, love and jealousy come to the fore as the children get to grips with adolescence. Contains strong language.
Dramatised by Neil Biswas from the novel by Tim Pears
Producer Claire Hirsch ; Director Hettie Macdonald (S) (W)
Contributors
Dramatised By:
Neil
Biswas
Novel By:
Tim
Pears
Producer:
Claire
Hirsch
Director:
Hettie
MacDonald
Charles:
Robert
Pugh
James:
Shaun
Dingwall
Edna:
Lorraine
Ashboume
Mina:
Hazel
Monaghan
Stanley:
Garry
Cooper
Zoe:
Sian
Reeves
Aunt Margaret:
Rachel
Bell
Teenage James:
Shane
Fox
Teenage Alice:
Gemma
Padley
Teenage Laura:
Charlotte
Salt
Teenage Robert:
Robbie
Woodward
Mrs Ganatra:
Leena
Dhingra
Anil:
Shiv
Grewar
Mr Ganatra:
Badi
Uzzaman
Hilary:
Ella
Sawyer
Joanna:
Sara
Williams
Teenage Simon:
James
Bradshaw
Adrian:
Tim
Harris
Art teacher:
Joy
Carradice
Teenage:
Harry
Farazayub
Psychiatrist Dr Sandra Scott , psychologist Ros Taylor and communications coach Roy Leighton spend a week trying to change the lives of underconfident men and women.
Linda and John. Working mum Linda wants to lose weight, while probation officer John worries about his height.
Director Emma Bowen : Series producer Janice Gabriel (S) (W) INFORMATION: call the free BBC Action Line [number removed] or see Ceefax page 636 or the website: www.bbc.co.uk/health/confidence
Contributors
Unknown:
Dr Sandra
Scott
Unknown:
Ros
Taylor
Unknown:
Roy
Leighton
Director:
Emma
Bowen
Producer:
Janice
Gabriel
Analysis of the news with Jeremy Vine. (S) (W)
Contributors
Unknown:
Jeremy
Vine.
Continuing the rerun of the spoof police series.
Jubilee. Former EastEnder Patsy Palmer guests when the team are asked to look after a very important family.
Written and produced by Dominic Anciano. Hugo Blick and Ray Burdis Directors Dominic Anciano and Ray Burdis
Another episode tomorrow at 11.20pm (R) (S) (W) Followed by Turning Points Pizza Express founder Peter Boizot discusses a pivotal point in his life.
Contributors
Unknown:
Patsy
Palmer
Produced By:
Dominic
Anciano.
Produced By:
Hugo
Blick
Produced By:
Ray
Burdis
Directors:
Dominic
Anciano
Directors:
Ray
Burdis
Unknown:
Peter
Boizot
Dl Beach:
David
Gillespie
DSAsh:
Ray
Burdis
Bones:
Perry
Benson
Mark Kemp:
Mark
Burdis
Strings:
John
Beckett
Dominic de Sade:
Dominic
Anciano
Bill Zeebub:
William
Scully
With Steve Richards.
Contributors
Presenter:
Steve
Richards
Repeats are not indicated.
Open University 12.30 Women of Northern Ireland (S)
1.00 Open Advice A University without Walls (S) 69913 1.30 Looking at What Happens in Hospital (S) Secondary Schools 2.00 Geography (S) Languages 4.00 Talk Italian (parts 3-6)
Working in Engineering 5.00 Project and Safety Planning Open University 6.00 Valued Environments, Environmental Values Ends 7.00am. (S)