Listings
The CBeebies gang hit the beach. Ends 6.50.
Fimbles
Florrie finds a big piece of Silver foil. (R) (S) (W)
Ends 10.00.
Moomin
How Papa escaped from a terrible orphanage (R) (S)
7.15 Popeye and Son
Double bill as the spinach-swilling sailor tackles a sea monster. (R) (S)
7.40 Yvon of the Yukon
The defrosted Frenchman finds a frozen baby mammoth. (R) (S)
8.05 Newsround
(S) (W)
8.10 Arthur
A new piano teacher upsets Arthur, then Buster loses control with a stash of candy. (R) (S)
8.35 ChuckleVision
Paul and Barry help at a rest home. (R)(S)
9.00 The Scooby, Scrappy and Yabba Doo Show
Three capers featuring muscle flexing, a spaceship and a marathon. (R) (S) (W)
9.20 The Wild Thornberrys
Eliza meets a medicine woman. (S)
9.45 CBBC at the Fame Academy
Another update. (S) (W)
9.50 Snailsbury Tales
Professor Crunch's rocket launch doesn't quite go to plan. (R) (S)
Ends 11.00.
Tweenies
Max is suffering from a stiff neck. (R) (S) (W)
10.20 Clifford the Big Red Dog
Cleo teases T-Bone about his feelings for Mimi. (R) (S)
10.35 Balamory
Suzie Sweet delivers the wrong box to the nursery. Episode written by Polly Kelly
Cast on Tuesday (R) (S) (W)
Followed by CBeebies Birthdays
Contributors
Writer (Balamory):
Polly
Kelly
Traitor. Is there a traitor inside Spectrum? (R) (S)
11.25 Renegade Rocket. A major is attacked. (R) (S)
Comedy drama. Wealthy Corby Lane repays a debt to the people of Progress, Arkansas, but her generosity has unexpected consequences for the townsfolk. Review page 44.
Director Lloyd Bacon (1954, U)
(BW)(S)
Contributors
Unknown:
Corby
Lane
Director:
Lloyd
Bacon
Doc Sellars:
Robert
Mitchum
Corby Lane:
Jean
Simmons
Otey:
Arthur
Hunnicutt
Ad Meeker:
Edgar
Buchanan
joe:
Wallace
Ford
Recalling world events through eyewitness accounts.
(R)(S)
Crime thriller. Ajoumalist puts herself in danger when she exposes the illegal activities of a ruthless Soho gangster. Review page 44.
Director Edmond T Greville (1948)
(BW) (S)
Contributors
Director:
Edmond T
Greville
Linda Medbury:
Carole
Landis
Sugiani:
Joseph
Calleia
Captain Jumbo Hoyle:
Derek
Fan-
Inspector Rendall:
Stanley
Holloway
BarGorman:
Nigel
Patrick
Attempting to make a quick buck in Middlesbrough. (S) (W)
Culinary contest. (S) (W)
This evening's highlights include the final of the women's
100m hurdles. Sue Barker introduces the action, which begins with the decathlon pole vault and javelin events.
5.25 Men's longjump qualifying
5.50 Women's 200m final for the blind
5.55 Women's shot put final
6.00 Men's 400m final for the blind
6.25 Women's 100m hurdles final. Should be a four-way contest, with Gail Devers , Anjanette Kirkland , Brigitte Foster and Glory Aloize hoping to take top honours.
6.40 Women's 200m semi-finals (S) (W) BBCi: digital viewers can watch extra coverage of field events by pressing the red button on the handset
Contributors
Introduces:
Sue
Barker
Unknown:
Gail
Devers
Unknown:
Anjanette
Kirkland
Unknown:
Brigitte
Foster
Edge of an Empire. Adam Hart-Davis looks at the advances in communication made by the Roman military machine.
Producer Inge Samuels ; Series producer Martin Mortimore (R) (S) (W)
Contributors
Unknown:
Adam
Hart-Davis
Producer:
Inge
Samuels
Producer:
Martin
Mortimore
Steamtown. As Doncaster prepares to celebrate its
150th anniversary, Brian Blessed narrates the story of the south Yorkshire town with steam in its blood.
Producer Andrew Sheldon ; Executive producer Ian Cundall
First shown on BBC North East (S) (W) www.bbc.co.uk/homeground Postponed from 20 August
Contributors
Unknown:
Brian
Blessed
Producer:
Andrew
Sheldon
Producer:
Ian
Cundall
Kelsa Morgan, 29, lives in one room of a house inherited from her godmother, Betty. Too guilty to dispose of any of Betty's valuable possessions, cash-poor Kelsa has left them to gather dust while the building falls into disrepair. Can Dawna Walter and antiques expert Jamie Breese help? Series producer Sara Woodford ; Executive producer Jerry Foulkes (S) (W) BBC BOOK: The Life Laundry 2: How to Stay De-junked Forever, £7.99.
Contributors
Unknown:
Dawna
Walter
Unknown:
Jamie
Breese
Producer:
Sara
Woodford
Producer:
Jerry
Foulkes
In the fourth episode of the self-explanatory series, Dominic Littlewood meets Kevin Horkin whose manoeuvrings in the property market have landed him a dream home at the posh end of Lancashire's Ribble valley.
Series producer Richard Sinclair ; Executive producer Nick Patten (S) (W) Postponed from 20 August
Tips of the trade: page 32
Contributors
Unknown:
Dominic
Littlewood
Unknown:
Kevin
Horkin
Producer:
Richard
Sinclair
Producer:
Nick
Patten
While some celebrities at this year's Oscars ceremony were effortlessly chic, others were evidently lacking in sartorial flair. Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine cast a critical eye over the glitterati's gowns, and overhaul the wardrobes of comedian Jo Brand and newsreader Sophie Raworth before their appearance at the Bafta Awards.
Director Nick Bray ; Producer Kaye Godleman (R) (S) (W)
Contributors
Unknown:
Trinny
Woodall
Unknown:
Susannah
Constantine
Unknown:
Jo
Brand
Unknown:
Sophie
Raworth
Director:
Nick
Bray
Producer:
Kaye
Godleman
Alternative Culture. The women have to share the men's locker room in a 1996 episode of Ben Elton's sitcom.
Director John Birkin ; Producers Ben Elton , Geoffrey Perkins (R) (S) Postponed from 20 August
Contributors
Director:
John
Birkin
Producers:
Ben
Elton
Producers:
Geoffrey
Perkins
With Kirsty Wark.
(S) (W)
Contributors
Presenter:
Kirsty
Wark
Comedian Sean Lock mingles with the chaos of the festival to extract highlights, hot tips and the odd glass of beer.
Director Pauline Law ; Producer Allan Campbell (S) (W) Newsnight Review in Edinburgh is on Friday at llpm
Contributors
Unknown:
Sean
Lock
Director:
Pauline
Law
Producer:
Allan
Campbell
Following the father of bantamweight boxer Johnny Owen as he struggles to come to terms with his son's death.
DirectorDylanWynRichards;ProducerYnyrWilliams (S) (W)
Contributors
Unknown:
Johnny
Owen
Repeats are not indicated.
Open University 12.30 Jump Over Your Shadow (S) (W)
1.00 Relative Risk: the Human Genome Project (S)
1.50 What Have the 90s Ever Done for Us? (S)
Youth Nation 2.00 Change the World: Is Peace Possible? (S) Languages 4.00 Spanish Journey (part 1) Skills for Life 5.00 Switched On (S)
Open University 6.00 We the Peoples (S)