Listings
Kids are challenged to pen their own short stories as part of the Potty about Books season.
Series two. Comedy drama based on Kate Saunders's book.
This week's episodes written by Nick Reed.
Contributors
Based on the book by:
Kate
Saunders
Writer:
Nick
Reed
Edie's bus breaks down.
[web address removed]
Contributors
Writer:
Wayne
Jackman
Carol Vorderman marvels at the magic of Ayers Rock.
Contributors
Unknown:
Carol
Vorderman
Grandpa's Lost Wife. A woman offers a reward for news of her errant husband. (BW) Followed by The Witness
The majestic Mourne mountains in Northern Ireland.
Gritty western starring
John Wayne. Marshal Bob Seton sets out to halt a guerrilla's campaign of terror in pre-Civil War Kansas. Review page 50.
Director Raoul Walsh (1940, U) (BW)
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Wayne.
Unknown:
Bob
Seton
Director:
Raoul
Walsh
PC Grant helps a stricken moped rider. With John Craven.
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Craven.
A Spanish donkey refuge run by an animal-loving Brit.
Tony Tobin and Ross Burden turn up the heat.
Contributors
Unknown:
Tony
Tobin
Unknown:
Ross
Burden
Unwanted items are dusted down, priced up and sold on at an auction in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. Series producer Peter Smith ; Exec producer Tom Ware
Contributors
Producer:
Peter
Smith
Producer:
Tom
Ware
6/6. Mystical West. David Dimbleby 's captivating painterly travelogue concludes with a journey from Stonehenge in Wiltshire to Cornwall, via Snowdonia in Wales, encompassing the land of Thomas Hardy 's turbulent love affairs, Dylan Thomas's idiosyncratic poems, the legend of King Arthur and the majestic mountain paintings of Richard Wilson.
Director Jonty Claypole ; Executive producer Basil Comely
Shown last Sunday on BBC1 COMPETITION: viewers can submit digital images to the website atwww.bbc.co.uk/apictureofbritain
INTERACTIVE: digital viewers can access an interactive picture gallery and a digital-photography masterclass via the red button
RT DIRECT: save £3 on A Picture of Britain hardback book, paying just £16.99 (inci p&p). To order call [number removed](national rate)
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Dimbleby
Unknown:
Thomas
Hardy
Unknown:
Dylan
Thomas
Unknown:
Richard
Wilson.
Director:
Jonty
Claypole
2/8. The Patient's Choice. At a private practice in central London, flamboyant general surgeon Charles Akle grapples with a stubborn twisted bowel.
Meanwhile, a middle-aged woman hopes to turn back the clock with a breast enhancement.
Series producer Stephen Finnigan ; Executive producers
Leonie Jameson and Narinder Minhas
Contributors
Unknown:
Charles
Akle
Producer:
Stephen
Finnigan
Producers:
Leonie
Jameson
5/12. Bookworms representing the Hay-on-Wye literary festival take on a team from the Privy
Council Office. With guizmaster Jeremy Paxman.
Director Tracey Rooney ; Producer Irene Daniels
Contributors
Unknown:
Jeremy
Paxman.
Director:
Tracey
Rooney
Producer:
Irene
Daniels
Jeremy Clarkson researches his family tree - and uncovers a potential gold mine. Jeremy's great-great-grand father Caleb Kilner hit on the idea of manufacturing glass jars with rubber seals. By the 1890s the Kilners were packaging moguls, with a lucrative empire built through a winning combination of ingenuity and aggressive commercialism. But by the 1930s the company had gone bust. So what went wrong - and what happened to the family fortune? Director Matthew Thompson : Series producer Victoria Watson
www.bbc.co.uk/familyhistory
Contributors
Unknown:
Jeremy
Clarkson
Unknown:
Caleb
Kilner
Director:
Matthew
Thompson
Producer:
Victoria
Watson
Comedian Dara O'Briain is in the guest-host for another round of the comedy news quiz. Sitting alongside team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are Michael Gambon and Carol Vorderman.
RT Direct: save £3 on The Very Best of Have I Got News for You DVD, paying just £16.99 (incl p&p), and save £2 on the VHS, paying just £12.99 (incl p&p). To order call [number removed] (national rate)
Followed by Video Nation Shorts
Contributors
Guest host:
Dara
O'Briain
Team captain:
Paul
Merton
Team captain:
Ian
Hislop
Panellist:
Michael
Gambon
Panellist:
Carol
Vorderman
Director:
Paul
Wheeler
Producer:
Rebecca
Papworth
Presented by Eddie Mair.
Editor Peter Barron www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight
Contributors
Presented By:
Eddie
Mair.
Editor:
Peter
Barron
4/4. Colombia. Once, with the fervent support of cocaine barons, Colombian football was awash with money, and the national team boasted an impressive line-up of talented players. Now the game is in the doldrums, and the country caught in a bloodthirsty civil war. Can a new generation restore national pride by beating hotly tipped Venezuela to qualify for the 2006 World Cup? Ben Anderson finds out.
Director/Producer Ed Braman Colombia features in Conflicts on Thursday at 11pm on BBC3
Contributors
Unknown:
Ben
Anderson
Producer:
Ed
Braman
www.bbcco.uk/learningzone
Languages and Travel Repeats are not indicated
1.00 Italianissimo Language series for beginners. With in-vision subtitles.