Animation.

Animated adventures in 17th-century
France. Rpt Subtitled........................

Paul and Barry attempt to make the world's largest pink blancmange. With Leni Harper.

More cartoon capers from the Evergreen Forest. Rpt

Live entertainment with competitions, comedy, and guests. Special guest in this morning's Hot Seat is broadcaster and writer David Attenborough. There's music from Let Loose, Peter Cunnah from D:Ream goes mountain biking, and Trev Neal and Simon Hickson visit the Dry Cleaners. Plus the Leprechauns, cartoon fun with Rugrats, and more adventures in the teen soap Clarissa Explains It All. With Andi Peters and Emma Forbes.
(Stereo)
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See Children: page 38

Featuring the Martell Grand
National, introduced by Desmond Lynam from Aintree.
See today's choices.
12.20 Prologue Setting the scene at
Aintree for the race that was first run in 1839. 12.30 Champions Past Grand National winning jockeys line up in a unique six furlong flat race, the Bob Champion
Cancer Trust Stakes. Riders include Bob
Champion (Aldaniti 1981) and Tommy Stack (Red Rum 1977).
12.40 Football Focus A look ahead to tomorrow's FA Cup semi-final between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton, the whole match can be seen live at 1.15pm on BBC 1, and brief action from Friday's
Scottish Cup semi-final, Celtic v Hibemian.
1.00 News
1.05 Guide to the Grand National Julian Wilson , Jonathan Powell and Sue Barker with the latest news of runners and riders. Including races at 1.45,2.20 and 2.55.
3.05 Grand National Build-Up
3.45 The Grand National Four-and-a-half gruelling miles, 30 fences including Becher's Brook, Canal Turn, Valentine's and the Chair, and 40 horses all striving to win the world's most prestigious steeplechase. Commentary by Peter O'Sullevan , Jim McGrath , John Hanmer.
4.05 The Re-Run Richard Pitman , Peter Scudamore and Bill Smith review the whole race from every angle.
4.30 Golf: the Masters Steve Rider reports live from Augusta, Georgia, at the half-way point of the season's first "major".
4.40 Final Score Roundup of the day's results and reports.
Television presentation (racing): Keith Mackenzie
Editor Dave Gordon ............................

Animated fun.............................

Tonight's edition of the snooker game show features Peter Ebdon,
Ken Doherty and Gerard Greene. With host Jim Davidson and referee John Virgo. Producer John Burrowes
CONTESTANTS: if you would like to take part please send a large sae to [address removed]

Another exploit with the crime-fighting hero, starring
Dean Cain , Teri Hatcher
A Bolt from the Blue. A graveyard encounter results in Metropolis gaining an irresponsible new guardian and Superman lying to Lois Lane about the incident. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor's influence continues to be felt, thanks to his ruthlessly devoted minion Gretchen Kelly.

Simon Mayo introduces the series of entertainment shows developed from his popular Radio 1 slot. Each week he extracts confessions from an unsuspecting studio audience.
"Confessors" bare their souls, and three contestants reveal some of their darkest and funniest secrets. This week's star confessor will win a holiday for two in Kenya.

This week's winning numbers are announced live from the Thursford
Collection of Antique Fairground
Attractions in Norfolk. With Anthea Turner and Gordon Kennedy , and with guest Rue McClanahan (Blanche from The Golden Girls).
Producer Richard Woolfe

With Nicholas Witchell. Subtitled
Weather Peter Cockroft Followed by National Lottery Update

A drama series about the professional and personal conflicts facing the medical elite of a hospital.
Starring
Mandy Patinkin Adam Arkin , Hector Elizondo
Over the Rainbow. Dynamic doctor
Jeffrey Geiger oversteps his authority in his eagerness to experiment with an artificial heart. See today's choices.

Featuring Nottingham Forest v West
Ham, highlights of the rest of the day's FA Premiership action and the result of the March Goal of the Month competition. Plus a complete rerun of today's Grand National from Aintree. introduced by Ray Stubbs with Trevor Brooking. Series producer John Shrewsbury ; Editor Brian Barwick
Match of the Day: the Road to Wembley - Everton v Spurs can be seen live tomorrow at 1.15pm on BBC1 Stereo ...

Comedy from the stand-up circuit. Tonight, the political satire of Mark Steel, comedy and magic with Otiz Cannelloni, the feminine touch of Hattie Hayridge, and Sheffield live-wire Mark Hurst. Hosted by Barry Cryer.
Director Mark Mylod; Producer Claudia Lloyd

Action adventure starring
Yul Brynner Mexico, 1867: the Mexican revolutionary movement, desperate for more arms, orders Escudo to steal a shipment of gold, and he teams up with infamous gunfighterSabata.
Director Frank Kramer (1970) * FILM REVIEWS pages 47-56