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7.10 Spot and His Grandparents Go to the Carnival
Spot is taken to the carnival in a fire engine.

7.40 Sparky's Magic Piano
Animation.

8.30 The Silver Brumby
Animation. (Repeat)

9.00 Inch High Private Eye
Animation.

9.25 The Midas Touch

Two-part drama about a boy given the gift of King Midas.

9.55 Teletubbies
Finding Chocolate Eggs. The fun-loving foursome look in on a chocolate egg hunt. (Repeat)

10.20 World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Animation.

10.50 News
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From Palestine, Pam Rhodes presents a programme of words and music for Good Friday, with actors John Nettles and Kevin Whately , baritone Jonathan Veira , and the Coventry Chorale. Hymns include The
Holy City, God So Loved the World, When Survey the Wondrous Cross, Were You
There, There Is a Green Hill Far Away, and My Song is Love Unknown.
Producer R Medwyn Hughes : Editor Hugh Faupel

Adramatisation of the events leading up to Christ's crucifixion, incorporating music and dance. Featuring the City of London Sinfonia and Choir of St Paul's
Cathedral, conducted by John Scott.
NarratorJESSYE NORMAN . Pontius Pilate ROBERT HARDY,
Procula Pilate PATRICIA HODGE , Judas KEVIN WHATELY
. Donkey minder RON MOODY. Centurion THOMAS ALLEN. The Spirit of Christ JONATHAN COPE Dramatised by Jane McCulloch ...........

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The animal documentary series.

A man claiming to be Lily's nephew arrives. Repeated at 5.40pm

Time-travel comedy adventure starring Michael J Fox

When teenager Marty McFly tries out Dr Emmett Brown's time machine he is sent to 1955, where he unwittingly changes his parents' destiny. Can he put things right and return to the future before it's too late?
(1985, PG) (Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)
See Films: pages 52-61 *****

Zoe Ball and Jamie Theakston preview this Easter's cartoon highlights in a song and dance special set in a drama school.

Animation about a community of field mice.
Wilfred gets lost during a trip to visit some voles.

Stuart Hall , John Fashanu and David Dickenson host a swapping roadshow, while Mary Nightingale referees to ensure fairplay. Subtitled .........................

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Shownatl.25pm Subtitled ...........

' Comedy starring
Charles Grodin
A St Bernard puppy escapes from dog catchers and finds his way to the Newton household. They name him Beethoven, but not only does he grow enormous and spread chaos, he also seems to be foiling George Newton 's business expansion plans.
Director Brian Levant (1992, U)
♦ See Rims: pages 52-61 ****

The hits from this week's top 40, featuring live performances, videos, the top 20, and the best-selling single.
Repeated on Saturday Subtitled ........89
WEBSITE: [web address removed]
TOP OF THE POPS - THE MAGAZINE: available from newsagents

A year ago, Alan Titchmarsh , Charlie Dimmock and Tommy Walsh were given just two wet and windy days to transform a patchy and very public Whitley Bay front lawn. Beach pebbles, bubbling water and two tons of gravel helped turn it into a low-maintenance seashore gravel garden. In tonight's programme they return to see how the refurbishment has fared since their work was completed.
Producer John Thornicroft ; Executive producer Carol Haslam Revised repeat
Digital widescreen

An edition of the domestic design challenge series that revisits former contestants to find out if they genuinely approved of the makeovers their rooms received. Presented by Carol Smillie, with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Linda Barker, Graham Wynne and Anna Ryder Richardson.
See today's choices.
The decoration game: page 6

With Michael Buerk.
Regional News; Weekend Weather PeterCockroft Subtitled ...

A psychological thriller in two parts, based on a novel by Minette Walters.
Starring Dervla Kirwan, James Wilby, Paul Freeman.

Following a car crash, photographer Jinx Kingsley wakes from a coma to find she has lost her memory of the previous two weeks, and is suspected of murdering her ex-fiance and his new lover.
Contains strong language and some violent images.
(Part two can be seen tomorrow)
See today's choices.

(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)
The dark side of Dervla: page 26

Jinx wakes from a coma with no memory of her failed suicide bid, after her fiance jilted her for her best friend. When they are murdered she's a prime suspect. Show more

In the last in the current series, Michael Parkinson realises a long-held ambition to interview the American comedian and film-maker Woody Allen, who gives his first British chat-show interview in 35 years. Parkinson will return next year.
See today's choices.

The Andrew Duncan Interview with Woody Allen: page 16

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Crossing the Bridge. A year after the Good Friday Agreement, the Rt Rev James Jones travels to
Northern Ireland to meet some victims of the Troubles. The series concludes tomorrow

Romantic period adventure, starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman

Western Ireland, 1892: when tenant farmer Joseph Donelly tries to kill his landlord to avenge his father's death, the landlord's daughter intervenes and persuades Joseph to accompany her to the New World.
(1992, 15)
See Films: pages 52-61

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At 3.30am in Hardtalk, the guest is former UN weapons inspector Tim Trevan.