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7.10 Noddy in Toyland
Animation. Three toys form their own fire rescue service.

7.40 Christopher Crocodile
Christopher investigates strange weather.

8.05 Tom and Jerry Kids
Cartoon fun.

8.30 Top Cat
TC enters a glamorous competition.
(Repeat)

9.00 Blue Peter
(Shown last Friday)

9.25 Dastardly and Muttley
Cartoon airborne antics.
(Repeat)

9.45 Student Bodies
Teen sitcom featuring live action and animation.
(Repeat)

10.15 Teletubbies: Little Baby
Tinky Winky. Dipsy and Laa-laa go for a walk while Po sleeps.
(Repeat)

Fantasy adventure starring
Noah Hathaway , Barret Oliver
A lonely boy taking refuge from bullies in an old bookshop discovers a mysterious book depicting the land of Fantasia. The ancient country is under threat from an evil force and the boy finds himself drawn into the story.
Director WolfangPetersen (1984, U)
* See Films: pages 54-61 ****

The first of the week's daily live reports from Southampton general hospital. With Gaby Roslin.

Nicholas Parsons hosts the comic panel game that challenges celebrities to talk non-stop for 60 seconds.
(Subtitled)

It's the day of the Erinsborough fair - will Harold make his coronation?
(Repeated at 5.25pm) (Subtitled)

Fantasy comedy starring Bill Cosby

Too busy trying to earn a living, widower Elliot Hopper is losing touch with his children. Then an accident means he loses touch with everything - he becomes a ghost. However, Elliot is too determined to make things right for his kids to let that inconvenience him.
(1990, PG)
See Films: pages 54-61 *

Action comedy starring Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty

Tough cop Joe Bomowski has been pounding the mean streets of LA for years. But then Mom comes to visit, witnesses a murder and decides she knows best how Joe should handle his job and his love life.
(1992, PG)
See Films: pages 54-61 *

(Shown at 1.45pm) (Subtitled)

Steven Spielberg's fantasy adventure starring Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins

Peter Banning - a workaholic lawyer-and his family spend Christmas in London with an old relative, Granny Wendy. The adults arrive home one evening to find that the children have vanished and a note has been left by Captain James Hook.
With the help of a fairy named Tinkerbell, Peter sets off for Neverland to reclaim his children.
(1991, U) (Subtitled)
See Films: pages 54-61 ****

Love is in the air for the courting couples of Albert Square, but disaster looms for Steve.

This week's episodes written by Paula Webb and Lisselle Kayla
(For cast see Tuesday)

BBC Video and Book: The Mitchells: Naked Truths video, price £13.99; Blood Ties: the Life and Loves of Grant Mitchell by Kate Lock, available in paperback, price £4.99
Soap and Flannel: page 12

A new six-part series following a regional car crime squad in Bristol.

Three years ago, 1,800 cars were reported stolen to Avon and Somerset police each month. As a result, an elite 60-strong police squad, Operation Impact, was formed, aimed at tackling car crime head-on, and vehicle crime in the region is now down by 50 per cent. Cameras follow police specialists on the ground and in the air as they target those making a a living from stealing cars and car parts.
See today's choices.

See This Week: page 7

Concluding the powerful three-part drama of love, jealousy and revenge starring Paul Nicholls, Gina McKee

As the day of the Passion play's performance draws closer, Ellie and Daniel's relationship reaches a critical stage. Will they have to pay the price for the kind of passion that comes only once in a lifetime?
(For cast see Saturday)
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)

David is confident of victory in the local elections, but his elaborate plans do not take into account Geraldine's intervention in the campaign.
(Repeat)

With Peter Sissons.
Regional News; Weather Helen Young

By the Liberal Democrats.

Romantic comedy starring John Candy, Maureen O'Hara, Ally Sheedy

Kindly Chicago cop Danny Muldoon would like to strike up a relationship with Theresa Luna, a mortuary beautician. However, he is hampered by his strong-willed widowed mother, Rose.
(1991, 15)
See Films: pages 54-61 ***

Emotional drama starring Peter Berg, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Tom Warren drops out of college and returns to the family nest to find that his older brother, Charley, is determined to destroy the family from within. But the real tension is between Charley and the head of the family, Edward, who simply won't believe that his children have grown up.
(1991, 15)
See Films: pages 54-61

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