The Long, Long Weekend. Fred is offered a free holiday. More fun at
9.20am. Repeat ....
With Kirsten O'Brien and Otis the Aardvark
7.30 Wiggly Park
Insect animation.
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Animated adventures set in Arabia.
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Cartoon adventures.
Spydra tries to make herself invincible.
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Cartoon adventures.
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Animation. Agerm-like monster attacks Godzilla
More fun with the mystery-solving ghost and his friends.
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Barney and Fred impersonate their wives.
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Kumiko, Michael and Gerard decide to find out more about the locals.
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Cartoon comedy.
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Series about a teenage alien struggling with life on earth
Liz's martial arts lessons come in useful.
S Club 7 present this week's programme which includes Jamie Theakston interviewing new girl band Thunderbugs.
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (part 2)
Vivian has moved out to live with her sister Helen. Repeat ........................
Subtitled.
Introduced by Steve Rider in Glasgow.
12.20 Football Focus
Ray Stubbs looks ahead to a vital week of Euro qualifiers involving the home nations.
1.15 Athletics Focus
Roger Black previews today's athletics meeting between Great Britain and the USA. Plus a look back at the world championships.
1.50, 2.25, 2.55 Racing
From Haydock Park, featuring races at 2.00, 2.30 and, at 3.00, the £135,000 Sprint Cup.
Commentary comes from Jim McGrath, Willie Carson and Clare Balding.
2.10, 2.40, 3.10, 4.00 Athletics
Live coverage of the meeting between Great Britain and the USA at the Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow.
Less than a week after the end of the world championships, Britain's best athletes get the chance to wrap up their season on home ground. Leading the challenge will be Colin Jackson, fresh from his gold medal win in the 110m hurdles in Seville.
3.50 Football Half-Times
4.45 Final Score
All the day's results, with football reports and interviews.
(Digital widescreen)
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Written by David Croft and Jimmy Perry
The platoon spend the weekend at a training camp.
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TV chef
Ainsley Harriott swaps haute cuisine for hidden cameras to present this new family entertainment series in which unsuspecting members of the public are confronted with a variety of bizarre situations. The guest stars on tonight's show are Eamonn Holmes ,
Shaun Williamson and the English Symphony Orchestra. See today's choices. Director Sue McMahon
Producer Tony Nicholson
Digital widescreen Sutbtted ....
The return of the popular game show, hosted by Jim Davidson with co-presenter Melanie Stace. This week's contestants make a splash in a paddling pool aerobic routine and cause havoc serving a meal using robotic arms. Guests include England rugby star Kyran Bracken and actress Bonnie Langford. Director Duncan Cooper Producer Sue Andrew
Digital widescreen
Simon Mayo hosts the weekend lottery show which combines a general-knowledge quiz with two cash draws - the Thunderball draw, in which viewers can win up to a maximum of L250,000, and the regular weekend lottery. Director Ian Hamilton
Series producer Colman Hutchinson
Digital widescreen NOTE: previous winning numbers from lottery draws are available on Ceefax page 555 or by calling
John Inverdale is at Alton
Towers where eight finalists battle it out in tests of strength including lifting a hatchback car, and raising huge tree trunks over head height. At stake is the title of Britain's Strongest Man and the chance to represent
Britain at the World's Strongest Man competition in Malta. Series producer Rupert Rumney
Then National Lottery Update
With Fiona Bruce.
Weather Sally Cummings
Futuristic thriller, the first of two films this evening featuring Brad Pitt
Starring Bruce Willis Madeline Stowe
2035: an unknown virus has wiped out most of humanity, and the few survivors live in a grim subterranean city beneath Philadelphia. Haunted by a vision from the past, convict
James Cole is "volunteered" to travel back in time to 1996 to discover the origin of the epidemic. But Cole is transported to the wrong year, and is arrested as a madman.
Director Terry Gilliam (1995.15)
Digital widescreen Subtitled. ♦ See Rims: pp 48-52 **** ♦ Teach Yourself Brad Pitt : p 47
A documentary about the making of the film Twelve Monkeys is being shown tomorrow on BBC Choice at 12 midnight.
Drama, the second of two films this evening featuring Brad Pitt
Starring Rick Schroder
On parole, delinquent teenager Billy Maloney faces friction back in the trailer home he shares with his self-righteous brother, Joe, and their widowed mother. A passionate athlete, Joe gets his brother to join the high-school track team, but Billy's unexpected talent for running only leads to further conflict.
Director Sandy Tung (1991,15)
* See Films: pp 48-52 **
From Brighton, Gail Porter introduces this week's top 40 hits as the pop programme takes to the road for the next six weeks. Shown yesterday Subtitled .....
Followed by Weather
BBC1 joins the continuous-news channel.
