Ends 12 noon.

Little Bear
Triple bill. Little Bear and friends wait for snow on Pudding Hill. (S)

7.30 Brum
The little car chases a balloon thief. (R) (S)

7.40 Fix and Foxi
Animated double bill. Lupo tries to fix his TV, but does more damage. (R) (S)

7.50 Gadget Boy
Animated fun with the razor-sharp toddler. (R) (S)

8.15 Flint the Time Detective
Futuristic cartoon action. Flint travels to Paris to track down the Time Shifter Artie. (S) Continues tomorrow at 8.15am on BBC2

8.35 Rugrats
More animated fun with the romper-suited rebels.
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Dani Behr and Joe Mace welcome Casualty stars Will Mellor and Zita Sattar to the show, while Irish pop heart-throbs Westlife and US boy-band O-Town perform live in the studio. Zany duo Tiny and Mr Duk provide the comedy, while Karaoke Kamage invites audience members to butcher popular songs. There's cartoon fun with Super Duper Sumos and Jackie Chan Adventures, plus US sitcom So Little Time. (S)

Ray Stubbs previews the weekend's fixtures, with Bolton travelling to Old Trafford to take on Manchester United and Blackburn visiting London for their clash with Arsenal.
Plus a look back at the past week's European action with highlights of the Uefa Cup second-round ties featuring
British clubs. WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/football

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Introduced by Steve Rider.

1.00, 2.00, 3.55 Rugby Union: Ireland v England
Live coverage (kickoff 3pm) from Dublin of the climax to this year's Six Nations championship with Ireland hoping to thwart what will only be England's fifth Grand Slam victory in 72 years. Commentary comes from Bill McLaren. (S)
Sport: page 22

1.15 British Touring Cars
Action from Brands Hatch of the final round in this year's championship. After 24 rounds, Jason Plato has a slender lead over France's Yvan Muller in the Touring class, and this meeting will decide who takes the title for the first time in their career.
Commentary from Charlie Cox, John Watson and Dawn McDaniel.

3.45 Football Half-Times

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A roundup of today's football League results.
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Jane McDonald hosts the grand final of the show that gives budding singing stars their moment in the spotlight. The 12 finalists are Rachel Kelly (Ireland), 2 To Go (Midlands), Tim Lord (South West), Stephen Bayliss (North West), Nikki Chahal (South East), Eddie Dobbie (Scotland), Natasha Pannas (London), Richard Price (West Midlands), Glem
Malton (North East), Nex-us (East Anglia), Katie Williams (Wales) and Mark Kerrins (North).
Producer Paul Lewis ; Executive producers Rosetta Bain and Tom Gutteridge (S) (W)

Ulrika Jonsson hosts the ruthless game show worth £10,000. Director Geraldine Dowd : Executive producer Jonathan Glazier (S) (W)

Jane McDonald announces the winner of tonight's final.
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The Thunderball, National Lottery and Lottery Extra draws.
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White Lies. As Josh faces the inquiry into the ambulance crash, Finlay must decide whether or not to lie for his friend.
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Third in the seven-part private detective series. Jeff and Jeannie run into trouble in the laboratory of a mad scientist involved in pain research.
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Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves's Questionnaire: page 20

Followed by National Lottery Update

[NB Charlie Higson and Kate Woods were wrongly billed as writers of this episode - see note on 27/10/01]

With Darren Jordon. Weather Sian Lloyd. (S) (wj

I Tonight's guests are comedian Billy Connolly and his wife, comedian-turned-psychologist Pamela Stephenson , and actor Ricky Tomlinson. Plus music from David Gray.
Director Stuart McDonald ; Executive producer Beatrice Ballard (S) Andrew Duncan Meets Pamela Stephenson : page 32

Live from Glasgow's Kelvin Hall , Audley Harrison 's third professional fight is against Poland's Piotr Jurczykn.
Editor Carl Hicks ; Producer Phil Bigwood (S)

With Paula Radcliffe.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan, Lawrence Dallaglio, Graham Thorpe and Iwan Thomas are guests.
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