Josh meets dinosaurs and creatures who keep humans as pets.
(Time Warrior Trapped on Toyworld is tomorrow at 5.30am)
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ChuckleVision
The brothers turn into knights.
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7.20 Rugrats
Angelica and Tommy go to work with mom.
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7.30 Smart on the Road
The Chuckle Brothers feature in the first of a 13-part new series.
(Continues next Friday at 3.55pm)
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BBC Smart magazine: monthly £1.75
7.45 Rugrats
Continuing yesterday's adventure, Angelica sets Reptar to destroy the world.
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8.10 Dennis the Menace
Snowy fun with the Beano boy.
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8.35 The Wild Thornberrys
Eliza has Penguin problems.
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9.05 Taz-Mania
Taz gets a job at Hotel Tazmania.
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9.25 UBOS
A new librarian arouses Verne's suspicion.
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9.50 Arthur
Arthur is worried about Father's Day, then Prunella makes a prediction.
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10.15 Bill and Ben
The duo make something for Weed.
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10.30 Tweenies
What do the friends' names mean?
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10.50 Teletubbies
The children put on a Nativity play.
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11.15 The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
Seasonal comedy based on characters from the sixties TV series.
Review page 52.
(1996, PG) **
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The notorious elimination quiz.
(Weakest Link - Headliners is at 5.15pm on BBC2)
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Weather; Regional News
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George's superhero costume gets dirty.
(Next episode Sunday 30 December at 3.15pm)
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Fantasy adventure starring Greta Scacchi and Anthony
Way. A boy discovers a magic garden. Review page 52. Director Willard Carroll (1998, U)
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Comedy adventure, starring 3ena Rowlands and Tony Shalhoub , about a talking
Parrot. Review page 52. Director John Roberts (1998, U)
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The team's trip to Vietnam is among highlights of the series.
(Rptd New Year's Eve 8.10am)
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BBC Blue Peter Magazine: £1.25
Britain's Marc Iliffe is among the competitors today.
(Continues Sunday 4.40pm)
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With Peter Sissons.
Weather Michael Fish.
Regional News
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An oil spillage in a river puts 40 swans at risk.
Jamie Darling learns what happens to the homeless and their pets, and there's a chance to catch upon past cases.
Last in the series. The programme returns in the spring.
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Harry Potter's world of wizardry has become an international phenomenon, and his creator, J.K. Rowling, one of the most successful authors in history. This Omnibus special finds Rowling in Edinburgh, where she talks candidly about her early days as an unknown writer and about her childhood, which offers insights into the inspiration for her creations.
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Pat thinks she's in for a birthday surprise. Barry's worst fears are confirmed and Phil makes unreasonable demands.
Episode written by Rob Gittins
(For cast see yesterday and Thursday 3 January)
(Repeated at 10pm on BBC Choice)
(Omnibus next Sunday)
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One of the country's best-loved entertainers receives a stockingful of surprises courtesy of Michael Aspel.
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Drama starring Tamzin Outhwaite, which focuses on the activities of a Special Investigation Branch team based in Germany who are called in after a British corporal being chased for speeding down the autobahn attempts suicide. New team member Jo and her colleagues, however, soon find themselves embroiled in a dark and complex case.
Red Cap 9.00pm BBC1
The last time we saw Tamzin Outhwaite outside of Albert Square, she was frolicking with dolphins in Florida. Well, life can't always be swimwear and glamour, so for this new drama she changes into uniform to play a sergeant in the Military Police's Special Investigation Branch stationed in Germany.
Jo McDonagh is one of those tough women desperate to prove themselves in a male-oriented world. But it's trying to accept Outhwaite as this monosyllabic, uncompromising character that is so hard. Her male colleagues are all horrible to her, of course. If they're not making passes, they're talking about her behind her back, slagging her off to her face or ignoring her. You see, not only is she a woman but she's our old friend "the maverick". She has a dark secret, but she gets results where the mere men don't.
There is an explanation offered by McDonagh as to why she joined the army that probably sums up the whole concept of this drama. When younger, she wanted to be Linda Hamilton in the Arnol
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With Peter Sissons.
Weather Michael Fish.
Regional News
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Steven Spielberg's triple Oscar-winning thriller. In a seaside town waiting for its summer tourists, death strikes in the form of a great white shark.
Widescreen.
Review page 52.
(1975, PG) *****
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The charming Greg Burns, the award-nominated Phil Nichol and, making his debut, Jack Russell guest on the comedy show. With Tommy Tiernan.
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Followed by Weatherview
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Comedy drama starring Reg Varney as a holiday camp entertainer, low on talent but high on ambition. Review page 55.
Director Christopher Hodson (1972) (S)
