With signing.
Canine adventures.
Shown yesterday at 5.10pm on BBC1.
Parliamentary news.
Concluding the two-part documentary on ethnic minorities in China.
Tricks of the cake trade.
(Stereo)
Classic political comedy drama, directed by Frank Capra and starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur
Jefferson Smith, a naive young senator, heads for Washington unaware that he has been hand-picked to protect the political and commercial interests of the governor and a local media magnate.
(1939) (B/W)
See Films: pages 49-72 *****
(Meet John Doe: tomorrow at 10.25am)
With signing and subtitles.
(Shown on Sunday 17 December at 10.15am on BBC1)
Today, model makers.
(Rpt)
Composer Lionel Bart describes his spiritual awakening
Microwave cookery. Today, cookies and ice cream.
(Stereo)
Today, breaking bad habits
A profile of the Mrabi tribe, who live on the borders of Laos and Thailand
Today in Parliament.
(Stereo)
Nostalgia quiz.
(Stereo)
Cookery game show.
(Stereo)
Today: surviving the family at Christmas.
The Victorian Kitchen cook serves up some seasonal fare, including chocolate and chestnut pudding and crunchy cheese celeriac.
(Shown yesterday) (Stereo)
Will recounts with horror his first day at Bel Air Academy, an expensive private school.
Sam is back teaching at Hartley High but has no intention of resuming her affair with Rivers. Con has staff problems at the "shark pool" and is forced to hire his dad, and Effie has boy trouble.
(Actress Abi Tucker appears on Dear Dilemma at 7.10pm)
Last in the series in which celebrities discuss fictional teenage dilemmas.
Presented by Lisa I'Anson, with guests Abi Tucker (Jodie in Heartbreak High) and Damon from pop band EYC.
Under discussion tonight, should a schoolgirl lie to prevent her flirtatious, extrovert mother from coming to the school's prize day and embarrassing her? And what can Clare do when she's put on the spot about the fictitious boyfriend she made up to stop the teasing of her friends?
(Stereo)
The series made by disabled people about disabled people.
Write to: viewers can contact the programme at: From the Edge, [address removed]
The last in the series in which Robbie Coltrane examines bold attempts to push forward the limits of design.
In this week's programme, the race is on to design the ultimate robot drill. Its seemingly impossible task is to catch up with a comet some 600 million kilometres from Earth and, in zero gravity, drill into its forbidding surface.
(Stereo)
Booklet: For a booklet on engineering, telephone: [number removed] (calls cost 39p per minute cheap rate, 49p per minute at all other times), or access the World Wide Web on: [web address removed]
Featuring the conclusion to Countdown to Christmas, and a look at the best last-minute Christmas special offers. Presented by Michael Barry, Jilly Goolden, Oz Clarke and Chris Kelly.
See today's choices.
(Repeated on Friday 22 December at 5.30pm)
Information: see Ceefax page 616.
Timeless comedy starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.
Harold plans to escape to Spain for a nice warm Christmas in the sun. But things can easily go wrong - especially when Albert is plotting sabotage.
The show goes to the States for a special look at the east coast. Penny Junor takes the Silver Meteor train from Washington to Miami, dropping off two guest presenters, actress Miranda Richardson and novelist Fay Weldon, en route. Plus travel writer Jonathan Futrell reports from South Beach, Miami.
See today's choices.
With Peter Snow.
(Subtitled)
Continuing the Easy Riders season is a drama starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black
Bobby Eroica Dupea, drifting son of a middle-class family of musicians, works on oil rigs and construction sites to earn some money. His casual attitude extends to Rayette, the waitress he currently lives with and mistreats. Reluctantly he takes her along on a visit to his family in Seattle. This study of a social misfit in contemporary America received four Oscar nominations.
(1970) (Subtitled)
See Films: pages 49-72 ****
(Tracks can be seen tomorrow at 12.20am)
