With Signing.
(Stereo)

Animated adventures of Alvin and his brothers Simon, the dry-witted scholar, and Theodore, the shy baby brother whose one great passion is food.

Shown yesterday at 5.10pm on BBC1.

Animation. Every time Noddy takes passengers around Toyland in his car, they seem to lose something. With the voices of Sue Sheridan and Jimmy Hibbert.
(Repeated at 2pm) (Repeat)

Canine adventure. Lassie and Forest Ranger Scott Turner crash-land in a helicopter high in the snowy wastes of the Rocky Mountains, resulting in injuries for Scott and the pilot. Starring Jed Allen. (Repeat)

Note: repeats are not indicated.

9.00 The IT Collection: The Art of IT
(ages 16+) (Stereo)

9.25 The Art: The Art Of Clothes
(ages 11-16)

9.45 Writing and Pictures: Jumble Sale
(ages 6-7) (Stereo)

Art for 11-14 year olds looking at clothes & body adornment as artistic expression. With designer Julie Arkell, textiles designer Jilli Blackwood and art student Jason Ibi.

Peggy and Nick discover some amazing creatures living under the sea - in the centre of Birmingham.

10.30 Storytime: Jasper's Beanstalk
(ages 4-5) (Stereo)

10.45 The Experimenter: People: Old Boney
(ages 7-9) (Stereo)

11.05 Space Ark: People: Inside the Body
(ages 7-11)

11.15 Welsh History: Famous People: Caradog, Leader of the Britons; Gerald of Wales
(ages 5-7)

11.35 Landmarks: Investigating Local History
The Romans on Hadrian's Wall
(ages 9-12)

11.55 Belief File: Christianity in Britain: What's It All About?
(ages 11-16)

12.15 Hallo aus Berlin: Wir (Us)
(ages 11-13)

History series for 5 to 7 year olds. Elen Hughes travels back in time and meets Caradog, while Daniel Hefin meets Gerald of Wales.

Business and consumer news.

1.00 Lifeschool: A Is for Alcohol
(ages 14+) (Stereo)

1.25 Mad about Music: Rhythms
(ages 11-16)

1.45 Numbertime: Number One
(ages 4-5)

Looking at the use of rhythm in a variety of musical forms - funk, contemporary, community music, flamenco & Indian Kathak dance.

Shown at 8.20am. (Stereo)

Further live coverage of the first round of the World Invitational at Loch Lomond, as some of the world's top players get to grips with this impressive new course designed by Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish.

Including at 3.00 and 3.55 News, Regional News and Weather

Sisko and Gul Dukat have joined forces to avert a war between the Cardassians and a rebel group of Federation colonists. But Sisko faces an unexpected enemy.

Genetic engineering has given food technologists the power to manipulate nature. Now agro-chemical companies and retailers are locked in a commercial battle to advance genetic science. In this final programme, Jancis Robinson asks how far scientists should go when creating new foods - such as non-rotting tomatoes - and how much we should know about their work.

Gillian Lacey, who also directs this programme, tells the story behind a photograph album which she bought in London. Intrigued by the family shots inside, she resolved to establish the origin of the pictures.

(Stereo) (Subtitled)

Tiff Needell test-drives the Boxster, Porsche's first new car for almost 20 years, while Jeremy Clarkson has a spin in a Lamborghini Diablo. Steve Berry explains why now is an opportune time to take a motorcycle test.

(Stereo) (Subtitled)

The first of five documentaries exploring Britain's social security system.

The Department of Social Security provides a lifeline for millions of disadvantaged people in Britain. But it is a vast, complex network which consumes one third of all government expenditure.

When Peter Lilley took over the DSS in 1992, many feared that its budget would be drastically cut. Instead, it has spiralled even further upwards. This programme looks at the scale of Mr Lilley's problems in controlling the system, as genuine claimants' patience is tested and fraudsters cash in.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)
See Polly Toynbee: page 16

Followed by Video Nation Shorts

With Peter Snow.
(Subtitled)

Tony Parsons, Allison Pearson and Tom Paulin discuss the week's cultural ups and downs in the late-night arts round-up hosted by Mark Lawson.

Followed by Weatherview

Open University
12.30 Changes in Rural Society: Piedmont and Italy
(Repeat)
1.30 Art and the Left-the Critique of Power
(Repeat)

FETV Short Cuts
2.00 Job Seeking and Interviews

Languages
4.00 Now You're Talking: Programmes 1-4; Poetry of the Nation; Bon Mot: The Harp

Open University
6.00 Healing the Spine
New research.
(Repeat)
6.25 Shropshire in the 16th Century
(Repeat)
6.50 The Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice
(Repeat)

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