Animation.
The Tubbies swap their favourite things.
(Shown last Friday)
Fortune seeking cartoon fun.
(Repeat)
Children's magazine.
(Shown last Friday on BBC1)
Animated feline fun.
(Repeat)
Animation featuring the unruly Tasmanian Devil. Taz discovers his dog is a turtle.
From the Scottish Highlands, Charlotte Uhlenbroek presents a three-part daily selection of winter wildlife clips. She starts off by visiting a herd of reindeer and introducing excerpts featuring animals trying to cope with the harsh winters that descend on northern Europe and Siberia.
A triple bill of animated comedy.
12.30 Kamp Krusty
Bart and Lisa spend six weeks at Kamp Krusty.
12.50 Homer's Barbershop Quartet
Homer remembers his time spent in a vocal group. With the guest voices of George Harrison and David Crosby.
1.15 The Front
Bart and Lisa submit TV scripts under Grampa's name. (Repeat) (Subtitled)
Code 12.30-12.50pm
Code for 12.50-1.15pm
Code for 1.15-1.40pm
Code for 12.30-1.40pm (not PDC)
Eight-part documentary series about early American history.
For a thousand generations, the American West had been home to numerous tribes of native people. To European explorers and settlers, it was a new world to be colonised and exploited. Their arrival threatened the traditional native American way of life.
See today's choices.
(Subtitled)
(The West continues tomorrow at 2.25pm)
See Factual: page 9
Civil War drama starring John Wayne, William Holden
In 1863, a group of Union soldiers sets out on a raid behind Confederate lines.
Their job is to disrupt supply lines, but the mission is jeopardised when Colonel John Marlowe meets a Southern belle.
(1959, PG)
See Films: pages 43-79
A seasonal Weather Show in which John Kettley and Michael Fish assist magician Dominic Wood.
The nephew of Mayor Quimby is charged with assaulting a waiter.
With the guest voice of John Cusack.
First in a 13-part animated series about a dog and his friends.
The chums plan a holiday.
With the regular voices of Andrew Franks, Steve Box, Elisabeth Hadley and Kevin Wrench and guest voices by Judith Chalmers and Morwenna Banks.
See today's choices.
(Rptd tomorrow 1.15pm)
(Digital widescreen)
See People: page 17
The immigrants have carried lethal infections into the refuge of Maggie's people.
(Double bill on New Year's Day at 12.35am)
The gang form a pop band. With the guest voices of Antoine de Caunes and Simon Day.
(Repeated tomorrow at 1.25pm)
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)
First of a two-part animated version of Geoffrey Chaucer's poem.
The pilgrims hold a storytelling competition.
With the voices of Bob Peck, Sean Bean, John Wood, Billie Whitelaw, Bill Nighy, Tim McInnerny, Richard Griffiths and Imelda Staunton.
See today's choices.
(A Middle English version. The Tales of Caunterbury, can be seen tomorrow at 12 noon)
(Part two is tomorrow at 7.30pm)
A special edition of the motoring magazine tracing the history of attempts to break the land speed record. Highlights include a look at the thirties rivalry between British drivers John Cobb, Sir Malcolm Campbell, Sir Henry Segrave and Captain George Eyston. Presented by Tiff Needell, with contributions from driver Craig Breedlove, designers Bill Summers and Ron Eyres, and current record holder Andy Green.
(Digital widescreen)
A special 35th anniversary edition in which 1963's winning team from the University of Leicester take on the current champions, Magdalen College, Oxford.
Presented by Jeremy Paxman.
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)
Another chance to see this festive edition of the comedy about two unruly nursing home inhabitants. Diana refuses to enter into the festive spirit.
(Funny Women, featuring Stephanie Cole, follows)
(Repeat) (Subtitled)
An episode of the series profiling female comedy performers.
The actress looks back on a television career that includes such classics as Open All Hours, A Bit of a Do, and Waiting for God. Also contributing are actors Graham Crowden, Jean Anderson, Patricia Brake and Cole's partner, Peter Birrell.
Profile of Jenny Smith, vicar of the village of Kelbrook in Lancashire.
(Repeat) (Subtitled)
Presented by Gordon Brewer.
An account of American comedy actress Carol Burnett's turbulent return to the Broadway stage. It covers the uncertainties felt by the cast and production team as they prepare for their New York opening, including whether the audience will respond to the jokes and if the scenery will stay upright.
Drama, beginning a season of films directed by Akira Kurosawa, who died this year, starring Toshiro Mifune
A warrior meets a old woman who predicts he will wield great power - but only briefly. Driven on by his devious wife, he soon finds that his ambition leads to murder.
In Japanese with English subtitles. Widescreen.
(1957, PG) (Black and white)
(Hidden Fortress is tomorrow at 11.55pm)
See Films: pp 43-79 *****
Followed by Weatherview
