Ends 9.10

Tales of the Tooth Fairies
Animation.
(Repeated at 1.05pm) (R)

7.05 Playdays
Poppy has bought some cakes for elevenses.
(R)

7.25 The Flintstone Comedy Show
Animated Stone Age fun.
(R)

7.50 Blue Peter
Children's magazine.
(Shown last Friday, BBC1) (S) (W)

8.15 Snorks
A double bill of animated underwater adventures.
(R)

8.40 Noddy in Toyland
Live-action and animated adventures. Truman learns to tell the time.
(R)

Daily double bill of army comedy.

9.10 Blue Blood of Bilko
Bilko takes on a set of snooty aristocrats.
(BW) (R)

9.35 The Mess Hall Mess
Bilko steals a casserole recipe to enter a cookery contest.
(BW) (R)

Teletubbies: Bagels
A little girl makes some bagels.
(S)

Then Teletubbies Advent Calendar
(S)

More pre-school fun.

Today there's a new Tweenie - he's Jake's invisible friend.
(Repeated 3.25pm BBC1) (S) (W)
BBC Magazine: Tweenies, monthly, £1.25
Website: [web address removed]

Sir Peter Crill, a senior judge, on a life-changing event.
(R)

Spy drama starring Humphrey Bogart as Rick Leland, who is assigned to follow a trail leading to suspected enemy agents.
(1942)
(BW) (S)
Films: pp 74-84 ***

Consumer developments.

A frog sells a bogus medicine claiming to cure insect bites.
(R)

(Shown at 7am)

Making a slatted sofa and tips on photography. (R)

A look at shibori scarves produced by Vivien Prideaux.

Western starring James Cagney.
Spring, 1875: young Steve Miller arrives in the Colorado territory seeking adventure. There he meets a tough rancher and falls for his beautiful Greek companion.
Widescreen.
(1956, PG) (W)
Films: pp 74-84 ****

Weather

TV vet Trude Mostue and actor Mark Homer are guests on the house-matching panel show.

Chefs create a meal for less than £5. With Fern Britton.
(S)
Recipes: see Ceefax page

Lowri Turner makes her weekday delve into the bags of seasonal shoppers around the UK.

Studio debate, with Nick Ross and the audience quizzing experts and celebrities on more controversial issues.
(S)

Homer enrols in a clown college.
With the voices of Dick Cavett and Joe Mantegna.
(A Simpsons double bill starts on Friday at 6pm)
(S)

After the rescue of two aliens, Commander Crichton is exposed to a mysterious force that gives him flashes of a deadly future.
(S)

AD 1800-1900: the steam engine transforms transport, millions of Europeans and Asians emigrate to America, Darwin's theories of evolution challenge religious beliefs and oppressive employers give rise to the birth of trade unions.
(S) (W)
Website: [web address removed]

Then Flora Britannica
Focusing on another British plant.

An episode of the classic comedy from Christmas 1966.

Alf holds forth over Christmas dinner.
(R) (S)

The first in a four-part seasonal special of the tips and hints programme features expert advice on decorating the home, including some clever ways to hang holly.
(S)
(More seasonal tips on Wednesday at 9.50pm)

With Kirsty Wark. Including at 11.00 News headlines.
(S)

Aspects of urban Britain through the eyes of young people.

Curtis Walker visits the city of Manchester to meet two very successful young entrepreneurs.
(S)
(The series concludes tomorrow at 11.30pm)

It's Christmas Eve at a pawnbroker's and customers are redeeming their cherished belongings.
(S)

Political analysis with Steve Richards.

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Coming Home to Banaba
1.00 Water Is for Fighting Over
(S)
1.30 The Wheels of Innovation
(S)

Parenting
2.00 Help Your Child with Learning

Languages
4.00 Make Spanish Your Business: Part 2

Working in the Community
5.00 Enterprise Skills
5.30 Applying for a Lottery Grant

Open University
6.00 Wayang Golek: Puppeteers of West Java
(S)
6.30 Open Advice
Ends 7.00am