Romuald looks after his little sister Ulrika.
(Repeated at 1pm)

Peggy Patch watches seals at a wildlife hospital.

Triple bill of cat-and-mouse chaos.

(Shown yesterday at 5.10pm on BBC1)

Animated crime-fighting fun.
(R)

Agatha has a mystery package for DJ.
(R)

9.10 Radio Station Bilko
Bilko takes charge of Roseville's local radio station. (BW)

9.35 The Big Man Hunt
Bilko has a chance of winning a share in a diamond mine. (BW)

The quartet decide to take it in turns to wear the skirt.
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Bella and Fizz recall some magic moments.
(Shown last Thursday BBC1)

The concluding part of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, written for the Feast of the Epiphany, performed by the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists.

Drama. With the car taking over, Bill refuses to abandon his horse, Polly. So, instead of being retrained, Bill takes Polly on the road to look for work.
(1937) (BW) (S)
Films: pp 56-64 ***

David Attenborough narrates this award-winning look at giant octopuses.

Animation.
(Shown at 7am)

Jayne Constantinis helps in the excavation of what could be a medieval priory while Adam Hart-Davis makes a pork pie as he explores Lincolnshire.

Adventure, starring Stewart Granger.

While holidaying in Ruritania, Rudolf Rassendyll is called upon to impersonate the country's monarch - an act that puts him in mortal danger.
(1952, U)
Films: pp 56-64 ****

Weather

Dave is arrested after an incident following his electrocution.
First shown on ITV

Esther Rantzen talks to agony aunts, including Deidre Sanders of The Sun and GMTV's Denise Robertson.

Cookery challenge show.

BBC Book: The Big Ready Steady Cook Book, £9.99, is available from retailers

Gary Rhodes introduces his 1994 Rhodes around Britain visit to Cornwall, where he prepares grilled mackerel with stewed tomatoes.

Elimination quiz show.

In the first of a two-part episode, Buffy finds that her 17th-birthday celebrations are overshadowed by nightmares and a series of mysterious happenings.
(Repeated next Saturday)

The final look at how technology might shape the future.

With the technology to genetically modify human beings falling into place, anxiety is growing over the ethical and potential social consequences of possessing control over imbuing embryos with certain characteristics. Might humanity become divided into two radically different species of people, with one half carrying "superior" genes? And what will happen if the technology misfires?

Will the next 50 years see a rise in cyber-Marxism, virtual currencies and, if China disintegrates, the outbreak of another world war?
(W)

In the first of eight garden makeovers, Diarmuid Gavin transforms a gloomy courtyard into a subtropical paradise based around a glass cube room suspended over water.
Meanwhile, John Rocha adds a touch of glamour by designing a water feature. Introduced by Tessa Shaw. See Choice.
Director Ed Bazalgette ; Series producer Rachel Innes-Lumsden

The Aztecs are regarded as the most bloodthirsty of the Central American peoples, but they were also one of the most sophisticated. Dr Tony Spawforth discovers how, on arriving in Mexico, they created a new and brutal mythology from the relics of an earlier civilisation.
See Choice.
Transcript: an illustrated transcript of the programme can be obtained by sending a cheque for £3.95, made payable to BSS, to [address removed]

A visit to a wine shop run by the Byrne brothers - Andrew and Philip - in Clitheroe, north Lancashire.

News reports and analysis of the day's events, with Jeremy Paxman. At 11.00 News headlines.

The new Martin Scorsese film Bringing out the Dead and the opening of the Millennium Dome are two of the week's cultural events under consideration by Tom Paulin, Tony Parsons and Bonnie Greer. Presented by Mark Lawson.

Thriller directed by and starring Jack Nicholson.

Los Angeles 1948: when private eye Jake Gittes is hired by Jake Berman to check on his wife's adultery, it leads to murder, shady deals and a brush with ghosts of the past.
Ends 2.10am
(1990,15)
Films: pp 56-64 ***