Ends 9.00

Poddington Peas
Cartoon. The Poddington's Pea-pie band play a gig.
(Repeated at 1.05pm) (R)

7.05 Playdays
The creepy-crawlies are at large.
(R)

7.25 Tom and Jerry Kids
Cartoon fun with the cat and mouse.
(R)

7.50 Blue Peter
(Shown yesterday at 5.10pm on BBC1) (S) (W)

8.15 Inch High Private Eye
The sleuth investigates another case.
(R)

8.35 Moomin
Animation based on the books by Tove Jansson.
(R)

(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Number Adventures: Shape: the Queen's Castle
(ages 5-7) (S)

9.15 Hands Up!: Words and Pictures: Ridiculous!
with signing.
(ages 5-7)

9.30 Writing and Pictures: The Tailors
(ages 6-7) (S)

9.45 Watch: Faith Stories
(ages 5-7) (S)

Schools programme presented by The Happy Gang. This programme looks at fire safety and the gang discover the science of fire and receive safety tips. Show more

The quartet join in when a voice trumpet recites Humpty Dumpty.
(R) (S)

Jake catches a mermaid while fishing.
(Shown last Tuesday BBC1) (S) (W)

Followed by Flora Britannica
Focusing on a popular British plant.

10.50 Numbertime
(ages 4-6) (S)

11.05 Zig Zag: Tales from Europe: the Army of Bears
(ages 8-10) (S)

11.20 Zig Zag: Weather: Temperature
(ages 7-9) (S)

11.40 Look and Read: Through the Dragon's Eye: the Dragon from Pelamar
(ages 7-9) (S)

12.00 Focus: Substance Misuse: Nobody Tells Me What to Do
(ages 9-11) (S)

12.20 Revisewise Shorts
New series offering advice for the Key Stage 2 National Tests.
(ages 7-9)

Consumer reports with Adrian Chiles and Adam Shaw.

Cartoon.
Christopher tries to pass his driving test after he manages to build a car.
(Repeated Thursday at 7am) (R)

(Shown at 7am)

More first-round highlights from both the men's and the women's singles at the Australian Open. Top seed Andre Agassi won this title in 1995 after an all-American battle with Pete Sampras. Hosted by John Inverdale, with Sue Barker in Melbourne.
(S)

Third-round action at the Potters Leisure Resort in Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Four best-of-five-set matches are played today with the winners progressing to the quarter-finals. Commentary is from David Rhys Jones, John Bell, Mal Hughes and David Corkhill. Introduced by Dougie Donnelly.
(S) (W)

All the latest political news from Westminster. With Diana Madill.
(Contact details on Thursday) (S)

More action from Norfolk as the world's top bowlers bid to secure a place in the last eight and a guaranteed cheque for at least £4,000. (S) (W)

The first episode in a two-part story of the American drama.

Fraser is assigned to care for a diplomat's daughter in Chicago.
(R) (S)

Jayne Middlemiss catches up with ground-breaking dance duo Utah Saints after their five-year hiatus from the music scene. With Jamie Theakston and Rajesh Mirchandani.
(S) (W)

The programme focusing on issues facing the disabled in the UK and abroad returns for a ten-part series.

Tanni Grey-Thompson reports from South Africa, where civil unrest has created a generation of disabled people. Plus a profile of disabled artist Cherry Moore.
(S) (W)

To celebrate his sister's hen night, Jamie Oliver caters for a party of 12 with baked salmon with olives, green beans, anchovies and cherry tomatoes, foccaccia with olive oil, rosemary and garlic, and lemon-and-lime cream tart.
(R) (S) (W)

Antony Worrall Thompson and Emma Crowhurst prepare sticky ribs and "healthy" oven chips, while host Jilly Goolden puts supermarkets and leading off-licences to the test as she advises on buying the right wine.
(S) (W)
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Graham Greene's affair with Catherine Walston, the US wife of an English farmer, inspired his novel "The End of the Affair". With the movie version released next month, this film looks at the private story behind the public tale.

See Choice
(S) (W)

First of four shorts delving into a postcard collection that provides a quirky social history of 20th-century Britain.

How postcards from the early years of the 1900s were used for making everyday social arrangements.
(S)

With Jeremy Paxman. At 11.00 News headlines.
(S)

First of two countryside diaries showing on successive nights.

Welsh hill farmer William Jenkins records his ongoing struggle to make a living.
(S)
(Only a Girl and Horses is tomorrow at 11.20pm)

Presented by Andrew Neil.

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Romans in Britain
(S)
1.00 Waiting Their Turn
(S)
1.30 Art: a Question of Style
(S)

Secondary Schools
2.00 PSHE: Lifeschool A-Z

Languages
4.00 Spain Inside Out: Part 2
Guide to Spanish culture
Talk Spanish: Parts 1-2
Beginners' course.

Working with the Land
5.00 Business and Estate Management

Open University
6.00 Building by Numbers
(S)
6.30 The Spiral of Silence
(S)
Ends 7.00am