Ends 9.00

Poddington Peas
Cartoon. The peas try to protect a small bird's egg.
(Repeated at 1.05pm) (R)

7.05 Playdays
A look at entertaining purposes for string.
(R)

7.25 Tom and Jerry Kids
Triple bill of cat-and-mouse chaos.
(R)

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

8.15 The Kwicky Koala Show
Fun with the peace-loving marsupial.
(R)

8.35 Moomin
Animation.
(R)

(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Number Adventures: Shape: Shape Satellites
(ages 5-7) (S)

9.15 Hands Up!: Who's in the Shed?
with sign language.
(ages 5-7)

9.30 Writing and Pictures
(ages 6-7) (S)

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

The quartet watch some children explore the colour brown.
(R) (S)

Jake is concerned about his size.
(Shown last Tuesday BBC1) (S) (W)

10.50 Numbertime
(ages 4-6) (S)

11.05 Zig Zag: Tales from Europe
(ages 8-10) (S)

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

11.40 Look and Read
(ages 7-9) (S)

12.00 Focus: Substance Misuse: Keep Your Mouth Shut
(ages 9-13) (S)

12.20 Revisewise Shorts
Advice for the Key Stage 2 National Tests.
(ages 7-9)

Consumer reports with Adrian Chiles and Adam Shaw.

A garden party is under threat.
(R)

(Shown at 7am)

The men's and women's singles reach the quarter-finals at the Australian Open. Presented by John Inverdale, with reports from Melbourne by Sue Barker. Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated American Todd Martin at the same stage in 1999.
(S)

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

(S) Weather

Catherine tries to convince her mum to let her go on a blind date. Joan visits Terry in hospital.
(First shown on ITV)
(The series continues Thursday at 3.30pm)

A couple whose 25-year marriage has encountered sexual problems contribute to a debate on relationships affected by impotence.
(R) (S)

Against-the-clock cookery challenge show. (R) (S)

Gary Rhodes recalls an edition from his 1995 cookery series More Rhodes around Britain when he visited the Orkney Isles in Scotland.
(S)

Quiz in which contestants have ten seconds to answer general-knowledge questions. (R) (S)

Conclusion of a two-part story in the American drama.

A teenage girl puts her life in peril when she absconds from Fraser's care.
(R) (S)

Jayne Middlemiss meets new Swedish singer Andreas Johnson and Jamie Theakston talks to girl band Hepburn.
(Repeated next Sunday)
(S) (W)

More issues facing the disabled in the UK and abroad.
Tanni Grey-Thompson reports on the burgeoning disabled athletics movement in South Africa, while fashion expert Caryn Franklin is on hand to give a viewer a makeover.
(S) (W)
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Chef Jamie Oliver enlists the help of his three young cousins to cook spaghetti with chilli, anchovies and pangrattato; two fillings for fresh ravioli that include smashed broad beans, potato and cheese; and praline semi freddo.
(R) (S) (W)

Antony Worrall Thompson creates a simple and speedy roast-walnut pesto that is well-suited to pasta or soups. He is also joined by Emma Crowhurst, who helps him to prepare sticky toffee pudding. Hosted by Jilly Goolden.
(S) (W)
Further Details: Ceefax p580; Website: [web address removed]

Live coverage from London's Brewery, City of London, of the annual celebration of contemporary British writing. Host Mark Lawson is joined by comedian David Baddiel, Express editor Rosie Boycott and Private Eye editor Ian Hislop.
Announcements include the Book of the Year and Children's Book of the Year, plus readings from shortlisted books.
(S) (W)
(Subsequent programmes may change)

Series on a 20th-century British postcard collection.

How postcards provided images of, and observations on, the last century's momentous events.
(S)

With Kirsty Wark. At 11.00 News headlines.
(S)

Second of three Video Nation specials.
Colin O'Dell-Athill tapes his transformation from bachelor to dad of two, while mothers Nicola and Lynne record their busy lives.
(S)
(The series concludes tomorrow at 11.20pm)

Surreal docu-drama following an astronaut on a walkabout through night-time Liverpool.
(R) (S)

Presented by Steve Richards.

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 The Romans in Britain
(S)
1.00 Wide Sargasso Sea
(S)
1.30 Picturing the Genders
(S)

Secondary Schools
2.00 History: The Soviets

Languages
4.00 Spain Inside Out: Part 3
Guide to Spanish culture
Talk Spanish (Parts 1-2)
Beginners' course.

Working with the Land
5.00 Problem Solving and Customer Care

Open University
6.00 Off with the Mask: TV in the Sixties
(S)
6.30 The Bobigny Trial
(S)
Ends 7.00am