Ends 9.00

Monty
The podgy pup is at the library.
(Repeated tomorrow at 1pm) (R)

7.05 Playdays
Peggy Patch discovers exotic plants in Berkshire.
(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
Five animated stories.
(R)

8.35 Moomin
Animation.
(R)

(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Cats' Eyes
(ages 5-7) (S)

9.15 Cats' Eyes
(ages 5-7) (S)

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

9.45 Watch
(ages 5-7) (S)

The pals play a hiding game.
(R) (S)
[web address removed]

Milo invents a game, then the others join him in an adventure with a friendly bear.
(Shown last Thursday BBC1) (S) (W)

10.50 Numbertime: Numbers 11-20: Number 15
(ages 4-6) (S)

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

11.20 Zig Zag
(ages 7-9) (S)

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

12.00 Space Ark
(ages 7-11) (S)

12.10 Science Zone: Plants and Animals
(ages 9-11) (S)

The latest consumer news, with Adrian Chiles, Adam Shaw.

Romuald is jealous of Ulrika's "invisible friend".
(R)

Ends 2.10

1.10 The House Detectives
Juliet Morris and the team unlock the secrets of a terraced house.
(R) (S)

1.40 Hart-Davis on History
Today, a geology hunt and a look at the Ladies of Langollen.
(R)

Exploring the complex society of the bee-eating birds of Kenya.
(R) (S)

An update on the day's events in Parliament with Diana Madill, plus the chance to question the politicians by phone.
(S)
Contact Details: phone [number removed] (calls charged at the local rate), fax [number removed] or e-mail [email address removed]

(S) Weather

Sue plans a party to celebrate her retirement. Last in the series.
(First shown on ITV)

Esther Rantzen talks to people occupying both sides of the legalisation debate, including a newspaper columnist who smokes the drug for medical reasons.
(R) (S)

Cookery challenge show.
(R) (S)
BBC Book: The Big Ready Steady Cook Book, £9.99. is available from retailers

Gary Rhodes recalls his hen-night meal for a bride-to-be: recipes include bourbon biscuits. Last in the series.
(S)

Elimination quiz show.
(R) (S)

While attending the funeral of her grandmother, Beverly Crusher is advised to get rid of an heirloom believed to bring bad luck to the women of the family.
(R) (S)

Aware that Angel is growing ever more cruel to Buffy and her friends, Jenny tries to make amends for the curse that cost him his soul.
(Repeated next Saturday) (S)

Terry Connor, superintendent of Camberwell New Cemetery, is running out of burial space. Like other borough superintendents, Connor must consider all possibilities: reclaiming older graves, expanding into nearby land or declaring the cemetery full. First Sight reports.
(S)
Regional Programme: see panel on left for variations

Continuing the series of investigations into the often shady practices employed by various housing professionals.

Reporter Paul Kenyon reveals how representatives from five of the country's leading surveyors' chains fail to spot costly problems in a house that has multiple defects.
(S)
Know how... to use house surveys: page 31

More road tests and expert automotive advice on the motoring magazine show, with Vicki Butler-Henderson, Kate Humble, Tiff Needell and Quentin Willson.
(S) (W)
Magazine: £3.20 from newsagents
Website: [web address removed]

Continuing the series that illuminates the lives of ancient peoples. Showing as part of the History 2000 strand.

On a remote Channel island lie the remains of the medieval priory of Lihou. Julian Richards unravels the life of a man buried in the monks' graveyard, and explores the priory's links to a famous French abbey.
(S)
Information: History 2000 events line: [number removed]. Calls charged at national rate. Website: [web address removed]

One of nature's deadliest phenomena, supervolcanos are unlike conventional volcanos in that they are huge, hard-to-detect craters in the ground. When they erupt, it is believed they have the potential to destroy continents; the next to go - now overdue - lies under America's Yellowstone national park.
See Choice.
(S)
Website: [web address removed]

A look at three widely differing male approaches to tidiness.
(R) (S)

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

Mark Lawson is joined by Germaine Greer, Ekow Eshun and Ian Hislop to discuss the week's cultural events.

Presented by Sian Williams.

Repeats are not indicated.

Open University
12.30 Final Frontier
12.45 Parkinson
To mark the repeat of the series The Ascent of Man, Dr Jacob Bronowski discusses his interest in the origin of the human species.
1.15 A Life of Time
1.45 Local Heroes
2.00 Sex and the Single Gene?
(S)
2.30 The Art of Breathing
(S)
3.00 Galapagos: Research in the Field
(S)

Curriculum Development
3.30 Computers Don't Bite: Teachers - Primary: Moving Up
Strategy for teachers.

Languages
4.00 Italianissimo: Parts 13-16

Working with the Land
5.00 The Future

Open University
6.00 Reindeer in the Arctic
6.30 Why Me? Why Now?
(S)
Ends 7.00am