Ends 9.00.

Playdays
The gang learn The Grand Old Duke of York. (R)

7.20 Tom and Jerry Kids
Cartoon cat-and-mouse capers. (R)

7.45 The Really Wild Show
With sign language. The team visit Finland. Shown yesterday at 4.35pm on BBC1
(S)

8.10 Dink, the Little Dinosaur
Prehistoric cartoon fun. (R)

8.35 Jim Henson's Animal Show
Today's puppet guests are a gila monster and a desert rat. (R)

(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Cats' Eyes (ages 5-7) Electricity and Magnetism: Electricity Past and Present
(S)

9.15 Cats' Eyes (ages 5-7) Electricity and Magnetism: Magnets
(S)

9.30 Words and Pictures (ages 5-7) The Tusk Fairy
(S)

9.45 Watch (ages 5-7) Music
(S)

The Tubbies listen to some boys talking about life on a farm.
(R) (S)
BBC Music: Teletubbies CD, price £10.99, and cassette, £7.99

The Tweenies are fascinated by whistling.
(Shown last Wednesday on BBC1)
(S)(W)

This insight into the world of seemingly frail butterflies reveals their talent for underhand deception and their ability to speak two languages at once.

Schools programme about cycling in a rural environment just outside Amsterdam. The Millennium Cycle Pathways project, a forest trail and a rural bike ride are shown. Show more

Consumer news.
(Ceefax: page 238)

Animated prehistoric adventures.
(R)

Cartoon fun at the North Pole.
(R)

The House Detectives
Juliet Morris and the team visit Ironbridge in Shropshire.
(R) (S)

1.40 Hart-Davis on History
Adam Hart-Davis tells the story of William Wilberforce, who began the movement that led to the abolition of slavery.
(R)

A look at the fragile insect's hidden aggressive instincts.
(R) (S)

Live coverage from the Commons of Prime Minister's Question Time.
(Contact details on Thursday)
(S)

Esther Rantzen meets guests who were involved in marriages in which the husband was secretly gay.
(S)

Cookery challenge.
(S)

Revised rpt from 10am, BBC1 (S)

(For donation details see Sunday at 4.45pm on BBC1)

Steve Wright plunders the pop-music archives for classic performances from the Osmonds, Gloria Gaynor, Kiki Dee, the Eagles, Nik Kershaw and Kraftwerk.
(Repeated next Saturday)
(S)
(Top of the Pops is on Friday at 7.30pm on BBC1)

Kira is outraged to be told by Gul Dukat that her mother had been his mistress. The Bajoran begs the prophets to let her travel back in time to find out the truth.
(S)
(Star Trek: the Next Generation is tomorrow at 6pm)

As the trend towards a 24-hour society grows, many people function day to day in a sleep-deprived state, and scientists are convinced the problem is contributing to more cases of heart disease, premature ageing and danger on the roads. Dr Phil Hammond discovers the physical and psychological effects of a lack of sleep, explores the problems of insomnia and locates alternatives to traditionally prescribed sleeping pills.
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Dr Mark Porter on insomnia: page 41

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen of Changing Rooms and Diarmuid Gavin of Home Front in the Garden join forces to give a five-part insight into the relationship between designers and their clients. This week, they employ a raised floor covered in black leather, veneer storage sections, and a circular wooden children's area to transform the home of single mother-of-three Meriene, involving her at every stage of creating the minimalist look she desires.
See Choice.
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[Photo caption] How does your garden, Po? Inspired by the Teletubbies, this family garden was designed by Diarmuid Gavin for Home Front: Inside Out

Lifestyle: Home Front: Inside Out 8.00pm BBC2
Yet another permutation of the makeover show, this time featuring Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and garden designer Diarmuid Gavin. The former redesigns one room in a private house, while Gavin creates a beautiful garden to go with it. It is meant to give viewers a flavour of the relationship between designer and client, but it is the bickering, almost laddish relationship between Gavin and Llewelyn-Bowen that dominates, something you'll either love or hate. "Every other show I've done has been restricted by its format," says Llewelyn-Bowen. "This is design with the gloves off." (JR)

Many Britons travel to Amsterdam with the intention of enjoying a few days of hedonistic indulgence, but some visitors never leave. This Modern Times documentary portrays Dawn Smith, a wife and mother from Yorkshire who moved to the city 18 years ago to escape an unhappy marriage. Once there she got involved in drugs, and now she worries that her son will do the same.
(R) (S)

Carpenters offer a selection of time-saving hints and tips.
(R) (S)

Analysis of the day's events, with Jeremy Paxman.
Including at 11.00 News headlines.
(S)

Rex is abducted by aliens on Easter Island. With the guest voice of Eddie Izzard.
(R) (S) (W)

Analysis of the day's parliamentary business, presented by Steve Richards.

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Housing: Business as Usual
(S)
1.00 From a Different Shore: an American Identity
(S)

Secondary Schools
2.00 Science - the ageing process.

Languages
4.00 Deutsch Plus (parts 13-16)
(S)

Working in Education
5.00 Business and International Partnerships
Tips for head teachers.

Open University
6.00 The Enlightenment: Reason and Progress
6.30 Forecasting the Economy
(S)

Ends 7.00am.