Ends 9.00.

Playdays
Could there be a monster in Why Bird's workshop?
(R)

7.20 Top Cat
Benny wins a luxury cruise to Hawaii.
(R)

7.45 Blue Peter
Children's magazine.
(Shown last Friday, BBC1) (S) (W)

8.10 Dink, the Little Dinosaur
Daily animated adventures.
(R)

8.35 Jim Henson's Animal Show
Guests on the puppet chat show are a skunk and a polar bear.
(R)

(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Come Outside: Frogs
(ages 4-5)

9.15 Storytime: I Want My Dinner/Food
(ages 4-5)

9.30 Words and Pictures Plus: Consonant Clusters
(ages 5-7) (S)

9.45 Watch: Living through the Seasons
(ages 5-7) (S)

A magical event occurs.
(R) (S)

Bella feels isolated when her friends play games.
(Shown last Monday BBC1) (S) (W)
BBC Magazine: Tweenies, monthly, £1.25
Website: [web address removed]

10.50 Numbertime: Time: Half-past
(ages 4-6) (S)

11.10 Zig Zag: Environment
(ages 7-9) (S)

11.30 English Express: When I Nod, Hit It
(ages 9-11) (S)

11.50 Megamaths: Measure: the King's New Clothes
(ages 7-9) (S)

12.10 Landmarks: Ancient Egypt
(ages 9-11) (S)

Daily consumer news.

The Lion and Mrs Bite try to decide who actually won the sausages.
(R)

Animated stories.
(R)

Ends 2.10.
A new series featuring daily double bills of programmes on life in rural areas of Britain.

1.10 Coast to Coast
Janet Street-Porter begins a 516-mile walk across England and Wales.
(R) (S)

1.40 Langley Country
Bob Langley sets off on a tour of country places and people.
Today he visits Dudley.

The show that offers a mix of painting-tuition and travelogue returns for a third series, with Dermot Cavanagh.
See Choice.
(First shown in Northern Ireland)

Highlights from the parched plains of Kenya of the Safari Rally. With Mark James.

Visits to the Lake District and Lundy Island.

Daily debate with Esther Rantzen.

A look at the problems and benefits experienced by people who both live and work together.
(S)
Esther Rantzen writes on The Nation's Favourite Poems of Childhood book: p34

Chefs are challenged to create a meal for less than £5.
(S)
Recipes: see Ceefax page

(Shown at 10am on BBC1) (S)

Marge joins a divorcee for a wild night out, only to find they are driving a stolen car.
(R) (S)
(A Simpsons double bill is on Friday at 6pm)

In this first instalment of a two-part story, Will and Carlton try to get a date.
(Concludes tomorrow at 6pm) (R) (S)

After their capture in an invisible "net" controlled by Zenetan pirates, Aeryn and Crichton have to choose which of them will die. Meanwhile, Rygel gambles for high stakes.
(Repeated next Saturday) (S)

Meticulously kept records from down the centuries reveal how the church wielded extraordinary power over its subjects. Bettany Hughes's discoveries tonight include seven women who were ordered to seduce an impotent man and a heretic condemned to be burnt.
(S) (W)
Information: History 2000 events line: [number removed]. Calls charged at national rate. Website: [web address removed]

The medical students of London's King's College take on the first-round lucky losers from Durham University for a quarter-final place. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
(S)

Delia Smith looks at the world of cheese, with recipes and tips on buying, storing and cooking. Tonight's recipes include Welsh rabbit with sage and onions, cheese-and-herb fritters, and curd cheesecake.
See Choice.
(S)

The final instalment of the four-part drama, starring Lee Ingleby and Paul McGann, written by Bryan Elsley.

A chance meeting in the South East leads David to his father.
Contains strong language and nudity.
See Choice.
(S) (W)
BBC Video: Nature Boy, price £14.99.

Satirical quiz, with Angus Deayton. Captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are joined by chef Clarissa Dickson Wright.
(R) (S) (W)

With Kirsty Wark. Including, at 11.00, News headlines.
(S)

The week's first helping of the sketch comedy, hosted by Tony Morris with Curtis Walker and Gina Yashere. Guests include MP Glenda Jackson and comedian Roy Diamond. (S) (W)
(The series continues on Wednesday at 11.20pm)

First of four nightly episodes of the claymation comedy.

Rex and his friends win an unusual prize.
(R) (S) (W)

Political analysis, with Steve Richards.

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Persisting Dreams
(S)
1.30 Humanity and the Scaffold
(S)

Secondary Schools
2.00 Technology
(S)

Languages
4.00 Japanese Language and People: Parts 3-4
with on-screen subtitles.

Working for Local Government
5.00 Careers

Open University
6.00 Siena Cathedral
(S)
Ends 7.00am.