Ends 9.00.

Playdays
Why Bird is in her den.
(R)

7.20 Top Cat
Cartoon feline fun with TC and his gang.
(R)

7.45 Blue Peter
Today the children's magazine is on location at Crufts.
(Shown last Friday, BBC1) (S) (W)

8.10 Heathcllff and Marmaduke
Cat-and-dog animated fun.
(R)

8.35 Jim Henson's Animal Show
Guests on the puppet chat show are an aardvark and a chameleon.
(R)

(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Come Outside: Bulbs
(ages 4-5)

9.15 Storytime: My Mum and Dad Make Me Laugh
(ages 4-5)

9.30 Words and Pictures Plus: Consonant Clusters: Lucy's Quarrel
(ages 5-7) (S)

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

Some children build towers.
(R) (S)

Max takes Fizz and Jake to the farm.
(Shown last Monday BBC1) (S) (W)
BBC Magazine: Tweenies, monthly, £1.25
Website: [web address removed]

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

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

11.30 English Express: The Gruesome, the Sad and the Cuddly
(ages 9-11) (S)

11.50 Megamaths: Measure: Decorating
(ages 7-9) (S)

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

Daily consumer news.

A treasure hunt leads to double trouble.
(R)

Animated stories.
(R)

Ends 2.10.

1.10 Coast to Coast
Janet Street-Porter's walk across England and Wales continues as she joins Monty Python's Terry Jones in his local pub.
(R) (S)

1.40 Langley Country
Bob Langley visits Cornwall, where he indulges in his passion for Arthurian legend.

Dermot Cavanagh's journey combining painting tuition and travelogue takes him to Mourne and County Down.
(First shown in Northern Ireland)

Antiques enthusiasts discuss their loves and hates.

Culinary breaks.

Daily debate with Esther Rantzen.

Is winning the sole motivation in sport? Guests debating the issue include boxer Julius Francis and round-the-world yachtswoman Tracey Edwards.
(S)

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

Shown at 10am on BBC1 (S)

A therapist identifies Bart as a model example of a perfectly balanced human being.
(R) (S)
(A Simpsons double bill is on Friday at 6pm)

Geoffrey wants to stay at home for his birthday, but Will sets him up with a date.
(R) (S)

A Delvian sect leader plots to rob Zhaan of her psychic powers.
(Repeated Saturday) (S)

This week the history of Britain's justice system is explored through records dutifully inscribed by court clerks. Bettany Hughes's discoveries tonight include a spectacular armed robbery in Hampshire in 1248, a 17th-century Essex petty thief who escaped the noose and the story of the last aristocrat to be executed in this country.
(S) (W)
More History 2000 - Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments, Thursday, 8pm
Information: History 2000 events line: [number removed]. Calls charged at national rate. Website: [web address removed]

In a Manchester "derby", Salford University take on UMIST for a quarter-final place. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
(S)

Delia Smith devotes the final programme in the series to chocolate. Her creations include mousse, creme bailee and melting chocolate puddings.
See Choice.
(S)
Delia on chocolate: page 37
Join Delia on RT's celebrity New York cruise: page 37

First in a new six-part series uncovering the secrets of some of the world's most extraordinary shipwrecks.

In 1925 Britain's M1, the largest, most advanced submarine of her time, vanished without trace with 69 men on board during training. Seventy-four years later, ex-Royal Navy diver Richard Larn was close to solving the mystery.
See Choice.
(S) (W)

Satirical quiz, with Angus Deayton. Captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are joined by Stephen Fry and Richard Littlejohn.
(R) (S) (W)

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

First of four nightly episodes of the claymation comedy.
Wendy is tried for shooting Vince. With the voices of Simon Day, June Whitfield and Judith Chalmers.
(R) (S) (W)

Political analysis, with Michael Dobbs.

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 The Palazzo Publico, Siena
(S)
1.00 Crossing the Border: Images of England in the 1930s
1.30 Understanding Music: A Change of Key?
(S)

Secondary Schools
2.00 PSHE: Job Bank
(S)

Languages
4.00 Make Spanish Your Business: Part 1

Working for Local Government
5.00 Targets and Time Management

Open University
6.00 Scotland in the Enlightenment
(S)
6.30 Modern Art: The Impressionist Surface
(S)
Ends 7.00am.