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Ends 11.00.

Teletubbies: Rolling
The Teletubbies watch some children rolling things up and down a hill.
(R) (S)
[web address removed]

7.25 Yogi's Space Race
Animated space adventures with Yogi Bear and friends.
(R)

7.45 Goober and the Ghost Chasers
Animated fun with the occasionally invisible dog, as he and his friends travel the world in search of ghostly goings-on.
(R)

8.10 Blue Peter
Including a look at how presenter Simon Thomas fared in last Sunday's London Marathon.
(Shown yesterday at 5.10pm on BBC1) (S) (W)

8.35 Ace Ventura - Pet Detective
Animated fun with the sartorially challenged private eye.
(R) (S)

9.00 Goosebumps
Live-action horror drama. Two children find a vampire in the cellar.
(R) (S)

9.25 Really Wild Show Wildest Hits
This edition features Howie Watkins in Eastbourne, where he learns what it takes to fly like a bird. Janice Acquah imitates a crane in South Africa, plus a giant spiderweb, the strange "bee dance" and a harvest mouse that lives in tennis balls. With Nick Baker and Michaela Strachan.
(S)

9.50 The Big Knights: Time Protonosphere
Sir Doris's exercise wheel develops a squeak, which leads Sir Boris and Sir Morris to Professor von Proton.
(R) (S)

10.00 Little Bear
Triple bill of cartoon fun.
(R)

10.30 Tweenies: Sheets
Max needs help to plan a holiday.
(Shown last Thursday BBC1) (S) (W)

10.50 Bob the Builder
Animation. Bob helps a family of hedgehogs to cross the road.
(R)

Contributors

Presenter (Blue Peter):
Simon Thomas
Presenter (Really Wild Show Wildest Hits):
Janice Acquah
Presenter (Really Wild Show Wildest Hits):
Nick Baker
Presenter (Really Wild Show Wildest Hits):
Michaela Strachan

Children's adventure starring James Mason and Billie Whitelaw.

Unjustly accused of stealing, orphan chimney sweep Tom flees with his dog Toby. They leap into "Dead Man's Pool" and discover an animated underwater world where they encounter the strangest of allies in their quest to find the mysterious Water Babies.
(1978, U)
(S)
Films: pp 60-67 *

Contributors

Director:
Lionel Jeffries
Grimes:
James Mason
Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby:
Billie Whitelaw
Tom:
Tommy Pender
Masterman:
Bernard Cribbins
Lady Harriet:
Joan Greenwood
Sir John:
David Tomlinson

Live coverage from the Crucible, as crowd-pleaser Jimmy White plays his opening-round match against Scotland's Billy Snaddon to a close. White, who has only recently regained a place in the top 16, may be in danger of losing his position following a shock defeat in the early stages of the Scottish Masters. Introduced by David Vine and Dougie Donnelly, with commentary by Clive Everton, Ray Edmonds, Jim Meadowcroft, Dennis Taylor (who announced his retirement from professional snooker just last month), Willie Thorne and John Virgo.
(S)

Including at 3.20 News; Regional News (S) Weather

Contributors

Presenter:
David Vine
Presenter:
Dougie Donnelly
Snooker player:
Jimmy White
Snooker player:
Billy Snaddon
Commentator:
Clive Everton
Commentator:
Ray Edmonds
Commentator:
Jim Meadowcroft
Commentator:
Dennis Taylor
Commentator:
Willie Thorne
Commentator:
John Virgo

Continued live coverage from the world championship in Sheffield, as John Higgins continues his first-round campaign against Dave Harold. Higgins started the season at the top of the rankings, but Mark Williams and seven-time title-holder Stephen Hendry are also jostling for the number-one position. Harold, meanwhile, will be looking to accrue enough ranking points to secure a place in the top 16. Introduced by Dougie Donnelly.
(S)

Contributors

Presenter:
Dougie Donnelly
Snooker player:
John Higgins
Snooker player:
Dave Harold

In this episode Eric shows his holiday snaps to Ernie - who finds his bath night constantly interrupted while the pair perform their very own version of Hamlet.
(First shown on ITV) (BW) (S)

Followed by When I Grow Up
Young people from around the world discuss their views of the future.
(S)

Contributors

Comedian:
Eric Morecambe
Comedian:
Ernie Wise
Producer:
Colin Clews

Mears continues his travels to inhospitable places.

Record numbers of tourists will flock to Australia this summer to attend the Olympic games, and many of them will want to venture off the beaten track. Mears tells a cautionary tale of a couple whose hired 4x4 vehicle became stuck in the sand; they tried to walk 40 miles to safety in heat so fierce it melted their shoes. Only one of them survived the ordeal.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Presenter:
Ray Mears
Producer:
Martin Pailthorpe
Series Producer:
Dick Colthurst

Motoring magazine, this week looking at racing tips ahead of the weekend's British Grand Prix. With Vicki Butler-Henderson, Kate Humble, Tiff Needell and Quentin Willson.
(S) (W)
Magazine: £3.30 from newsagents Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Vicki Butler-Henderson
Presenter:
Kate Humble
Presenter:
Tiff Needell
Presenter:
Quentin Willson
Series Producer:
Julie Clive
Producer:
John Wilcox

The second of this week's two editions of the series.

In November 1995 a bitter battle began for control of the international hotel and catering empire founded 60 years before by Sir Rocco Forte's father. Forte and Gerry Robinson - chairman of the Granada Group - discuss one of the most hard-fought takeover battles in British corporate history.
(R) (S)

Contributors

Interviewee:
Sir Rocco Forte
Interviewee:
Gerry Robinson
Series Producer:
Nick Mirsky

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open Science
12.30 A Life of Time
how an unknown patent clerk became one of the most famous scientists of the last century.
1.00 The Ascent of Man: Knowledge or Certainty?
1.45 What Have the Sixties Ever Done for Us?
2.00 Sickle Cell - a Lethal Advantage
Why this inherited condition is more common among people of African origin.
(S)
2.30 Oceanography
Understanding the oceans and their interaction with the atmosphere.

Curriculum Development
3.30 ICT: Higher Order Skills in the Primary School
Teacher-training programme.

Languages
4.00 75th Anniversary - German Gems

Working in Health and Care
5.00 Essential Skills

Open University
6.00 The KT Event
A possible explanation for the death of the dinosaurs.
(S)
6.30 The Nature of Impacts and Their Impacts on Nature
(S)
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