Ends 9.00.

Playdays
Why Bird finds out how a loaf of bread is made.
(R)

7.20 Snorks
Animated underwater adventures.
(R)

7.45 Blue Peter
Billie sings her new single, Day and Night.
(Shown last Friday, BBC1) (S) (W)

8.10 Biskitts
Animated fun with the two tiny pups.
(R)

8.35 The Busy World of Richard Scarry
Animated stories with the inhabitants of Busytown.
(R)

(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Come Outside: A Windy Day
(ages 4-5)

9.15 Storytime: Handa's Surprise/The Little Red Hen
(ages 4-5)

9.30 Words and Pictures: Phonics Special: "ai"
(ages 5-7) (S)

9.45 Watch: Our Environment: Town
(ages 5-7) (S)

A phonics special where Sophie Aldred looks at words with the long vowel sounds "ai". Sophie visits Foxfield Railway Station inStoke on Trent and learns to drive a steam train.

The Tubbies see a little girl whose mother is a very talented singer.
(R) (S)

The Tweenies learn about icebergs and volcanos.
(R) (S) (W)
BBC Magazine: Tweenies, monthly, £1.25
Website: [web address removed]

Daily consumer news.

Animated fun with the inquisitive bear cub.
(R)

Animated stories.
(R)

Entertainer Anita Harris recalls a personal triumph.

Musical starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.

Two vaudevillians team up to form an act, but the First World War intervenes.

(1942) ***
(BW) (S)
Films: pp 54-59

Weather

Esther Rantzen asks what makes a good parent. Studio guests include comedian Arabella Weir and author Kathy Lette.
(S)

Chefs are challenged to create a meal for less than £5 in under 20 minutes.
(R) (S)
(Recipes: see Ceefax page 580)

Continuing the repeat run of the culinary programme, with added new material. Antony Worrall Thompson makes seared salmon and guacamole. Jilly Goolden rates the contents of viewers' wine racks.
(Revised R) (S) (W)

Elaine holds a cocktail party for her arty friends.
(R) (S)

Homer recalls how Maggie's birth changed his life for ever.
(R) (S)
(A Simpsons double bill is on Friday at 6pm)

Will dates Jazz's sister.
(R) (S)

Crichton goes on a dangerous mission to locate life-saving tissue after Aeryn is gravely wounded by Larraq.
(Repeated next Sunday) (S)

Six-part series exploring how design affects everyday life.

Tonight, changes to the body, both natural and with the aid of science. One researcher claims smart cards with details of individual dimensions will in future make sure clothes fit. More startlingly, a US scientist predicts a "cure" for ageing. Hosted by Professor Janice Kirkpatrick.
(S) (W)

First of three location films following Argentinian scientist Claudio Sillero as he studies his beloved Ethiopian wolves, the world's rarest wild dogs.
(S)

A new six-part series examining the record of punishment and reform in some of the world's best-known prisons.

In the seventies, after violence flared at the US's fearsome "Supermax" penitentiary in Illinois, punishment regimes raised inmates' hatred to new levels. This film recalls the events that led to the "lock-down".
See Choice.
(S) (W)

The first often short films, three of which are showing this week, all set in the back of a London taxi.

A jogger has an unusual exercise programme.
(S) (W)
(Another Black Cab on Wednesday at 10.20pm)
Programme of the Week: page 65

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

Followed by Video Nation Shorts
(S)

First of four nightly films about the troubled history of the republican/loyalist divide in Northern Ireland.

In 1969, the Irish Republican Army appeared to be a fading force. Yet, 31 years later, controversial republican figures are key players in the peace process.
(Revised R) (S)

Political analysis, with Steve Richards.

Open University
12.30 Sex and the Single Gene?
(S)
1.00 Women and Allegory
(S)
1.30 Gender Matters

Secondary Schools
2.00 History: Nazi Germany
(S)

Languages
4.00 France Inside Out: Parts 3-4

Count Me In
5.00 Revisewise Maths for Parents

Open University
6.00 Kedleston Hall
(S)
6.30 Open Advice: Staying on Course
Ends 7.00am.