Why Bird finds out where a bus driver takes a break.
Double bill of animated underwater adventures.
Children's magazine.
(Shown last Friday, BBC1)
The two pups embark on more animated escapades.
Animated stories.
(Repeats are not indicated)
9.00 Come Outside: Paper
(ages 4-5)
9.15 Storytime: Lullabyhullabaloo!
(ages 4-5)
9.30 Words and Pictures: Phonics Special: "y"
(ages 5-7)
9.45 Watch: Homes across Europe: Northern Journey (Finland)
(ages 6-7)
A phonics special where Sophie Aldred looks at words with long vowel sounds. Sophie visits Deen City Farm and discovers the words 'sty', 'dry' and 'fly'.
A girl takes her rabbit to the vet.
Doodles becomes stranded up a tree.
(Shown last Monday BBC1)
BBC Magazine: Tweenies, monthly, £1.25
Website: [web address removed]
Weekday consumer news.
Animated fun with the inquisitive cub and pals.
Animated stories.
Mark James presents coverage of one of the toughest races of the year - Rally Argentina.
(Shown yesterday at 3.45pm)
Adventure, starring Glenn Ford. Ferrying money to help the fight against rebels in Honduras, an American adventurer's journey is diverted, forcing him to undertake a dangerous jungle trek with four convicts and two hostages.
Director Jacques Toumeur (1953) 350 Glenn Ford also stars in The Rounders, showing tomorrow at 1.15pm Films: pp 62-68 ***
Weather
Esther Rantzen and her guests discuss whether the traditional white wedding in a church is a thing of the past.
Another culinary challenge.
With Fern Britton.
Recipes: see Ceefax page
Continuing the rerun of Delia Smith's cookery series. The menu today focuses on recipes for cooking outdoors on a barbecue, including spiced-lamb-and-cashew kebabs.
Interior-design and decorating series, presented by Tessa Shaw. Anne McKevitt designs an ecofriendly interior, plus advice on sprucing up shelving.
Bart and Lisa attempt to rescue Santa's Little Helper's puppies.
(A Simpsons double bill is on Friday at 6pm)
Carlton accepts Will's challenge to survive a weekend in a tough LA neighbourhood.
The crew of Moya races to the rescue of a desperate woman being attacked by a ferocious brute.
(Repeated next Sunday)
Professor Janice Kirkpatrick investigates the phenomena of home design for economic gain and also the creation of homes whose appearance doesn't reflect people's lives. She visits a Japanese-style showhouse in the UK and makes the return journey by travelling to Japan to see a full-scale replica of an English village.
Weekly natural-history zone.
Ends 9.30.
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8.00 Alien Empire: Battlezone
As bite-sized snacks to larger creatures, insects have been involved in a 400-million-year battle to stay alive. This film looks at some of the extraordinary weapons that this struggle has produced.
The programme looks at the rainforests of Panama and Costa Rica, home to fishing bugs and abseiling wasps, whose unusual behaviour has never before been documented. Show more
More lethally poisonous creatures are found Down Under than on any other continent. This film explores the forests, reefs, rugged landscapes - and even ventures into people's homes - to reveal these fascinating but deadly animals.
See Choice.
This last of three films shows that the Ethiopian wolf packs are now healthier than for a decade.
After a damning report by the Chief Inspector of Prisons in 1995, HMP Holloway in north London has largely been closed to the media. This programme uses its unrestricted access to Europe's biggest women's prison to see how an establishment that was once hailed as the jail of the future turned into a nightmare.
See Choice.
Polly Toynbee: page 16
A taxi passenger fresh from prison finds it hard to go straight.
Contains strong language.
(Another Black Cab is on Thursday at 10.20pm)
With Kirsty Wark.
Including at 11.00 News headlines.
The first of five instrument finals - leading up to Sunday's competition climax - in the annual music showcase.
Pianists Leo McFall, Kodo Osada, Tom Poster and Nicholas Rimmer face organist Ashley Grote. The judges are Iain Burnside, Thomas Trotter and Piers Lane. Hosted by Stephanie Hughes.
See Choice.
The percussion final is tomorrow at 11.20pm. Radio 3's Morning Performance, tomorrow at 11.30am, has highlights of the percussion finalists. Outdoor Concert for Summer: page 27
Political news, with Michael Dobbs.
(Repeats are not indicated)
Open University
12.30 Behind a Mask
The lives and work of six women writers.
1.30 Mondrian
Secondary Schools
2.00 Music: Mad about Music
Languages
4.00 Spain Inside Out: Parts 3-4
Count Me In
5.00 Revisewise Maths for Parents
Open University
6.00 Giotto: the Arena Chapel
Ends 7am.
