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Pingu
Animated tales with the rather clumsy penguin.
(R)

7.05 Playdays
A look at jumping, skipping and hopping.
(R)

7.25 The Busy World of Richard Scarry
Animated adventures with the inhabitants of Busytown.
(R)

7.50 Snorks
Animated double bill of aquatic antics.
(R)

8.15 Dastardly and Muttley
Cartoon pigeon-pursuing.
(R)

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

9.00 Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House: Part 1
Eerie drama.

Amanda and Josh move to a new town with very strange inhabitants.
Concludes tomorrow.
(R) (S)

9.25 UKool
Gerard McCabe and Jean Anderson check out the nightclub scene in Glasgow, plus a survivor's guide to a first date.
(R) (S)

9.50 Little Bear
Animated antics with the curious bear cub.
(R)

10.15 Teletubbies: Naughty Bee
The fun-loving foursome listen to a story from Tamzin Griffin.
(R) (S)

10.45 Tweenies: Hospital Visit
Fizz hurts her wrist after falling off her bike.
(Shown last Tuesday BBC1) (S) (W)
BBC Magazine Tweenies, monthly, £1.25
Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Presenter (UKool):
Gerard McCabe
Presenter (UKool):
Jean Anderson
Storyteller (Teletubbies):
Tamzin Griffin

Drama starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. Wealthy widow Cary Scott falls in love with a gardener who is several years younger than her.
(1955)
Films: pp 60-68

Contributors

Director:
Douglas Sirk
Cary Scott:
Jane Wyman
Ron Kirby:
Rock Hudson
Sara Warren:
Agnes Moorehead
Harvey:
Conrad Nagel
Alida Anderson:
Virginia Grey

Last year, BBC South news presenter Sally Taylor underwent a double mastectomy to prevent the cancer diagnosed in one of her breasts from spreading. This inspiring film follows Taylor - who had just begun a new relationship - from the early days of diagnosis to her post-operative recovery and her return to work.
(First shown on BBC South) (S)
Website: [web address removed]; e-mail: [email address removed]

Contributors

Subject:
Sally Taylor
Producer:
Mia Costello

Adam Hart-Davis stops off in Yorkshire as he continues his celebration of unsung scientists. In Whitby, he lauds whaling scientist William Scoresby before taking to sea in a soggy bid to re-create the navigation techniques of Captain James Cook. Also acclaimed are William Bateson, inventor of the term "genetics", and Sir Edward Appleton, who discovered the ionosphere region of the Earth's atmosphere.
(S)

Contributors

Presenter:
Adam Hart-Davis
Producer:
Paul Bader
Executive Producer:
Mike Greenwood

With the internet expected to account for £6.75 billion in property sales by the year 2002, Anna Ryder Richardson and Quentin Willson ask if estate agents' days are almost numbered. Plus a look at a pilot scheme in Bristol that requires vendors to provide a "sellers' pack" to potential purchasers in order to speed up the house-buying process.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Presenter:
Anna Ryder Richardson
Presenter:
Quentin Willson
Director:
Anna Gravelle
Series Producer:
Susie Staples

Born the son of a cotton-picker in the US Deep South, world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis became an unlikely hero when his 1938 defeat of German Max Schmeling was seen as a triumph for democracy over the forces of fascism. But Louis soon became drawn into a downward spiral of debt and controversy. Narrated by Josette Simon.
See Choice.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Narrator:
Josette Simon
Producer:
Paul Tilzey
Series Editor:
Jenny Abbott

Having spent a year in an Oxford residential home, Ray Hambridge, 69, has decided to move into a retirement flat in a bid to regain his independence. But Ray's frail health presents problems.
(S) (W)
Further Information: call free on [number removed]. Ceefax: page 617. Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Subject:
Ray Hambridge
Narrator:
Sue Johnston
Director:
Ann Lalic
Series Producer:
Julian Mercer

First of four daily films about living in the European Union.

Following Philip Noel-Baker's battle to restore his family's estate on the Greek island of Euboea. Having recently returned from England, Noel-Baker upsets the locals by applying for an EU grant.
(S)

Contributors

Subject:
Philip Noel-Baker
Director:
Colin Luke
Producer:
Adam Alexander

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Talking Buildings
(S)
1.00 Musical Prodigies
(S)
1.30 A Language for Movement
(S)

Secondary Schools
2.00 Expressive Arts: Sportsbank Special - Dance TV
A look at various genres of dance.
(S)

Languages
4.00 Spain Inside Out: Parts 3-4

Working in Retail
5.00 Customer and Care and Selling

Open University
6.00 Dynamic Analysis
6.30 Fluid Flows
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