Ends 9.00.

Playdays
Peggy Patch and Mark explore a model town.
(R)

7.20 Snorks
A double bill of animated underwater adventures.
(R)

7.50 Blue Peter
A look back on Katy Hill's five years on the programme plus her own favourite moments.
(Shown yesterday 5.10pm) (S) (W)

8.15 The Puppy's New Adventures
Animation. The cute canine and his pals help the police.
(R)

8.35 Moomin
Animated fun with the Moomins and their friends in storm-tossed Moomin Valley.

(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Hands Up!: Transport
(ages 3-7)

9.15 Hands Up!: Storytime: Sweetie
with sign language.
(ages 4-5)

9.25 Hotch Potch House: Up in the Air
(ages 3-5)

9.45 Pathways of Belief: Judaism: the Family
(ages 7-9) (S)

The Tubbies watch two girls go on a tram ride in San Francisco.
(R) (S)
[web address removed]

When piles of books arrive in the playroom, the Tweenies use them to build towers.
(Shown last Thursday BBC1) (S) (W)

10.50 Numbertime: More or Less: Three Less
(ages 4-6) (S)

11.05 Numbertime: More or Less: Five Less
(ages 4-6) (S)

11.20 Zig Zag: Ancient Greece: the Olympic Games
(ages 7-9) (S)

11.40 Look and Read
(ages 7-9) (S)

12.00 Look and Read
(ages 7-9) (S)

12.20 Landmark Shorts: Karkonosze Forest, Poland
(ages 9-11)

News of the latest events in the consumer arenas, with Adrian Chiles and Adam Shaw.

The gang decide to surprise Bob on his birthday.
(R)

Sue Barker introduces action from Devonshire Park in Eastbourne of this year's Direct Line ladies' championship. With Wimbledon starting next Monday, this tournament provides many of the world's top female players with the chance to get in some valuable grass-court practice before the tennis world decamps to SW19.
John Barrett, Virginia Wade, David Mercer and Jana Novotna occupy the commentary box.
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Website: [web address removed]

The day's events in Parliament, plus the chance for viewers to quiz politicians on the phone-in. With Diana Madill.
(S)
Contact Details: phone [number removed] (calls charged at the local rate), fax [number removed] or e-mail [address removed]

(S) Weather

Tennis
Quarter-final coverage of the ladies' championship from Devonshire Park in Eastbourne.

Royal Ascot
The Gold Cup, arguably the racing calendar's most gruelling test of stamina, is set for the off at 3.45. Enzeliwon last year for the Aga Khan after holding off Invermark and Kayf Tara. Plus coverage of the 4.20. Hosted by Clare Balding.

Page and Plant join the Corrs, the Mavericks and Lionel Richie in another trawl through the Top of the Pops vaults.
(R) (S)
BBC CD: a double album of tracks from the programme is now available.
(Top of the Pops is on Friday at 7.30pm on BBC1)

Concerned colleagues take Dax back to her home planet when she begins to exhibit unusual talents and aggressive tendencies.
(R) (S)

Robert Elms reports on the airline pilot trainees as they fly a big jet for the first time and Alain de Cadenet has some lessons from aerobatic champion Alan Wade. Meanwhile, Vicky Kimm has just five hours to help send a 747 back to New Zealand complete with new passengers, cargo and fuel.
(R) (S)

Kevin McCloud travels to Liverpool to climb the monumental Anglican cathedral. The structure was the life's work of Giles Gilbert Scott, but it wasn't completed until 17 years after his death, which was, in itself, 75 years since work began. Before climbing the outside to the top of the 150ft bell tower, McCloud examines the inside and stands beneath the highest gothic arches ever built. Last in series.
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Alison Graham's TV review: page 50

Jeremy Clarkson investigates the decline of the British car industry since the boom time of the fifties. He lays the blame for the decay on the Triumph Stag, a car that he describes as being beautiful to behold but ruined by a terrible engine - summing up all that was wrong with British Leyland.
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Polly Toynbee: page 18

Concluding a two-part profile of one of Britain's best-loved comics, first shown as part of the Reputations strand. This programme explores the ways in which Williams turned his own personality into part of his act by surrounding his private unhappiness with public humour.
(R) (S)

With Kirsty Wark. At 11.00 News headlines.
(S)

Drama series about five friends sharing a house. Warren decides to stop living a lie, Milly and O'Donnell become closer and Jerry finds an ally in Anna. Show more

Presented by Steve Richards.

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Open Science
12.30 The Next Big Thing: A Theory of Everything
1.00 The Incredible Shrinking Chip
(S)
1.30 Background Brief
1.45 What Have the Nineties Ever Done for Us?
2.00 The Mammalian Kidney
(S)
2.30 Scaling the Salt Barrier
(S)
3.00 Designs for Living

Curriculum Development
3.30 Literacy: The Write Way: Part 2
Improving non-fiction writing skills.

Languages
4.00 Deutsch Plus: Parts 17-20
Language lessons. With in-vision subtitles.

Working in Retail
5.00 The Future

Open University
6.00 Gender Matters
(S)
6.30 Waving Not Drowning
Ends 7am