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Playdays
Why Bird takes a look at the map.
(R)

7.20 Snorks
Animated fun.
(R)

7.40 Clever Creatures
Puppet show. Animal teams from around the world compete.
(R) (S) (W)

8.10 The Puppy's Further Adventures
Animated canine tales.
(R)

8.30 Moomin
Animation. Moomin and friends visit Circle Island.

8.55 Gadget Boy
Animation. Spidra plans to capture dinosaurs.
(R)

9.20 Harry and the Hendersons
Nancy is challenged to coach Ernie's losing basketball team.
(R) (S)

9.50 Polka Dot Shorts
Animation with Polkaroo and friends.
(R)

10.00 Teletubbies: Game Drive
The Tubbies watch children driving around an African game park.
(R) (S)

10.30 Tweenies: Spring
The Tweenies go for a walk.
(R) (S) (W)
BBC magazine: Tweenies, monthly, £1.25
Website: [website removed]

10.50 Pingu
Plasticine fun.
(R)

Rosalind Russell stars in the first in a short series of medical dramas.

The true-life story of Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian nurse whose pioneering treatment of polio and other illnesses led to conflict.
(1946) (BW) (S)
(A Place for Annie is tomorrow at 1.10pm)
Films: pp 54-61 ****

Contributors

Director:
Dudley Nichols
Elizabeth Kenny:
Rosalind Russell
Dr McDonnell:
Alexander Knox
Kevin Connors:
Dean Jagger
Dr Brack:
Philip Merivale

The disturbing life stories of three women who have either cut, burnt or hit themselves to release internal pain. Meera Syal narrates the first of eight programmes, here examining the rising number of Asian women who self-harm and looking at how statutory services are failing to help them.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Narrator:
Meera Syal
Producer:
Geeta Gupta
Series Producer:
Sunandan Walia

Weekly natural-history zone.
Ends 9.30.
Website: [web address removed]

8.00 Wild In New York
The wilder side of New York has never been so strange. Peregrine falcons, praying mantises and raccoons all rub noses with the human population in this alternative look at the Big Apple's wildlife.
(S)

8.30 The Natural World: Top Cat
An intimate insight into the caracal lynx, one of Africa's most successful feline predators. The programme follows a family of these graceful cats who were rescued from the British exotic pet trade to begin an epic journey back to freedom. But their relocation had a twist as these caracals were starting new lives and new jobs - as bird controllers at the Hoedspruit Air Force base in South Africa.
See Choice.
(S) (W)

9.20 Wild Britain
Roy Dennis encounters Britain's largest bird of prey, the white-tailed sea eagle on the Isle of Skye.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Series Producer (Wild/Wild Britain):
Paul Appleby
Editor:
Fiona Pitcher
Producer (Wild in New York):
Rupert Barrington
Producer (The Natural World):
Lolli Goodsen
Series Editor (The Natural World):
Neil Nightingale
Presenter (Wild Britain):
Roy Dennis
Producer (Wild Britain):
Simon Roberts

Another chance to see this three-part special that unlocks the secrets of ancient frozen bodies.

The second programme looks at the extraordinary discovery of a Stone Age man found frozen to the rocks on a high Alpine pass in 1991. Using the advances of modern science, experts have been able to reveal a mass of information about the 5,000-year-old body, including what the man ate while alive and even the fledgling industry in which he took part.
(R) (S) (W)

Contributors

Producer:
Tim Haines
Series Editor:
Bettina Lerner

Continuing the guided tour through madness and out the other side in the company of people who've been there.
Tonight, former patients discuss the psychiatric system, with talk of physical restraint, debilitating drugs and humiliation.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Producer:
Alexandra Scott
Executive Producer:
Ian Macrae

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 The Authentick and Ironicall Historie of Henry V
(S)
1.30 The Baptistery, Padua
(S)

Teenagers and Families
2.00 Living with Teenagers: 2

Languages
4.00 Spain Inside Out: Parts 3-4

Working In Hospitality
5.00 Leading a Team

Open University
6.00 The Magic Flute - the finale of Act
6.30 The Museum of Modern Art
(S)
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