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William's Wish Wellingtons
A pair of boots with magical powers lead a six-year-old to adventure.
(R)

7.05 Playdays
Today at the Playground Stop, a look at opposites.
(R)

7.25 Dink, the Little Dinosaur
Adventures with the cartoon reptile and his friends.
(R)

7.50 Blue Peter
S Club 7 perform their latest hit, Natural, in the studio, and the team report on their trip to Spain.
(Shown yesterday at 5.10pm on BBC1)
(S) (W)

8.15 Top Cat
The cool moggy is mistaken for a Maharajah.
(R)

8.40 Polka Dot Shorts
Bear and Marigold try their hands at making a cart.
(R)

8.50 Christopher Crocodile
In Africa, Christopher looks for mud and rain.
(Repeated at 1pm)
(R)

8.55 Monty the Dog
The podgy dog with the cheeky grin goes to school.
(Repeated at 1.05pm)
(R)

Contributors

Singers (Blue Peter):
S Club 7

Jackie Ashley and Michael Crick present live coverage of the annual TUC from Glasgow. Including a speech from European Commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou.
(S)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jackie Ashley
Presenter:
Michael Crick
Speaker:
Anna Diamantopoulou

Top chef Gary Rhodes provides another definitive look at great British cooking. This week he prepares meals to eat alfresco, including cheese, leek and mushroom flan, home-made tomato soup and the perfect pork pie.
(R) (S) (W)
BBC Book: New British Classics - Gary Rhodes (hardback), price £20.00

Contributors

Presenter/Chef:
Gary Rhodes
Producer:
Mandy Cooper
Executive Producer:
Nick Vaughan-Barratt

Anne McKevitt attempts an ambitious water feature with a designer pool for the serious swimmer. Unable to move a chestnut tree in the middle of the garden, she comes up with the effective but unusual solution of encasing it in a giant terracotta pot. Introduced by Tessa Shaw.
(R) (S) (W)
BBC Book: The Home Front Directory, price £12.99, from retailers

Contributors

Presenter:
Tessa Shaw
Garden designer:
Anne McKevitt
Director:
Ed Bazalgette
Producer:
Rachel Innes-Lumsden

Wrestler, miner, Mensa member and Doctor of Law: Jimmy Saville has been all of these, as well as the childhood hero of Louis Theroux. Staying with Savile at some of his seven homes, Theroux attempts to get a glimpse of the private man behind the public persona.
(R) (S) (W)

Contributors

Presenter:
Louis Theroux
Subject:
Jimmy Saville
Director:
Will Yapp
Executive Producer:
Kevin Sutcliffe

Angus Deayton, Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are joined by Maureen Lipman and Neil and Christine Hamilton.
(R) (S)

Contributors

Presenter:
Angus Deayton
Team captain:
Ian Hislop
Team captain:
Paul Merton
Panellist:
Maureen Lipman
Panellist:
Neil Hamilton
Panellist:
Christine Hamilton
Director:
Paul Wheeler

Jo Whiley and Rajesh Mirchandani present live coverage of this year's Mercury Music Prize award for the album of the year, from London's Grosvenor House hotel. The nominees for the £20,000 prize include Coldplay, folk singer Kathryn Williams, Leftfield and Richard Ashcroft. Featuring live performances from Coldplay, MJ Cole, Doves and Badly Drawn Boy.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jo Whiley
Presenter:
Rajesh Mirchandani
Musicians:
null Coldplay
DJ:
MJ Cole
Musicians:
null Doves
Singer/Musician:
Badly Drawn Boy
Producer:
Des Burkinshaw
Executive Producer:
Mark Cooper

Kramer enjoys the benefits of Jerry's fame in Japan when he receives attention from tourists.
(Series continues tomorrow at 11.50pm)
(S)

Followed by 48 Preludes and Fugues
Nikolai Demidenko plays Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude and Fugue in F minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, No 10).
(S) (W)

Contributors

Jerry:
Jerry Seinfeld
George:
Jason Alexander
Kramer:
Michael Richards
Elaine:
Julia Louis Dreyfus

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 The Liberation of Algebra
(S)
1.00 Experiments and Energy
(S)
1.30 Given Enough Rope
(S)

Teenagers and Families
2.00 Living with Teenagers: 2

Languages
4.00 Italianissimo: Parts 1-4

Work Essentials
5.00 Europe

Open University
6.00 Raising Arms Against Air Portion
(S)
6.30 Plastics Under Pressure
(S)
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