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Poddington Peas
Creep-pea and Black-eyed pea bombard the village with custard pies.
(Repeated at 1.05pm)
(R)

7.05 Playdays
Chris, Peggy and Why visit Drusilla's Zoo in Sussex, and look at heads and tails.
(R)

7.25 Smurfs' Adventures
Animation with the little mushroom-dwelling creatures.
(R) (S)

7.50 Blue Peter
The team unveil the books shortlisted for the first Blue Peter book awards. Plus news of the launch of a new Star Trek exhibition at the Science Museum, and Liz Barker and Simon Thomas talk to some of Britain's top paralympic athletes before they leave for Sydney to take part in this year's Paralympic Games.
(Shown yesterday at 5.10pm on BBC1)
(S) (W)

8.15 Top Cat
A master of disguise is in town, bent on stealing precious works of art.
(R)

8.40 Polka Dot Shorts
Who will be elected president of the Forest Association?
(R)

8.50 Fiddley Foodle Bird
Cartoon fun with the metamorphosing bird.
(R) (S)

Contributors

Presenter (Blue Peter):
Liz Barker
Presenter (Blue Peter):
Simon Thomas

(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Number Adventures: Number Puzzles 1: Didi and Spike Go Bowling
(ages 5-7) (S)

9.15 Hands Up!: Signed Words and Pictures: The Train Ride
(ages 5-7)

9.30 Words and Pictures: The Golden Goose
(ages 5-7) (S)

9.45 The Pocket-Sized Guide to Parenting
A look at a group of Oxfordshire parents.
(S) (W)

10.50 Zig Zag Shorts: France: Brittany
(ages 7-9) (S)

11.00 Numbertime: Number Seven
(ages 4-6) (S)

11.15 Numbertime: Missing Numbers
(ages 4-6) (S)

11.30 Megamaths: Money: Up to 50p
(ages 7-9) (S)

11.50 The Experimenter: Types of Materials: XP's New Shorts
(ages 7-9) (S)

12.10 The Experimenter: Changes in Materials: Treasure Hunt
(ages 7-9) (S)

Dougie Donnelly introduces the day's play from Telford, featuring world champion and world number one Mark Williams. With commentary from Clive Everton, Ray Edmonds, Dennis Taylor, John Virgo and Willie Thorne.
Further coverage at 6.50pm.
(S)

Including at 3.20 News; Regional News (Digital only: UK Today); Weather
(S) (W)

Contributors

Presenter:
Dougie Donnelly
Commentary:
Clive Everton
Commentary:
Ray Edmonds
Commentary:
Dennis Taylor
Commentary:
John Virgo
Commentary:
Willie Thorne

Continued coverage from the Telford International Centre of the second round of the Grand Prix tournament.
Introduced by Dougie Donnelly, with commentary from Clive Everton, Ray Edmonds, Dennis Taylor, John Virgo and Willie Thorne.
(S)

Contributors

Presenter:
Dougie Donnelly
Commentary:
Clive Everton
Commentary:
Ray Edmonds
Commentary:
Dennis Taylor
Commentary:
John Virgo
Commentary:
Willie Thorne

For the final edition of the series, Rhodes continues his revival of the great British pud. He cooks his signature bread-and-butter pudding, chocolate treacle sandwich, egg custard tart with nutmeg ice cream, and the first dish he ever attempted - lemon sponge pudding - helped by the chef whose original recipe he used 30 years ago, Margueritte Patten.
(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

Last in the current series of the garden design show. Diarmuid Gavin finds his inspiration in suburbia for a garden consisting of giant steel corridors and traditional fruit-and-veg for a conventional husband and a very daring wife. Introduced by Tessa Shaw.
(R) (S) (W)
BBC Book: The Home Front Directory, price £12.99, from retailers

Contributors

Presenter:
Tessa Shaw
Garden designer:
Diarmuid Gavin
Director:
Dan Adamson
Producer:
Rachel Innes-Lumsden

Fourth in a ten-part drama about a new internet company.

Will manages to convince Mike that he has done them a big favour with Proctors. Luce, however, smells a rat - Will is lying to protect his position and manipulate Seethru to his own ends.
Episode written by Toby Whithouse
(Repeated Friday at 11.20pm)
(S) (W)
BBC Products: Book, On the Edge: the Inside Stories of Jake and Luce, available from 23 November, price £6.99; a video of episodes 1-6 is to be released on 27 November, price £19.99

Contributors

Writer:
Toby Whithouse
Producer:
Simon Heath
Director:
Omar Madha
Luce:
Claudia Harrison
Mike:
Justin Pierre
Will:
William Gaminara
Sophie:
Amanda Ryan
Murray:
Andrew Sachs
Jake:
David Walliams
Reece:
William Beck
Brandon:
Iddo Goldberg
Yvonne:
Sally Rogers
Fran:
Poppy Miller
Zoe:
Romola Garai
Sawyer:
Sandy Welch
Rick:
Paul Whitby
Rosa:
Paula Jacobs
Emily:
Rachel Fergani
Sid:
Steve Jameson

Comedy sketches, featuring Asian Top Gear and the Coopers' entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. With Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nina Wadia and Kulvinder Ghir.
(R) (S) (W)

Contributors

Comedienne:
Meera Syal
Comedian:
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Comedienne:
Nina Wadia
Comedian:
Kulvinder Ghir
Director:
Nick Wood
Director:
Christine Gernon
Producer:
Anil Gupta

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Ever Wondered?
12.45 Renaissance Secrets
(S)
1.15 Personal Passions
1.30 Glasgow 1998 - Supporting the Arts

Secondary Schools
2.00 Geography: The World 2000
(S)

Languages
4.00 Deutsch Plus: Parts 9-12
(S)

Webwise 2000
5.00 Get Webwise TV15: History - the Issues
(W)
5.30 Get Webwise TV16 History - Hands On
(W)

Open University
6.00 Kedleston Hall
Robert Adam's architectural masterpiece
(S)
6.30 Rousseau in Africa: Democracy in the Making
(S)

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