Ends 9.00.

Pingu
Clumsy penguin capers.
(Repeated at 1.05pm)
(R)

7.05 Playdays
Peggy and Why have fun and games in the woods.
(R)

7.25 Smurfs Adventures
Animated azure-tinged adventures.
(R)

7.50 Blue Peter
Children's magazine.
(Shown yesterday at 5.10pm on BBC1)
(S) (W)

8.15 Top Cat
TC helps out Choo Choo when he falls in love.
(R)

8.40 Polka Dot Shorts
Who's taking Marigold and Polkaroo's honey jumblies?
(R)

8.50 Brum
Brum has big problems when his battery goes flat.
(R)

(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Cats' Eyes: Types of Materials: Building Materials
(ages 5-7) (S)

9.15 Cats' Eyes: Types of Materials: Waterproofing
(ages 5-7) (S)

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

9.45 The Pocket-Sized Guide to Parenting
(S) (W)

The gang use their Tubby sponges.
(R) (S)

Judy comes to the boat's rescue.
(R) (S) (W)

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

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

11.15 Numbertime: Patterns of Ten
(ages 4-6) (S)

11.30 Megamaths: Money: One Pound to Five Pounds
(ages 7-9) (S)

11.50 Science Zone: People: Peak Performance
(ages 9-11) (S)

12.10 Science Zone: People: Criminal Solutions
(ages 9-11) (S)

Latest business and consumer news developments.

Animation. Angelmouse has to beat the wind to reach Cloud Nine.
(R)

(Shown at 7am)

(ages 7-9) (S)

The chef cooks crispy fried wonton and stir-fried spinach.
(S) (W)

Dougie Donnelly introduces today's Grand Prix coverage from Telford, where the final 16 contestants compete in the best-of-nine-frames matches.
Coverage continues at 6.45pm. (S)
Including at
3.20 News; Regional News (Digital only: UK Today); Weather (S) (W)

Clare Balding reports from the first full day of Sydney's Paralympic Games, which features shooting, wheelchair basketball, cycling, table tennis and judo. British interest will focus especially on the air-rifle standing class - where Deanne Coates is aiming for a fourth gold medal - and on the velodrome, in which Iain Dawson and Ray Hughes are going for gold in the tandem pursuit.

Commentary is by Stuart Storey, Paul Dickenson and Nick Gillingham, with reports from Michael Peschardt and Jon Ridgeon.
(S)

As Topolsky closes in on the hidden room at Atherton's dome, the gang escapes with files and a pendant that leads them to an Indian reservation.
(S)

Dougie Donnelly introduces further coverage of the tussles between the last 16 of the Grand Prix at the Telford International Centre.
(S)

With Wembley stadium's famed twin towers soon to be bulldozed, this edition of First Sight gauges how Londoners feel about being English and hears rock singer Billy Bragg perform a new song about the Union Jack.
See Choice.
(S)
Regional Programme: see panel on left for variations
Polly Toynbee: page 18

Benedict Allen is led into Indonesia's Siberut forest by Amam Dirikogo, a young kerei or medicine man, and comes across a rare species of singing gibbon. Concluding his training as a kerei, he attends a cleansing ceremony, and spends a night alone on one of the country's most sacred hills.
(S)
BBC Book: The Last of the Medicine Men by Benedict Allen, price £17.99 Is there anything this man won't do for a story?: page 25

The motoring magazine visits Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre for Motor Show 2000, where Jason Barlow surveys the range of cars available under the Ford monicker. Tiff Needell tests Renault's hatchbacks, and there's a chance to see Aston Martin and MG Rover's new models.
(S) (W)

The documentary strand makes a timely foray into the world of conjoined twins, visiting a Cape Town hospital preparing to separate a pair of infants, and broaching the complex ethical and medical issues surrounding such operations. It also meets conjoined twins in Pennsylvania and Moscow to see how they have adapted to adult life together.
(S) (W)

Campers share tips on how to survive the great outdoors.
(R) (S)

Jeremy Clarkson returns for a third, ten-part run of the chat show in which he shares his politically incorrect outlook on life with a selection of guests. First to be exposed to the ex-Top Gear host's indignation is Jonathon Porritt, the environmentalist and anti-car campaigner.
See Choice.
(S) (W)

The day's news stories, presented by Jeremy Paxman. Including at 11.00 News headlines.
(S) (W)

Jazz saxophonist Courtney Pine makes a journey to South Africa to find out more about a recently discovered, highly diverse music archive. On his travels Pine uncovers the harsh realities of life for musicians under apartheid.
(S)

Bilko lures two men into a dummy space chamber with the intention of starting a poker game.
(BW) (R) (S)

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open Science
12.30 The Next Big Thing: Nanotechnology
1.00 In Search of Certainty
(S)
1.30 Background Brief: How Bad Is Fat?
1.45 What Have the Sixties Ever Done for Us?
2.00 Sickle Cell - a Lethal Advantage
(S)
2.30 A Language for Movement
(S)
3.00 A Time to Be Born
(S)

Curriculum Development
3.30 Literacy: the Write Way: Part 1

Languages
4.00 Deutsch Plus: Parts 17-20

Webwise 2000
5.00 Get Webwise: TV19 Parents - the Issues
(W)
5.30 Get Webwise: TV20 Parents - Hand On
(W)

Open University
6.00 Molecular Engineers
(S)
6.30 The Chemistry of the Invisible
(S)

Ends 7.00am.