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Angelmouse
Angelmouse is told to collect an urgent parcel.
(Repeated 1pm)
(R)

7.05 Pingu
The clumsy penguin goes curling.
(Repeated 1.05pm)
(R)

7.10 Playdays
It's bell-ringing day at the Patch Stop.
(R)

7.30 Smurfs' Adventures
Animated azure-tinged adventures.
(R)

7.50 Blue Peter
Including a look at the night sky with Anton Vamplew.
(Shown yesterday at 5.10pm on BBC1)
(S) (W)

8.20 The All-New Popeye Show
A triple bill of animated antics with the spinach-guzzling sailor.
(R)

8.40 Polka Dot Shorts
Polkaroo asks his friends to help him make a film, but Bibble feels mischievous.
(R)

8.50 Brum
The animated automobile takes a trip to the seaside.
(R)

Contributors

Astronomer (Blue Peter):
Anton Vamplew

Dougie Donnelly introduces live coverage of the first day's play in the world championship from Valderrama in Spain. Defending champion Tiger Woods has enjoyed a phenomenally successful year, winning nine tournaments including three majors. Among a top-class field, he is the favourite to carry off his tenth title and pick up the winners' cheque for $1m.

Commentary is by Peter Alliss, Alex Hay, Ken Brown, Denis Hutchinson and Julian Tutt.

Contributors

Presenter:
Dougie Donnelly
Commentary:
Peter Alliss
Commentary:
Alex Hay
Commentary:
Ken Brown
Commentary:
Denis Hutchinson
Commentary:
Julian Tutt
Director:
Paul Davies
Executive Producer:
Barbara Slater

Oz is unable to control his attraction to a mysterious singer who has recently arrived in Sunnydale.
(Repeated tomorrow at 12.10am)
(S) (W)
Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Buffy Summers:
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Rupert Giles:
Anthony Stewart Head
Xander Harris:
Nicholas Brendon
Willow Rosenberg:
Alyson Hannigan
Oz:
Seth Green
Riley:
Marc Blucas

Spending on domestic staff in London has quadrupled in the last ten years. This documentary takes a close-up look at the relationships that have developed between domestics and their employers.
(S)
(Regional Programme: see panel on left for variations)

Contributors

Producer:
Sheela Banerjee
Editor:
Dippy Chaudhary

Dibnah visits all manner of religious sites, starting in Preston - which boasts the tallest steeple in Britain - and taking in York Minster, a Saxon church in Durham, and St Paul's Cathedral in London.
(R) (S) (W)
BBC Book: paperback, price £11.99, available from retailers

Contributors

Presenter:
Fred Dibnah
Producer:
David Hall
Executive Producer:
Mike Greenwood
Executive Producer:
Claire Powell

Tiff Needell joins the Ferrari Formula One team in Italy as they celebrate their first victory in 21 years. Meanwhile Jason Barlow test-drives the new Lexus LS 430, and Vicki Butler-Henderson takes the wheel of Ibiza's Cupra R model.
(S) (W)
BBC Top Gear Magazine: price £3.50, available monthly from newsagents

Contributors

Presenter:
Tiff Needell
Presenter:
Jason Barlow
Presenter:
Vicki Butler-Henderson
Producer:
John Wilcox
Series Producer:
Richard Pearson

This summer a small team of archaeologists set about the excavation of Zeugma, a beautifully preserved city which had been buried under eastern Turkey for almost 1,000 years. With a hydroelectric dam soon to be built on the Euphrates, they faced a mammoth struggle against time to save some of the Roman Empire's most stunning treasures.
See Choice.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Producer:
Becky Jones
Series Editor:
Bettina Lerner

Pugnacious ex-Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson shares his politically incorrect outlook on life with fellow motoring enthusiast, ex-Formula One racing driver Damon Hill.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Clarkson
Guest:
Damon Hill
Director:
Brian Klein
Producer:
Rob Baker

In the last of the series, Superhuman presenter Professor Robert Winston, comedy writer and GP Phil Hammond, and author and broadcaster Muriel Gray discuss with Ruby Wax the possibility of eternal youth.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Presenter:
Ruby Wax
Guest:
Professor Robert Winston
Guest:
Phil Hammond
Guest:
Muriel Gray

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open Science
12.30 Rough Science
1.00 Hack the Planet
(S)
1.30 Final Frontier
(W)
1.45 What Have the Seventies Ever Done for Us?
2.00 Hidden Visions
(S)
2.30 Food: Whose Choice Is It Anyway?
(S)
3.00 Stress
(S)

Curriculum Development
3.30 Numeracy in Action

Languages
4.00 Espana Viva!: Parts 14 and 15; Famously Fluent
(S)

Working in IT
5.00 The Future

Open University
6.00 Environmental Solutions
(S)
6.30 The Chemistry of Power
(S)

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