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Ends 9.00.

Pingu
Fun with the clumsy, sometimes misunderstood penguin.
(Repeated at 1.05pm)
(R)

7.05 Playdays
Peggy and Poppy see all kinds monkeys when they visit Banham Zoo.
(R)

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

7.50 Blue Peter
Simon Thomas and Matt Baker visit San Francisco and the notorious prison island Alcatraz.
(Shown yesterday at 5.10pm on BBC1)
(S) (W)

8.20 The All-New Popeye Show
A triple bill of cartoon antics.
(R)

8.40 Polka Dot Shorts
Bear tries to take a picture of Bibble.
(R)

8.50 Brum
Animated automobile tales. Narrated by Toyah Willcox.
(R)

Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Presenter (Blue Peter):
Simon Thomas
Presenter (Blue Peter):
Matt Baker
Narrator (Brum):
Toyah Willcox

(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Cats' Eyes: Forces: Push and Pull
(ages 5-7) (S)

9.15 Cats' Eyes: Forces: Falling
(ages 5-7) (S)

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

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

Website: [web address removed]

10.50 Landmarks Shorts: Using the Land: Changing Industry
(ages 9-12) (S)

11.00 Numbertime: Money: Change from 10p
(ages 5-7) (S)

11.15 Watch: Art Start: Collage
(ages 5-7) (S)

11.30 Megamaths: Fractions: Thirds and Sixths
(ages 7-9) (S)

11.50 Science Zone: Living: Taking the Plunge
(ages 9-11) (S)

12.10 Focus: Citizenship: Give a Little Bit (Responsibilities)
(ages 9-11) (S) (W)

Dougie Donnelly introduces the second day of quarter-final coverage in this year's UK championship at Bournemouth International Centre. Matches are the best of 17 frames as players compete for a place in tomorrow's semi-finals.

In the commentary box for today's sessions are the regular team of Clive Everton, Ray Edmonds, Dennis Taylor, John Virgo, Jim Meadowcroft and Willie Thorne.
(S)

Contributors

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

Wendy Robbins goes on the beat with Chief Supt Simon Foy who polices London's Brixton. He is struggling to curb the robberies, shootings and drug dealing that have made his patch Britain's street-crime capital.
(S)
Website: [web address removed]
(Regional Programme: see panel on left for variations)

Contributors

Reporter:
Wendy Robbins
Subject:
Chief Superintendent Simon Foy
Producer:
Jonathan Brunert
Editor:
Dippy Chaudhary

Concluding the series celebrating some of Britain's great building and engineering feats.

Dibnah looks at structures built for arts and leisure, including London's Victoria and Albert Museum, Edinburgh's Scott Monument and Blackpool Tower.
(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

In this week's edition of the motoring magazine, Tiff Needell investigates the growing popularity of the push-button gear-shift, and the recently beefed up Vauxhall Astra coupe goes head-to-head with Toyota's newly boosted Celica. With Jason Barlow, Vicki Butler-Henderson and Adrian Simpson.
(S) (W)
BBC Top Gear Magazine: price £3.50, available monthly from newsagents

Contributors

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

In June this year, the Hubble telescope helped solve one of the biggest cosmology problems - how and why galaxies are created. It revealed the existence of supermassive black holes in every galaxy so far observed, including the Milky Way. Scientists are starting to believe that these supermassive black holes help trigger the birth of galaxies and so lie at the heart of the creation of stars, planets and life itself.
See Choice.
(S) (W)
Websites on black holes - Webwatch: page 55

Contributors

Producer:
Zoe Heron
Series Editor:
Bettina Lerner

Continuing the cult satirical comedy that relocates top celebrities to the tranquillity of Surbiton.
Tonight, Mick and Keith begin a world tour, leaving Bowie in charge of the shop.
(S)

Contributors

Writer:
John Sessions
Writer:
Phil Cornwell
Writer/Director:
Peter Richardson
Producer:
Ben Swaffer

Jeremy Clarkson shares his irreverent and politically incorrect outlook on life with Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy and TV chef Jamie Oliver.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Clarkson
Guest:
Charles Kennedy
Guest:
Jamie Oliver
Director:
Brian Klein
Producer:
Rob Baker

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open Science
12.30 Rough Science
(S)
1.00 Test Tube Miracle?
(S)
1.30 Background Brief - Science and the Psychics
1.45 What Have the Eighties Ever Done for Us?
2.00 Lifelines
(S)
2.30 Healing the Whole
(S)
3.00 Easing the Pain
(S)

Curriculum Development
3.30 Performance Management in Schools: Programme 2

Languages
4.00 Japanese Language and People: Parts 9 and 10
Japanese for beginners.

Working In Hearth and Care
5.00 RCN Modern Nursing Skills
Including advances in haemophilia treatment.

Open University
6.00 Galapagos: Research in the Reid
(S)
6.30 Seal Secrets
(S)

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