Ends 9.00.

Fireman Sam
Station Officer Steele finds fame as a TV star. Repeated at 1pm (R)

7.10 Playdays
Poppy learns a lesson about the value of sharing. (R)

7.30 Smurfs' Adventures
Animation with the little blue people. (R)

7.55 Smart
Creative picture-making. Shown yesterday at 4.35pm on BBC1 (S) (W)

8.20 The All-New Popeye Show
Animated adventures. (R)

8.45 Polka Dot Shorts
Who is knocking at Bear's door? (R)

8.50 Yoho Ahoy!
More adventures on the high seas. (R)

Repeats are not indicated.
9.00 Storytime (ages 4-5) Sweetie and The Four Friends and the Elephant (S) 4512389 9.15 Words and Pictures Plus (ages 5-7) Rumble in the Jungle Presenter Paul Ewing becomes an intrepid explorer (S)
9787739 9.30 Magic Key (ages 5-6) BiffoftheJungle Biff , Wilma and Floppy find themselves stuck in a jungle (S) 3864420 9.45 The
Pocket-Size Guide to Parenting (S) (W)

Ends 10.50.

Teletubbies Advent Calendar
The first of 25 magic moments as the colourful quartet begin their countdown to Christmas. (R) (S)

Then Teletubbies
The Tubbies imitate a dog barking and watch two children paint a kennel. (R) (S) BBC MUSIC: Teletubbies CD, price £10.99, and cassette, £7.99

The Tweenies play an odd one out game. (R) (S) (W)
BBC MUSIC: Tweenies No 1. a single CD, available from retailers

10.50 Come Outside (ages 4-5): Frogs
(S)

11.05 Numbertime (ages 5-7): Money: Coin Equivalents to 20p
(S)

11.20 Landmarks Shorts (ages 9-11): Colorado Drylands, USA
Another look at how people shape and influence their surroundings
(S)

11.30 Megamaths (ages 7-9): Tenths: Decimals
(S)

11.50 Zig Zag (ages 7-9): Kenya: Out and About
(S)

12.10 Zig Zag (ages 7-9): Snap Shots: Evacuation
(S)

El Nombre helps Little Juan and Maria with buying jelly beans from the new machine at the store. Bill and Bernie discover what is special about the 20p coin.

The latest business news and consumer developments.

Animation.
(Shown at 7am) (R)

Look and Read (ages 7-9) Spywatch: the Poster Comes to Life Norman feels homesick. (S)

Live coverage of the UK championship from the Bournemouth International
Centre. Today sees the first of the semi-finals in which the winner is guaranteed to earn at least L41,000 in prize money.
In last year's semi-finals
Mark Stevens beat John Higgins by 9-7 and Mark Williams , who went on to win the tournament, beat Stephen Hendry 9-6. The match is the best of 17 frames and played over two sessions. Dougie Donnelly introduces the action, with commentary from Clive Everton , Ray Edmonds , Dennis Taylor , John Virgo and Willie Thome. (5)
Including at
3.20 News; Regional News (Digital: UK Today); Weather

Who Shot Mr Burns ? (part 2). Mr Burns has been shot and the trail leads to the Simpsons' front door. (R) (S)
6.20 Bart after Dark. While Marge is out of town, Homer allows Bart to work at a burlesque house. (S)

The first semi-final in the UK championship concludes this evening. Dougie Donnelly presents live coverage of the second session of this best-of-17-frames match. (S)

Clarissa Dickson Wright continues her celebration of the countryside with friend and hill farmer Johnny Scott.
In Northern Ireland. Clarissa and Johnny investigate a project designed to conserve unique wetlands, meet the priest who runs an eel fishing co-operative and sample the traditional way of making maggots more lively.
Series producer Steve Sklair ; Executive producer Bob Long (S) (W)

Bird Garden. This week Charlie Dimmock and wildlife expert Chris Baines transform a bare garden plot into a paradise for birds. Charlie also gets expert tips on feeding birds from Bill Oddie , finds out how to build a nest box and gives a helping hand to some house martins.
Producer Stephen Moss : Executive producer Fiona Pitcher (S) (W)

r Continuing the series in which Michael Wood travels across the Americas to trace the story of the 16th-century
Spanish Conquest of the New World.
The Conquest of the Incas. The overthrow of the Inca empire was led by Francisco Pizarro and his brothers who set out to conquer a civilisation with a Bronze Age mentality and virtually unknown to the outside world. See Choice.
Director David Wallace : Producer Rebecca Dobbs (S) (W) BBC BOOK: Conquistadors by Michael Wood. price £18.99. from retailers

The Squire's Walking Stick. Ireland's tallest oak tree was originally planted 250 years ago to supply timber to the British Navy. It was never harvested and has become something of a family treasure. (s) (w)

Analysis of the day's news, with Jeremy Vine.
(S) (W)

Garry Richardson introduces highlights of the day's semi-finals action at the UK championship.

In the concluding part of the drama series,
Mike confronts Luce about her relationship with Will.
Shown on Tuesday at 9pm (S) (W)

Continuing the definitive guide to clubbing in eight of the world's most vibrant cities.
Tonight Roger Sanchez takes viewers around Buenos Aires, said to offer the maddest nightlife in Argentina.
Director Paul Clay ; Series producer Annabelle Barnett (S) (W)

The cutting-edge music show hosted by Trevor Nelson tonight features
Jazzie B protege Wookie, new London outfit Nash and a set from Asian singer/songwriter Mustaq. Ends 1.50am. Producer Shurwin Beckford : Series producer Serena Cross (W)

GCSE Brteslze Animal Biology Ends 5.00am. (S)