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Ends 9.00.

Pingu
Fun with the clumsy penguin.
(Repeated at 2pm)
(R)

7.05 Playdays
Peggy makes toffee apples at the Patch Stop.
(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 The Raccoons
Animation. The tranquillity of Evergreen Forest is shattered.
(R)

8.40 Polka Dot Shorts
Can Polkaroo paint a picture?
(Repeated at 1pm)

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

Contributors

Narrator (Brum):
Toyah Wilcox

(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Cats' Eyes: Forces: Floating and Sinking
(ages 5-7) (S)

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

9.30 Words and Pictures: The Little Fir Tree
(ages 5-7) (S)

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

10.50 Landmarks Shorts: Using the Land: Digging the Landscape
(ages 9-12) (S)

11.00 Numbertime: Money: Coin Equivalents to £1
(ages 5-7) (S)

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

11.30 Megamaths: Money: £1 to £5
(ages 7-9) (S)

11.50 Science Zone: Living: Smooth Running
(ages 9-11) (S)

12.10 Focus: Citizenship: Getting on with It
(ages 9-11) (S) (W)

Max finds himself playing host to a special guest, but is also threatened by another who plans to expose him. Sheriff Valenti has an unwanted visitor.
(S)

Contributors

Max Evans:
Jason Behr
Michael Guerin:
Brendan Fehr
Liz Parker:
Shiri Appleby
Isabel:
Katherine Heigl
Maria:
Majandra Delfino
Sheriff Valenti:
Bill Sadler

A spell by Willow has disastrous side effects, as Giles goes blind and Xander becomes a demon magnet. Meanwhile, Buffy and Spike fall in love.
(Repeated tomorrow at 11.25pm)
(S) (W)
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Contributors

Buffy Summers:
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Rupert Giles:
Anthony Stewart Head
Xander Harris:
Nicholas Brendon
Willow Rosenberg:
Alyson Hannigan
Spike:
James Marsters
Riley:
Marc Blucas

Architect Maxwell Hutchinson takes a look at the recent proliferation in tall glass buildings in London - a fad that's beginning to take over the skyline - and asks whether we can be safe inside such structures.
(S)
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Contributors

Reporter:
Maxwell Hutchinson
Producer:
Geoff Griffiths
Editor:
Dippy Chaudhary

Jeremy Clarkson takes the helm of the largest moving object ever made, the Jahre Viking supertanker. He also climbs into the driving seat of the Space Shuttle and has a hair-raising ride on a class one off-shore powerboat.
(R) (S)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Clarkson
Producer:
Richard Pearson
Producer:
Andy Wilman

Jason Barlow finds out whether Renault's new Laguna can prove serious competition for Ford's new Mondeo, while Andy Wilman visits the state-of-the-art safety centre of a company known for its strong emphasis on passenger care, Volvo. With Tiff Needell and Vicki Butler-Henderson.
(S) (W)
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Contributors

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

Jeremy Clarkson meets this year's Edinburgh Festival Perrier Award winner, comedian Rich Hall.
(Repeated next Saturday)
(S) (W)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Clarkson
Guest:
Rich Hall
Director:
Brian Klein
Producer:
Rob Baker

Using excerpts from his memoirs, this portrait of Eduardo Paolozzi chronicles the life and career of the artist who has come to be seen as the father of Pop Art.
(First shown on BBC Scotland)
(S)

Contributors

Subject:
Eduardo Paolozzi
Director:
Louise Wardle
Producer:
Andrew Lockyer

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open Science
12.30 Final Frontier
12.45 Personal Passions
1.00 The Ageing Files
1.30 Background Brief - First Came Dolly
1.45 What Have the Nineties Ever Done for Us?
2.00 Lost Worlds
(S)
2.30 Biosphere 2
3.00 Cosmic Recycling
(S)

Parenting
3.30 The Pocket Guide to Parenting Plus
(S) (W)

Languages
4.00 Make French Your Business: 2

Working In Health and Care
5.00 Learning and Health Skills

Open University
6.00 Synthesis of a Drug
(S)
6.30 Open Advice - the Three Degrees

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