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Polka Dot Shorts
Fun with Polkaroo and friends. (R)

7.10 Dastardly and Muttley
Pigeon-pursuing missions. (R)

7.35 Rugrats
Reptar the dinosaur and family feuds keep the cartoon carpet-crawlers occupied. (R) (S)

8.00 The Really Wild Show
Michaela Strachan and Nick Baker meet the wildlife of Africa. With sign language. Shown yesterday at 4.35pm on BBC1 (S) (W) WEBSITE: [web address removed]

8.25 Albert the Fifth Musketeer
Fun with the hero. Today, the tale of the identikit picture. (R) (S)

8.50 Noddy
Mr Tubby's treasure map leads to a secret place full of magic. Repeated at 1pm (R) (S) BBC GAME: Noddy's Magic Adventure for Playstation, [number removed]

Contributors

Presenter ("The Really Wild Show"):
Michaela Strachan
Presenter ("The Really Wild Show"):
Nick Baker

Repeats are not indicated.
9.00 What? Where? When? Why? (ages 7-9) Toys: Gangway (S)
5320845 9.15 Watch (ages 5-7)
Seaside Holiday with Magic Grandad (S) 7218989 9.30 Writing and Pictures (ages &-7) The Highwayman (S) 8698231 9.45 Dynamo Literacy: Letter D (S)

10.50 Tales of Europe (ages 7-9): The Pied Piper of Hamelin
(S)

11.05 Numbertime (ages 4-5): Side by Side
(S)

11.20 Revisewise (ages 7-9): English Tests
(S)

11.30 English Express (ages 9-11): Texts: Magic
(S)

11.50 Zig Zag (ages 7-9): Environment: Water, Air, Land
(S)

12.10 See You, See Me (ages 7-9): Maps
(S)

Action adventure starring
David Janssen. Kidnapped by three young delinquents, the deputy sheriff of a small Oregon town leads his abductors deep into the parched forests. Director Andrew L Stone (1961)
(S) Films: pp 54-57 ***

Contributors

Unknown:
David Janssen.
Director:
Andrew L Stone

Coverage of the European championships from Bratislava begins with the pairs' and men's short programmes. Presented by Sue Barker with Jayne Ton/ill. Further action tonight at
11.20pm. (W)

Contributors

Presented By:
Sue Barker

Elvis Presley, Wham!, the Who, Shalamar, Shola Ama, Joan Jett, Supertramp, Aztec Camera, Toto and Manfred Mann 's Earthband star in a trawl through the pop archives. Producer Mark Hagen Repeated next Saturday (S)
Top of the Pops Friday at 7.30pm on BBC1
WEBSITE: [web address removed]
BBC MUSIC: TOTP 2 - Seventies Rock available on double CD and cassette

Contributors

Producer:
Mark Hagen

Another episode of the classic seventies comedy.
The Green Door. Tom tries to find a way to tell neighbour Jerry that Margo has been deceiving him.
Written by John Esmonde. Bob Larbey: Producer John Howard Davies (R) (S)

Contributors

Written By:
John Esmonde.
Producer:
John Howard Davies
Margo Leadbeatter:
Penelope Keith
Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Jerry Leadbeatter:
Paul Eddington
Tom Good:
Richard Briers

Continuing the series in which flamboyant designer
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen creates intriguing interiors.
Surreal. Incongruity is on the menu as Llewelyn-Bowen designs a dining room in Surrey for an unconventional executive assistant. Can his creation meet her expectations? Director Lynda Maher : Series editor Elaine Hackett (S) (W)

Contributors

Designer:
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
Director:
Lynda Maher
Editor:
Elaine Hackett

Formal. Diarmuid Gavin takes some inspiration from the east and the Taj Mahal as he designs a garden with a formal theme in a suburban Leicester plot. The symmetrical design includes a temple-like gazebo, a soothing spot for meditation, and a marble reflecting pool.
Director Lucy Hooper : Producer Dan Adamson (S) (W) WEBSITE: ww.bbc.co.uk/homefront

Contributors

Unknown:
Diarmuid Gavin
Director:
Lucy Hooper
Producer:
Dan Adamson

Continuing the ten-part drama tracking the fortunes of the Freeman family over the second half of the 20th century.

Death devastates the family.

See Choice.
Dramatised by Kevin Hood from the novel by Tim Pears
(S) (W)

Contributors

Author:
Tim Pears
Dramatised by:
Kevin Hood
Producer:
Claire Hirsch
Director:
Hettie MacDonald
Charles:
Robert Pugh
Mary:
Helen McCrory
James:
Shaun Dingwall
Edna:
Lorraine Ashbourne
Mina:
Hazel Monaghan
Stanley:
Garry Cooper
Agatha:
Kathleen Byron
Zoe:
Sian Reeves
Aunt Margaret:
Rachel Bell
Teenage James:
Shane Fox
Teenage Simon:
James Bradshaw
Teenage Alice:
Gemma Padley
Teenage Laura:
Charlotte Salt
Teenage Robert:
Robbie Woodward
Miss Merchant:
Kelly Ann Brett
Boxing trainer:
Alan Spooner
Mr Davis:
Glenn Cunningham
Junior storeman:
Nathan Locke

Psychiatrist Dr Sandra Scott , psychologist Ros Taylor and communications coach Roy Leighton spend a week trying to change the lives of underconfident men and women. Jo and Nigel. Jo , whose vicar husband ran off with the church secretary, needs ajob - as does Nigel, who lost his family, friends and fortune when his business collapsed.
Director Emma Bowen ; Series producer Janice Gabriel (S) (W) INFORMATION: call the free BBC Action Line [number removed] or see Ceefax page 636 or the website: www.bbc.co.uk/health/confidence

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Sandra Scott
Unknown:
Ros Taylor
Unknown:
Roy Leighton
Unknown:
Nigel. Jo
Director:
Emma Bowen
Producer:
Janice Gabriel

Repeats are not indicated.
Open University 12.30 The Copulation Explosion - how did the pill change sexual behaviour in the sixties? (S) 90458 1.00
Getting It Right - trumpeter John Wallace gives Trevor Herbert a crash course. (S) 97922 1.30 Rothko: the Seagram Murals - analysing the abstract paintings of Mark Rothko. (S)
Secondary Schools 2.00 History American Voices (S) Languages 4.00 Talk Italian (parts 3-6)
Working In Engineering 5.00 Number and Communication
Skills - numeracy skills and effective communication. Open University 6.00 Harlem in the Sixties (S) 409416.30 Glasgow 1998 Supporting the Arts Ends 7.00am. (S)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wallace
Unknown:
Trevor Herbert
Unknown:
Mark Rothko.

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