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Spider
Animated antics with the eight-legged character.
(R)

7.05 Polka Dot Shorts
Adventures in the polka-dot land of Roo.
(R)

7.15 The All-New Popeye Show
Three more misadventures with the spinach-guzzling sailor.
(R)

7.35 Rugrats
Animated double bill with the loveable youngsters.
(R) (S)

8.00 Blue Peter
Liz Barker gets a crash course in snowboarding from the sport's junior champions.
(Shown yesterday at 5pm on BBC1)
(S) (W)

8.25 Monster Rancher
Genki dreams about his life before entering Monster World.
(S)

8.50 Romuald the Reindeer
Animation. Romuald makes an interesting discovery about his father.
(Repeated at 1pm)
(R)

Contributors

Presenter (Blue Peter):
Liz Barker

(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Cats' Eyes: Living: Night Life (ages 5-7)
(S)

9.15 Cats' Eyes: Living: Being Healthy (ages 5-7)
(S)

9.30 Words and Pictures: The Honey Hunters (ages 5-7)
(S)

9.45 Dynamo: Science: Animals (early years)
(S)

Website: [web address removed]

10.50 Zig Zag Shorts: France: The Alps - Dairy Farming (ages 7-9)
(S)

11.00 Words and Pictures Phonics Special: "Ai" (ages 5-7)
(S)

11.15 Numbertime: Time: Sequencing Events (ages 4-6)
(S)

11.30 English Express: Language Knowledge: The Gruesome, the Sad, and the Cuddly (ages 9-11)
(S)

11.50 Science Zone: Plants and Animals: Project Barn Owl (ages 9-11)
(S)

12.10 Focus: Citizenship: Getting On with It (Active Citizenship) (ages 9-11)
(S)

Comedy starring Norman Wisdom.

During the twenties, two men returning to England on a transatlantic liner fall in love with two fellow passengers.
(1962, U) (BW) (S)
Films: pp 56-59 **

Contributors

Director:
Henry Kaplan
Sam:
Norman Wisdom
Billie Bennett:
Millicent Martin
Eustace Hignett:
Richard Briers
Jane:
Sheila Hancock
Peters:
Bernard Cribbins
Mrs Hignett:
Athene Seyler

Nasedo disguises himself as Max and kidnaps Liz, and Isabel thinks she might be pregnant. Tess's book suggests she and Max are destined to be together.
(S)

Contributors

Max Evans:
Jason Behr
Michael Guerin:
Brendan Fehr
Liz Parker:
Shiri Appleby
Isabel:
Katherine Heigl
Maria:
Majandra Delfino
Alex:
Colin Hanks
Kyle:
Nick Wechsler
Tess:
Emilie De Ravin

Having awoken from an eight-month coma, Faith seeks to wreak revenge on Buffy, while Riley joins the Vampire Slayer in the hunt for Adam.
(Repeated tomorrow at 11.20pm)
(S) (W)

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
Joyce Summers:
Kristine Sutherland
Faith:
Elizabeth Dushku

In just over a week Londoners produce enough domestic rubbish to fill Wembley stadium, and there are fewer and fewer places where it can be dumped. The local-affairs documentary series investigates a problem which is beginning to spiral out of control and looks for a solution.
(S)
Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Producer:
Sheela Banerjee
Editor:
Dippy Chaudhary

The survival game show this week relocates a trio of bank managers and three students to the Tunisian Sahara. Nerve endings become frayed within the two camps as they face challenges that include eating eyeballs, syphoning sap from a palm tree and looking after a donkey. Presenters Ed Hall and survival expert Hugh McManners choose the winners, who win a ride on a camel to a five-star hotel.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Presenter:
Ed Hall
Presenter:
Hugh McManners
Series Producer:
Joanne Ball

The head race-relations officer gives the team some handy tips on conducting themselves in public.
(For cast see yesterday)
(R) (S) (W)

Followed by Turning Points
Steven Berkoff recalls the moment he chose to become an actor.

Contributors

Speaker (Turning Points):
Steven Berkoff

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open Science
12.30 Final Frontier
1.00 Life on a Thread
1.30 Background Brief: Chances Are...
1.45 What Have the Eighties Ever Done for Us?
2.00 Sex and the Single Gene?
(S)
2.30 The Art of Breathing
(S)
3.00 Galapagos: Research in the Field
(S)

Curriculum Development
3.30 CDBT: Meeting Targets in the Secondary School

Languages
4.00 Get By in Italian

Working in Engineering
5.00 The Future

Open University
6.00 Reindeer in the Arctic
6.30 Health and Disease: Why Me? Why Now?
(S)
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