Programme Index

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7.00 Polka Dot Shorts
Polkaroo and friends share more adventures.
(R)

7.10 Alvin and the Chipmunks
Alvin finally plucks up courage to invite his dream date to a dance.
(R) (S)

7.35 Rugrats
A double dose of carpet-crawling fun.
(R) (S)

8.00 Short Change
Weekly consumer campaign show for young people. Including the results of a romantic survey for Valentine's Day.
(Shown yesterday at 4.35pm on BBC1)
(S) (W)

8.25 Oscar's Orchestra
The musical resistance force struggles once more against Thadius Vent.
(R) (S)

8.50 Just So Stories
Another tale from Rudyard Kipling. Today Geoffrey Matthews tells the story of how the leopard got his spots.
(Repeated at 1pm)
(R)

Contributors

Author (Just So Stories):
Rudyard Kipling
Storyteller (Just So Stories):
Geoffrey Matthews

Repeats are not indicated.
9.00 Storytime (ages 4-5) The
Emperor's Leftovers (S)
9.15 Words and Pictures Plus (ages 5-7) Consonant Clusters: The Fox and the Stork (S) 2142828 9.30 Magic Key (ages 5-6) Dragon Land (S) 8149151 9.45 Dynamo (early years) Numeracy: Numbers Four and Nine (S)

10.50 Come Outside: Street Lamps
(ages 4-5) (S)

11.05 Numbertime: Numbers 11-20 - Number 17
(ages 4-6) (S)

11.20 Revisewise Shorts: Science Tests
(ages 7-9) (S)

11.30 Megamaths: Shape - Patterns
(ages 7-9) (S)

11.50 Music Makers: Professor Allegro's World of Music - In the Snow (Timbre)
(ages 7-9) (S)

12.10 Around Scotland: Europe: France - Ups and Downs
(ages 10-12) (S)

Live coverage of the Masters from the Wembley Conference Centre on the second day of the quarter-finals. Matches are the best of 11 frames, and missing a place in the semi-final will cost the loser £15,000. At this stage last year, seasoned campaigner John Parrott caused a shock by reaching the semi-finals with a 6-3 triumph over Ronnie O'Sullivan. The action is introduced by Dougie Donnelly , with commentary from Clive Everton , Ray Edmonds , John Virgo and Dennis Taylor.
(S) (W) WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/sport
Including 3.20 News; Regional News (Digital: UK Today); Weather (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Parrott
Unknown:
Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Introduced By:
Dougie Donnelly
Unknown:
Clive Everton
Unknown:
Ray Edmonds
Unknown:
John Virgo
Unknown:
Dennis Taylor.

Twenty-Two Short Films about Springfield. The lives of Springfield residents are highlighted in a series of interconnecting stories. (R) (S)
6.20 My Sister, My Sitter. Homer and Marge allow Lisa to baby-sit Bart, much to his extreme annoyance. (S)

Light and Movement. It is August and the garden is in its prime, a time to photograph the brilliant displays of colour, harvest the vegetables and collect the seeds that will continue the garden's cycle. Last in the series. See Choice. Director/Producer Claire Whalley
(S) (W) RT SHOP: call [number removed] (national rate) for purchase details on a book to accompany the series
FACTSHEETS: plus features and extra projects on www.bbc.co.uk/gardening

Contributors

Producer:
Claire Whalley

For the final time this series Chris Beardshaw gets into his helicopter to head for west Scotland in order to help an oyster fisherman deal with a garden that's become completely overgrown. Along the way he finds out why
Scots design the best shady gardens and takes his life in his hands climbing the tallest tree in Britain.
Series producer Kathy Myers ; Executive producer Owen Gay (S) (W) WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/gardening

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Beardshaw
Producer:
Kathy Myers

Public Enemy Number One. During the Great Depression the American public looked for real-life anti-heroes to match the gangster movies - and found one in John Dillinger.
A desperado, a bank robber, a bad man no jail could hold, his reputation grew until he was named the country's first Public Enemy Number One. But J Edgar Hoover would use Dillinger's celebrity to burnish his own reputation and that of his new national police force, the FBI. See Choice.
Producers Carol Sennett, Ben Loeterman; Editor Laurence Rees (S) (W) 593

Contributors

Subject:
John Dillinger
Producer:
Carol Sennett
Producer:
Ben Loeterman
Editor:
Laurence Rees

Eminem. White rapper Eminem has divided critics with misogynistic and homophobic lyrics. But is he a violent ranter or spokesman for a disenfranchised generation?
Director Sean Grundy ; Executive producer Michael Poole (S) (W)

Contributors

Director:
Sean Grundy
Producer:
Michael Poole

Night Shift. With the station full of juvenile troublemakers, Fowler is jealous when Grim gets to work with Scotland Yard.
Written by Ben Elton ; Producers Ben Elton and Geoffrey Perkins
Director John Birkin (R) (S)

Contributors

Written By:
Ben Elton
Producers:
Ben Elton
Producers:
Geoffrey Perkins
Director:
John Birkin
Inspector Fowler:
Rowan Atkinson
Sergeant Dawkins:
Serena Evans
PC Habib:
Mina Anwar
PC Goody:
James Dreyfus
PC Gladstone:
Rudolph Walker
DI Grim:
David Haig

Motor-racing drama, starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. For racing drivers like
Frank Capua , winning is everything - even if it's at the expense of all the relationships he holds most dear. Ends 2.40.
Director James Goldstonel 1969, PG) (S)
Films: pp 58-61 ***

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Newman
Unknown:
Joanne Woodward.
Unknown:
Frank Capua
Director:
James Goldstonel

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