Ends 9.00.

Adventures of Spot
Canine animation. Spot and Sam look for baby animals at a farm.
(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 cute youngsters.
(R) (S)

8.00 Blue Peter
Konnie Huq comes to the rescue when she spends the day with the RSPCA.
(Shown yesterday at 5pm on BBC1)
(S) (W)

8.25 Monster Rancher
Gooji attacks the ship in an effort to kidnap Holly.
(R) (S)

8.50 Romuald the Reindeer
Romuald teaches his sister to fly.
(Repeated at 1pm)
(R)

(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Cats' Eyes: Electricity and Magnetism - Electricity Past and Present (ages 5-7)
(S)

9.15 Cats' Eyes: Electricity and Magnetism - Magnets (ages 5-7)
(S)

9.30 Words and Pictures: Get Lost, Laura! (ages 5-7)
(S)

9.45 Dynamo: Literacy: Letters O and P (early years)
(S)

Ends 10.50.

Teletubbies
The gang play in a puddle.
(R) (S)

10.30 Tweenies
Jake, Fizz and Max explore a house that has been made into a museum.
(R) (S) (W)

10.50 Landmarks Shorts: Using the Land: Growing Settlements (ages 9-11)
(S)

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

11.15 Numbertime: Time: O'clock (ages 4-6)
(S)

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

11.50 Science Zone: Electricity: Power to the People (ages 9-11)
(S)

12.10 Focus: Substance Misuse: It Makes Me Feel Good (ages 9-11)
(S)

A phonics special where Sophie Aldred looks at words with long vowel sounds. Sophie visits Deen City Farm and discovers the words 'sty', 'dry' and 'fly'.

Exploring the concept of time, this edition explains what 'o'clock' means. Plus, Little Juan prepares for the football match, Scrap eagerly awaits the post and Bernie tricks Bill.

The latest business and consumer developments.

Shown at 8.50am

Comedy starring Norman Wisdom, whose efforts to save an orphanage and provide presents for the children lead him into a succession of increasingly wild adventures.
(1954. U) (BW) (S)
Films: pp 60-63 ***

Diana Madill offers viewers the chance to quiz MPs.
(S)
Contact Details: see Tuesday

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Esther Rantzen meets more celebrities and holds a discussion with her audience.
(S) (W)

A St David's Day edition of the cookery game. (S)

Anne Robinson hosts another round of the general-knowledge quiz.
(There's another evening edition tonight at 7pm on BBC1)
(S) (W)

Lois and Clark battle a military UFO investigator determined to destroy Superman.
(R) (S)

Buffy and Riley are caught up in strange goings-on at Riley's fraternity house.
(Repeated tomorrow at 12.10am) (S): (w)

Followed by Turning Points
Singer/songwriter Lynsey de Paul recalls a significant encounter with a clairvoyant. (S)

Property developers are planning to take over 36 plots of land across London, but they are meeting with stern resistance from those who own the allotments. This film meets the "plotters" and follows their defiant attempts at holding back the bulldozers from their allotments.
(S)

It's possible to walk across North America's Rocky Mountains for 100 days without meeting anyone. Bears stalk the terrain but hypothermia has proved a much bigger killer.
(R) (S) (W)

Jason Barlow takes a ride in the new Alfa 147, which makers Alfa Romeo hope will make waves in the small-car market. Tiff Needell, meanwhile, road-tests the 180 XKR-R, a souped-up performance Jaguar which could soon grace showrooms.
(S) (W)
BBC Top Gear Magazine: price £3.50, available monthly from newsagents

In April 1990 Nasa's Hubble telescope made its maiden voyage into the cosmos. This device, the most complex ever designed, was to provide an eye on the universe and unravel its deepest mysteries. A tiny flaw in one of its mirrors shattered initial expectations, but 11 turbulent years later, Hubble is helping solve astronomers' most fundamental quandary - the age of the universe.
(R) (S) (W)

The first in a six-part series documenting the trials undergone by senior staff at a selection of institutions.

Knitwear manufacturer Pringle once saw its sweaters sported by Hollywood stars and the fashion cognoscenti, but recent years have seen public indifference as well as financial losses. In an effort to reverse their dwindling fortunes a new chief executive officer is reinventing Pringle's designs and creating a fresh image for the brand.
(S) (W)
John Peel: page 15

News analysis, with Jeremy Paxman.
(S) (W)

A government minder in Iraq ensures Sean Langan's film has state approval. He is, however, allowed to show distressing scenes in a children's hospital where, argue locals, the west's post-Gulf War economic sanctions prevent patients from receiving proper treatment. The last episode can be seen tomorrow at 11.30pm
(S)

Presented by Michael Dobbs.

Repeats are not indicated.

Open Science
12.30 Final Frontier
1.00 The Mother of All Collisions
(S)
1.30 Background Brief
1.45 What Have the Nineties Ever Done for Us?
2.00 Asteroid Hunters
2.30 Mapping the Milky Way
(S)
3.00 The Big Picture
(S)

Curriculum Development
3.30 Explicit Learning Plus

Languages
4.00 Deutsch Plus: Parts 17-20

Working in the Arts
5.00 The Future

Open University
6.00 The Chemistry of Creation
(S)
6.30 The Chemistry of the Invisible
(S)

Ends 7.00am.