Ends 9.00.

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

7.10 Smurfs' Adventures
Cartoon fun with the little blue folk.
(R)

7.35 Rugrats
Animated cartoon about babies.
(R) (S)

8.00 Blue Peter
Portadown's ploughing championship pitches Liz Barker and Matt Baker against each other.
(Shown last Friday on BBC1)
(S) (W)

8.25 Albert the Fifth Musketeer
Animated adventures set in 17th-century France.
(R) (S)

8.50 Oakie Doke
Animated antics with the Mr Fixit of Oakie Hollows.
(Repeated at 1pm)
(R)

(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Storytime: I Want My Dinner/Food (ages 4-5)
(S)

9.15 Words and Pictures Plus: Consonant Clusters: Whistling Thorn (ages 5-7)
(S)

9.30 Magic Key: The Giant and the Knee Nibblers (ages 5-6)
(S)

9.45 Dynamo: Science - Light and Dark (early years)
(S)

Ends 10.50.

Teletubbies
The friends watch two boys making bread.
(R) (S)
Website: [web address removed]

10.30 Tweenies
Fizz shows the other Tweenies her family's pet snake.
(R) (S) (W)
Website: [web address removed]

10.50 Come Outside: Boots (ages 4-5)
(S)

11.05 Numbertime: Number Seven (ages 4-6)
(S)

11.20 KS3 Bitesize English: Imaginative Writing
(S)

11.30 Megamaths: Measure: The King's New Clothes (ages 7-9)
(S)

11.50 Music Makers: Infinity Diner (ages 9-11)
(S)

12.10 Landmarks: Time Lines: Home (ages 9-11)
(S)

Consumer news, with Adrian Chiles and Adam Shaw.

Shown at 8.50am

Comedy drama starring Charles Chaplin and Claire Bloom and featuring Buster Keaton.

Calvero, a former music-hall star, is living in poverty. One evening, he stops a young dancer from committing suicide. Their subsequent friendship alters the course of their careers.
(1952, U) (BW) (S)
Films: pp 60-66 ****

(S) (W)

Topical daytime studio debate, hosted by Esther Rantzen.
(S) (W)

The weekday culinary challenge, with Ainsley Harriott.
(S)

First of the week's daily outings of the elimination quiz, hosted by Anne Robinson.
(The evening editions continue tonight at 8.30pm on BBC1)
(S) (W)

Homer gets the sack.
(R) (S)

Carlton, the mascot of the university's football team, is abducted.

The technological sports series, in which robots compete for supremacy, returns for a fortnight of nightly events. Tonight, the first heats of the sprint, shot put, rope-climbing and cycling, plus a look at a Japanese robot that can display emotion. With Jayne Middlemiss and Ed Hall.
(S)

The first of two programmes in which historian Amanda Vickery challenges the traditional image of 18th-century women by exploring their private lives and leisure pursuits.

The first episode features two women from contrasting backgrounds and shows how ordinary Georgian women's new-found freedom let them enjoy some of the social luxuries previously denied them.
(S) (W)
Website: [web address removed] For free booklet ring [number removed] (national rate)

The third quarter-final pits Balliol College, Oxford, against Hull University. Jeremy Paxman poses the questions.
(S) (W)

After go-karting, Jamie Oliver prepares dinner for his girlfriend and co-racers. On the menu are blackened sweet aubergine, stuffed chilli peppers, carpaccio of beef with chilli, ginger, radish and soy sauce, and noodle salad.
(R) (S) (W)
BBC Books: The Naked Chef, price £18.99, and The Return of the Naked Chef, £20, available from bookshops

Continuing the new comedy strand.
Ends 10.30.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
The irreverent pop quiz, with regulars Mark Lamarr, Phill Jupitus and Sean Hughes joined by ex-East 17 singer Brian Harvey, Megadeth's Dave Mustaine and comedian/playwright Arthur Smith.
(Repeated next Sunday)
(S) (W)

9.30 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps: Spunk
Continuing the new comedy focusing on the lives and loves of five late-teens. Jonny tries being mean to Janet to increase her love for him. Donna doesn't want Gaz's commitment.
(Repeated tomorrow at 9pm on BBC Choice)
(S) (W)

10.00 Room 101
Paul Merton invites The Weakest Link presenter Anne Robinson to say "Goodbye" to shouting children's presenters, the Welsh and her other pet hates.
(Repeated next Sun)
(S) (W)

The day's main news stories, presented by Kirsty Wark.
(S) (W)

First in a nightly rerun of four episodes of the heritage series.

Behind their elegant facades, 18th-century cities were built on the profits of the sex industry. Dan Cruickshank explores this Georgian obsession.
(R) (S) (W)

Then 48 Preludes and Fugues
A Bach recital.
(S) (W)

Political analysis.

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 The Authentick and Ironicall Historie of Henry V
(S)
1.30 Humanity and the Scaffold
(S)

Secondary Schools
2.00 Techno: ICT in the Real World
(S)

Languages
4.00 Japanese Language and People: Pts 3, 4

Working In Construction
5.00 Careers and Safety Basics

Open University
6.00 Siena Cathedral

Ends 7.00am.