Ends 9.00.

Polka Dot Shorts
Polkaroo and pals meet Borrower Bear. (R)

7.10 Alvin and the Chipmunks
"Alvie's Angels" leap into action to catch a jewel thief. (R) (S)

7.35 Rugrats
Pushy Angelica takes centre stage in today's double dose of carpet-crawling fun. (R) (S)

8.00 Short Change
The latest gadgets are tested in the weekly consumer campaign show for young people. Shown yesterday at 4.35pm on BBC1 (S) (W)

8.25 Oscar's Orchestra
Comic actor Rik Mayall is a guest voice as the musical resistance force struggles against Thadius Vent. (R) (S)

8.50 Just So Stories
Another tale from Rudyard Kipling. Today Geoffrey Matthews tells the story of How the Alphabet Was Made.
Repeated at 1pm (R)

Repeats are not indicated.
9.00 Storytime (ages 4-5) My Mum and Dad Make Me Laugh (S)
2521535 9.15 Words and Pictures
Plus (ages 5-7) Consonant Clusters: Lucy's Quarrel (S) 7133429 9.30 Magic Key (ages 5-6) The Cream Cake Mystery (S) 1693167 9.45 Dynamo (early years) Literacy: Letters (S)

Ends 10.50.

Teletubbies A door opens up in Teletubbyland. (R) (S)
BBC CD-ROM: Play with the Teletubbies, for PC and Playstation, price £19.99

10.30 Tweenies
The pals paint each other's portraits. (R) (S) (W)
BBC CD-ROM: Tweenies: Ready to Play, for PC and Playstation, price £19.99

10.50 Come Outside (ages 4-5) A Woolly Jumper (S) 9643968 11.05 Numbertime (ages 5-7) Numbers up to 100: Counting in Tens (S) 7786055 11.20 KS3Bitesize
Shorts: Reading Non-Fiction (S)
4789239 11.30 Megamaths (ages
7-9) Shape: Symmetry (S)
11.50 Music Makers (ages 9-11) Infinity Diner: Timbre (S)
12.10 Around Scotland (ages 10-12) Scotland in the Second World War:
Leaving Home (S)

Consumer news, with Adrian Chiles and Adam Shaw.

Shown at 8.50am

Drama starring Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire as the Quaker farmers whose peaceful family life in southern Indiana is threatened by the onset of the American Civil War.
Director William Wyler (1956, U)
(S) Films: pp 64-67 ★★★★

UK Today): Weather (S) (W)

Esther Rantzen meets veteran entertainer Danny La Rue.
Guests include Bobby Davro ,
Bobby Crush and Vicki Michelle. (S)(W)

Ainsley Harriott hosts the cookery challenge. (S) BOOK: Ready Steady Cook: Fast Meals for Two, L6.99, from retailers

The week's final edition of the ruthless quiz. (S) (W)

Moaning Lisa. Saxophone player Bleeding Gums Murphy helps Lisa with a case of the blues. (R) (S)
6.25 In Marge We Trust. Marge helps Reverend Lovejoy while Homerfinds a familiar picture on a box. (S)

A robotic relay is among the attractions in the final of the mechanical showdown, while Julia Reed 's last Japanese report features robotic sumo wrestlers.
WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/technogames (S)

Jamie Theakston introduces this week's chart hits.
(Repeated tomorrow on BBC1) (S) Top of the Pops The Magazine: price £1.50, available from newsagents

Quintessential English village Quainton, Whipsnade's tree cathedral and a garden with over 100 different clematis are among tonight's stops as horticultural duo Gordon Taylor and Guy Cooper visit Buckinghamshire.
Series producer Ben Southwell : Executive producer Mark Hill (S) (W) WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/gardening
RT SHOP: The Curious Gardeners by Guy Cooper and Gordon Taylor , available for L17 (normally L20) plus p&p (£1.99 first class, 99p second). To order, send a cheque, payable to RT Shop, to [address removed] or call [number removed] (national rate)

A century-old garden for chocolate factory workers in Boumville, Birmingham, enjoys the first of many visits from Rachel de Thame and Joe Swift , while Alan Titchmarsh pots up new varieties of begonias and Chris Beardshaw tackles borders. Series producer Colette Foster (S) (W) WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/gardening
BBC BOOK: Gardeners' World Complete Book of Gardening, price £12.99 Alan Titchmarsh on choosing trees for a small garden: page 43

I Troublemakers. Middle-class radicals come under the spotlight tonight, among them Angie Zelterwho has been
' imprisoned 16 times for her part in the protest movements of the fifties and sixties. Narrator Geoffrey Palmer. See Choice. Director Clare Hughes : Producer Rachel Bell (S) (W) Polly Toynbee: page 18

In another glimpse at the making of last year's natural history series, the weather system El Nino hits the huge sea-bird colonies of the Pacific coast.
Producer Debbie Hinnigan : Series producer Paul Appleby (R) (S) BBC PRODUCTS: book, price L20, plus a CD of the original soundtrack

Angus Deayton , Nick Hancock , Sean Hughes , Stephen Fry , David Gower , Phill Jupitus and Moloko's Roison Murphy get together for a special comic combination of quiz styles.
Comic Relief continues on BBC1 (S) (W)

Analysis of the day's news with Jeremy Vine. (S) (W)

Mark Lawson is joined by Allison Pearson , Tom Paulin and Miranda Sawyer to discuss the week's cultural highlights. Producer Mark Bell (S) (W)

Comedy drama starring John Hurt as a British novelist who becomes obsessed with a young actor in a trashy film.
Director Richard Kwietniowski (1998, 15) (S) (W) Films: pp 64-67 ***
Followed by Weatherview (W)

film noir starring Edmond O'Brien ,
Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster. An insurance investigator uncovers a dead man's story of crime and betrayal at the hands of a beautiful woman. Ends 2.50.
Director Robert Siodmak (1946, PG) (BW) (S) Films: pp 64-67 *****

Repeats are not indicated.
GCSE Bttesize Revision Design and Technology 1 Ends 5am. (S)