Ends 9.00.

Polka Dot Shorts
There's fun in the sun in the land of Roo.
(R)

7.10 Top Cat
Benny's mother pays a visit, and the gang must convince her that Benny is the mayor.
(R) (S)

7.35 Rugrats
Double bill. Tommy gives his clown doll away then Angelica becomes greedy.
(R) (S)

8.00 Blue Peter
Simon Thomas goes cave-diving, puppy Meg gets a bath, plus gifts for Mothering Sunday.
(Shown yesterday at 5pm on BBC1)
(S) (W)
Website: [web address removed]

8.25 Monster Rancher
Gali uses his de-energising rays to exhaust Genki and the gang.
(R) (S)

8.50 Fiddley Foodle Bird
More fun with the metamorphosing bird.
(Repeated at 1pm)
(R)

(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Number Adventures: Measuring Length: Mr Metre (ages 5-7)
(S)

9.15 Hands Up!: BSL Poetry (ages 7-9)
with sign language

9.30 Words and Pictures: Under the Stairs (ages 5-7)
(S)

9.45 Dynamo: Science: Wool, Clay, Stones and Bricks (early years)
(S)

Ends 10.50.

Teletubbies
The magic tree grows in Teletubbyland.
(R) (S)

10.30 Tweenies
The Tweenies make a puppet show.
(R) (S) (W)

10.50 Landmarks Shorts: Using the Land: Coastal Neighbour (ages 7-9)
(S)

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

11.15 Numbertime: Time: Months and Seasons (ages 4-6)
(S)

11.30 Look and Read: Zzaap and the Word Master: No Hope Valley (ages 7-9)
(S)

11.50 The Experimenter: The Environment: Beside the Seaside (ages 7-9)
(S)

12.10 Zig Zag: A Walk through Time: Fashion (ages 7-9)
(S)

A phonics special where Sophie Aldred looks at words with long vowel sounds. Sophie visits some people who live on a houseboat, and discovers three words with "oa" sound.

Weekday roundup of business and consumer news.

(Shown at 8.50am)

Second World War drama starring James Caan as a submarine commander assigned to work again with the survivors of a disastrous mission he led against a Nazi battleship. Reviews pp 70-75. Director William Graham (1967,U)
(S)

The latest news from Parliament, with Diana Madill.
(S)
Contact Details: fax [number removed] or e-mail [email address removed]

(S) (W)

Esther Rantzen debates more topical issues with the studio audience and guests.
(S) (W)
RT Shop: Esther the Autobiography is available in hardback, price £14.99 (normally £17.99) plus 99p p&p. To order, send a cheque, payable to RT Shop, to [address removed], or call [number removed] (national rate)

Culinary contest presided over by Ainsley Harriott.
(R) (S)

Ruthless elimination quiz, hosted by Anne Robinson.
(S) (W)

When Lady Penelope and Parker visit a Mediterranean resort, a huge solar power reflector dish is dislodged, threatening the town with annihilation.
(Repeated next Saturday)
(R) (S)

A freak transporter accident results in Tuvok and Neelix becoming one entity, Tuvix.
(R) (S)

A two-part story in which the Big Giant Head and his wife, Vicky, pay a visit and are keen to strike up new relationships with Dick and Harry.
(Repeated at 9.30pm on BBC Choice)
(S)

In the first of a six-part rerun of their third series, Clarissa Dickson Wright and the late Jennifer Paterson are invited to Kylmore Abbey in Connemara on Ireland's west coast. Among the dishes they serve up are lobster with mayonnaise, tomato tartlets and broad beans with dill.
(R) (S) (W)

Antony Worrall Thompson prepares the perfect caesar salad and a Lancashire hotpot. Oz Clarke tastes New
Zealand white wines with a group of morris dancers, and Emma Crowhurst prepares Caribbean pork jerk.
Series producer Gloria Wood ; Executive producerTim Hincks (S) (W) WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/foodanddrrnk
Antony Worrall Thompson's Lancashire hotpot - Food: page 43

The second in a three-part series about the key players in the transformation of football's fortunes. Tonight's programme focuses on the businessmen who dragged the sport out of the doldrums in the eighties, staking out their claims in the battleground of television rights.
(Repeated tomorrow at 2.25am on BBC1) (S) (W)

A profile of the owners of a 1931 20/25hp Rolls-Royce.
(R) (S) (W)

A new six-part comedy series about a man approaching a mid-life crisis, co-written by and starring Paul Whitehouse.

Danny Spencer tries to face up to personal tragedy after the death of his wife. Instead of grief, however, he is ashamed to find himself feeling a sense of freedom.
Contains strong language.
See Choice.
(S) (W)
Everybody's talking about Paul Whitehouse: page 32

Analysis of the news, with Jeremy Paxman.
(S) (W)

Continuing the nightly series about two Salford estates.

Tonight's programme focuses on 16-year-old pregnant resident Mary, who has wanted a baby since she was 12. Olive, meanwhile, has been waiting 18 months for a hospital appointment.
(S) (W)

Political news with Andrew Neil.

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 The World Network
India's increasing status in the world software market.
(S)
1.00 The Passionate Statistician
(S)
1.30 Reflecting on Conies
(S)

National Test Revision
2.00 KS3 Bitesize: Maths 1
(S)

Languages
4.00 Make Italian Your Business: Part 1

Working In Construction
5.00 Health and Safety

Open University
6.00 The Spiral of Science
(S)
6.30 Catalysts against Pollution
(S)

Ends 7am.