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Playdays
Includes Valerie Bond's tale "Helping Others". (R) (S)

7.20 Snorks
Antics with the aquatic music-makers. (R) (S)

7.45 Short Change
Consumer show.
Shown yesterday at 5pm on BBC1 (S) (W)

8.10 Moomin
Will fortune-telling make Moomin rich? (R) (S)

8.35 Dennis the Menace
The good-natured troublemaker takes on the grown-ups. (R) (S)

9.00 Xchange
Stars, sports and the sea feature in the last in the series. The show returns in the summer. (S) (W)

9.25 The Roswell Conspiracies
Sh'lainn predicts death for all at the base. (R) (S)

9.45 Custer's Last Stand-Up
Written by Gail Renard.

Last in the series. Jamie finds fame - but is the price too high to pay? The programme returns next year. (R) (S) (W)

10.15 Rotten Ralph
The cat has an image problem. (R) (S)

10.25 The Really Wild Show Wildest Hits
Nick Baker and Michaela Strachan search for bushbabies in the Cameroon. (S)

10.50 The Raccoons
Adventures in the Evergreen Forest. (S)

11.15 The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Animated versions of The Tale of Two Bad Mice and The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse. (R) (S)

11.45 Teletubbies
The friends look at a toy farm. (R) (S)

12.10 Tweenies
Jake goes on a flight of fancy. (R) (S) (W)

12.30 Charlie Chalk
It's Litterbug's birthday. (R)

12.45 Brum
The little car drives through a windy day. (R)

Contributors

Story (Playdays):
Valerie Bond
Writer (Custer's Last Stand-Up):
Gail Renard
Jamie Custer:
George McMahon
Dallas O'Rourke:
Ciaran Nolan
Robbie O'Neill:
Alan Devine
Roxie Custer:
Elaine Symons
Mary Custer:
Deirdre Monaghan
Billy Custer:
Tom Hopkins
Susie Custer:
Grainne McLver
Pete Maguire:
Des Fleming
Dympha O'Grady:
Briona McArdle
Uncle Douglas:
Gordon Fulton
Presenter (The Really Wild Show Wildest Hits):
Nick Baker
Presenter (The Really Wild Show Wildest Hits):
Michaela Strachan

The start of the flat racing year at Newbury, with coverage of the 2.40, 3.10 and 3.40 John Porter Stakes. Introduced by Clare Balding and Willie Carson. Commentary by Jim McGrath.
Producer Gerry Morrison (W)
Including at
3.20 News; Regional News
(Digital: UK Today); Weather (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Porter
Introduced By:
Clare Balding
Unknown:
Willie Carson.
Commentary By:
Jim McGrath.
Producer:
Gerry Morrison

Itchy and Scratchland. The family take a trip to the cat and mouse's ultra-violent theme park. (R) (S)
6.25 Sideshow Bob Roberts. Bart's arch enemy runs for office. With the voice of Kelsey Grammer. (R) (S)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Roberts.
Unknown:
Kelsey Grammer.

Aubrey Manning heads for the Yorkshire Dales, where above ground the dry stone walls can be used as a dating method, while the underground landscape of lead mines testify to the area's long partnership between farming and industry. Director Hilary Chadwick ; Series producer John Triffit (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Aubrey Manning
Director:
Hilary Chadwick
Producer:
John Triffit

The prairies of North America inspire plans for perennials in Alan Titchmarsh 's garden. Reds and blues colour Gay Search's healing garden and Chris Beardshaw meets a couple whose cultivar collection is 220-strong.
Series producer Colette Foster ; Executive producer Tony Laryea (S) (W) WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/gardening
BBC BOOK: Gardeners' World Complete Book of Gardening, price £12.99
A special garden party: page 34; Solar garden products: page 52

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Titchmarsh
Unknown:
Chris Beardshaw
Producer:
Colette Foster
Producer:
Tony Laryea

Fifty years ago this weekend, a heroic last stand was fought against the Chinese Army by British troops serving with the UN in Korea. Veterans of the Battle of the Imjin river recall the event and the cruel aftermath in PoW camps.
Producer Alastair Laurence : Executive producer Nick Shearman (S) (W)

Contributors

Producer:
Alastair Laurence
Producer:
Nick Shearman

The Rutland Woolly Rhino. Jane Brayne of Meet the Ancestors gathers remains dating back 30,000 years.
Producer Ian Potts ; Executive producer Caroline van den Brul (S)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Brayne
Producer:
Ian Potts
Producer:
Caroline van Den Brul

Road Rage. Protesters lure Patricia to their cause.
Written by Ben Elton ; Producers Ben Elton and Geoffrey Perkins
Director John Birkin (R) (S) (W)

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
DC Boyle:
Mark Addy

Mark Lawson is joined by Philip Hensher , Bonnie Greer and Ekow Eshun to discuss the week's cultural highlights. Producer Mark Bell (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Philip Hensher
Unknown:
Bonnie Greer
Unknown:
Ekow Eshun
Producer:
Mark Bell

Drama starring Olympia Dukakis as a 60-year-old widow who heads for Sydney to visit her estranged daughter. Finding herself unwelcome, she sets off on the adventure of a lifetime. Ends 2.50. Review page 72.
Director George Miller (1992. PG) (S)

Contributors

Unknown:
Olympia Dukakis
Director:
George Miller

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