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William's Wish Wellingtons
Animation about a boy with a pair of magical boots.
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7.05 Playdays
What would the world be like if everything was made of paper?
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7.25 Anthony Ant
Animated tales of an ant and his friends. Today the gang discover an endangered rhinoceros beetle.
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7.35 Smurfs' Adventures
The court jester and his royal doppelganger, the prince, decide it would be fun to switch places.
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8.00 Insides Out
Game show.
(Shown last Friday on BBC1)
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8.25 The Puppy's Further Adventures
The puppy and Tommy travel the country.
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8.50 Oakie Doke
Animatronic fun with the wooden Mr Fixit.
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9.00 Storytime: Grandad Pot (ages 4-5)
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9.15 Words and Pictures Plus: Long Vowel Spelling: Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp (ages 6-7)
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9.30 Magic Key: Fabulous Fancy Food (ages 5-6)
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9.45 Dynamo: Numeracy (early years)
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Live coverage from Queen's Club, London, of the first day of the Stella Artois tournament. Defending champion Lleyton Hewitt and reigning US Open champion Marat Safin lead the entry list along with former champion Mark Philippoussis and Tim Henman, who will be looking for a good start to his build up for Wimbledon.

Introduced by Sue Barker, with commentary from John Barrett, Pat Cash, John Lloyd, Peter Fleming and Chris Bailey.
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Including at 3.20 News; Regional News (Digital: UK Today); Weather
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Contributors

Presenter:
Sue Barker
Commentary:
John Barrett
Commentary:
Pat Cash
Commentary:
John Lloyd
Commentary:
Peter Fleming
Commentary:
Chris Bailey
Executive Producer:
Barbara Slaten
Executive Editor:
Dave Gordon

Continuing the new series of the business affairs strand.

An investigation into how, as the demand for organic food grows, some food producers are taking advantage of legal loopholes in Europe to pass off non-organic food as organic. Plus a look at how, in contrast to public perception, some organic food is produced using intensive farming methods.
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Contributors

Producer:
Charles Colville
Executive Producer:
Clive Edwards

Bill Oddie, Adam Hart-Davis, Simon King and Edwina Silver report from the Isle of Wight as the dinosaur dig continues. The palaeontologists will be hoping to discover why the skeletons of the small plant-eating dinosaur hypsilophodon are often found in pairs. They will also be hoping for the world's first discovery of the forelimbs of the carnivorous neovenator.
(Next episode on Wednesday at 8pm)
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Contributors

Presenter:
Bill Oddie
Presenter:
Adam Hart-Davis
Presenter:
Simon King
Presenter:
Edwina Silver

Continuing Ken Burns's documentary series on the history of jazz music. As the first jazz record goes on sale in 1917, jazz becomes the soundtrack to the modern world of prohibition, speakeasies and new wealth. Tonight's second episode focuses on jazz in Chicago and New York, and on the emergence of two artists, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, who went on to dominate jazz music.
(Continues tomorrow at 11.20pm)
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Followed by 48 Preludes and Fugues
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Contributors

Director:
Ken Burns

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Open University
12.30 Meaning in Abstract Art
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1.00 Duccio: the Rucellai Madonna
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1.25 Mind Bites
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1.30 Citizens of the World
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Secondary Schools
2.00 Belief File: Christianity in Britain

Languages
4.00 Italy Inside Out: Parts 3-4

Working in Sport and Leisure
5.00 TV 7: Sports Training

Open University
6.00 Slaves and Noble Savages
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6.30 Le Corbusier and the Villa La Roche
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