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Ends 9.00.

Playdays
Peggy Patch has a special ride at the Donkey sanctuary in Sidmouth, Devon.
(R) (S)

7.20 Anthony Ant
Anthony and his friends embark on a mission to find the missing piece of a shattered artefact.
(R) (S)

7.35 Smurfs' Adventures
A double bill of fun with the mushroom-dwelling imps.
(R) (S)

8.00 Blue Peter
Children's magazine, presented by Konnie Huq, Liz Barker, Matt Baker and Simon Thomas.
(Shown yesterday at 5pm on BBC1)
(S) (W)

8.25 Chipmunks Go to the Movies
Shy mermaid Jeanette is captured by scientist Alvin, who intends to take her on a chat show.
(R) (S)

8.45 William's Wish Wellingtons
Animation about a young boy and his amazing footwear.
(R) (S)

Contributors

Presenter (Blue Peter):
Konnie Huq
Presenter (Blue Peter):
Liz Barker
Presenter (Blue Peter):
Matt Baker
Presenter (Blue Peter):
Simon Thomas
Narrator (Wiliam's Wish Wellingtons):
Andrew Sachs

(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Hands Up!: Transport (ages 3-7)
with sign language.

9.15 Hands Up!: Storytime: Ella and the Rabbit (ages 4-5)
with sign language.

9.25 Hotch Potch House: Up In the Air (ages 3-5)
(S)

9.45 Dynamo: Literacy: Poems and Letter Q (early years)
(S)

Ends 10.50.

Teletubbies
A carpet appears in Teletubbyland, much to the interest of Po and Laa-Laa.
(R) (S)

10.30 Tweenies
Milo finds a leaf in his jacket and becomes convinced he is a tree.
(R) (S) (W)
BBC Music: Best Friends Forever album available from retailers

10.50 Landmarks Shorts: Using the Land: Coastal Neighbour (ages 9-11)
(S)

11.00 Watch: Homes across Europe: In the City (London) (ages 6-7)
(S)

11.15 Numbertime: More or Less: Three Less (ages 4-6)
(S)

11.30 Look and Read: Captain Crimson: Operation Recovery (ages 7-9)
(S)

11.50 Zig Zag: Making It Work: Over the Bridge (ages 7-9)
(S)

12.10 Folk Dance: Country Dance (ages 9-12)
(S)

Further coverage of the annual pre-Wimbledon tournament from Queen's Club in west London, presented by Sue Barker. Last year's victor Lleyton Hewitt added his name to an illustrious roster of Queen's winners - including Wimbledon champions Pete Sampras, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg and Michael Stich - but will he still be competing on day four of this year's event?
(W)

Including at 3.20 News; Regional News (Digital: UK Today); Weather
(S) (W)

Contributors

Presenter:
Sue Barker

Angel helps out Buffy when she is attacked by an elite vampire group, but the Master has plans for him.
(Rptd tomorrow at 11.35pm) (R) (S)
Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Buffy Summers:
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Rupert Giles:
Anthony Stewart Head
Willow Rosenberg:
Alyson Hannigan
Xander Harris:
Nicholas Brendon
The Master:
Mark Metcalf
Angel:
David Boreanaz

In the early sixties Bothwellhaugh was a bustling Lanarkshire mining community, but following the closure of the local colliery in 1959, the village itself shut down in 1965. A former resident's films, however, offer a poignant and unique record of this vanished way of life.
(S) (W)
Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Director:
Clara Glynn

Another edition of the motoring magazine, featuring car news and road-tests of the latest models. With Jason Barlow, Vicki Butler-Henderson and Tiff Needell.
(S) (W)
BBC Top Gear Magazine: price £3.40, available monthly from newsagents

Contributors

Presenter:
Jason Barlow
Presenter:
Vicki Butler-Henderson
Presenter:
Tiff Needell
Producer:
John Wilcox
Series Producer:
Richard Pearson

The final instalment of this three-part series charts the many attempts made last century to conquer what became known as the "savage mountain", the Himalayas' notorious K2. Several expeditions were cut short - including two by American climber Charles Houston - until Italian climbers finally reached the peak in 1954.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Producer:
Mick Conefrey
Executive Producer:
Olivia Lichtenstein

In the last of this week's offerings on the history of jazz, swing sweeps America in the thirties and soundtracks the Great Depression. It brings dancers flocking to the ballrooms, while two of its most prominent bandleaders - Benny Goodman and Chick Webb - vie for the title of king of swing in Harlem in May 1937.
(The series continues next Monday)
(S)

Followed by 48 Preludes and Fugues
(R) (S) (W)

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open Science
12.30 Hollywood Science
(W)
12.45 Background Brief
1.00 Elements of Healing
1.35 What Have the Sixties Ever Done for Us?
1.45 Background Brief
2.00 Relative Risk - the Human Genome Project
(S)
2.50 Ever Wondered?
3.00 Images of the Cosmos
(S)

Curriculum Development
3.30 Literacy: the Write Way: Part 2

Languages
4.00 How to Learn a Language

Working in Sport and Leisure
5.00 TV 10: The Future

Open University
6.00 Design for an Alien World
(S)
6.30 Open Advice
(S)
Ends 7.00am.

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