Programme Index

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Ends 9.00.

Playdays
The children are sailing their boats when the Music Man reappears.
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7.20 Popeye and Son
More fun with the Popeye family.
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7.35 Blue Peter
Another chance to see the team's visit to southern Spain.
(Shown yesterday at 5pm)
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8.00 Ukool Live
Magazine, featuring fashion, music, media topics, sport and celebrity guests.
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Ends 10.55.

Teletubbies
Dipsy and Laa-Laa discover a funny noise.
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BBC Magazine: published monthly, price £1.25, from newsagents.

10.30 Tweenies
Judy wants to paint quietly but the Tweenies think otherwise.
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BBC Magazine: published monthly, price £1.25. from newsagents

10.50 Angelmouse
Fun with the heavenly creature.
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Crime drama based on Raymond Chandler 's Farewell, My Lovely, starring George Sanders and Lynn Bari. When an ex-wrestler is released from prison, he goes searching for his former girlfriend.
Review page 46.
Director Irving Reis (1942)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Raymond Chandler
Unknown:
George Sanders
Unknown:
Lynn Bari
Director:
Irving Reis

Ends 5.35.

Tweenies
Bella prepares a big surprise.
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BBC Music: Tweenies Friends Forever album on sale from retailers

3.45 Gadget Boy
Spydra goes back in time to 1928 to steal the Third Eye ruby from India.
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4.10 Mona the Vampire
Could Mona's uncle be immortal? He looks just like the painting of her great uncle in the attic.
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4.20 Home Farm Twins
Sam and Spot go missing just before Open Day at the Donkey Sanctuary.
(More cast on Thursday at 4.20pm)
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4.35 Aquila
Tom gets more than he bargained for when he puts his hand in Aquila's glove compartment.
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5.00 Against All Odds
Two teenage surfers battle for their lives in the icy seas of northern Scotland.
(Repeated tomorrow with sign language at 7.35am)
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5.25 Newsround
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Contributors

From the books by (Home Farm Twins):
Jenny Oldfield
Dramatised by (Home Farm Twins):
Kate Wood
Hannah:
Polly Duniam
Helen:
Sophie Duniam
Dad:
Martin Ball
Mum:
Jacquetta May
Writer (Aquila):
Andrew Norriss
Tom Baxter:
Ben Brooks
Geoff Reynolds:
Craig Vye
Mrs Baxter:
Sallyanne Law
Mrs Murray:
Hilary Mason
Professor Hare:
Thomas Wheatley
Mr Urquart:
Alastair Galbraith

Further live coverage from the ladies' quarter-final matches at the All England Club, including a roundup of news and results. By the close of play, the line-up for the semi-finals should be decided. Presented by Sue Barker.
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BBC Wimbledon Magazine: available from retailers, price £3.95

Contributors

Presenter:
Sue Barker

Lin the climax to this year's amateur cooks' competition, three regional semi-finalists must prepare a three-course meal in two and a half hours. The meal must start with a soup, but after that the choice of dishes is entirely the contestants. Chef Raymond Blanc, patron of Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons in Oxfordshire, helps host Gary Rhodes with the all-important judging. But which contestant will be jetting off on holiday at the end of the show?
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Website: [web address removed]
BBC Good Food Magazine: available monthly, price £2.10
Get cooking for the next series: page 24

Contributors

Presenter:
Gary Rhodes
Judge:
Raymond Blanc
Series Producer:
Melanie Jappy
Executive Producer:
Richard Bryan

Classic comedy from 1973 with television's greatest double act. In this show, Eric reveals his winning entry in the Eurovision Mucky Poem Competition, and Susan Hampshire joins the duo in Ernie's spine-chilling play The Mighty Kong.
(R) (S)

Contributors

Comedian:
Eric Morecambe
Comedian:
Ernie Wise
Guest:
Susan Hampshire
Producer:
John Ammonds

John Inverdale presents highlights and analysis of the ladies' quarter-final matches at the 115th championships, plus reaction from the day's winners and losers.
(Repeated tomorrow at 9am)
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Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
John Inverdale

Continuing the nightly series of political confessions.

Comedy writer John O'Farrell, author of bestseller Things Can Only Get Better, grew up supporting Labour while living in the true-blue constituency of Maidenhead. With Tony Blair safely ensconced in Number 10, O'Farrell returns to the Berkshire town as the Labour parliamentary candidate and attempts to convince some of Britain's most well-off electorate to vote for increases in state benefits and the minimum wage.
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Contributors

Subject:
John O'Farrell

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Mind Readers
Did one of the world's largest televised experiments really reveal important differences in the way men and women perceive emotions?
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1.00 Statistics Clinical Trials
Exploring the history of assessing the safety of new medicines reveals the successes and failures of this crucial process.
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1.30 The Birth of Calculus
With the discovery of calculus, mathematics received its biggest boost since the time of the ancient Greeks.
(S)

Parenting
2.00 The Pocket Guide to Parenting Plus: Part 8
A look at bringing up children as experienced by several Oxfordshire parents.

Languages
4.00 The New Get By in Italian
Language course for beginners.

Working in the Media
5.00 TV 8: Management Skills
An insight into business practices for freelancers, sole traders and small business owners in the media.

Open University
6.00 What's All This Fuss about IT?
Examining virtual reality, interactive CDs and the internet. Are they just new gadgets or tools to change the way we communicate?
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6.30 Ever Wondered?
A look at why we gossip, with Tamara Beckwith.

Ends 7.00am.

Contributors

Presenter (Ever Wondered?):
Tamara Beckwith

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