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7.00 Playdays
Peggy Patch helps with the wheat harvest at a farm on the Isle of Wight.
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7.20 The Raccoons
More animated adventures from the folk of the Evergreen Forest.
(R) (S)

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

8.10 Monster Rancher
Genki, Holly and the monsters do battle with the evil Seed Sisters.
(R) (S)

8.35 Animorphs
After a terrifying close call, the Animorphs decide to split up and gather together more information.
(R) (S)

Contributors

Presenter (Blue Peter):
Konnie Huq
Presenter (Blue Peter):
Liz Barker
Presenter (Blue Peter):
Matt Baker
Presenter (Blue Peter):
Simon Thomas

Western starring Barbara Stanwyck and Ronald Reagan.

Sierra Nevada Jones, a hard-riding, gun-toting pioneer, is determined to make a success of her Montana ranch after her father is killed by native Americans.
Review page 56.
(1954, PG) ***
(S)

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

Contributors

Sierra Nevada Jones:
Barbara Stanwyck
Farrell:
Ronald Reagan

Fifty years after the first Asians arrived in Bradford to staff the city's mills, buses and public utilities, this documentary uses rare archive film to examine how they have settled after experiencing poverty and hardship.
(S) (W)
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Contributors

Producer:
Tony Parker

The last in the three-part series from The Money Programme on resurgent names in the automobile industry assesses a luxury market in a state of flux. Three years after BMW bought the rights to the Rolls Royce motoring marque, Volkswagen's acquisition of Bentley - along with plans to promote new versions of the old cars - means that for the first time, two of the world's most prestigious brands are competing head on.
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Contributors

Producer:
Gill Holmes
Series Editor:
Clive Edwards

Twenty percent of Britain's income is spent on motoring. Jason Barlow, Vicki Butler-Henderson, Adrian Simpson and Tiff Needell explore ways of halving that figure by offering advice on the best second-hand deals, reducing insurance premiums, fuel economy and inexpensive maintenance.
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Contributors

Presenter:
Jason Barlow
Presenter:
Vicki Butler-Henderson
Presenter:
Adrian Simpson
Presenter:
Tiff Needell
Producer:
Graham Sherrington
Series Producer:
John Wilcox

In the last of this week's films, two siblings try dealing with their elderly mother.
Contains strong language.
(The series continues next Saturday)
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Contributors

Writer:
Debbie Oates
Director:
Kira Zurawska
Jean:
Phyllida Law
Mel:
Elizabeth McGovern
Robert:
Martin Ball
Carol:
Victoria Willing

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Open Science
12.30 Hollywood Science - Dante's Peak
12.45 Truth Will Out-the Mapping of the Human Genome
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1.00 The Challenge: to Engineer a Million
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1.30 Background Brief - the Science of Foot and Mouth
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1.50 What Have the Eighties Ever Done for Us?
2.00 Cosmic Recycling
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2.30 Hubbard Brook: the Chemistry of a Forest
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3.00 Norfolk Broads: Conservation v Commercialism
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Parenting
3.30 The Pocket Guide to Parenting Plus: Part 5
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Languages
4.00 How to Learn a Language

Working in Hospitality
5.00 Learning and Thinking Skills

Open University
6.00 Daisyworld
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6.30 The Cretaceous Greenhouse: a Surfeit of Carbon
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