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Mr Jolly wonders what day of the week he was born on. (R) (S)

7.20 C Bear and Jamal Animation
with the voice of rap star and actor ToneLoc. (R) (S)

7.45 UKool
A bike that you can carry in a bag and advice for a first date. Shown yesterday at 5pm on BBC1 (S) (W)

8.10 Monster Rancher
Genki dreams about his life before he entered Monster World. (R) (S)

8.35 Animorphs
Story about five teens with the ability to become any living creature they touch.
(R) (S)

Drama, part of the James Mason season.

Escaped prisoner Johnny McQueen is the idealist leader of "the organisation". During a hold-up to obtain funds he is shot, badly wounded and left in the street by a fellow gang member. From then on, he is hunted without mercy.
(1946) *****
(BW) (S)
Film of the week: page 47

Contributors

Director:
Carol Reed
Johnny:
James Mason
Lukey:
Robert Newton
Kathleen:
Kathleen Ryan
Dennis:
Robert Beatty
Shell:
Fj McCormick
Granny:
Kitty Kirwan
Rosie:
Fay Compton
Pat:
Cyril Cusack

Steve Wright presents this week's trawl through the archives.
Among tonight's offerings are Madness, Whitney Houston, Joe Jackson, Manfred Mann, Jethro Tull, Five Star, Righteous Brothers, Dire Straits and Feargal Sharkey.
(Repeated next Saturday) (S)
Top of the Pops is tomorrow at 7pm on BBC1 [web address removed]

Contributors

Narrator:
Steve Wright
Producer:
Mark Hagen

More from the seventies sitcom set on the Grantleigh estate. Can Audrey cope with her new social position?
Written by Peter Spence
(R) (S)

Contributors

Written by:
Peter Spence
Director:
Ian Rawnsley
Producer:
Gareth Gwenlan
Audrey:
Penelope Keith
DeVere:
Peter Bowles
Marjory:
Angela Thorne
Brabinger:
John Rudling
Mrs Polouvicka:
Daphne Heard
Rector:
Gerald Sim

A rerun of the garden design series with Diarmuid Gavin.
Glass. Function meets beauty in an innovative greenhouse that forms the main feature of a couple's transformed garden. Executive producer Rachel Innes-Lumsden (R) (S) (W) BBC BOOK: Home Front in the Garden by Diarmuid Gavin. hardback, £18.99

Contributors

Unknown:
Diarmuid Gavin.
Producer:
Rachel Innes-Lumsden
Garden By:
Diarmuid Gavin.

A taste of Spain this week as the gang celebrate the number one holiday dish, paella. Meanwhile, Oz Clarke and Antony Worrall Thompson shake up some wicked cocktails and Emma Crowhurst makes Catalonian orange creme brûlée. Series producer Lyndsay Davis : Executive producer Gloria Wood (S)
WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/foodanddrink

Contributors

Unknown:
Oz Clarke
Unknown:
Antony Worrall Thompson
Unknown:
Emma Crowhurst
Producer:
Lyndsay Davis
Producer:
Gloria Wood

When the Russian submarine the Kursk sank last August, the tragedy gripped the whole world and 118 sailors died. But what caused one of the world's most indestructible vessels to sink? An unrelated British submarine disaster which occurred almost 50 years ago may hold the key.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Producer:
Mark Hedgecoe
Series Editor:
Bettina Lerner

Fletcher is desperate to get away from making fishing nets in this episode, originally shown in October 1974, from the first series of the classic show.
Written by Dick Clement , Ian La Frenais ; Producer Sydney Lotterby (R) (S)

Contributors

Written By:
Dick Clement
Written By:
Ian La Frenais
Producer:
Sydney Lotterby
Fletcher:
Ronnie Barker
Mr Barrowclough:
Brian Wilde
Mr MacKay:
Fulton MacKay
Godber:
Richard Beckinsale
Heslop:
Brian Glover
Ives:
Ken Jones

Four times Oscar nominee and star of The Big Lebowski and The Fabulous Baker Boys Jeff Bridges talks to Mark Cousins about his life, family and most personal films in his longest television interview ever.
Director Mark Cousins: Producer Pauline Law (S) (W) Jeff Bridges stars in The Last American Hero on Friday at 1.10am Teach Yourself.... Jeff bridges: page 57

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Cousins
Producer:
Pauline Law
Unknown:
Jeff Bridges

Repeats are not indicated.
Open University 12.30 Virtual Democracy? (S) 53151 1.00 Powers of the President Nixon and Ford (S) Inside Islam 2.00 Living Islam (part 3) (S)
Languages 4.00 France Inside Out (parts 4-5)
Working In Hospitality 5.00 Number and Communication Skills-practical advice and tips on essential skills.
Open University 6.00 Berlin Unemployment and the Family (S) 87606 6.30 The Heat I On (S)

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