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7.00 Playdays
Peggy Patch goes camping near a waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales.
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7.20 The Raccoons
Animated adventures from Evergreen Forest.
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7.45 Blue Peter
Louise is the guest on the roadshow from Weymouth.
(Shown yesterday at 5pm on BBC1)
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8.10 Monster Rancher
Genki and Moochi help Suezo find a way that he can help the team.
(R) (S)

8.35 Animorphs
The Sharing put on a half-time show at the district finals basketball game.
(R) (S)

Contributors

Singer (Blue Peter):
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The penultimate matinee in the Cary Grant season is a comedy co-starring Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple.
Bored with the "callow youths" that surround her, 17-year-old Susie fixes her sights on attractive teacher Richard Nugent. The only problem is that Richard is more interested in Susie's sister. Review page 51. (1947, U) (BW) (S) ***
(Bringing Up Baby concludes the Cary Grant season tomorrow at 1.40pm)
Barry Norman on Cary Grant: p46

Contributors

Director:
Irving Reis
Dick:
Cary Grant
Margaret:
Myrna Loy
Susan:
Shirley Temple

Starting the fifth season of the cult sci-fi drama.

Buffy comes face to face with the greatest vampire of all, while there's a new arrival in Sunnydale.
(Repeated tomorrow 12.20am)
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Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Buffy Summers:
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Giles:
Anthony Stewart Head
Xander:
Nicholas Brendon
Willow:
Alyson Hannigan
Riley Finn:
Marc Blucas
Dracula:
Rudolph Martin

Vicki Butler-Henderson road-tests the new Tuscan S, which is rumoured to reach speeds of up to 200mph. Plus a look at where to buy cheap cars, and the new number-plate system.
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Contributors

Presenter:
Vicki Butler-Henderson
Series Producer:
John Wilcox

Towards the end of the Second World War, many German towns with minimal strategic or industrial importance suffered "saturation bombing". The historical strand throws new light on the political decisions behind the Allied campaign's final stages, and tells the story of raids on two such towns.
A new series begins later in the year.
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John Keegan's view: page 17

Contributors

Producer:
Detlef Siebert
Editor:
Laurence Rees

Classic comedy starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as inmates at Slade prison.
Written by Dick Clement , Ian La Frenais ; Producer Sydney Lotterby (R) (S)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
Richard Beckinsale
Written By:
Dick Clement
Written By:
Ian La Frenais

Art writer Matthew Collings presents a tribute to his friend David Sylvester, who died in June. Sylvester - one of the art world's most highly regarded curators and critics - also enjoyed a broadcasting career, and the programme includes highlights from his BBC films alongside friends' recollections.
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Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Collings
Producer:
James Erskine
Executive Producer:
Keith Alexander

Al's perfectionism wreaks havoc on the set of a famous director's film. Featuring guest appearances from Rob Reiner, and actors Martin Sheen and Vanessa Williams. Last in the series.
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Followed by 48 Preludes and Fugues
(R) (S) (W)

Contributors

Himself:
Rob Reiner
Himself:
Martin Sheen
Herself:
Vanessa Williams

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Open Science
12.30 Wild Moves
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1.00 Hollywood Science
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1.15 Truth Will Out
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1.30 Background Brief
(S) (W)
1.50 What Have the Nineties Ever Done for Us?
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2.00 Lost Worlds
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2.30 Stress
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3.00 Missing the Meaning?
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Inside Islam
3.30 Art and Music
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Languages
4.00 How to Learn a Language

Working in IT
5.00 Starting on the Web

Open University
6.00 Rapid Climate Change
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6.30 Earth, Life and Humanity
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