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The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo
Animation set in 15th-century Paris.
(R) (S)

7.25 Casper
Animated frolics with the friendly spook.
(R) (S)

7.45 Blue Peter
The team hold a Blue Peter appeal bring-and-buy sale.
(Shown yesterday at 5pm on BBC1)
(S) (W)
Website: [web address removed]

8.10 Binka
Animated double bill. Binka attempts to impress Sally, then a squirrel tries to make Binka look silly.
(Repeated at 1pm)
(S)

8.20 Fireman Sam
Trevor's flat tyre causes more than just delays to the bus service.
(R) (S)

8.30 Noddy in Toyland
Kate, DJ and Truman put on a play.
(R) (S)
BBC Noddy Magazine: £1.35 monthly. December issue issue on sale now

9.00 Tweenies
Judy is on holiday in Scotland, bobbing up and down in a boat, while Jake has a nasty bout of chicken pox.
(R) (S) (W)
BBC Tweenies Magazine: £1.25 monthly. December issue on sale 22 November

9.40 Playdays
Girls and boys come out to play.
(R) (S)

10.00 Teletubbies
Tinky Winky sees his reflection in a puddle, and then the friends watch some children who are skipping.
(R) (S)
BBC Teletubbies Magazine: monthly, £1.35. December issue on sale now

(Repeats are not indicated)

10.50 Megamaths: Money - Up to £1 (ages 7-9)
(S)

11.10 English Express: Language Knowledge (ages 9-11)
(S)

11.30 The Experimenter: Get Well Soon (ages 7-9)
(S)

11.50 Zig Zag: Snap Shots - Daily Life (ages 7-9)
(S)

12.10 Zig Zag: Village, Town and City - Our Needs (ages 7-9)
(S)

Comedy. A millionaire decides to pose as an employee in one of his own department stores to investigate complaints by the staff. Review page 59.
(1941, U) ***
(BW) (S)

Contributors

Director:
Sam Wood
Mary Jones:
Jean Arthur
Joe:
Robert Cummings
John P Merrick:
Charles Coburn
Hooper:
Edmund Gwenn
Elizabeth:
Spring Byington
George:
S.Z. Sakall
Allison:
Walter Kingsford

Elimination quiz.
(S) (W)
(Repeated at 12 midnight on BBC Choice)

Then Viking Stories: Viking Blood
How blood from Norwegian men could establish the extent of Viking ancestry in British people.
(Blood of the Vikings is at 9pm)
(S) (W)

In the third of a new six-part interactive series exploring scientific issues, Adam Hart-Davis tries out viewers' suggestions for high-speed vehicles, powered by him only.
(S) (W)
Website: [web address removed]
(Science Shack continues on Friday at 7.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Adam Hart-Davis
Producer:
Marty Jopson
Producer:
Jonathan Sanderson
Executive Producer:
Paul Bader

Jamie Oliver delivers a speech at his alma mater in Essex, then repairs to the school kitchens to show a group of cookery pupils how to prepare a marinated mozzarella salad, chicken and mushrooms in a bag, chocolate Cambridge cream, and easy-to-make ginger beer.
(S) (W)
BBC Good Food Magazine: £2.10. December issue on sale now

Contributors

Presenter/Chef:
Jamie Oliver
Director:
Ewen Thomson
Producer:
Nina Davies

The trail left by the Vikings includes settlements and evidence of trading on the Northern and Western Isles of Scotland. The series assessing the impact of the Vikings on Britain asks how the incomers fitted in with Pictish communities, and what happened when they reached Ireland? Presented by Julian Richards.
(Repeated with sign language at 1.55am on BBC1)
(S) (W)
Website: [web address removed]
BBC History magazine, published monthly, price £2.95. December issue on sale 19 November

Contributors

Presenter:
Julian Richards
Series Producer:
Paul Bradshaw
Executive Producer:
Caroline van den Brul

Second of a six-part series in which Phil Cornwell and John Sessions impersonate the celebrity inhabitants of suburbia. Michael Caine dreams that he and Al Pacino end up in an old people's home, while Japanese tourists cause chaos.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Impressionist:
Phil Cornwell
Impressionist:
John Sessions
Writer:
Phil Cornwell
Writer/Director:
Peter Richardson
Writer:
John Sessions
Producer:
Ben Swaffer

Just ten days after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Dr Regina Peruggi, president of the New York Central Park Conservancy, leaves her Fifth Avenue office to work as a gardener in Central Park, where duties include clearing dog mess and cleaning up after drug users.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Subject:
Dr Regina Peruggi
Series Producer:
Joanna Ball
Executive Producer:
Bill Grist

John Simpson introduces an episode from 1995/6's Gulf War series that analyses the reasons why the coalition forces in Iraq failed to push forward and support uprisings against Saddam Hussein. Contributors include Norman Schwarzopf, Margaret Thatcher, John Major.
(More tomorrow at 11.20pm)
(S) (W)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Simpson
Interviewee:
Norman Schwarzopf
Interviewee:
Margaret Thatcher
Interviewee:
John Major
Producer:
Eamonn Matthews

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Ever Wondered?
1.00 Personal Passions: Jools Holland
(S)
1.15 Ever Wondered?
1.30 Waiting Their Turn: Minorities in a Democracy
(S)

Secondary Schools
2.00 Geography: France 2000
(S)

Languages
4.00 Eurografters Spain/France

Working for Local Government
5.00 Handling Stress and Creating Success
Advice for dealing with stress and conflict at work.

Open University
6.00 Partnerships
(S)
6.30 Autism
(S)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jools Holland

BBC Two England

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