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Oscar's Orchestra
Thadius has to take up aerobics after his annual health check.

7.25 Monster Rancher
The evil Haras destroy a dam, intending to flood a beautiful village.

7.45 Blue Peter
With music from percussion ensemble Stomp.
Shown yesterday at 5pm on BBC1
WEBSITE: [web address removed]

8.10 Little Monsters
Ronnie enters an art competition.

8.15 Yoho Ahoy!
Cartoon double bill with Captain Bilge. Parrot has fun with a spoon, a bell and peas, then, in a repeated episode, Poop cannot whistle like the rest of the crew.
Repeated at 1pm

8.25 Oakie Doke
Another animated woodland story.

8.35 64 Zoo Lane
Camel capers in the story of Gary the dromedary.

8.45 Fireman Sam
Penny is in for a Halloween surprise.

9.00 Teletubbies
Some children do a jack-in-the-box dance and a dog performs tricks.
BBC TELETUBBIES MAGAZINE: monthly, £1.35. Next issue on sale 31 January

9 50 Playdays
The friends bring their pets out to play.

10.10 Tweenies
Double bill. The new dog keeps jumping up at Jake, then Max does some aerial sightseeing in London.
BBC TWEENIES MAGAZINE: £1.35. Latest issue on sale now

Repeats are not indicated.
10.50 Megamaths (ages 7-9) Shape - Patterns
11.10 English Express (ages 9-11) Texts -Imaginary Beasts
11.30 The Experimenter (ages 7-9) The Earth and beyond - a Touch of Sun 2618487 11.50 Zig Zag (ages 7-9) Tudor Life: Street - a Merchant's Story
7301610 12.10 Zig Zag (ages 7-9) Tudor Life: Entertainment - an Actor's Story

Drama. When their eldest son Jimmy commits suicide, the Stapps try to cope with theirgrief, but smouldering resentments surface within the family. Review page 47.
Director Glenn Jordan (1996)

Contributors

Director:
Glenn Jordan
Maggie Stapp:
Meredith Baxter
Sam Stapp:
Bruce Davison
Liz Eva:
Marie Saint
Jimmy Stapp:
Peter Facinelli

Antony Worrall Thompson reaches number five in his countdown of the nation's ten favourite recipes, as voted for by viewers of the last series of Food and Drink. This week's dishes are fish pie, boiled bacon with pease pudding and, from Morocco, lamb tagine with jewelled couscous.
Series producer Gloria Wood WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/food
BBC GOOD FOOD MAGAZINE: L2.20. Latest issue on sale now

Contributors

Unknown:
Antony Worrall Thompson

The back-to-basics cookery course continues with the art of preserving. Delia Smith makes traditional favourites such as damson chutney and seville-orange marmalade, and gives a contemporary twist to preserving with Italian garden pickles, okra with dry sherry and pickled prunes.
Director Philip Bonham Carter : Executive producer David Willcock WEBSITE: www.deliaonline.com
Delia's giardiniere pickles recipe, plus book offer: page 20

Contributors

Unknown:
Delia Smith
Director:
Philip Bonham Carter
Producer:
David Willcock

The first of two films following an experiment in which four people change their skin colour using prosthetics and make-up to test public attitudes to race. Tonight Daniel, a black 36-year-old entrepreneur, becomes white, while Simon, a white 35-year-old illustrator, becomes black. Tomorrow at 9pm, two women repeat the experiment.

Contributors

Director/Producer:
David Russell
Director/Producer:
Marcus Ryder

An episode of the classic comedy, first shown in 1974. A Day Out. When Fletcher and Godber are allowed out in a work gang, Mr Barrowclough is in for some problems.
Written by Dick Clement. Ian La Frenais : Producer Sydney Lotterby BBC DVD: Porridge, complete first series, price £12.99

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr Barrowclough
Written By:
Dick Clement.
Written By:
Ian La Frenais
Fletcher:
Ronnie Barker
Mr Barrowclough:
Brian Wilde
Mr McKay:
Fulton MacKay
Godber:
Richard Beckinsale
Ives:
Ken Jones
Navyrum:
Paul Angelis
Dylan:
Philip Jackson
Scrounger:
Johnny Wade
Vicar:
Robert Gillespie
Verger:
John Rutland
Chief prison officer:
Arnold Peters
Landlord:
Ralph Watson
Nurse:
Peggy Mason

Highlights from Mali of today's concluding Group C matches, with quarter-final places at stake, featuring the People's Republic of Congo v Ivory Coast and Cameroon v Togo. Introduced by Garth Crooks , with commentary from Simon Brotherton and Steve Wilson.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Garth Crooks
Unknown:
Simon Brotherton
Unknown:
Steve Wilson.

Repeats are not indicated.
Open University 12.30 The Arch Never Sleeps 57769 1.00 Cultures of the Walkman 79030 1.30 Wendepunkte
Secondary Schools 2.00 Technology Designing Your Future Languages 4.00 France Inside Out (parts 2-3)
Working In Health and Care 5.00 User Independence Open University 6.00 Just 17: the Geometry of Patterns 73295 6.30 Pyramids, Plato and Fooball

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