Ends 8.15.

Chuck Finn
Comedy adventures with a ghostly twist. (R) (S)
Continues on Thursday at 7am

7 25 Histeria
Encounters with Joan of Arc and Napoleon. (R) (S)

7.45 Blue Peter Unleashed
Olympic athlete Simon Lessing, badminton star Julia Mann and rower Faridah Newman join the team for the sports version of the magazine. (W)

Ends 10.50.
Binka: Binka's quest for tranquillity is scuppered, then he is rejected. Repeated at 1pm.
8:25 The Story Makers: Someone has a case of the squeaks.
8:40 Clifford the Big Red Dog: The canine learns the importance of keeping a promise.
9:00 Teletubbies: The friends look for interesting things, and then practise skipping. Website: [web address removed]
BBC Teletubbies Magazine: price £1.35
9:50 Playdays: Chris and friends listen to the sounds of the sea at Weston-super-Mare.
BBC Products: BBC Playdays Magazine: price £1.35, BBC Video: Playdays: Days By The Sea, price £24.99.
10:10 Tweenies: Max takes the gang aeroplane-spotting, then tries to play Judy's guitar.
BBC Tweenies Magazine: price £1.40. New issue on sale 9 May

(Repeats are not indicated)

10.50 Megamaths (ages 7-9): Division: Divide by Five

11.10 English Express (ages 9-11): Grammar and Writing

11.30 Music Makers (ages 7-9): Professor Allegro World of Music: In the Snow

11.50 Zig Zag Shorts (ages 7-9): France: Paris

12.00 Shakespeare (ages 9-13): The Animated Tales: Macbeth
(S)

Lesley Dunlop presents a programme investigating the English language. She discovers ways of improving writing techniques. Show more

Series exploring musical concepts. This programme investigates timbre, or sound colour.

Financial roundup, with Adrian Chiles and Adam Shaw.

Ends 1.10.

Binka
Shown at 8.15am

Biographical drama. On 2
July 1937, radio contact was lost with Amelia Earhart over the Pacific. Neither the pilot nor her navigator were ever seen again. Review page 56.
Director Yves Simoneau (1994. PG)

Zeinab Badawi unveils events in Parliament.

Contact: phone-in [number removed] (calls charged at local rate), fax [number removed] or e-mail [email address removed]

(Digital: BBC London News)
Weather

First of the week's topical studio debates, with Esther Rantzen. Editor Dominique Vulliamy

Culinary-challenge series with Ainsley Harriott.

A special edition of the quiz devoted to bad losers from previous editions. BBC PRODUCTS: CD-Roms, Weakest Link, for PC and Playstation, both
£24.99; video, Weakest Link - Insults and Exits, price £12.99, available now

Summer of 4ft 2. Lisa tries to abandon her old personality
With the guest voice of Christina Ricci.

Prophecy. A Klingon ship declares that B'Elanna Torres 's unborn child will be their new messiah.
Star Trek: the Next Generation is tomorrow at 6.20pm

Steve Wright introduces archive performances from the Jam, Tom Petty , Carleen Anderson , the Associates and All Saints, plus rare footage of Dexy's Midnight Runners.
Producer Mark Hagen More tomorrow at 7.05pm

The hands-on science series returns for a six-part run. Mapping It Out. On the Caribbean island of Carriacou,
Kate Humble and a team of five scientists have just three days to produce a map, paper, ink and recording device, with the local geography and climate conspiring against them. Series producer Steve Evanson ONLINE FORUM: some of the scientists involved in the series will be available to answer questions after the show on www.open2.net
FREE BOOKLET: call [number removed] (national rate); Ceefax: page How to have fun on a desert island: page 42

Back to School. Jamie Oliver gives pupils at his old school a cookery masterclass as he prepares marinated mozzarella salad, chicken and mushrooms in a bag, chocolate Cambridge cream and ginger beer.
Director Ewen Thomson ; Producer Nina Davies

The three chefs tackle egg and lamb dishes with the results rated by tasters. Ben O'Donoghue makes pea-and-mint frittata with crunchy polenta shepherd's pie, Silvana Franco rustles up curried scrambled eggs and lamb salad, and Paul Merrett prepares cheese souffle and saddle of lamb. Series producer Sue Walton ; Executive producer Janice Gabriel Silvana Franco 's lamb and aubergine salad, plus grill pan offer: p42

What Sank the Kursk? In August 2000, 118 sailors died when the supposedly indestructible Russian submarine Kursk sank. This documentary shows how a British submarine disaster from half a century ago might explain the Russian craft's tragic plummet to the ocean floor.
Producer Mark Hedgecoe : Series editor Bettina Lerner

Dan Cruickshank celebrates driving and cars in the 1930s. Senes producer Basil Comely

Presented by Jeremy Paxman.

Suits for Sneakers. An advertising executive swaps his fashionable London agency for a nine-to-five office in Scotland. Narrated by Jamie Theakston.
Director Anna Davies Another episode tomorrow at 11.20pm

Another recital from
JS Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier.

Presented by Andrew Neil.

Repeats are not indicated.
Open University
12.30 Persisting Dreams 7565750
1.20 Ever Wondered? 1198866
1.30 Women and Allegory: Gender and Sculpture in Two Societies
Secondary Schools
2.00 Geography Investigating Asia
Languages 4.00 Espana Viva (part 15)/Spanish Globo (parts 9-10) The French Experience 2 (parts 1-2) - on-screen English subtitles. Working in Engineering
5.00 Mind Your Own Business
Open University
6.00 Development Aid-Unicef plans for children's healthcare. 25345
6.30 Strike a Light (5)