Ends 9.00.

UBOS
Verne's new school is filled with magical beasts.

7.20 Blue Peter
A 1980s special.
(Shown last Friday, BBC1)

7.45 X-periMENTAL
Science game show.
Shown last Wednesday on BBC1

8.00 The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
Ancestral bones go missing at a ceremony.

8.25 The Roswell Conspiracies
A renegade banshee escapes from her clan during a raid.

8.45 Pocket Dragon Adventures
At Hannukah, the dragons exchange presents.

Ends 10.50.

Clifford the Big Red Dog
Jetta wants to be a heroine.

9.15 Bob the Builder
Wendy acts as a removal service.

Followed by CBeebies Birthdays

9.30 Binka
Double bill. A ball starts chasing Binka.

9.40 Fimbles
Florrie discovers a beautifully wrapped present.
(Shown yesterday at 3.25pm on BBC1)

10.00 Tweenies
Judy brings a new dog to the playgroup.
[web address removed]

10.25 Teletubbies
Po has fun riding her scooter.

Repeats are not indicated.
10.50 English Express (ages 9-11) Texts - Techno Tales
11.10 BBC Primary History (ages
9-11) Britain Since 1948 - a Better Britain for All (m 8383435 11.30 The Experimenter (ages 7-9) Light and Sound - Mirror, Mirror on the Wall 3948706 11.50 See You. See Me (ages 7-9) Are You Ecofriendly? - the Seashore
12.10 Around Scotland (ages
10-12) Children of Coal and Iron - Working Underground

Finance and business news with Adam Shaw.

Repeats are not indicated.
1.00 Magic Key (ages 5-6) Unit 2: Chip and the Flying Circus
(Commands) 99782329 1.15 Numbertime (ages 4-6) Time: Night and Day

A look at a place of historical interest.

Powell and Pressburger costume adventure starring David Niven.
A stranger comes to the aid of noblemen sent to the guillotine during the French Revolution.
Review page 40.
(1950, U)
(David Niven is profiled in the returning series Living Famously, at 3.30pm)

(Digital: BBC London
News) Weather

The series that profiles stars of screen and music returns after a short break with a look at how, beneath a carefully constructed public façade, David Niven led a complex private life.
Director Mark Adderley ; Series producer Tom Ware

Cookery contest.

Elimination quiz.

Homer's gluttony nearly proves fatal. Guest voice: Larry King.

Fancy the Simpsons theme on your phone? Visit [web address removed]

The or Ball and Chain. Will faces a dilemma when Jazz's fiancee makes improper advances towards him.
Another episode is on Thursday at 6.20pm

Twice Shy. When Cniana takes ownership of a slave with mysterious powers, the crew experience some disturbing physical changes, www.bbc.co.uk/cult/farscape

Scottish Style. At Glamis Castle, the Bolton steeplejack discovers how, 400 years ago, an ordinary sandstone pile was transformed by craftsmen into a fairy-tale castle.
Director/Producer David Hall

Will Durham University or Jesus College, Oxford, make it through to the quarter-finals of the student quiz in tonight's second-round tussle? Hosted by Jeremy Paxman.
Director Tracey Rooney ; Producer Peter Gwyn

Poet John Crick and his wife Jackie, a keen gardener, are looking to trade in their property on a noisy Wolverhampton housing estate for a haven in the Shropshire countryside. Series editor Kate Roberts

Ends 10.30.
Never Mind the Buzzcocks Guests on the second show of the new series are radio DJ Mike Read. Eurovision star Jessica Garlick , Toploader guitarist Dan Hipgrave and prog-rocker Rick Wakeman. Mark Lamarr hosts.
Director Paul Wheeler ; Producers Simon Bullivant and Warren Prentice
Repeated next Sunday
9.30 Shooting Stars Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer welcome
DJs Zoe Ball and Norman Cook , and former Blue Peter presenter Valerie Singleton to the surreal comedy quiz. Director Richard Valentine ; Producer Lisa Clark Repeated on Thursday at
9.30pm on BBC Choice First shown on BBC Choice TV comedy's most powerful people: page 12
10.00 The Kumars at No 42 The new series of the comedy chat show continues with grillings for actor Robson Green and entertainer Lulu on the Kumar family sofa.
Written by Richard Pinto , Sharat Sardana. Sanjeev Bhaskar ; Producers Lissa Evans. Richard Pinto , Sharat Sardana ; Executive producers Jimmy Mulville ,
DeniseO'Donoghue Repeated Friday at 9pm on BBC Choice TV comedy's most powerful people: page 12

Robson Green and Lulu face a grilling on the Kumars' sofa.

Analysis of the news, with Jeremy Paxman.

Winner of the BBC's Greenlight Award for Entertainment, a comedy in which the mundane happenings of a small town are documented by an enthusiastic yet inexperienced team of reporters.

Another chance to see the series of comedy dramas with Rob Brydon as a minicab driver whose wife has eloped with her new lover. Tonight Keith attends a party, takes part in a radio quiz, and travels to Euro Disney. Catch more of Keith's thoughts on Wednesday at 11.50pm. Written by Hugo Blick , Rob Brydon ; Producer/Director Hugo Blick

Repeats are not indicated.
Open University 12.30 Open Advice 27462 1.00 Framing and Forming 61443 1.30 The Sonnet
Secondary Schools 2.00 Mathematics -the Maths Channel Languages 4.00 France Inside Out (parts 3-4)
Working In the Arts 5.00 Careers and Health & Safety Open University 6.00 A Source of Inspiration
6.30 The Passionate Statistician