Ends 9.00.

UBOS
Zarlak plans to appropriate everyone's laughter. (R) (S)

7.20 Dennis the Menace
Capers with the naughty boy. (R) (S)

7.45 Captain Abercromby
First in a new 13-part series. Abercromby searches for Lenny Tentacle's watch emporium.
(Episode two on Friday at 7.45am) (S)

8.00 The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
Shirley tries her hand at the theatre. (R) (S)

8.25 The Roswell Conspiracies
Nick and Sh'lainn are sent on a mission to the Himalayas. (R) (S)

8.45 Pocket Dragon Adventures
Specs makes the mistake of laughing at Scribble's tale. (R) (S)

Ends 11.00.

Clifford the Big Red Dog
Emily Elizabeth writes a fan letter.
(S)

9.15 Bob the Builder
Mr Ellis's white rabbit goes missing.
(R) (S)

Followed by CBeebies Birthdays

9.30 Rubbadubbers
Beginning a new animated series in which a bathroom is turned into a world of adventure. Reg frightens the bath toys when he wears a pirate's hat.
(S) (W)

9.40 Fimbles
Pom finds a fallen leaf.
(Shown yesterday at 3.25pm on BBC1) (S) (W)

10.00 Tweenies
Doodles is jealous of the new dog.
(R) (S) (W)
BBC Tweenies Magazine: monthly £1.40

10.25 Teletubbies
A brisk wind blows Po off her scooter.
(R) (S)

10.50 Pingu
The little penguin keeps an egg warm.
(R)

10.55 Beebie's Tails
In the first of new weekly slot in which celebrities read stories about the CBeebies rabbit, Paul Whitehouse tells the tale of "Beebie and the Mysterious Knocking."
(S) (W)

Andrew Neil and Daisy Sampson present today's political stories. Including coverage of Prime Minister's Questions.

Lighter Side of Angela Matusa A slim Angela returns. Followed by Witness

Finance and business news.

Chimney sweeps Stan and Ollie cause havoc.
The film Way Out West follows. (BW)

Classic comedy starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

The duo try to deliver the deeds of a goldmine to an heiress.
Including the song "Trail of the Lonesome Pine."
Review page 4L (1937, U) (BW)
Film Trivia: page 38
(Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are profiled in Living Famously at 3.30pm)

(Digital: BBC London
News) Weather

The Laurel and Hardy story, from their origins in British vaudeville to their heyday as the first true comedy stars of the sound era. Director Rupert Miles

Cookery contest.

Elimination quiz.

Homer v Lisa and the Eighth Commandment. Lisa is appalled when Homer has cable TV installed illegally.

Archive performances from Gloria Gaynor, City Boy, Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes singing Up Where We Belong, Kiss, Terence Trent D'Arby, Sally Oldfield, D:Ream and Scarlet Fantastic. With the voice of Steve Wright.
www.bbc.co.uk/totp2
Top of the Pops is on Friday at 7.30pm on BBC1
BBC PRODUCTS: book, Top of the Pops 1964-2002: the True Story, price £14.99 from bookshops or www.bbcshop.com; BBC Top of the Pops Magazine: published monthly, £1.90. New issue on sale now.

Still depressed by his ordeal with the Borg, Picard takes leave on Earth, returning to his family home and his hostile brother. Worf has to cope with a visit from his parents. [Web Address Removed] Would you like Star Trek's theme tune as your mobile ringtone? Visit [Web Address Removed] for information

When Margo learns that Tom and Barbara are to keep pigs, she enlists the help of the residents' association.

BBC Video: The Good Life boxed set. containing the complete series on nine videos, £79.99 from [web address removed]

Romantic comedy from the director of Father Ted.

Following an attack, womanising, alcoholic TV chef Harry McKee slips into a coma and then awakes with no recollection of the past 25 years. Will his new-found innocence help him to atone for all his past misdeeds?

Review page 41.
(2000, 15)

With Jeremy Paxman.

Beginning a rerun of the series of six ten-minute monologues starring Joanna Lumley , showing in two half-hour compilations. Middle-aged Madison Blakelock recounts her past with an optimism and energy dizzyingly at odds with reality. Concludes tomorrow at 11.20pm.
Written, produced and directed by Hugo Blick

Keith reminisces in Cardiff, acquires a mobile phone and becomes obsessed with building a picture of Meryl. More tomorrow at 11.50pm. TV comedy's most powerful people: page 12

Repeats are not indicated.
Open University
12.30 Wembley Stadium: Venue of Legends

1.00 Passing Judgements

1.30 The British Family: Sources and Myths

Secondary Schools
2.00 Mathematics Mathsphere Edits: Algebra
Mathematics in a real-world context.

Languages
4.00 Talk French (parts 3-6) Working In the Arts

5.00 Communication and Time Management
Developing negotiation and presentational skills.

Open University
6.00 Blue Haven

6.30 The True Geometry of Nature