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Ends 9.00.

UBOS
Verne becomes suspicious of the new librarian.

7.20 Dennis the Menace
Capers with the naughty boy.

7.45 Captain Abercromby
Jake and Bobweb hijack Harry the Lobster's lighthouse.

8.00 The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
Crime-solving with the 12-year-old amateur detective.

8.25 Flint the Time Detective
Lynx is traced to Egypt.

8.45 Pocket Dragon Adventures
The chums search for a distant land.

Ends 11.00.

Clifford the Big Red Dog
Charley neglects an assignment. (S)

9.15 Bob the Builder
Bob builds water feature in Mrs Potts's garden. (R) (S)
Followed by CBeebies Birthdays

9.30 Rubbadubbers: Train Driver Tubb
(S)

9.40 Fimbles
Pom finds a spinning top.
Shown yesterday at 3.25pm on BBC1 (S)

10.00 Tweenies
Fizz's model dinosaur goes missing. (R) (S)
BBC Tweenies magazine: new issue on sale 20 January,
£1.40

10.25 Teletubbies
A piano appears in Tellytubbyland. (R) (S)

10.50 Pingu
Animated Antarctic antics. (R) (S)

10.55 Beebie's Tails
Liza Tarbuck tells the tale of Beebie and the Vegetable Garden. (S)

Musical. Two entrepreneurs convert a run-down cafe into a coffee bar. When the jukebox develops a fault, they discover an odd-jobman with the potential to be a pop star. Review page SL
Director Don Sharp (1958, U)
(BW)

Contributors

Director:
Don Sharp
Harry Blair:
Lee Patterson
Joan Farmer:
Mary Steele
Terry Dene:
Terry Dene
Aunt Sarah:
Linda Gray

Archive performances from Thin Lizzy, the Police, New Order, Curiosity Killed the Cat, James Ingram, Sheila B Devotion, Seal and Light of the World. With Steve Wright. [Web Address Removed]
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 [Web Address Removed]; BBC Top of the Pops Magazine: published monthly, £1.90. New issue on sale now.

Contributors

Unknown:
Thin Lizzy
Unknown:
James Ingram
Unknown:
Sheila B Devotion
Unknown:
Steve Wright.

The Good Life

Series 1

The Thing in the Cellar

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two England

Sitcom. To practice self-sufficiency successfully, every resource must be utilised - even animal dung - so Tom decides to build a generator.

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbetter:
Penelope Keith
Jerry Leadbetter:
Paul Eddington
Angler:
Ray Mort

Wimbledon. Two twentysomething clubbers from south-west London want a party room and a garden, but will Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Diarmuid Gavin come up with something suitably youthful?
Director Richard Sinclair ; Series producers Amanda de Ryk and Kaye Godleman [Web Address Removed] BBC BOOK: Home Front Inside Out - bringing together some of the best ideas from the series - is available for £13.29 (usually £18.99) from [Web Address Removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
Unknown:
Diarmuid Gavin
Director:
Richard Sinclair
Producers:
Amanda de Ryk
Producers:
Kaye Godleman

A Meet the Ancestors film following the excavation of a First World War site that was discovered by chance outside Ypres in Belgium. Archaeologists find evidence of a battle in which over 600 soldiers were killed and an infrastructure of trenches giving an insight into life on the Western Front. Producer John Hayes Fisher ; Executive producer Caroline van den Brul

Contributors

Producer:
John Hayes Fisher
Producer:
Caroline van Den Brul

France is his first destination as Jeremy Clarkson jumps into an E-Type Jag for a five-part trip around Europe in search of the truth behind the age-old stereotypes the British have created for their European counterparts.
After crossing the Channel, Clarkson attends a dinner of banned foods and participates in a yacht race.
Series director Dennis Jarvis ; Series producer Andy Wilman

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Clarkson
Director:
Dennis Jarvis
Producer:
Andy Wilman

Continuing the repeat run of the four-part drama.
The Detective. DCI Billie Dory is challenged by Angela.
Written by Abi Morgan ; Producer Rebecca de Souza ; Director Beeban Kidron Concludes tomorrow at 11.20pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dci Billie Dory
Written By:
Abi Morgan
Producer:
Rebecca de Souza
Director:
Beeban Kidron
Angela Maurer:
Julie Walters
Ave Dewson:
David Morrissey
Akash Gupta:
Om Puri
DCI Billie Dory:
Imelda Staunton
Gareth McGuinness:
Ron Cook
Robert Weldon:
Robert Glenister
Roz Finch:
Nicola Reynolds
Lee Finch:
Paul Higgins
Christopher Maurer:
Jason Done
Carol Shipton:
Sian Liquorish
Ryan McGuinness:
Roland Manookian
Val:
Adie Allen
Sarah Weldon:
Kate Fenwick
Sita Gupta:
Sudha Bhuchar
DS Wentworth:
Elizabeth Rider
DS TJ Holland:
Aaron McCusker
Theresa:
Dido Miles
Benji Dawson:
Shaun Salmon
Father Daniel:
Oliver Ford Davies
Sharad:
Marc Zuber

Repeats are not indicated.
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Working In the Arts 5.00 Team Leadership and Business Skills Open University 6.00 The Rainbow 66217 6.30 Refining the View

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