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Ends 9.00.

UBOS
Zarlak plans to take over without a fight.

7.20 Dennis the Menace
More fun with the Beano boy.

7.45 Captain Abercromby
A special present and a nasty surprise await Abercromby.

8.00 The Adventures of Shirley
Holmes Bo's cousin and his band are in town.

8.25 Flint the Time Detective
Time shifter Plumella can transform people into paintings.

8.45 Pocket Dragon Adventures
At Hanukkah the dragons exchange gifts.

Ends 10.20.

Clifford the Big Red Dog
Emily Elizabeth loses her lucky stone and her confidence.

9.15 Bob the Builder
Bob, Mr Bentley and the Machines visit a nature reserve.

Followed by CBeebies Birthdays

9.30 Bill and Ben
Weed needs sun protection.

9.40 Fimbles
Florrie finds a party hat. Shown yesterday on BBC1 at 3.25pm

10.00 Tweenies
A film about Chinese New Year makes the friends want to lion dance.

Repeats are not indicated.
10.20 Science Zone (ages 9-11) Electricity: Make or Break?
2200509 10.40 Megamaths (ages 7-9) Shape: Symmetry
3805290 11.00 Look and Read
(ages 9-11) SpellingwithmeSpellits Year 5-6 (Programme 3) 8761219 11.20 Social Inclusion
Dramas (ages 7-11) Lion Mountain 1468412 11.40 BBC Primary
Geography (ages 7-9) Weather, Place and People: Desert USA

Drama, based on Herman Wouk's bestseller. Free of family and boyfriend, innocent 18-year-old Marjorie spends a summer in search of romance. Review page 48.
Director Irving Rapper (1958. U) ***

3.20 News

3.25 Regional News (Digital: BBC London News) Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Herman Wouk
Director:
Irving Rapper
Marjorie:
Natalie Wood
Noel Airman:
Gene Kelly
Rose:
Claire Trevor
Marsha:
Carolyn Jones

Behind her pin-up image actress Jayne Mansfield was a complex and intelligent woman, whose hunger for fame was to drive her from global success to an untimely death.
Director Lisa Drake

Contributors

Unknown:
Jayne Mansfield
Director:
Lisa Drake

More mechanical mayhem as Hypno-Disc takes on Granny's Revenge 2 and Spin Doctorwhile Kat III faces Bulldog Breed. With Craig Charles , Philippa Forrester and Jonathan Pearce. Director Derek Wheeler ; Series producer Bill Hobbins
First shown on BBC Choice

Contributors

Unknown:
Craig Charles
Unknown:
Jonathan Pearce.
Director:
Derek Wheeler
Producer:
Bill Hobbins

Clarissa Dickson Wright and Johnny Scott are in Northern Ireland to fish on the River Bann, one of the best game rivers in Europe. By night they join the water bailiff on the hunt for poachers. By day they explore the river's history.

Contributors

Presenter:
Clarissa Dickson Wright
Presenter:
Johnny Scott
Director:
Dennis Jarvis
Series producer:
David Peat

Christmas Garden. Chris Beardshaw travels to East Anglia to see what traditional Christmas plants can do for the gardener. He visits a holly farm, where berries come in all colours, takes a walk in the Christmas Garden, and finds out why conifers are best seen at night, as well as exploring myths and sacred meanings attached to some plants.
Series producer Kathy Myers www.bbc.co.uk/gardening BBC MAGAZINES: Gardens Illustrated, £3.50; Gardeners' World, U.60

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Beardshaw
Producer:
Kathy Myers

Ramesses III is remembered as Egypt's last great pharaoh, but the truth was very different. With the help of papyrus that was never intended to survive, the dark workings of a pharaoh in crisis are revealed. It's a story of conspiracy, vengeance and murder that belies the positive image of his reign that Ramesses III wanted future generations to believe. [web address removed]

Contributors

Producer:
Jonathan Hassid
Editor:
Laurence Rees

Cultural review, with guests Germaine Greer , Bill Buford and Paul Morleyjoining presenter Mark Lawson.
Producer Tanya Hudson

Contributors

Unknown:
Germaine Greer
Unknown:
Bill Buford
Unknown:
Paul Morleyjoining
Presenter:
Mark Lawson.
Producer:
Tanya Hudson

Spy drama starring
Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles. Howard Graham , a munitions expert, is enjoying a brief stay in Istanbul - a trip which quickly turns into a nightmare when an attempt is made on his life. Review page 48.
Directors Norman Foster. Orson Welles (1942, U) (BW)

Contributors

Unknown:
Joseph Cotten
Unknown:
Orson Welles.
Unknown:
Howard Graham
Directors:
Norman Foster.

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