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Ends 9.50.

Dennis the Menace
Fun with the naughty boy.

7.25 Mona the Vampire
When birds start attacking people, suspicion falls on the new boy.

7.40 The Woody Woodpecker Show
Chilly steals some furnace fuel.
(Shown yesterday at 3.45pm on BBC1)

8.00 Ace Lightning
Lord Fears gigantic henchman Anvil stalks the video-game hero.

8.25 Looney Tunes
Bugs Bunny joins the circus.

8.35 Taz-Mania
Anthropologist Jane Allgod studies the refined Tazmanian devil family.

9.00 Xchange Xtra
Gareth Gates guests, plus a visit to the UK's biggest husky-racing championships in Aviemore, Scotland.

9.15 ChuckleVision
Paul and Barry help out at a fire station.

9 35 Captain Abercromby
The crew help two pirate seals.

Contributors

Writer (ChuckleVision):
John Sayle
Guest (Xchange Xtra):
Gareth Gates

Ends 11.00.

Bill and Ben
Thistle plays a trick on the twosome.

10.00 Tweenies
The Tweenies watch different types of dancing on the computer.
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Followed by CBeebies Birthdays

10 25 Teletubbies
Learning how to count to seven.

10.50 Bob the Builder
Bob goes to a line-dancing contest.

Comedy starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
1917: Private Laurel is ordered to guard the post as Private Hardy and the platoon go "over the top". Twenty-one years later, Ollie reads a headline of a soldier's heroism.
Review page 58. (1938, U) (BW)

Then Witness
A survivor of a plane crash recounts his story.

Contributors

Director:
John G. Blystone
Stan:
Stan Laurel
Ollie:
Oliver Hardy

★★ Biblical epic telling the tempestuous story of Solomon, hero of the Israelites, his conflict with the Egyptians and his stormy relationship with Magda, the cunning Queen of Sheba. Review page 58.
Director King Vidor (1959, PG)
Film Trivia: page 53

Contributors

Director:
King Vidor
Solomon:
Yul Brynner
Magda, Queen of Sheba:
Gina Lollobrigida
Adonijah:
George Sanders
Abishag:
Marisa Pavan
Pharaoh:
David Farrar

Six robots do battle in the first round of semi-finals. Can reigning champion Razer from Dorset make it through to another final, or will Surrey newcomers Dantomkia upset the form book? With Craig Charles and Philippa Forrester. Director Derek Wheeler ; Series producer Bill Hobbins
First shown on BBC Choice

Contributors

Unknown:
Craig Charles
Director:
Derek Wheeler
Producer:
Bill Hobbins

Live coverage of the meeting at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena. With the World Indoor Championships due to be held at the same venue in three weeks'time, the Grand Prix provides the perfect opportunity for some of the global stars of track and field to gauge their progress. Among the highlights are local hero Mark Lewis-Francis contesting the 60m and European triplejump champion Ashia Hansen taking on the woman she robbed of Commonwealth glory - Cameroon's Frangoise Mbango.
Presented by Roger Black. Commentary comes from
Steve Cram , Stuart Storey , Paul Dickenson and Brendan Foster , with trackside interviews by Sally Gunnell.
7.40 The men's triple jump kicks off tonight's action, with world and Olympic champion Jonathan Edwards set to continue his intense rivalry with Sweden's Christian Olsson.
8.00 Britain's Daniel Caines and Jamie Baulch go head to head in the men's 400m.
8.10 In the women's 1,000m, Jolanda Ceplak of Slovenia is hoping to break the world record.
8.20 The men's two miles line-up includes Ethiopa's Haile Gebrselassie as he tries to set a new world indoor record.
8.55 Commonwealth champion Ashia Hansen heads a strong field in the women's triple jump.
9.00 The men's 60m includes Britons Dwain Chambers, Mark Lewis-Francis and Jason Gardener.
9.15 Kelly Holmes competes in the women's 1,500m.
9.35 Marlon Devonish , Christian Malcolm and Darren Campbell lead the way for Britain in the men's 200m.
9.45 Britain's Colin Jackson , who retires after the World Indoor Championships, competes in the men's 60m hurdles. Executive producer Helen Kuttner ; Editor Michael Cole www.bbc.co.uk/sport

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lewis-Francis
Unknown:
Ashia Hansen
Unknown:
Frangoise Mbango.
Presented By:
Roger Black.
Unknown:
Steve Cram
Unknown:
Stuart Storey
Unknown:
Paul Dickenson
Unknown:
Brendan Foster
Unknown:
Sally Gunnell.
Unknown:
Jonathan Edwards
Unknown:
Christian Olsson.
Unknown:
Daniel Caines
Unknown:
Jamie Baulch
Unknown:
Jolanda Ceplak
Unknown:
Haile Gebrselassie
Unknown:
Ashia Hansen
Unknown:
Mark Lewis-Francis
Unknown:
Jason Gardener.
Unknown:
Kelly Holmes
Unknown:
Marlon Devonish
Unknown:
Christian Malcolm
Unknown:
Darren Campbell
Unknown:
Colin Jackson
Producer:
Helen Kuttner
Editor:
Michael Cole

The last episode from the first series of the canteen comedy.
Tony's away, the factory is losing orders, Dolly and Jean have walked out, and Bren is left single-handed to run the nightshift on the most important night of the year.

Contributors

Writer/Producer:
Victoria Wood
Director/Producer:
Geoff Posner
Bren:
Victoria Wood
Dolly:
Thelma Barlow
Tony:
Andrew Dunn
Anita:
Shobna Gulati
Philippa:
Celia Imrie
Twinkle:
Maxine Peake
Stan:
Duncan Preston
Jean:
Anne Reid

Germaine Greer , Michael Gove and Sam Taylor-Wood join presenter Mark Lawson to discuss the week's cultural highs and lows.
Producer Tanya Hudson

Contributors

Unknown:
Germaine Greer
Unknown:
Michael Gove
Unknown:
Sam Taylor-Wood
Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Producer:
Tanya Hudson

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