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Ends 9.00.

Taz-Mania
Cartoon fun with the Tazmanian devil.

7.20 Dennis the Menace
Animated schoolboy antics.

7.45 Captain Abercromby
Jake's mother decides it's high time he got married.

8.00 Animorphs
it's the end of term, and the school prom isjust around the corner.

8 25 Evolution: the Animated Series
Ira discovers that General Granger is in league with Scopes.

8.45 Pocket Dragon Adventures
Something strange has happened to Philbert.

Ends 11.00

Clifford the Big Red Dog
Mac wants to join the pop band T-Bone has put together.

9.15 Bob the Builder
Spud tries to prove to everyone that he can be helpful.

Followed by CBeebies Birthdays

9.30 Rubbadubbers
Tubb would like to make things disappear with a toy wand.

9.40 Fimbles
Rome finds some trousers.
Shown yesterday at 3.25pm on BBC1

10.00 Tweenies
The gang meet some strange animals.

10.25 Teletubbies
The custard machine makes a funny noise.
BBC video: Look/Yellow, £9.99

10.50 Pingu
The little penguin has a female admirer.

10.55 Beebie's Tails
Actress Patsy Palmer reads Beebie Goes Bell Ringing.

On the eve of the three-day
Grand National meeting from Aintree, coverage from Ascot features the f 40,000 Long
Distance Hurdle race at 3.45pm, plus other starts at 2.10, 2.40 and 3.15. Commentary by Jim McGrath and Peter Scudamore. Introduced by Richard Pitman. Senior producer Geny Morrison Aintree coverage starts tomorrow 1.45pm www.bbc.co.uk/racing
Including at 3.25, News; Regional News (Digital: BBC London News); Weather

Contributors

Commentary By:
Jim McGrath
Commentary By:
Peter Scudamore.
Introduced By:
Richard Pitman.
Producer:
Geny Morrison

Simple Minds, the Happy Mondays and Big Audio Dynamite feature in Steve Wright 's twice-weekly raid on the Top of the Pops archives. Plus new music from Grand Drive.
Producer Mark Hagen www.bbc.co.uk/totp2 Top of the Pops is on Friday at 7,30pm on BBC1

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Wright
Producer:
Mark Hagen

Well-known Tinseltown movies undergo scientific scrutiny to establish which one contains the most implausible cinematic moment in a new four-part series. Tonight's guinea pigs - Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves, The Score and The Thomas Crown Affair- are scoured for the break-in scene deemed the most improbable. With Robert Llewellyn of Red Dwarf fame, and scientist Dr Jonathan Hare.
Producer Paul King ; Series producer Gillian Scothem 31 Pierce Brosnan stars in Night Watch tonight at 11.25pm on BBC1 Homework helper: page 30

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Hood
Unknown:
Robert Llewellyn
Unknown:
Dr Jonathan Hare.
Producer:
Paul King
Producer:
Gillian Scothem
Producer:
Pierce Brosnan

The team are called to a semi-detached house in Kent that is halfway through major building work. Nothing has been knocked down, so Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen sets to work, transforming angularity into circularity indoors and imposing a colour scheme of lime green and royal blue.
Outside, Diarmuid Gavin designs a series of curved walls and raised beds, clad with 5000 shimmering steel tiles.
Director Ann Wilson ; Series producer Amanda de Ryk BBC Book: Home Front Inside Out, £18.99, available from www.bbcshop.com Syringa meyeri "Palibin" and perennial collection offers: page 31

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
Unknown:
Diarmuid Gavin
Director:
Ann Wilson
Producer:
Amanda de Ryk

Impressionists Jon Culshaw , Jan Ravens , Mark Perry , Phil Cornwell and Kevin Connelly send up a host public figures in the first of three compilations from series one. A new series is scheduled to return later this year.
Directors Jonathan Gershfield , Pati Marr. John Birkin ; Producer Bill Dare

Contributors

Unknown:
Jon Culshaw
Unknown:
Jan Ravens
Unknown:
Mark Perry
Unknown:
Phil Cornwell
Unknown:
Kevin Connelly
Directors:
Jonathan Gershfield
Directors:
Pati Marr.
Directors:
John Birkin

In 1979, a 17-year-old footballer from Northern Ireland with a bright future signed a false confession stating that, as an IRA volunteer, he had taken part in the murder of a British soldier. After two decades on the run, the charges against Gerry McGowan have been dropped, and he now revisits the people and places that have continued to haunt him. Director Min Clough ; Executive producer Todd Austin
Postponed from 19 March

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry McGowan
Director:
Min Clough
Producer:
Todd Austin

Repeats are not indicated.
Open University 12.30 Defining Moments 64319 1.00 News and the Democratic Agenda? 24338 1.30 The North Sea Secondary Schools 2.00 Science: Short Circuit
Languages 4.00 Make Italian Your Business (part 1)
Sklllswise 5.00 Website Guide and Skills in Health and Care Open University 6.00 Sydney- Living with Difference
6.30 Just Seventeen: the Geometry of Patterns

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