Ends 6.50.
Fimbles
Florrie's tickle will not stay in one place.
Ends 8.30.
Pocket Dragon Adventures
Philbert has an odd experience.
7.00 Blue Peter
Children's magazine.
With in-vision sign language.
Shown yesterday on BBC1
7.30 Taz-Mania
High-speed animated comedy series.
7.50 Ocean Odyssey
The live-action drama returns. Jason and Winston come across bright lights and magnetic activity in the water.
8.15 Snailsbury Tales
Alice gets a new job.
Ends 10.20.
Little Bear
A triple bill of ursine animation.
8.55 Bob the Builder
Dizzy tries to scare off the mice.
Followed by CBeebies Birthdays
9.10 Balamory
Josie Jump wants to take the children to the beach.
Written by Penny Lloyd
First shown on CBeebies Channel
Fantasy Island?: page 32
9.30 Teletubbies Everywhere
Children in India count to three.
9.40 Fimbles
Fimbo and Rome discover string's versatility.
10.00 Tweenies
Jake and Doodles fall out over a comic.
Repeats are not indicated.
10.20 Hands Up! (ages 5-7) Signed Words and Pictures:
Ridiculous! 3218352 10.35 Watch (ages 5-7) Famous People with Magic Grandad: Elizabeth I 5818449 10.50 Words and Pictures Plus (ages 6-7) Long
Vowel Spelling: Katie Morag Delivers the Mail "ai/ay"
11.05 Pod's Mission (ages 8-9)
Year Four: Bones and Muscles 4071246 11.20 Primary Geography (ages 9-11)
Aubrey Manning boards HMS Victory and the Mary Rose to find out why Kent's Weald woodland has survived.
Business news, with Adrian Chiles and Adam Shaw.
Ray Stubbs , Steve Davis and John Parrott are at the Crucible to introduce the coverage as the first, best-of-33-frames semi-final of this year's world championship gets under way.
Last year's semi-finals saw defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 's ambitions of reclaiming the title thwarted by Stephen Hendry , while the eventual winner Peter Ebdon overcame Matthew Stevens 's challenge in a thrilling, down-to-the-wire epic that ended 17-16.
Clive Everton, Dennis Taylor ,
Willie Thorne and John Virgo are commentating. Including, at 3.20, News; Regional News (Digital: BBC London News) Weather
Homer's Phobia. Homer becomes homophobic when he realises that the family's new friend is gay. Hairspray director John Waters provides the guest voice.
Viva Lost Wages. Will and Carlton travel to Las Vegas to try their luck at gambling and entertaining, while Aunt Viv , Hilary and Ashley have a girls' weekend. (sj
Hazel Irvine hosts the green-baize action from Sheffield as the second semi-final gets underway.
Will top-ranking players Ronnie O'Sullivan ,
Mark Williams , Ken Doherty and John Higgins feature in the last four? Will precocious young talent Paul Hunter , world number eight Stephen Lee , 2000 finalist
Matthew Stevens and seven-times winner Stephen Hendry be vying for a place in Sunday's final? Or can a player further down the list of favourites mount an unexpected challenge, as Peter Ebdon did fast year?
The Happy Event. Perky gives birth in the middle of the night, but one of her litter turns out to be a runt.
Written by John Esmonde. Bob Larbey ; Producer John Howard Davies 1
The fourth in an eight-part series surveying the results of a recent nationwide BBC poll to find Britain's favourite dishes. Fast Food. The scourge of dieticians everywhere, takeaways and convenience food come under the spotlight in a rundown of our most popular ready meals. Arabella Weir dips into the top ten of guilty pleasures - in which chicken tikka massala, perhaps surprisingly, does not occupy the number-one slot - while celebrity chefs offer their conflicting views. Narrated by Richard E Grant.
Director Tim Whitwell ; Series producer Richard Bowron
Seeying the Worlde. The development of scientific instruments gave the Tudors new worlds to explore, both on land and on sea. And did the English, not the Dutch, invent the telescope? Adam Hart-Davis investigates in the first episode of his four-part exploration of the Tudor legacy. Producer Billie Pink ; Series producer Paul Bradshaw
Steve Davis and John Parrottjoin Hazel Irvine to offer their insights into the second semi-final at the Crucible.
With Jeremy Paxman.
After a year of violence in Israel, an ultra-orthodox Jewish group based in London campaigns openly for the Palestinian cause, while in Coventry, a football team brings togetherthose who have recently arrived in Britain and those already settled here in an attempt to defuse tension between the groups. The series concludes on Friday at 11.35pm.
Series producer Leo Telling; Executive producer Sandra Jones
First shown in 1998, and introduced by the BBC's World Affairs editor John Simpson , this programme reveals the tense stand-off that on more than one occasion led to threats of war as Unscom inspectors searched for evidence of a deadly arsenal in Iraq.
Producer Judith Bunting
Repeats are not indicated.
Open Science 12.30 Test Tube Miracle? 3302840 1.05 Hollywood Science -Shanghai Noon 7936531 1.15 Background
Brief: Superbugs on the March 7956395 1.30 The KT Event 19314 2.00 Sex and the Single Gene? 89734 2.30 Rocks and Roads 2639717 3.20 Ever Wondered? Curriculum Development 3.30 Aim Higher
Languages 4.00 Deutsch Plus (parts 17-20) Working In Engineering 5.00 The Future Open University 6.00 Development Aid
