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Ends 8.30.

Pocket Dragon Adventures
Specs tries to impress.

7.00 Blue Peter
Konnie lands on an erupting volcano in Hawaii and goes diving and dancing in this special.

7.30 Taz-Mania
Cartoon double bill.

7.50 Lizzie McGuire
Lizzie's and Gordo's obsessions affect their friendship.
Shown yesterday at 4.35pm on BBC1

8.15 Snailsbury Tales
A heat wave hits Snailsbury.

Ends 10.50.

Little Bear
More adventures with the curious cub.

8.55 Bob the Builder
Bob refurbishes the Bandstand.
BBC magazine: Bob the Builder, £1.40

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9.10 Balamory
Josie is looking after a dog and seeks advice from PC Plum.
(For cast see Thursday)

9.30 Brum
Brum helps a naughty dog get out of trouble.

9.40 Fimbles
Fimbo finds a pair of curtains.

10.00 Tweenies
The Tweenies play a rhyming game.

10.20 Pingu
Adventures with the clumsy penguin.

10.25 Teletubbies
Children tackle an obstacle course.

Drama starring
Richard Attenborough , Mia Farrow and Jack Hawkins. When rebellion breaks out in a newly independent African state, the sergeants' mess of a mixed Anglo-African regiment becomes a haven for refugees. Widescreen. Review page 45. Director John Guillermin (1964)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Attenborough
Unknown:
Mia Farrow
Unknown:
Jack Hawkins.
Director:
John Guillermin

This evening's journey back into the pop archives features Wet Wet Wet, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Joy Sarney, Blur, Cockney Rejects, Carole Bayer Sager , plus the new single from Meat Loaf as well as his classic hit
Dead Ringer for Love. With Steve Wright. Another edition is tomorrow at 6.20pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Dury
Unknown:
Carole Bayer Sager
Unknown:
Steve Wright.

Financial wizard Alvin Hall returns in a 12-part fifth series in which he helps people sort out their bank accounts and settle their money worries. The first beneficiaries of his counsel are Vesna Howarth and Stuart Liddle , a couple from Halifax with two young sons, Zack and Samuel. They have overstretched themselves on their quest to get on the property ladder. Hall reveals the true state of their finances and looks for ways for them to make ends meet. Director Sarah Wood ; Series producer Kate Roberts Detox your debts: page 31

Contributors

Unknown:
Alvin Hall
Unknown:
Vesna Howarth
Unknown:
Stuart Liddle
Director:
Sarah Wood
Producer:
Kate Roberts

More Britons dream of a new life in Spain than anywhere else in the world. For Barry and Jill Burgess , that was their goal after the failure of their luxury chauffeur business. But will endless sunshine be enough to compensate for the fact their earnings don't cover the rent, they don't speak the language and every move is slowed by bureaucracy? Relocators Scott Huggins and Melissa Porter try to help the couple through the first month of their new life.
Producer Helen Soden ; Series producer Gavin Hay

Contributors

Unknown:
Jill Burgess
Unknown:
Relocators Scott Huggins
Unknown:
Melissa Porter
Producer:
Helen Soden
Producer:
Gavin Hay

The USS Abraham Lincoln, a huge floating battle station with 6,000 men and women on board, played a crucial role in the Iraqi war. For this Correspondent special, cameras follow the ship from the last tense days of the diplomatic discussions prior to the outbreak of war through to the air bombardment of Baghdad. Among those revealing how they feel about the war - and America's role in it - are the crew of a Prowler jet, a young female technician plus one of the few Muslims on board.
Producer Anthony Makin ; Editor Karen O'Connor

Contributors

Producer:
Anthony Makin
Editor:
Karen O'Connor

The story of the battle fought by Texan racing driver Carroll Shelby , winner of the prestigious Le Mans event in 1959 on his first attempt, to build a car that would rival the might of Ferrari on the racing circuit during the 1960s. From his base in California emerged the Shelby Cobra. This documentary uses split-screen techniques to recount Shelby's adventure. Director/Producer Richard Symons www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour

Contributors

Unknown:
Carroll Shelby
Producer:
Richard Symons

Repeats are not indicated.
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