Ends 6.50
Fimbles
Fimbo finds a bucket.
Ends 8.30.
Anthony Ant
Animated fun with the insect and his pals. (R) (S)
7.00 50/50
School challenge series.
Shown yesterday at 4.10pm on BBC1 (S)
7.30 Evolution: the Animated Series
The Genus comes up with a new plan. (R) (S)
7.50 Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension
Nick comes face to face with the fabled warrior Nepal, who is blue and small. (S)
8.15 Snailsbury Tales
Kevin tries to become a superhero.
Ends 11.00.
Little Bear
Three more tales with a cub and his friends.
8.55 Bob the Builder
Wendy organises a surprise party for her sister Jenny.
Followed by CBeebies Birthdays
9.10 Balamory
Spencer and his little cousin plan to visit the beach.
Episode written by Nigel Crowle
For cast see Thursday
First shown on CBeebies channel
9.30 Noddy
Big Ears and Noddy uncover a secret place full of magic.
BBC magazine: Noddy, £1.75
9.40 Fimbles
Fimbo's paper plane gets stuck in a tree.
10.00 Tweenies
Max makes a film about dinosaurs.
10.20 Pingu
Animated fun with the little penguin.
10.25 Teletubbies
The Teletubbies spill their custard.
10.55 Beebie's Tails
Actress Lynda Bellingham reads Beebie and the Mysterious Knocking.
Prime Minister's Questions and a roundup of political news.
Michael Parkinson appeals on behalf of the Elizabeth foundation for deaf children and their parents. For donation details see Sunday at
4.30pm, BBC1
Tips on shopping over the internet and how to choose the ideal skirt.
Business news.
Then Witness
A first-hand account of the fall of Saigon in 1975.
r Adventure starring
Richard Sonte. Searching for gold lidden during the Second
World War, a group of fortune hunters become trapped by hostile tribesman in the North African desert. Review page SL Director John Brahm (1955)
(BW)
(Digtal: BBC London News); Weather
Adam Partridge and Nigel Smith evaluate antiques before they go up for auction in Newcastle. With Paul Martin.
Culinary challenge.
Elimination quiz.
Homer's Enemy. Bart buys an abandoned factory for one dollar at a government auction.
Half Life. On board the Enterprise, Troi's mother, Lwaxana, falls in love with DrTimicin, a shy scientist who is trying to stop his planet's sun from exploding.
I Talk to the Trees. Tom and Barbara may converse with the trees, but Margo answers back.
Written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey : Producer John Howard Davies What's the secret of a successful sitcom?: page 16
Second of a four-part series in which City boss Gerry Robinson attempts to reverse the fortunes of ailing family firms. Too Hot to Handle. Robinson confronts three feuding brothers behind a large chain of coffee kiosks over the sorry state of their business relationship. Aiming to quell the intense sibling rivalry, his recommendation that one of them should be appointed overall boss proves to be a catalyst for additional disputations, causing sparks to fly. Series producer Kelly Webb-Lamb ; Executive producer Michele Kurland
In the second of a three-part documentary following five homeless people in their efforts to secure long-term employment, Carol Thatcher finds out whether she's landed the job at Sainsbury's and Jide Sosimi reaches a crossroads regarding his future. Meanwhile David Haighbrown, an accountant by trade who is living in a homeless hostel, hopes to find work so that he can bring his family over from Malaysia to Britain.
With Jeremy Paxman.
A selection of programmes from the digital arts channel. Ends 12.25. www.bbc.co.uk/four
Richard Dawkins - Profile Is Professor Richard Dawkins 's view that mankind is a mere vehicle for the perpetuating of genes still valid today? This portrait of the intellectual turns to his new book
A Devil's Chaplain in search of some answers.
11.55 Sir John Sulston - One Man and His Worm In a profile of his life and work, Sulston looks at the sequencing of the human genome.
An account of the murder of Mahatma
Gandhi.
Repeats are not indicated.
Open University 12.30 The Unusual Suspects
1.00 Persisting Dreams: was Byron really mad. bad and dangerous to know? 7278660 1.50 Ever Wondered? Secondary Schools 2.00 Languages - D-MAG
Languages 4.00 Suenos World Spanish (parts 13-16) Switched On 5.00 Research and History
Open University 6.00 Marin Mersenne - the Birth of Modem Geometry
