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Ends 10.00.

The Adventures of Marco and Gina
Naughty twins Boris and Maurice pay a visit.
(S)

7.15 Fix and Foxi
(R) (S)

7.30 UGetMe
Will Kit choose her future career over her best friend?
(Cast on Thursday)
(First shown on CBBC channel) (S) (W)

7.40 Yvon of the Yukon
A spate of strange robberies.
(R) (S)

8.05 Newsround
(S) (W)

8.10 Taz-Mania
Animated double bill with the devil.
(R) (S)

8.30 Raven
Five young warriors brave the freezing waters of a deep ioch.
(First shown on CBBC channel) (S) (W)

9.00 Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo
The gang visit a steam bath, confront a dragon and assist Marvo the magician.
(R) (S) (W)

9.20 SMart
The natural wonders of Cornwall's Eden Project provide inspiration.
(R) (S) (W)

9.45 CBBC at the Fame Academy
Another update.
(S) (W)

9.50 Snailsbury Tales
Is there a monster in the pond?
(R) (S)

Ends 11.15.

Tweenies
What are "butterflies in the tummy"? (R) (S) (W)

10.20 Clifford the Big Red Dog
Jetta throws a party. (R) (S)

10.40 Balamory
What will Spencer make with some coloured paper?
Cast on Tuesday (R) (S) (W)

11.00 Boo!
A game of hide-and-seek in a castle. (S) (W)

Followed by CBeebies Birthdays

Contributors

Writer ("Balamory"):
Alan Moss

Comedy drama with Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers.
A debutante defies her father by following her Broadway ambitions.
Review page 48. (1937, U) (BW) (S)
RT Shop: Katharine Hepburn's classic films on video and DVD from £6.99. Call on [number removed] (national rate).
Film Trivia: page 51

Contributors

Director:
Gregory La Cava
Terry Randall:
Katharine Hepburn
Joan Maitland:
Ginger Rogers

Vintage material from the Human League, Los Lobos, Liza Minnelli and the Pet Shop Boys, All about Eve and Ten Pole Tudor. Plus new music from Allison Moorer. (S) (W) Top of the Pops is on Friday at 7.30pm on BBCI

Contributors

Unknown:
Liza Minnelli
Unknown:
Allison Moorer.

Jackie Milburn - the Reluctant Hero. Fifteen years after his death, one of football's first superstars is still celebrated for helping Newcastle United to win the FA Cup three times in the 1950s. Yet Milburn was a deeply shy man who lacked confidence in his abilities. Using family film and interviews with Sir Bobby and Jack Charlton , Homeground profiles the enigmatic character behind the legend.
Producer Ged Clarke (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jackie Milburn
Unknown:
Jack Charlton
Producer:
Ged Clarke

Did you buy into the 1980s "yuppie" look of cool chrome and black ash, or were you a devotee of dado rails and "romantic" frilly curtains? In this light-hearted conclusion to a two-part retrospective of British interior design, Sir Terence Conran , Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and tailor
Oswald Boateng cast a critical eye over some of the best (and worst) trends of the past 20 years.
Producer Kerry Richardson ; Executive producer Mark Hill (R) (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Terence Conran
Unknown:
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
Unknown:
Oswald Boateng
Producer:
Kerry Richardson
Producer:
Mark Hill

Many British millionaires have prospered through canny business deals or wise investments - others, however, have taken advantage of the UK's booming property market. In the second of a six-part series, Dominic Littlewood hears from a property entrepreneur who has bought, renovated, rented and sold their way to seven-figure success.
Series producer Richard Sinclair ; Executive producer Nick Patten (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dominic Littlewood
Producer:
Richard Sinclair
Producer:
Nick Patten

While many with facial disfigurement opt for surgery, others maintain they should not feel pressurised because of society's intolerance. Former model Barbara Alvez hopes surgeon lain Hutchison can restore her looks after a disastrous operation to correct an abscess. Vikki Lucas , on the other hand, has the rare genetic disorder cherubism, and opposes any procedure to modify her features.
Director Duncan Staff; Executive producer Edwina Vardey (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Alvez
Unknown:
Vikki Lucas
Producer:
Edwina Vardey

Ism Ism Ism. Fowler deals with a bogus asylum seeker in an episode of Ben Elton 's cop comedy first shown in 1996. Director John Birkin ; Producers Ben Elton , Geoffrey Perkins (R) (S)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Elton
Director:
John Birkin
Producers:
Ben Elton
Producers:
Geoffrey Perkins

With incidences of racism between well-established black communities and white asylum seekers on the rise, David Akinsanya reports for the Black Britain strand on the policy of placing the newcomers in pressurised inner-city areas. Director Christopher Kendall ; Producer Jennifer Stimpson (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Akinsanya
Director:
Christopher Kendall
Producer:
Jennifer Stimpson

Should mobile phones and disgraced peer
Jeffrey Archer - two of actress Kathy Burke 's irritations - be consigned to Orwellian oblivion? Paul Merton decides. Director Geraldine Dowd ; Producer Richard Wilson (R) (S)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeffrey Archer
Unknown:
Kathy Burke
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Director:
Geraldine Dowd
Producer:
Richard Wilson

Repeats are not indicated.
Open University 12.30 Global Fantasy 2: the proliferation of video games. (S) 72277 1.00 Virtual Democracy? (S)
1.30 Berlin: Unemployment and the Family (S)
Youth Nation 2.00 Change the World; Is Peace Possible? (S) Languages 4.00 Italy Inside Out: Lecce/Sicily (S)
Webwise for Business 5.00 Welcome to the Cybermarket (S)Open University 6.00 Non-Euclidean Geometry (S)

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