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Ends 10.00.

Moomin
The Moomins hold an art competition. (R) (S)

7.15 Popeye and Son
Double bill of cartoon capers. (R) (S)

7.40 Blue Peter
Simon Thomas is in New Zealand. (R) (S) (W)

8.05 Newsround
(S) (W)

8.10 Arthur
Sue Ellen becomes obsessed with a game, then Brian wants to go camping. (R) (S)

8.35 ChuckleVision
The brothers cater for a duke's romantic meal.
Written by John Sayle (R) (S)

9.00 The Scooby, Scrappy and Yabba Doo Show
Crimebusting canine triple bill. (R) (S) (W)

9.20 The Wild Thornberrys
Donnie runs away. (R) (S)

9.45 CBBC at the Fame Academy
Talent-show update. (S) (W)

9.50 Snailsbury Tales
A storm cuts short Eric's balloon trip. (R) (S)

Contributors

Presenter (Blue Peter):
Simon Thomas
Writer (ChuckleVision):
John Sayle

Ends 11.15.

Tweenies
Max joins in a teddy bears' picnic. (R) (S) (W)

10.20 Clifford the Big Red Dog
Cleo shuns Clifford. (R)(S)

10.35 Balamory
Miss Hoolie's friends organise a ceilidh.
Written by Penny Lloyd (R) (S) (W)

Followed by CBeebies Birthdays

Contributors

Writer ("Balamory"):
Penny Lioyd
Archie:
Miles Jupp
PC Plum:
Andrew Agnew
Miss Hoolie Julie:
Wilson Nimmo
Suzie Sweet:
Mary Riggans

Crime drama, the first of two films starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons.

Ambulanceman Frank Jessup takes a job as chauffeur to the Tremayne family after helping the stepmother of spoilt Diane Tremayne, but events soon take a sinister turn.
Review page 44. (1953) (BW) (S)
(Mitchum and Simmons team up again in Beautiful but Dangerous, tomorrow 11.50am)

Contributors

Director:
Otto Premirger
Frank Jessup:
Robert Mitchum
Diane Tremayne:
Jean Simmons

Drama starring Kim Stanley and Richard Attenborough , showing as part of the Attenborough at 80 season. A medium's husband is shocked by the lengths she will go to in order to achieve recognition for her abilities. Review page 44. Director Bryan Forbes (1964)
(BW) (S) The Attenborough season ends with The Chess Players - Friday 11.30pm BBC4 Barry Norman on Richard Attenborough : page 41

Contributors

Unknown:
Kim Stanley
Unknown:
Richard Attenborough
Director:
Bryan Forbes
Unknown:
Barry Norman
Unknown:
Richard Attenborough

Continuing the sporting action from the Stade de France.
Five world titles will be decided in tonight's events. The evening begins with coverage of the decathlon shot put and high jump events.
5.15 Men's 400m hurdles. Britain's Chris Rawlinson features among the hopefuls in the first round.
5.45 Men's pole vault qualifying. Briton Nick Buckfield is among the competitors.
6.05 Women's 5,000m round one.
6.30 Women's triple jump final. Only two women have jumped over 15m this year, and while Tatyana Lebedeva from Russia looks set to be competing, the participation of Cuba's Yamile Aidama is in doubt over an eligibility issue.
6.50 Men's discus final. Will current European champion and favourite Robert Fazekas of Hungary triumph?
7.00 Women's 200m. Coverage of the second round.
7.30 Women's 100m hurdles semi-finals. American athlete Anjanette Kirkland defends her title only three months after giving birth to her daughter.
7.45 Women's 800m final. Mozambique's Maria Mutola aims to continue her strong performance of the last two seasons and claim her third world title. (S) (W) BBCi: digital viewers can watch extra coverage of the decathlon and other field events by pressing the red button on the handset

Contributors

Unknown:
Stade de France.
Unknown:
Chris Rawlinson
Unknown:
Nick Buckfield
Unknown:
Tatyana Lebedeva
Unknown:
Yamile Aidama
Unknown:
Robert Fazekas
Unknown:
Anjanette Kirkland
Unknown:
Maria Mutola

Help to preserve one of Britain's architectural treasures.
Midlands. Advocates Matthew Parris , Ulrika Jonsson and Simon Jenkins argue the cases respectively for saving
Derbyshire's Cromford Mill, the Newman Brothers coffin factory in Birmingham and Bethesda Chapel,
Stoke-on-Trent. Hosted by Griff Rhys Jones. Buildings in the Scottish Highlands are the focus on Friday at 9pm. Restoration Secrets follows at 10pm on BBC4.
Producer Jonathan Barker ; Executive producer Andrea Miller (S) (W) BBCi: interactive features available to digital viewers via the red button
VOTING DETAILS: call [number removed] (calls cost 30p with at least half the proceeds going towards the restoration of the winning building). Lines open 2am Monday 25 August and close 12 midnight Wednesday 27 August. DONATIONS: for details see Friday
RESTORATION MAGAZINE: free with September issues of Homes & Antiques, L2.95, and History magazine, L3.25.

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Parris
Unknown:
Ulrika Jonsson
Unknown:
Simon Jenkins
Unknown:
Griff Rhys Jones.
Producer:
Jonathan Barker
Producer:
Andrea Miller

A profile of one of America's most successful diplomats and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, also looking at criticisms of Kissinger-the man once branded a "war criminal" by journalist Christopher Hitchens - during the Nixon and Ford years.
Director Eugene Jarecki ; Producer Alex Gibney (R) (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Hitchens
Director:
Eugene Jarecki
Producer:
Alex Gibney

Repeats are not indicated.
Open University 12.30 Fortress Britain (S) 623791.00 The
Dangers of Powerful Neighbours (S) (W) 99060 1.30 Greenberg on Art Criticism (S)
Youth Nation 2.00 Change the World: Behind Bars (S)
Languages 4.00 Espana Viva (part 15); Europuzzle: Spain (S) Skills for Life 5.00 Skillswise: New Ways of Learning (S) Open University 6.00 The World Network (S)

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