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Mean Binky is given a taste of his own medicine, then Prunella turns fortune-teller. (R) (S)

6.55 Taz-Mania
Fun with the voracious Taz and friends. (R) (S)

7.15 Looney Tunes
Animated fun with Daffy Duck, Goofy, Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. (R) (S)

7.30 Smile
American Pop Idol winner Kelly Clarkson joins Reggie Yates, DJ Devstar and Fearne Cotton for a morning of music, games, cartoons and chat. Mis-Teeq answer viewers questions, and there's the final Your Riddims, Your UK 2003 entry - Milton Keynes viewer's version of a Pink track - before the voting lines open. Which aspiring performer will win sufficient support to triumph?
Plus What's New Scooby-Doo?, Stuart Little, Cavegirl, Arthur, Even Stevens and Dennis the Menace. (S) [web address removed]

Contributors

Presenter (Smile):
Reggie Yates
Presenter (Smile):
DJ Devstar
Presenter (Smile):
Fearne Cotton
Guest (Smile):
Kelly Clarkson
Director (Smile):
Ian Trill
Producer (Smile):
Ben Brewster

Would you like to bring a touch of eastern promise to your lounge or bedroom? Using illustrative excerpts from Big Strong Boys, House Invaders and Home Front, Laurence Llewelyn -
Bowen explains how to attain design nirvana in your home.
At 11.40, in Real Rooms,
Sally Meen uses exotic fabrics and cushions to create a sumptuous boudoir, and at 12.10, in Planet Patio, Diarmuid Gavin uses bamboos and a silver birch to turn an Edinburgh backyard into a Japanese-style retreat. Director Kate Dillon ; Series producer
Vanessa Jackson (S)

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurence Llewelyn
Unknown:
Sally Meen
Unknown:
Diarmuid Gavin
Director:
Kate Dillon
Producer:
Vanessa Jackson

Presented by Clare Balding and Hazel Irvine.
12.45 Rugby League Highlights from the McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield of the third and final Ashes Test between
Great Britain and Australia.
1.30 Racing Three races from
Aintree, featuring the £75,000 Becher Chase over Grand
National fences at 2.45, won last year by Ardent House on his third attempt. Other starts at 1.40 and 2.05.
2.55Snooker Coverage of the UK Championship second round continues from York's Barbican Centre. Best-of-17-frame matches featuring former world champions
Ronnie O'Sullivan of England and Scotland's John Higgins are scheduled to be playing to a finish this afternoon.
At this juncture last year, the then world champion Peter Ebdon saw off a spirited challenge from Stoke's
Dave Harold to set up a meeting with Scotland's Alan McManus. (S) Producer Lakviar Singh ; Editor Lawrence Duffy www.bbc.co.uk/sport

Contributors

Presented By:
Clare Balding
Unknown:
Hazel Irvine
Unknown:
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Unknown:
John Higgins
Unknown:
Peter Ebdon
Unknown:
Dave Harold
Unknown:
Alan McManus
Producer:
Lakviar Singh
Editor:
Lawrence Duffy

As dusk approaches on Somerset's Mendip Hills, badgers are filmed by infrared lights and cameras as they groom themselves, forage for food and maintain their sett.
Producer Roger Webb : Series producer Wendy Darke (R) (S)

Contributors

Producer:
Roger Webb
Producer:
Wendy Darke

How do elephants survive in the harsh, arid wilderness of the Namib Desert? Saba Douglas-Hamilton discovers that Namibia's red dunes are home to a surprising variety of inhabitants, including black rhinos and desert lions, while the waters off the Skeleton Coast teem with Cape Fur seals. Director Clare Brook : Series producer Simon Nash (R) (S)

Contributors

Unknown:
Saba Douglas-Hamilton
Director:
Clare Brook
Producer:
Simon Nash

Dune. Graphics and time-lapse imagery are used to capture the formation of dunes and the profound impact they have had on animal and plant communities as, over the past 10,000 years, the ridges of sand have made their way from the windswept shores of the Atlantic across Africa's Namib Desert. Narrated by Brian Cox.
Producers Patrick Morris and Jeremy Bristow ; Series editor Michael Gunton (S) www.bbc.co.uk/nature

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Cox.
Producers:
Patrick Morris
Producers:
Jeremy Bristow
Editor:
Michael Gunton

The third round in this year's UK Championship gets under way in York, with players competing in best-of-17-frames matches over two sessions. Hazel Irvine is joined by former champions Steve Davis and John Parrott. (S) www.bbc.co.uk/snooker

Contributors

Unknown:
Hazel Irvine
Unknown:
Steve Davis
Unknown:
John Parrott.

Jeremy Clarkson challenges Toyota's new pick-up, the Hilux, to a series of extraordinary tasks, while James May tries out the new Alfa Romeo 166 and Richard Hammond looks at two classic-cars-in-waiting, namely the Mercedes 190E and the VW Corrado. Plus Mazda's latest sports coupe, the Wankel rotary-powered RX8, hitting the test track.
Executive producer Gary Hunter ; Series editor Andy Wilman (S) BBC TOP GEAR MAGAZINE: £3.50, monthly. New issue on sale now

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Clarkson
Unknown:
James May
Unknown:
Richard Hammond
Producer:
Gary Hunter
Editor:
Andy Wilman

What really happened in Dealey Plaza on 22 November 1963? This ambitious documentary uses powerful computer rendering to shed new light on the famous
Zapruder home movie (the only known complete record of I JFK's assassination), reconstruct a hi-tech crime scene, and conclusively identify those responsible for the murder of the American president. Narrated by Gavin Esler.
Director Mark Obenhaus ; Executive producers Fiona Stourton and Tom Yellin See Days That Shook the World on Tuesday at 8pm (S) The birth of an icon: page 22

Contributors

Unknown:
Gavin Esler.
Director:
Mark OBEnhaus
Producers:
Fiona Stourton
Producers:
Tom Yellin

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