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Ends 7.00.

Yoho Ahoy
Grog and Booty help Swab find an earring.
(R) (S)

6.10 Fireman Sam
Sam has to attend to a barn fire.
(R) (S)

6.20 Fimbles
Pom's latest find brings back many memories.
(R) (S)

6.40 Tweenies
Dotman and Alf Elf visit the North Pole to find how Santa wraps his presents.
(R) (S)

Ends 8.30.

ChuckleVision
There's a vegetable patch on Barry and Paul's cricket pitch.
Writer Rory Clark (R) (S)

7.20 Snailsbury Tales
Eric's brother Kevin is stuck in the country during a drought. (R) (S)

7.30 Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
A trio of Shaggy's dog stories. (R) (S)

8.00 Newsround
(S)

8.05 Blue Peter
A preview of Nina Bawden's tale Carrie's War.
Shown yesterday 5pm BBC1 (S)

Contributors

Writer ("ChuckleVision"):
Rory Clark

Ends 10.25.

Tweenies Count to Christmas
Its Fizz's turn to spin the wheel. (R) (S)

Then The Story Makers
Jelly has a nice surprise. (R) (S)

8.55 Pingu
Pingu gets a bike. (R)

9 00 Tweenies
Max has Christmas gifts for Santa. (R) (S)

9 20 Bob the Builder
Wendy holds a surprise party for her sister Jenny.
Shown yesterday 3.35prn BBC1 (S)

9 30 Fimbles
A clockwork mouse is on the loose in the valley. (R) (S)

9 50 Teletubbies
Children ride in a bus as it gets washed. (R) (S)

Followed by CBeebies Birthdays

10 20 Andy Pandy
A bubble follows Andy everywhere he goes. (S)

Romantic comedy. When Joy Miller is mistakenly employed to teach the children of a handsome dictator, she soon discovers why he is known as "the Beast". Review page 55.
Director Ken Kwapis (1997, PG)
(S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Joy Miller
Director:
Ken Kwapis
Joy:
Miller Frandrescher
Boris Pochenko:
Timothy Dalton
Grushinsky:
Ian McNeice
Kleist:
Patrick Malahide
Katrina:
Lisa Jakub

Fleetwood Mac and James Brown are the strange coupling in a two-act special. With Steve Wright.
Producer Mark Hagen (S) www.bbc.co.uk/totp2 Another episode is tomorrow at 6.20pm

Contributors

Unknown:
James Brown
Unknown:
Steve Wright.
Producer:
Mark Hagen

Sheathed in the disguise of a medieval skin, Tower Bridge hides the dramatic workings of 20th-century technology and has, at various times, been the site of prostitution, suicide, intrigue and immodesty, and a conservation battle that raged for two decades. With Dan Cruickshank. Producer Sam Hobkinson ; Executive producer Basil Comely (Revised rpt) (S)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dan Cruickshank.
Producer:
Sam Hobkinson

The Fastest Man on Water. On 4 January 1967, after 64 days of foul weather and mechanical failure, conditions were right for Donald Campbell to make his water-speed record attempt. But the day was to end in tragedy. Witnesses and never before seen footage tell the story of how, seconds before achieving his goal, Campbell's luck ran out. Director Matthew Whiteman ; Executive producer Richard Bradley
First shown on BBC4 (S) A personal tragedy: page 14

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald Campbell
Director:
Matthew Whiteman
Producer:
Richard Bradley

6/6. Alan Titchmarsh surveys the last 100 years of royal gardening. Elizabeth -the future Queen Mother- restored the private garden at Castle of Mey in 1952. Similarly, Queen Elizabeth II has left her imprint on Windsor Castle, while Highgrove reflects Prince Charles's interests and concerns. Director Anna Gravelle ; Series producer Kath Moore (S) RT SHOP: Alan Titchmarsh 's accompanying book is £22.50. To order call [number removed] (national rate). Offer applies to UK mainland only

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Titchmarsh
Director:
Anna Gravelle
Producer:
Kath Moore
Unknown:
Alan Titchmarsh

Steve Coogan takes the lead role in this darkly comic portrait of the diarist, naval strategist and serial adulterer. 1679: Pepys is in jail on treason charges. His arch-rival Lord Shaftesbury has heard of his diary and its detailed accounts of corruption and affairs. Can Pepys escape the gallows?
(S)
(Mr Pepys's Diary - exploring the legacy of said tome - is at 11pm on BBC4)

Fantastic journal: page 24

Contributors

Writer:
Guy Jenkin
Producer:
Ben McPherson
Director:
Oliver Parker
Samuel Pepys:
Steve Coogan
Elizabeth de St Michel:
Lou Doillon
Lord Shaftesbury:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Charles II:
Nathaniel Parker
Lord Montagu:
Danny Webb
Will Hewer:
Ciaran McMenamin
Jane:
Zoe Tapper
Betty Bagwell:
Sally Rogers
Baity:
Alex Hassell
Deb Willet:
Miranda Raison
Clerk of the court:
Andrew Harrison
Captain John Scott:
Guy Moore
Mad Solomon:
Simon Munnery
John Jones:
Andy Linden

The death of Ayrton Senna in 1994 changed the world of Formula One motor racing for ever and sent Brazil into three days of national mourning. Friends, family and rivals remember the great driver's passions, professionalism and personality in this examination of his financial legacy. Director Louise Mason ; Series producer Jo Vale (S)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ayrton Senna
Director:
Louise Mason
Producer:
Jo Vale

Repeats are not indicated.
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