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Ends 8.30.

Blue Peter
The Quest specials return with a hunt in smoggy London for the Blue Stone.
Signed. Shown yesterday. BBC1 5pm

7.25 The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
While snooping around, Shirley endangers the life of a mysterious new student.

7.50 ChuckleVision
The brothers are stranded on a desert island - and they are not alone.
Writer Joe Boyle

8.10 Metalheads
Schmed convinces the others he has stopped time.

8.25 Newsround

Contributors

Writer (ChuckleVision):
Joe Boyle

Ends 10.20.

Tweenies
When Milo puts his coat on back to front, the gang decide to do everything mixed up.

8.50 Bob the Builder
Bob helps a family of hedgehogs to cross a busy road. (R) (S)

9.00 Shiny Show
More quiz show fun and learning.

9.20 Ethelbert the Tiger
Ethelbert and Dilip meet a chameleon in Africa then watch some kangaroo races in Australia.

9.30 Teletubbies
The Teletubbies watch Tamzin Griffin pretend to be Funny Lady.

9.55 Fimbles
pom finds something stuck high up in the valley. But how will she get it down?

Followed by CBeebies Birthdays

Contributors

Contributor ("Teletubbies"):
Tamzin Griffin

Musical comedy starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
World-renowned ballet dancer
Petrov and musical comedy star Linda Keene both need a boost to their careers. So a phoney romance is fixed up for the benefit of the press. Review page 48.
Director Mark Sandrich (1937, U)
(BW)

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Astaire
Unknown:
Ginger Rogers.
Unknown:
Linda Keene
Director:
Mark Sandrich
Petrov:
Fred Astaire
Pete Peters:
Fred Astaire
Linda Keene:
Ginger Rogers
Jeffrey Baird:
Edward Everett Horton
Cecil Flintridge:
Eric Blore
Arthur Miller:
Jerome Cowan
Lady Tarrington:
Ketti Gallian

Live coverage of the World Darts championship. This year's ten seeded players included five from England. But as the competition for the world title heats up, are John Walton , Tony West, Martin Adams , Ted Hankey , and Mervyn King all still in it?

Contributors

Unknown:
John Walton
Unknown:
Martin Adams
Unknown:
Ted Hankey

Martin Luther King : Death of a Dream. On 4 April 1968 civil rights leader Martin Luther King visited Memphis intending to head up a protest march. But as he stood on his hotel balcony he was felled by an assassin's bullet. Dramatic reconstructions bring to life the day on which a celebrated advocate of non-violent protest met his brutal end.

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Luther King

Poultry gets the Delia treatment in this programme, with easy-to-follow tips on choosing and roasting a chicken, plus a quick and simple recipe for chicken with lemon and tarragon, an all-in-one paella, and a more adventurous roast quail, wrapped in pancetta and vine leaves, with grape confrt-Director Philip Bonham Carter : Executive producer David Willcock

Contributors

Director:
Philip Bonham Carter
Producer:
David Willcock

The ex-steeplejack takes his obsession with Britain's industrial past to the extreme as he attempts to reconstruct a coalmine in his back garden. A 100-foot deep shaft. complete with pithead gear and a fully operational steam-powered winding engine? It's an ambitious project, but if anyone has the passion to see it through, it's Fred Dibnah. Assistant producer Jon Doyle : Producer David Hall

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Dibnah.
Producer:
Jon Doyle
Producer:
David Hall

One of Britain's best-known businessmen, Mohamed Al Fayed recently became a tax exile. The Egyptian owner of Harrods and chairman of Fulham football club, who strove for years to obtain British citizenship, has moved his operations abroad. Here, The Money Programme reveals the details of a highly secretive tax deal between Al Fayed and the Inland Revenue, and examines the decision to bring the arrangement to a close - prompting a court battle and Al Fayed 's decision to leave the country.
Producer Nick Hudson ; Series editor Clive Edwards

Contributors

Unknown:
Mohamed Al Fayed
Unknown:
Al Fayed
Unknown:
Al Fayed
Producer:
Nick Hudson
Editor:
Clive Edwards

Highlights of today's quarter-final action.
Ted Hankey was one of England's biggest hopes as the competition began, but is the number two seed still in the running? Even at this stage, dramatic exits are not unknown - last year defending champion Tony David of Australia was demolished 5-0 by Welshman
Ritchie Davies. With Ray Stubbs and Bobby George.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ted Hankey
Unknown:
Tony David
Unknown:
Ritchie Davies.
Unknown:
Ray Stubbs
Unknown:
Bobby George.

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