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Ends 8.30.

Blue Peter
Konnie Huq pays a visit to the Shetland Islands.
Shown yesterday at 5pm on BBC1

7.25 Out There
Reilly has a fist fight with the school bully.

7.50 ChuckleVision
Paul and Barry try to sell their tartan cloth to a tailor.

8.10 Metalheads
The gang play truant from school.

8.25 Newsround

Contributors

Presenter ("Blue Peter"):
Konnie Huq
Writer ("ChuckleVision"):
Isabelle Amyes
Writer ("ChuckleVision"):
Peter Symonds

Ends 10.25.

Tweenies
What is it like to be Tom Thumb's size? (R) (S)

8.50 Bob the Builder
Spud decides to make some repairs. (R) (S)

9.00 The Shiny Show
Skateboarders pull nifty stunts. (R) (S)

9.20 Bill and Ben
The pals flood Slowcoach's home. (R) (S)

9.30 Teletubbies
A little girl takes her rabbit to the vet. (R) (S)
TELETUBBIES MAGAZINE: £1.50

10.00 Fimbles
Florrie finds a pair of finger cymbals. (S)
Followed by CBeebies Birthdays

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Thumb
Unknown:
Fimbles Florrie

Musical biopic starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - the first of three Fred Astaire films this week.
A dancing legend is born when Vernon Castle, a clown in a vaudeville show, meets Irene Foote. But tragedy is waiting in the wings.
Review page 47. (1939, U) (BW)
(Postponed from 6 January)
(The Sky's the Limit is tomorrow at 2pm)

Contributors

Director:
H.C. Potter
Vernon Castle:
Fred Astaire
Irene Castle:
Ginger Rogers

The Death of Diana. Following the opening of the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, this programme looks back to that fateful night in August 1997 when
Diana and Dodi Fayed 's car crashed in a Paris underpass. Director Tanya Cheadle ; Executive producer Chris Kelly
First shown on BBC4 The bombing of Hiroshima is recalled at 12.55am BBC BOOK: Days That Shook the World, £19.99

Contributors

Unknown:
Dodi Fayed
Director:
Tanya Cheadle
Producer:
Chris Kelly

~ " 3/6. Spacesuits are designed to protect astronauts from extremes of temperature, and tonight Kate Humble asks her five-strong team of scientists to design a suitable cooling system. And it had better work, for one of them is scheduled to take a simulated "moonwaik" in California's
Death Valley, one of the hottest places on Earth.
Directors Alexis Ginardet , Mite Harrison ; Series producer Jonathan Renouf

Contributors

Unknown:
Kate Humble
Directors:
Alexis Ginardet
Directors:
Mite Harrison
Producer:
Jonathan Renouf

3/6. James Bond 's rescue with a harness, helium balloon and B-17 bomber at the end of Thunderball appears to be an imaginative Hollywood stunt. But the Skyhook was a genuine airborne recovery device, designed to pick up men and equipment where helicopters could not reach. Ex-Army lieutenant colonel Dick Strawbridge looks at the mechanics of this and also at weapons of detection such as radar.
Series producer Lynn Barlow ; Executive producer Dick Colthurst

Contributors

Unknown:
James Bond
Unknown:
Colonel Dick Strawbridge
Producer:
Lynn Barlow
Producer:
Dick Colthurst

New series 1/3. Twelve unemployed young men begin a gruellingjob-training course in this reality series. Cut off from the outside world, they'll be spending three weeks with a trio of tough American training gurus. If they stay the course, the participants get an interview for a real job. But as the first week tests their endurance to the limit, who will have the guts to go the distance? With strong language. Director Mandy Sherwood ; Executive producer David Upshal Postponed from 6 January

Contributors

Director:
Mandy Sherwood
Producer:
David Upshal

Following Pablo Picasso 's death in 1973 his son, grandson and two mistresses also died. The rest of the clan has made the most of his billion pound artistic legacy- but with an inheritance at stake there's usually trouble. Last in series. Director Liz Friend ; Series producer Jo Vale

Contributors

Unknown:
Pablo Picasso
Director:
Liz Friend
Producer:
Jo Vale

Passion, ambition and royal intrigue abound in this story of Mary Boleyn , Anne's elder sister, who was King Henry VIII 's mistress before he married Anne.
Writer/Director Philippa Lowthorpe ; Producer Ruth Caleb

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Boleyn
Unknown:
King Henry Viii
Director:
Philippa Lowthorpe
Producer:
Ruth Caleb
Mary Boleyn:
Natascha McElhone
Anne Boleyn:
Jodhi May
Henry VIII:
Jared Harris
George Boleyn:
Steven MacKintosh
William Stafford:
Philip Glenister
Thomas Boleyn:
Jack Shepherd
Uncle Howard:
John Woodvine
Thomas Cromwell:
Ron Cook

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