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Ends 8.30.

Blue Peter
Simon quizzes the author Anthony Horowitz.
Shown yesterday, 5pm, BBC1

7.25 Kenan and Kel
Practical joking leads to suspicion.

7.50 Flint the Time Detective
Nascal is sent to snare Flint.

8.10 Rotten Ralph
More feline high jinks with Ralph.

8.25 Newsround

Contributors

Guest (Blue Peter):
Anthony Horowitz

Ends 10.25.

Tweenies
Jake's lion's roar needs improvement.
BBC Tweenies magazine: £1.40

8.50 Bob the Builder
A rescue mission follows a storm.

9.00 The Shiny Show
Dogsby is scared by a worm.

9.20 Bill and Ben
The duo celebrate Weed's birthday.

9.30 Teletubbies
Noo Noo is chased round Home Hill.

10 00 Fimbles
Will Fimbo's kite help Ribble to fly? (AD)

Followed by CBeebies Birthdays

**** Drama based on a true story, starring
Jack Lemmon and Hank Azaria. A workaholic sports writer looks up his old college professor when he iearns that he's dying from an incurable degenerative disease. Review page 47.
Director Mick Jackson (1999, PG)
Followed by Hall of Fame The life of Brigitte Bardot profiled

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Lemmon
Unknown:
Hank Azaria.
Director:
Mick Jackson
Unknown:
Brigitte Bardot
Morrie Schwartz:
Jack Lemmon
Mitch Albom:
Hank Azaria
Janine:
Wendy Moniz
Connie:
Caroline Aaron
Charlotte:
Bonnie Bartlett
Rabbi Al Axelrod:
Aaron Lustig

6/6. Frankton's Shadows. In 1942, Royal Marines paddled canoes 75 miles into enemy territory to put mines on German ships in Bordeaux - an event known as Operation Frankton. Ten Marines set out, but only two survived. Now, the truth is revealed in documents about the mission made famous in the film The Cockleshell Heroes - uncovering a tale of confusion and inter-departmental rivalry.
Producer Tom Keene Shown last Wednesday on BBC1 South West

Contributors

Producer:
Tom Keene

1/8. Fooling Hitler. How a set of concrete ponds on the edge of the Humber estuary holds the key to a remarkable hoax carried out by Britain's air ministry in the Second World War. Producer Julie Newing : Series producer Steve Evanson

Contributors

Producer:
Julie Newing
Producer:
Steve Evanson

French Holiday Heaven Revisited. Catching up with Marc and Jo Rnch who gave up their Buckinghamshire commuter-belt lifestyle to run a camping and caravan site in the Dordogne. Following initial concerns, they are truly settled. An ambitious expansion plan is set to be embarked upon, with log cabins planned on site to replace the dilapidated mobile homes. With a new baby also on the way, Jo admits that they would never dreamed of having another child if they hadn't moved to France. Last in series. Series producer Ruth Shurman ; Executive producer Nick Mirsky

Contributors

Unknown:
Jo Rnch
Producer:
Ruth Shurman
Producer:
Nick Mirsky

2/3. The team set up to look into serious crimes against children investigate a convicted paedophile with a history of attacking and sexually abusing young boys, who has warned people that he cannot control his urges. Plus the cases of a man in Southampton, caught trying to destroy evidence of child pornography on his computer and an ex-teacher whose former pupils accuse him of indecent assault. Contains disturbing images.

Contributors

Producer:
Ben Rumney
Series Producer:
Bob Long

Michael Winterbottom 's reworking of Thomas Hardy 's
The Mayor of Casterbridge set in 19th-century California. Daniel Dillon is a wealthy man who rules over the town of Kingdom Come. But his position of power becomes threatened by the approach of the railroads and his own shameful past. Review page 47.

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Winterbottom
Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Daniel Dillon:
Peter Mullan
Lucia:
Milia Jovovich
Dalglish:
Wes Bentley
Elena Dillon:
Nastassja Kinski
Hope Dillon:
Sarah Polley
Annie:
Shirley Henderson
Bellanger:
Julian Richings
Priest:
Randy Birch

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