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Ends 8.00.

The Animals of Farthing Wood
Kestrel leads the thirsty friends to Whistler's Quarry.

6.25 Taz-Mania
Comedy capers on a swanky golf course.

6.45 Arthur
Double bill. A birthday-party mishap, and Francine's star turn in a school play.

7.10 Home Farm Twins
Troublesome Stevie arrives at Home Farm.

7.30 Blue Peter
Creating a mini rainforest; getting to grips with yo-yos.
Shown yesterday 5pm BBC1

7.55 Newsround

Contributors

Writer ("Home Farm Twins"):
Kate Wood

Ends 10.30.

Big Cook, Little Cook
There's a hole in Ben's bag.

8.20 Tots TV
Tiny spies his lost teddy bear in a shop window.

8.30 Bobinogs
Making music.
First shown on BBC Wales

8.40 Pingu
Today's story centres around a circus.

8.45 Little Robots
Are the robots about to be invaded?

9.00 Balamory
PC Plum offers to take Miss Hoolie on a fishing trip.

For cast see Wednesday

9.20 SMarteenies
Painting pictures with fingers.

Followed by CBeebies Birthdays

9.40 Tweenies
Judy goes boating on a holiday in Scotland.

10.00 Teletubbies
Seven clouds appear in Teletubbyland.
BBC PRODUCTS: Teletubbies: Again Again!, video £7 .99, DVD £10.99

Contributors

Writer :
Wayne Jackman

Repeats are not indicated.
10 30 BBC Primary Geography (ages 7-11) Postcards: Kenya - Kenya and World: Food and Trade 10 40 BBC Primary Geography (ages 7-9) France: the Alps - Dairy Farming 6858031 10.50 Look and Read (ages 9-11) Spelling with the Spellits
Year 5/6 (Programme 6) 1110 Megamaths (ages 7-9)
Division - Divide by Five

Live coverage from the first day of Goodwood's three-day May Trials meeting. Includes the Tote Trifecta Stakes at 3.15, plus other starts at 2.10, 2.40 and 3.45. With Clare Balding, Rishi Persad and Lydia Hislop. More tomorrow at 2pm.

Contributors

Unknown:
Rishi Persad
Unknown:
Lydia Hislop.

When the sale of their house in Wales falls through, the Davies's ambition of buying a property in Spain begins to look like a pipe dream. Could rental with an option to buy offer a lifeline? Continues tomorrow at 6pm. A move from Suffolk to Australia is documented in another episode at 8pm

Featuring the Mavericks, the Chimes, Lulu, Horace Faith , Def Leppard , Guy Marks , Tony Rich and Capella, plus new music from Ray Gelato. With the voice of Steve Wright.
Producer Mark Hagen www.bbc.co.uk/totp2 TOP OF THE POPS MAGAZINE: published monthly, price fl.95

Contributors

Unknown:
Horace Faith
Unknown:
Def Leppard
Unknown:
Guy Marks
Unknown:
Tony Rich
Unknown:
Steve Wright.
Producer:
Mark Hagen

7/8. From Sheffield to the Somme. Lines and zig-zags on the moors near Sheffield are the by-product of a sad story from the First World War. A network of trenches had been dug by thousands of local young men - who then went on to fight at the bloody Battle of the Somme. Dave MacLeod , Mark Horton and Eleanor Goldsworthy tell their tragic tale. Producer Sandy Raffan ; Series producer Steve Evanson
Followed by Summer of Opera The power and passion of opera in just one minute.

Contributors

Unknown:
Dave MacLeod
Unknown:
Mark Horton
Unknown:
Eleanor Goldsworthy
Producer:
Sandy Raffan
Producer:
Steve Evanson

2/11. Australia's Gold Coast certainly offers plenty of opportunities for fun in the sun, and initially the Reeve family treat their move from Suffolk as one long extended holiday. But then their money runs out and homesickness kicks in - will they be returning to England at the end of their trial month? With relocation experts Scott Huggins and Melissa Porter. Updates on the family's progress can be seen next week at 6pm Monday-Thursday.
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Alison Graham on the filming of life-changing moves: page 55

Contributors

Unknown:
Scott Huggins
Unknown:
Melissa Porter.
Unknown:
Alison Graham

4/5. There are only a few weeks to go before Diarmuid Gavin starts building his garden for the Chelsea Flower Show - and nothing is going to plan. The design - "half Willy Wonka , half psychedelic space-ship" - is wildly ambitious. Has he bitten off more than he can chew?
Series producer Steve Greenwood ; Executive producer Julian Mercer Artists' renditions of lilies are the focus of Painting Rowers at 10pm on BBC4

Contributors

Unknown:
Diarmuid Gavin
Unknown:
Willy Wonka
Producer:
Steve Greenwood
Producer:
Julian Mercer

3/7. The Economy Drive. Hacker's attempts to implement economic measures are blocked by Sir Humphrey. The next episode of the first series is at 10.30 on BBC4.
Writers Antony Jay , Jonathan Lynn ; Producer Sydney Lotterby

Contributors

Unknown:
Antony Jay
Unknown:
Jonathan Lynn
Producer:
Sydney Lotterby

9/12. A bad experience at The Barber of Seville left the teenage Adrian Chiles with a deep hatred of opera. Now he's forced to confront his fears as he spends a day with Sean Doran , chief executive of the English National Opera. Funding and publicity are constant worries - however, he finds time to show off the L41 million newly refurbished London Coliseum, and meet with soprano Lesley Garrett. DirectorChris Howells; Producer Rob Finighan

Contributors

Unknown:
Adrian Chiles
Unknown:
Sean Doran
Soprano:
Lesley Garrett.
Producer:
Rob Finighan

Horror concluding director George A Romero 's Living Dead trilogy. In a high- security underground lab, scientists experiment on captured zombies in an effort to bring the epidemic under control - but a new and unexpected danger threatens to destroy the project. Review page 49. (1985,18)

Contributors

Director:
George A Romero

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