Pumpkin is teased. (S)
Mitzi has a big adventure.
New cartoon about the adventures of Superman's dog.
Shown Wednesday at 4.05pm on BBC1
Feature-length episode. When the foster home burns down, the Parker family is faced with separation.
Disaster thriller. A sleepy Arizona town's UFO festival is interrupted by a deadly space shower. Review page 64.
Director Chris Thomson (1998, PG)
Family-orientated fantasy adventure featuring the film debut of AllyMcBeal star Peter MacNicol. In the Dark Ages, the people of Urland beg a sorcerer to help them destroy a terrifying dragon. Review page 64.
Director Matthew Robbins (1981, PG)
In Hampshire.
A sumptuous epic portraying the lead-up to the Russian
Revolution and the downfall of Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra. Review page 64.
Director Franklin Schaffner (1971, PG)
Heirlooms and trinkets alike go under the auctioneer's gavel in Leatherhead, Surrey. (Revised rpt)
Three top restaurant critics are coming to dinner - can tonight's semi-finalists stand the heat?
Have ladybirds already visited your garden this year? Following the survey's launch in January, Bill Oddie , Kate Humble and Simon King ask eagle-eyed viewers to continue recording their first sightings of spring at www.bbc.co.uk/springwatch. The data will be analysed when the series returns in late May. Plus wildlife reports from around Britain, from badgers to rutting red deer. Producer Miles Barton ; Series producer Stephen Moss
Repeated on Easter Day
2/6. How hyacinths and marigolds, gazebos, roof terraces and fountains adorned the gardens of fashionable Elizabethans. With Alan Titchmarsh.
Director Kath Moore ; Executive producer Dick Colthurst
It's time to dig out those wellies in readiness for the UK's busiest gardening weekend. Monty Don sows a five-strong dahlia trial, while Chris Beardshaw spots trends at Amsterdam's international Horti Fair.
Producer Andy Vernon ; Series producer Sarah Moors RT DIRECT: book Gardeners' World - Gardening from Berryfields, E18 (RRP E20) incl p&p. To order, call [number removed]7979 (national rate)
Her romance with a dashing fighter pilot was the stuff of fairy tales - yet the prospect of marriage between the Queen's sister and Group Captain Peter Townsend , a divorced commoner, divided opinion. In 1955 she ended two years of tabloid speculation by choosing duty over love - but was it a needless sacrifice?
Director Sam Starbuck ; Editor John Farren Duty and heartbreak: page 37
8/10. Astute, amusing and occasionally bizarre letters from TV viewers. More next week.
4/4. Stuck in the Middle. Apparently they enjoy too much leisure time. Children? No, it's the elderly who irritate grouchy Sheila Hancock , Germaine Greer , Nina Myskow and others. Alison Steadman narrates.
Producer Judith Holder ; Executive producer Stuart Prebble
11/12. A Dying Breed. Duplicitous Dunbar is tempted by a grubby financial carrot from a cannier class of criminal. Writer Jimmy Gardner First shown BBC3
11.00 12/12. The Decline of English Murder. Defending a teenage pervert could be the last straw for Dunbar. Writer Steve Coombes Cast on Sun First shown on BBC3
Ponderous mystery thriller starring Julia Ormond , Gabriel Byrne and Richard Harris. Exiled Greenlander Smilla calls upon her scientific expertise to probe a friend's death in Copenhagen. Review page 65.
Director Bille August (1996, 15)
Kiefer Sutherland directs this noir-style tale about a Chicago mobster's downfall. Part of the Fallen Angels strand.
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Repeats not indicated.
Open University/General Interest
2:00: The Museum of Conflicting Histories
2:30: Open Advice: Study to Succeed
3:00: A Question of Identity: Berlin and Berliners
4:00: Insights into Violence
4:30: Ever Wondered?
5:00: P-Y Gerbeau's Rules of the Game: Paying the Penalty
5:30: Renaissance Secrets: The Riddle of the Dome
