Terrorists steal a rare artefact.
Alex invents a story.
Edie visits a mosque.
Hygiene.
Jealousy strikes.
Scrambler and Scruffy bond.
Mac has a crisis.
Followed by CBeebies Birthdays
Educational programme for seven- to nine-year-olds. Looking at homes from Tudor times - what they looked like and how they were furnished. Show more
Series exploring musical concepts. This programme investigates timbre, or sound colour.
Herman the Rookie. A baseball manager is inadvertently hit on the head by Herman. (BW)
Treasures of the Dark Ages
Uncovering a rich burial ground in Cambridgeshire.
Business issues.
Repeats are not indicated.
Shakespeare: the Animated Tales (ages 9-13) Hamlet
Comedy melodrama, continuing the Henry Fonda season.
When nightclub singer Gloria is injured by a gangster, timid Little Pinks tries to save her.
Review page 54. (1942) (BW)
(Fonda features in Meteor tonight 11.55pm)
Without its allies, Germany faces defeat alone. (BW) (S)
From Uxbridge, west London, to rural Dorset. (Revised rpt)
With the Earl of Onslow and his daughter Arabella.
Quickfire quiz.
A set of scrimshaw whale teeth comes to light in Margate, while host Paul Martin makes a pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral to explore its magnificent architecture and on-going restoration work.
Adultery, violence and a royal execution colour the history of one of our most mysterious country homes. The brainchild of the indomitable Countess of Shrewsbury - better known as Bess of Hardwick - the Elizabethan pile in Derbyshire became a monument to wealth, influence and ambition. Yet its tale includes four weddings, four funerals and the messiest, most public divorce Britain had seen. Dan Cruickshank investigates. Director Kate Misrahi ; Exec producer Basil Comely (AD)
With Jeremy Paxman.
(S)
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Beeblebrox heads the stolen spaceship Heart of Gold for the legendary planet of Magrathea. Can it avoid the pursuing nuclear missiles?
See also Space Odyssey: the Robot Pioneers on BBC4 at 7.10pm
All-star disaster movie, continuing the Henry Fonda season and featuring Sean Connery and Natalie Wood. A giant meteor is hurtling towards larth, threatening global disaster. With just seven days until impact, scientists from the superpowers join forces to avert impending devastation. Review page 54.
Director Ronald Neame (1979, PG)
Henry Fonda stars in Firecreek on Friday at 1.40pm
www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone
Secondary Schools Repeats are not indicated.
2.00 Languages: Voces Espanolas Spanish in everyday use in the western Sahara and Guatemala. Followed by Talk the Talk Experiences of learning a language. 58437 4.00 Languages: Jeunes Francophones
Focusing on the wider-speaking French world.
