The Dark Hand reappears.
Kids are challenged to pen their own short stories as part of the Potty about Books season.
Series two. Comedy drama based on Kate Saunders's book.
This week's episodes written by Nick Reed.
Edie's bus breaks down.
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Help at harvest time.
Carol Vorderman marvels at the magic of Ayers Rock.
Grandpa's Lost Wife. A woman offers a reward for news of her errant husband. (BW) Followed by The Witness
Westminster updates. (S)
Business issues.
The majestic Mourne mountains in Northern Ireland.
Gritty western starring
John Wayne. Marshal Bob Seton sets out to halt a guerrilla's campaign of terror in pre-Civil War Kansas. Review page 50.
Director Raoul Walsh (1940, U) (BW)
PC Grant helps a stricken moped rider. With John Craven.
A Spanish donkey refuge run by an animal-loving Brit.
Tony Tobin and Ross Burden turn up the heat.
Ouickfire quiz.
Unwanted items are dusted down, priced up and sold on at an auction in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. Series producer Peter Smith ; Exec producer Tom Ware
2/8. The Patient's Choice. At a private practice in central London, flamboyant general surgeon Charles Akle grapples with a stubborn twisted bowel.
Meanwhile, a middle-aged woman hopes to turn back the clock with a breast enhancement.
Series producer Stephen Finnigan ; Executive producers
Leonie Jameson and Narinder Minhas
5/12. Bookworms representing the Hay-on-Wye literary festival take on a team from the Privy
Council Office. With guizmaster Jeremy Paxman.
Director Tracey Rooney ; Producer Irene Daniels
Jeremy Clarkson researches his family tree - and uncovers a potential gold mine. Jeremy's great-great-grand father Caleb Kilner hit on the idea of manufacturing glass jars with rubber seals. By the 1890s the Kilners were packaging moguls, with a lucrative empire built through a winning combination of ingenuity and aggressive commercialism. But by the 1930s the company had gone bust. So what went wrong - and what happened to the family fortune? Director Matthew Thompson : Series producer Victoria Watson
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Comedian Dara O'Briain is in the guest-host for another round of the comedy news quiz. Sitting alongside team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are Michael Gambon and Carol Vorderman.
RT Direct: save £3 on The Very Best of Have I Got News for You DVD, paying just £16.99 (incl p&p), and save £2 on the VHS, paying just £12.99 (incl p&p). To order call [number removed] (national rate)
Followed by Video Nation Shorts
Presented by Eddie Mair.
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4/4. Colombia. Once, with the fervent support of cocaine barons, Colombian football was awash with money, and the national team boasted an impressive line-up of talented players. Now the game is in the doldrums, and the country caught in a bloodthirsty civil war. Can a new generation restore national pride by beating hotly tipped Venezuela to qualify for the 2006 World Cup? Ben Anderson finds out.
Director/Producer Ed Braman Colombia features in Conflicts on Thursday at 11pm on BBC3
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Languages and Travel Repeats are not indicated
1.00 Italianissimo Language series for beginners. With in-vision subtitles.
