06:00–06:30 (30 min)
Tikkabilla
Daily magazine programme for pre-school children, with songs, rhymes, surprise guests, animals and things to make and do. Simon, Lorna and Tamba look at colours, carnivals and festivals.
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06:30–06:40 (10 min)
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06:40–07:00 (20 min)
Big Cook Little Cook
Dentist
Cookery series with Big Cook Ben and foot-high Little Cook Small. Together they run a special cafe where every day a different customer calls in for a tasty treat. Small discovers huge bites taken out of a various foods in the kitchen but has no idea who made them. Ben has toothache, so when Denise the Dentist arrives, they make her a fruity smile. In return, she leaves them some chattering teeth and an appointment for Ben to go to the dentist to have his teeth checked.
- Steve Marsh (actor)
- Dan Wright (actor)
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07:00–07:25 (25 min)
Arthur
Double bill of the animated adventures of an aardvark. First, Binky travels in a dream to a land where everything must rhyme. Next, Mom asks Arthur to look after DW when she loses her voice.
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07:25–07:30 (5 min)
Newsround
Daily news magazine keeping young viewers up to date on the latest stories and events happening at home and abroad.
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07:30–08:30 (1 hr)
Roar
Wild animal tales with Rani Price and Matthew Skilton. The keepers try to get to the bottom of a gorilla's mystery illness using a scanner that looks inside the brain. The tiger cubs have their first ever fish supper, the red river hog piglets go on their biggest adventure yet, and the elephant keepers put a new recruit through her paces.
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08:30–08:45 (15 min)
Pinky Dinky Doo
Tyler's Silly Shirt
Mixed media animation for young children. Pinky Dinky Doo lives in Great Big City with her parents, her four-year-old brother Tyler, and their amazing pet Mr Guinea Pig. When a problem arises, Pinky dances her way to a cardboard story box and uses a piece of chalk and her imagination to tell a story. Tyler learns the importance of 'being yourself' when a boy at school makes fun of his t-shirt.
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08:45–09:00 (15 min)
Jackanory Junior
The Great Tug of War
Story time for young viewers and families. Don Gilet tells the story of a cheeky hare who persuades a hippo and an elephant to have a tug-of-war that neither can possibly win.
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09:00–09:15 (15 min)
Harry and Toto
Give and Receive
Animation. Harry and Toto are a hare and tortoise who help young children learn about opposites. The residents of Opposite Town are celebrating Giving Day and are enjoying choosing gifts to give one another. Harry is hoping to receive lots of presents but does not realise that giving can be just as much fun. Harry sees the light when Lino the lion tells him the Great Giving Story, but will he still have enough time to get some presents?
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09:15–09:30 (15 min)
Finley the Fire Engine
Clean Machines
Animation following the adventures of the vehicles of Friendlyville. Join Finley the Fire Engine, Gorby the dustbin lorry, Miguel the post van, Scooty the school bus, DJ the bulldozer, Jesse the tow truck, Isabelle the ice cream lorry and Dex the dump truck as they serve the community, solve problems and have lots of fun! The trucks cannot wash when Suds breaks down. They think it is fun being dirty until their dirtiness causes problems.
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09:30–09:35 (5 min)
Louie
Draw Me a Genie
Animated adventures of Louie and Yoko, who like to draw lots of exciting things. When Louie and Yoko find an old carpet in the attic, they magic up a genie to see if they can make it fly.
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09:35–09:45 (10 min)
Louie
Draw Me a Marmot
Animated adventures of Louie and Yoko, who like to draw lots of exciting things. Louie and Sophie need to find someone who can referee their football match.
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09:45–10:00 (15 min)
Bob the Builder: Project Build It
Muck's Convoy
Animated adventures with Bob the Builder and all his friends as they construct a new, ecologically friendly town from scratch. Bob has built a new waterwheel for the old watermill. He has made it at the yard, but now needs to dismantle it to take the sections to the mill. Muck leads the convoy but they go the wrong way and get stuck in a marsh. Muck is convinced he is a terrible leader, but the others explain that admitting your mistakes is a sign of good leadership.
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10:00–10:15 (15 min)
Big Barn Farm
Lester Loses His Voice
Animated adventures of a group of baby animals who live together on Big Barn Farm. Gobo the goat, Petal the pig, Digger the puppy and Dash the donkey help each other out as they go about life on the farm. Lester the cockerel loses his voice, and the farmyard gang need to help him get it back in time for the morning cock-a-doodle-doo.
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10:15–10:30 (15 min)
Charlie and Lola
I Want to Play Music Too
Children's animation. Join brother and sister Lola and Charlie as they deal with topics that affect their everyday lives. Charlie and Marv are to present a piece about outer space, accompanied by music, in front of the whole school. Lola is desperate to join in, even improvising instruments as she cannot play any herself. Suddenly, Marv falls ill and someone must take his place.
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10:30–11:00 (30 min)
In the Night Garden
Wave to the Wottingers
Series for young children about a magical place inhabited by a community of toy characters. The Pontipines set out on their very long walk, but everywhere they go their neighbours, the Wottingers, are there before them. They wave to the Wottingers and the Wottingers wave back, round the garden until they are safely home again.
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11:00–11:20 (20 min)
Seasonal Snapshots
Spring
Showcasing children's video diaries about the seasons, this series also explores cross-curriculum themes in short documentaries, encouraging children to observe the world around them and respond creatively. Children from across the UK observe the season of spring where they live, and spring in art, science and geography is highlighted.
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11:20–11:25 (5 min)
Telling Tales
English - The Boy and the Drum
Educational programme for seven- to 11-year-olds. An old man is driven to distraction by a boy playing his drum. Everyone he asks has a different idea of how to stop the boy from playing, but it is not until a wise man appears on the scene and offers to help that the problem is solved.
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11:25–11:30 (5 min)
Telling Tales
French - The Boy and the Drum
Educational programme for seven- to 11-year-olds. An old man is driven to distraction by a boy playing his drum. Everyone he asks has a different idea of how to stop the boy from playing, but it is not until a wise man appears on the scene and offers to help that the problem is solved. Translated into French.
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11:30–11:45 (15 min)
Hands Up!
Fantastic Mr Fox - Part 3
Educational series. British Sign Language adaptation of Roald Dahl's story, by Clara Ratcliffe. The adventures of Mr Fox and his family as they attempt to outwit three mean farmers in their nightly search for food. Can Mr Fox trick the farmers and provide a feast for the animals who live underground?
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11:45–12:00 (15 min)
Just So Darwin
It is time for Sam to settle down for three more animal stories. In the first story, Percy the puffer fish discovers his puff. In the second story, Sam finds out how the giraffe got to have such a long neck. In story three, Grandad and Sam meet Lonesome George and find out why he is the last of his kind of tortoise left in the world.
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12:00–12:30 (30 min)
The Daily Politics
Andrew Neil and Anita Anand have the top political stories of the day.
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12:30–13:00 (30 min)
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13:00–14:00 (1 hr)
Britain's Dream Homes
Contemporary
Melissa Porter and Rhodri Owen search Britain to find the best property in three price brackets: a quarter of a million, half a million and a million pounds plus. The pair seek out Britain's dream contemporary home and there are some eclectic properties to choose from. They find innovative design and ultra-modern devices including rain showers and space-age garages to remote-controlled mood lighting.
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14:00–15:00 (1 hr)
Animal Park
Elvis the camel gets all shook up when it is time for him to leave the building, and the tigers go for a dip in their new pond. Kate Humble and Ben Fogle have all the news from behind the scenes at Longleat Safari Park.
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15:00–15:45 (45 min)
Murder, She Wrote
The Trouble with Seth
Drama series about sleuthing crime writer Jessica Fletcher. Jessica's friend is missing and, with bloodstained evidence of a body being dragged through a window, this can only mean another murder in Cabot Cove.
- Angela Lansbury (actor)
- William Windom (actor)
- Ron Masak (actor)
- Ben Masters (actor)
- Kim Johnston Urich (actor)
- Ann Hearn (actor)
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15:45–16:30 (45 min)
Flog It!
Paul Martin and the team are in Crawley. Experts Charlie Ross and Mark Stacey give valuations. Paul learns about Britain's oldest licensed airport.
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16:30–17:15 (45 min)
A Question of Genius
Kirsty Wark's contestants return to battle it out over increasingly difficult rounds to get the chance to answer A Question of Genius on their chosen subject and win 5000 pounds.
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17:15–18:00 (45 min)
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
Tony Blackburn v Alvin Stardust
Tony Blackburn and Alvin Stardust look for bargains at an antiques fair in Sussex to sell them for profit at auction in London. Among the items Alvin loves is a 70s hi-fi pod, while Tony cannot resist a coat of arms bearing the Blackburn crest and a canon ball. During their day shopping, presenter Tim Wonnacott discusses Tony's interest in old gramophone players, while Alvin demostrates the old acoustic guitar which his mother gave him and which he got many of the biggest names in music to sign, including all the Beatles and Buddy Holly.
- Tracy Comer (director)
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18:00–18:30 (30 min)
Eggheads
Dermot Murnaghan hosts the show where every day a new team of challengers take on probably the greatest quiz team in Britain. The team is made up of some of the country's top quiz champions, including Barry Simmons, Millionaire winner Judith Keppel and two Mastermind winners, Chris Hughes and Kevin Ashman.
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18:30–19:00 (30 min)
Priceless Antiques Roadshow
Is it a fake or a real find? Is it better to get the good news or the bad news first? The team reveal some of the most memorable reactions to an Antiques Roadshow appraisal.
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19:00–20:00 (1 hr)
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Life and Death
In the final episode of the series, Andrew Marr discovers how Darwin's ideas are helping mankind to save life on earth from extinction - the environmental movement was built upon his insight that all life on earth is connected. Exploring the impact of industrialisation, intensive farming and our growing hunger for meat, Marr tells the story of our slow awakening to the full implications of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection and our own destructive powers as a species.
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20:00–21:00 (1 hr)
Coast
Cardiff to St. David's
Series exploring the UK coastline. The team's journey starts in Cardiff marina, takes in the Gower Peninsula and finishes in Britain's smallest city, St David's. Neil Oliver accompanies Babs, the land speed record-breaking car from the 1920s, on its return to Pendine Sands. Mark Horton explores how Swansea's monopoly of the world copper trade sped Nelson towards his victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Miranda Krestovnikoff joins the dolphins who come to the Welsh coast to raise their young.
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21:00–22:00 (1 hr)
Horizon
Why Can't We Predict Earthquakes?
Last century, earthquakes killed over one million, and it is predicted that this century might see ten times as many deaths. Yet, when an earthquake strikes, it always takes people by surprise. So why hasn't science worked out how to predict when and where the next big quake is going to happen? Journeying to China's Sichuan Province as well as the notorious San Andreas Fault in California, Horizon asks why science has so far fallen short of answering this fundamental question.
- Mark Radice (director)
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22:00–22:30 (30 min)
The Culture Show
The final Culture Show of the series comes from the Whitechapel Art gallery in East London. After a 13-million-pound restoration, the Whitechapel is about to re-open. Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the story of the gallery that transformed the British art scene. Mark Kermode interviews the playwright, screenplay-writer, and now film director, Charlie Kaufman. Lauren Laverne has an equally rare interview - with American singer-songwriter Will Oldham, who also goes by the name Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.
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22:30–23:20 (50 min)
Newsnight
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines with Jeremy Paxman.
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23:20–00:25 (1 hr, 5 min)
Best of Later with Jools 2008
Jools looks back on some of the magical performances from the show in 2008. Including performances from Fleet Foxes, Robert Plant and Alison Kraus, The Killers, Jimmy Cliff, TV on the Radio, MGMT and Kings of Leon, plus moments at the piano chatting with Eartha Kitt, Liza Minnelli and Carla Bruni.
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00:25–00:55 (30 min)
High Altitude
Ed Leigh and Graham Bell present an all-action winter sports show. Ed and Graham travel to New Zealand, where they attempt a 'Tyrolean Traverse' - a 100m crossing between two mountain peaks on a single piece of rope. Supermodel and avid skier Jodie Kidd then goes on the trip of a lifetime, heli-skiing with Ed and Graham.
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00:55–01:55 (1 hr)
British Style Genius
Breaking the Rules - Fashion Rebel Look
The series exploring what makes British fashion and style distinctive continues with the fashion rebel look and the story of the industry's great mavericks, from Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano through to Alexander McQueen. These outsider designers tore up the style rule book in the creative outpouring that followed punk, licensing the rest of us to wear exactly what we want and become fashion rebels.
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01:55–04:00 (2 hr, 5 min)
BBC News
BBC TWO joins the BBC's rolling news channel, with bulletins on the hour and the headlines every 15 minutes.
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04:00–06:00 (2 hr)
GCSE Bitesize Revision
Physical Education
Revision for the written and practical PE exams, including items about the body, diet, fitness and training, plus tips on analysing sporting performance.
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06:00–06:30 (30 min)
Tikkabilla
Daily magazine programme for preschool children, with songs, rhymes, surprise guests, animals and things to make and do. In this edition, lots of bears and dancing with Beverley, Paul and Tamba.
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Summary
- 06:00: Tikkabilla
- 06:30: Our Planet
- 06:40: Big Cook Little Cook
- 07:00: Arthur
- 07:25: Newsround
- 07:30: Roar
- 08:30: Pinky Dinky Doo
- 08:45: Jackanory Junior
- 09:00: Harry and Toto
- 09:15: Finley the Fire Engine
- 09:30: Louie
- 09:35: Louie
- 09:45: Bob the Builder: Project Build It
- 10:00: Big Barn Farm
- 10:15: Charlie and Lola
- 10:30: In the Night Garden
- 11:00: Seasonal Snapshots
- 11:20: Telling Tales
- 11:25: Telling Tales
- 11:30: Hands Up!
- 11:45: Just So Darwin
- 12:00: The Daily Politics
- 12:30: Working Lunch
- 13:00: Britain's Dream Homes
- 14:00: Animal Park
- 15:00: Murder, She Wrote
- 15:45: Flog It!
- 16:30: A Question of Genius
- 17:15: Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
- 18:00: Eggheads
- 18:30: Priceless Antiques Roadshow
- 19:00: Darwin's Dangerous Idea
- 20:00: Coast
- 21:00: Horizon
- 22:00: The Culture Show
- 22:30: Newsnight
- 23:20: Best of Later with Jools 2008
- 00:25: High Altitude
- 00:55: British Style Genius
- 01:55: BBC News
- 04:00: GCSE Bitesize Revision
- 06:00: Tikkabilla