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6.00am Sesame Street. Educational fun with Samuel Ramey, zero and five.
7.00am The Big Breakfast. Early morning fun and frolics, with Rick Adams and Denise Van Outen, featuring Zig and Zag's crazy outer-space antics.
9.00am Bewitched. Spell-casting shenanigans with Sam and Darrin. Elizabeth Montgomery stars.
9.30am The Monroes. John refuses to support Billy in his political campaign, and a famous singer makes a surprise appearance at Greer's birthday party. Mel Torme guest stars. (Stereo)
10.25am Divine Magic. A study of human sacrifice as a means of ensuring good fortune and fertility, focusing on the gory rites of the Aztecs designed to placate the gods. (Stereo)
11.25am Secrets of the Moor. Chris Chapman visits large country houses in the Quantock Hills.
11.55am Domo. Animation about a dispute between two tank-owning neighbours.
12.00pm
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House to House. Reports on the day's proceedings from Westminster. (Stereo)
12.30pm
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Caroline in the City. A blast from the past puts a damper on Del and Caroline's romantic weekend break. Comedy, starring Lea Thompson and Eric Lutes. (Stereo)
1.00pm Caroline in the City. Caroline and Annie pull out all the stops to land themselves parts as extras in a film, hoping to catch a glimpse of their all-time favourite star - Robbie Benson. (Stereo)
1.25pm Australia Wild. Footage of fauna and flora Down Under.
1.55pm Racing from Newmarket. Brough Scott introduces the 2.05 More O'Ferrall PLC Stakes, 2.35 TNT International Aviation July Stakes, 3.10 Inflite Engineering Duke of Cambridge Handicap Stakes and the 3.40 Amcor Falmouth Stakes. (Stereo)
4.00pm Fifteen-to-One. General knowledge quiz, hosted by William G Stewart. (Stereo)
4.30pm Countdown: The 2,000th Edition. With Jo Brand and Stephen Fry in Dictionary Corner. Introduced by Richard Whiteley and Carol Vorderman. (Stereo)
4.55pm Ricki Lake. Ricki rings the changes as former class outcasts happily flaunt their sexy new image in front of the peers who made their school days a misery. (Stereo)
5.30pm Pet Rescue. The RSPCA attempt to find a new home for a puppy abandoned in a car park. Presented by Wendy Turner and Mark Evans. (Stereo)
6.00pm Fluke. Surreal comedy game show in which talent counts for absolutely nothing. Last in series. (Stereo)
6.30pm Tour De France. The riders head into the Vendee region on today's 225km fourth stage between Plumelec and the theme park at Le Puy du Fou. (Stereo)
7.00pm Channel 4 News (Stereo)
Weather.
7.50pm Chester Mystery Plays. Mankind makes the mistake of getting on the wrong side of the Almighty - resulting in a devastating flood.
8.00pm Brookside. All-out war is declared on the Close as Bel and Ollie dish the dirt in their bitter custody battle. Susannah despairs at her inability to get pregnant, and new parents Jackie and Jimmy clash over a name for their child. (Stereo)
8.30pm Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story. (Film) Biopic of the ambitious and glamorous journalist who became America's first TV news anchorwoman in the Eighties, before a sordid love affair and addiction to drink and drugs led to her dramatic on-air fall from grace. Sela Ward and Ron Silver star.
10.15pm Missouri Breaks. (Film) Irish bounty hunter Marlon Brando is called in to dispose of a gang of cattle rustlers led by Jack Nicholson. Offbeat Western, with Harry Dean Stanton, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd and Frederic Forrest. Directed by Arthur Penn.
12.35am These Shoes Weren't Made for Walking. The aspirations of four generations of Chinese women are explored in Paul Lee's thought-provoking documentary, which takes their shoes as the basis of his meditations on their varying roles in society. (Stereo)
1.10am Edge of the Horizon. (Film) A pathologist develops a strange obsession with the corpse of a robber at the local morgue when it becomes apparent the two shared similar attributes. Portuguese drama, starring Claude Brasseur and Andrea Ferreol.
2.45am Travels with my Camera: Dying for the Truth. Photo-journalist John Sweeney travels back to the former Yugoslavia with the girlfriend of his colleague Paul Jenks, whose murder he is determined to solve. Without pre-arranged interviews or the support of a film crew, Sweeney produces a personal and revealing document quite unlike traditional travel films. (Stereo)
3.50am The Legend of George Rex. Controversial actor and film-maker Kenneth Griffith journeys to the southernmost tip of Africa in search of the grave of George Rex, a man believed by many to be the oldest legitimate son of King George III. If his theories are correct, the rightful heirs to the English throne are the descendents of a man whose final resting place is thousands of miles from home. (Stereo)
4.50am Heart Songs. A weary driver lost in Ontario comes across a community dancing the night away.
5.05am
Now Now
Tour De France. The riders head into the Vendee region on today's 225km fourth stage between Plumelec and the theme park at Le Puy du Fou.
5.35am
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Backdate. History quiz, with Valerie Singleton. (Stereo)
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