This week's UK TV & radio

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Listings for BBC 2 on Friday, September 10 2010

06:00The Pingu Show CBeebies. Mail and Snowballs: Features the episodes Pingu Delivers the Mail, and Pingu and the Snowball Fight. [S] Followed by Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! 
07:00Arthur CBBC. Pick a Car, Any Car: Animation following the adventures of a young aardvark and friends. The Read family car is broken and Arthur desperately tries to save the beloved vehicle. 
07:15League of Super Evil CBBC. Slam Dunked: Animation. After being denied entry to the neighbourhood slam dunk competition for being too short, Voltar returns in a giant Shuriken robot, intent on winning. 
07:25Newsround CBBC. Daily news magazine keeping young viewers up to date on the latest stories and events happening at home and abroad. 
07:30Barney's Barrier Reef CBBC. 10/20. Night Shift: At night, the Barrier Reef comes alive with a whole new gang of crazily connected creepy critters. Barney and Gemma delve into the deep dark waters to meet some of them. 
08:00School of Silence CBBC. 10/13. Children's game show. Four giggling girls face a series of challenging classes at the School of Silence. Will they stay quiet and pass the final exam with flying colours? 
08:30LazyTown CBeebies. The LazyTown Circus: Fun with pink-haired Stephanie and superhero Sportacus. Stephanie pretends to have circus skills, so the kids decide to put on their own circus show. 
08:55Jollywobbles CBeebies. 1/13. Swimming: Live action sketch show featuring Justin Fletcher. Justin mistakes the footbath for the pool and tries to take a swim, which lands him in deep water with an inflatable. 
09:05Buzz and Tell CBeebies. Puppet panel show hosted by a walrus called Walter Flipstick. The contestants include Miss Honkover - an exotic showbiz bird, and Ken Koala, who is very shy. 
09:10Tinga Tinga Tales CBeebies. Why Tortoise Has a Broken Shell: Stories telling a modern, young audience how different animals got their distinctive parts. Here, the story of how Tortoise got his bumpy shell. 
09:25Garth and Bev CBeebies. Lightbulb: Animation about time-travelling siblings who live in harmony with nature. Garth and Bev need Grandfather Lir's cave to be brighter so everyone can see their paintings. [AD,S] 
09:35Ethelbert the Tiger CBeebies. Ethelbert and the Tortoise: Children's animation featuring a mischievous tiger cub. Ethelbert realises that old people can be fun when he meets a playful 167-year-old giant tortoise. 
09:45Pingu CBeebies. Pingu's Sledge Academy: The adventures of Pingu, the clumsy young penguin who is always up to mischief. Pingu is not pleased when his father tells him he must attend Sledge Academy. 
09:50Pingu CBeebies. Sore Tummy Pingu: The adventures of Pingu, the clumsy young penguin who is always up to mischief. Pingu loves his favourite fishy snacks, but soon he is so stuffed he can hardly move. 
10:00Waybuloo CBeebies. Going Bananas: Animation set in the magical land of Nara. Lau Lau puts three bananas in a bowl for the children to paint. Bananas are Yojojo's favourite and his willpower is weak. 
10:20Clifford the Big Red Dog CBeebies. Nothing to Fur but Fur Itself: Animated series about a big red dog and his friends. Having been scared by a ghost film, T-Bone resolves to not let fear get the better of him. 
10:30Pablo, the Little Red Fox CBeebies. The Biggest Bed: Pablo and his siblings have adventures in the city. In this episode, Finbar takes Pablo and Pumpkin into his home. 
10:353rd and Bird CBeebies. 20/25. Ice Skating: Colourful adventures of a group of birds who teach social responsibility. Samuel, Muffin and Rudy head over to frozen Branch Lake for some ice-skating. 
10:50Wibbly Pig CBeebies. Orchestra: Preschool animation. Wibbly introduces us to his new orchestra - a chicken. It seems a bit small for an orchestra, but soon other animals join in. 
11:00In the Night Garden CBeebies. Waving from the Ninky Nonk: In a magical forest colourful characters have adventures. Igglepiggle and Upsy Daisy ride the Ninky Nonk. They wave to each other from their carriages. 
11:30Living Dangerously 10/10. It's a lucky escape for a woman when a freak tornado rips through her home and community, and a teenager from Gloucestershire is left stranded in some horrific flooding. 
12:00The Daily Politics Jo Coburn presents the top political stories of the day. 
12:30GMT with George Alagiah George Alagiah presents international news and intelligent analysis to take you live to the heart of the day's top global story. Plus up-to-the-minute global business news. 
13:00Animal Park 10/15. Behind the scenes at Longleat. Kate Humble and Ben Fogle distinguish between the park's wildest animals, and one of the keepers catches up with elephants he used to care for. 
14:00Wanted Down Under 17/20. Giving families a taste of life down under. Teachers Alex and Antony Evans from rural Shropshire spend their trial week in Melbourne, with nine-year-old twins Amy and Rebecca. 
15:00Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Two antiques experts go head-to-head to raise money. John Cameron and Katherine Higgins devise and organise a special charity event, each hoping to raise the most cash. 
15:45Flog It! Malvern Paul Martin is joined by experts Kate Bateman and Adam Partridge as they explore the collectables at a valuation day in the spa town of Malvern. 
16:30Pointless 10/50. Quiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge to come up with the answers no-one else can think of. 
17:15Escape to the Country Hampshire In Hampshire, Alistair Appleton helps a recently retired couple find a country home with a large garage and a challenging garden project for under 550,000 pounds. 
18:00Eggheads General knowledge quiz in which teams from all over the UK battle to beat the Eggheads, some of the country's top quiz champions. Also in HD. 
18:30Climbing Great Buildings 5/15. Layer Marney Tower: The next step in Jonathan's journey takes him to Layer Marney Tower. Also in HD. [AD,S] 
19:00Who Do You Think You Are? 8/9. Hugh Quarshie: Holby City actor Hugh Quarshie traces his family tree to explore the lives of his ancestors, a journey which takes him to Ghana and then the Netherlands. [AD,S] 
20:00Mastermind The hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues. Topics are the Academy Awards, the life of Bertrand Russell, the life and career of Vivienne Westwood, and Julius Caesar. 
20:30Gardeners' World Gardening magazine. Toby Buckland suggests low-maintenance plant combinations to rev up our borders, and Joe Swift visits Packwood House. Also in HD. 
21:00Digging for Britain 4/4. The Tudors: Final episode of the series. Dr Alice Roberts goes in search of the Tudor age, visiting excavations at Shakespeare's first theatre in London's Shoreditch. [AD,S] 
22:00Roger and Val Have Just Got In 6/6. The Valerie Step: Sitcom following a middle-aged couple during their first half-hour home from work. Val returns to the house to see how Roger's tribunal at work has gone. Also in HD. [AD,S] 
22:30Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines with Gavin Esler. 
23:00The Review Show Kirsty Wark and guests discuss the future of the music industry. Have downloads superseded CDs or are there new ways of acquiring music by legal means? [S] Followed by weather. 
23:50The History Boys Film based on Alan Bennett's play about pupils caught in a clash of education styles. Contains very strong language. Also in HD. [2006] [AD,S] 
01:40Pages from Ceefax News and information from the BBC's Teletext service.