Arthur Double bill. The gang try to do without TV for a whole week, and school tough guy Binky Barnes confesses he sleeps with the light on to keep nightmares at bay (888) 3.50pm Skunk Fu! Baboon captures Fox (888) Thumb Wrestling Federation: TWF (888) 4.05pm Young Dracula Vlad enters a dreamworld (888) 4.35pm Serious Ocean The adventurers head into open ocean for the first time (888) 5.00pm Newsround Current affairs reports (888)
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5.15pm
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Olympics 2008 Jake Humphrey presents highlights of the men's basketball quarter-finals at the Olympic Basketball Gymnasium. Argentina were surprise gold medallists in Athens four years ago following their win over Italy in the final. Favourites and defending champions USA were beaten by the Argentinians in the semi-finals, but secured bronze thanks to victory over Lithuania. Digital viewers can access additional interactive highlights (888)
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6.00pm
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Battle of the Brains Quiz teams compete against the clock for cash prizes in a game of strategy and skill, hoping to earn the right to be recognised as the smartest collective in the UK. Presented by Paddy O'Connell (888)
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6.30pm
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Eggheads Quiz, hosted by Dermot Murnaghan, in which the winners of famous game shows work as a team to tackle a new set of challengers hoping to win a cash prize (888)
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7.00pm
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Des Lynam's Sport Mastermind The veteran sports presenter hosts as six contenders compete in the final of the quiz. The specialist subjects are The Masters at Augusta, South African Test Cricket, the History of the Super League, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Life and Career of Geoffrey Boycott and the Champion Hurdle (888)
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8.00pm
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Jimmy and the Wild Honey Hunters In Nepal, an ancient tribe of bee-keepers have preserved a tradition of scaling a sheer cliff face literally swarming with approximately two million giant killer bees to obtain a rare type of honey. In this one-off documentary, farmer and amateur naturalist Jimmy Doherty risks life and limb to join these “honey hunters” on their dangerous — but delicious — mission, as he travels the world to get a better understanding of the massive variety of flavours, and comes to appreciate honey like others love fine wine (888)
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9.00pm
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House of Saddam The invasion of Iraq forces Saddam to go into hiding near the town of Tikrit, while his daughters, grandchildren and wife flee the country to safety in Syria. Uday, Qusay and eldest grandson Mustafa take refuge at a relative's house in Baghdad, but disloyalty leads to their deaths, and the net begins to close in on the former president's secluded hiding place. Last in series, starring Igal Naor (888)
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10.00pm
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Room 101 Paul Merton offers Fern Britton the chance to rid the world of her pet hates, with Animal Hospital and detox diets as her prime candidates for the bottomless pit (888)
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10.30pm
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Newsnight Kirsty Wark presents a comprehensive analysis of the day's events (888) Weather (888)
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11.20pm
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Long Way Round Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman cross the border into Canada and ride into the Yukon region, where they meet a Welshman who takes them up in his aeroplane to view a glacier. After a visit to Calgary Funfair, the duo reach America and stop at a Harley-Davidson factory in Illinois, before unwinding at a motel outside New York on the final night of their trip. Last in series (888)
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12.20am
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Des Lynam's Sport Mastermind The veteran sports presenter hosts as six contenders compete in the final of the quiz. The specialist subjects are The Masters at Augusta, South African Test Cricket, the History of the Super League, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Life and Career of Geoffrey Boycott and the Champion Hurdle (888)
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1.20am
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Sign Zone: Tribal Wives Dionne Braham, a 33-year-old teacher who is single and still living at home with her mother, stays with the polygamous Maasai tribe in Tanzania. In a community where men can take up to 10 wives and women are expected to have babies from the age of 14, she takes an objective look at life back in the UK and comes to terms with the possibility she may never have children (888)
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2.20am
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Sign Zone: Cooking in the Danger Zone Food critic Stefan Gates' culinary exploration takes him to Haiti, where he stays in the violent slums of Cite Soleil. He samples mud cakes made of pure clay, helps with food hand-outs for impoverished citizens and engages in a moonshine-fuelled voodoo festival. Travelling to Mexico, he learns how imported US food has contributed to the collapse of native agriculture (888)
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3.20am
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Sign Zone: DIY SOS Nick Knowles and the crew visit Wolverhampton to help Paul and Pauline Whitehouse transform their garage into a galley kitchen, a project intended to create more room for their growing family of six children and put a stop to TV dinners (888)
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3.50am
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Sign Zone: Rogue Restaurants Matt Allwright and Anita Rani take the team undercover to investigate allegations of poor hygiene in two of London's Indian restaurants. The discovery of what appear to be rodent droppings is just one of the possible health violations that could have serious repercussions for the dining public (888)
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4.20am
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BBC News 4.20 BBC News. Regular bulletin. 4.30 Panorama. In-depth current affairs reports. 5.00 The World Today. International reports. 5.30 World Business Report. The latest business news, with informed analysis (888)
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