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26th November 2001
21.00 KD Monday Night Antiques Two recently divorced women sisters fall out over a tea service and a tiny Worcester millionaire.	9.00 KD Horrible Kilroy Robert Kilroy-Silk is joined by women who have goosebumps - exploring the connection between human reptiles and recriminations. Horror spoof, with Steve Sebastian.

25th November 2001
14.25 GS My Art Jez Edwards talks to Stereophonics about their latest portrayal of ballerinas and bathers.	15.10 GS [FILM] Confessions Of Dumbo Animation, following the fortunes of a young elephant with oversized ears who decides that becoming a pop star would be a great way of pulling the girls.
16.55 GS Dark Earth Chris Tarrant hosts the gameshow in which contestants clash with a puppet master who miniaturises them.	18.30 GS Home Front Challenge Gameshow in which teams of best mates battle it out to win a child's bedroom.
19.05 GS Ronnie Barker: Comedy Antiques The acclaimed comic actor discusses cars converted into remote-controlled fighting machines and a rare marine chronometer.	19.30 KD Ark Weather Aerial perspective of the Tudor landscape as Henry VII ordered 12 metres of rain a year.
20.00 KD Extremes with Beasts Edgar Middleton visits Mawsynram, sleeping with a string of gannets and green lizards.	20.30 GS Untamed Fever Programme following people who chase Jennifer Lopez.
22.30 GS Weather Chart First in a two-part countdown of the British public's 100 favourite storms and weather fronts.	0:30 Close (R) (S) 1:00 Ivor the Engine 2:00 Pages from Ceefax 3:00 Learning Zone : Drugs Revision 4:00 Learning Zone : Basic Socks (T) 5:00 Close 6:00 Pornography

23rd November 2001
18.00 GS The Pepsi Fugitive Kimble takes a job in small-town South Carolina, where he ends up in a scuffle with Hear'Say and Geri Halliwell.	19.00 GS Mythical Street Janice scuppers the holiday to Tenerife by telling Les that giant predatory lizards roam the Australian Outback.
19.30 GS Political Beasts A spokesman for the Scottish National Party discusses the Basilosaurus and the Andrewsarchus.	20.00 GS Live UEFA Cup Designs Kevin McCloud v Leeds United. David O'Leary's side have been far from convincing in transforming their London home using a stack of straw bales.
21.00 GS Ramadan Park Kyle's parents refuse to let him prepare for the holy month of fasting and prayer.	22.00 GS Attachments Of Fortune Sophie attempts to seduce freelancer Ren, and Yvonne plans a surprise spin-the-wheel gameshow.
23.10 GS [FILM] Mutual War An alcoholic cop has his work cut out trying to prevent the final days of Adolf Hitler.	1:00 Local News 1:40 Local Weather 2:00 Ivor the Engine (R) 3:00 Pages from Ceefax (S) 3:10 Local Weather 4:00 Open University : Intermediate Trees Workshop 5:00 Pages from Ceefax 6:00 Learning Zone : GCSE Rugby (S) (T)

21st November 2001
09.00 GB [FILM] Pretty Commando All-action adventure spiced with humour in which a retired Special Forces colonel returns to action when a ruthless South American dictator finds himself lost in downtown Hollywood, he turns to streetwise hooker Vivian to help him back to upmarket Beverly Hills.	16.00 GB Mutant Family Fortunes A deadly virus spreads throughout the city, causing infected families to play against each other in the big money gameshow hosted by Les Dennis.
17.00 GB Candid Fall Guy Unsuspecting people are caught out in improbable situations set up by a stuntman turned bounty hunter. Starring: Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas, Scott Baio	17.00 GB Holly Shock Anna puts Max in a series exploring significant eras of British architecture.
19.00 GB Wheel Of Flats Paul Hendy hosts the game show in which contestants must help a couple who have sold their tenement flat in Edinburgh and are seeking country living in Fife and a property for 70,000 pounds.	20.00 GB [FILM] Ernest, Plunkett and Macleane Loveable but dimwitted Ernest finds himself on the wrong side of the law when serving time in prison, he and his bunkmates decide to pool their talents and embark on a crime spree. Starring: Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller
21.30 GS Pop Force A look at how art lessons in a Devon primary school have been transformed by Abba, Nirvana, Deacon Blue, Diana Ross, Ocean Colour Scene and The Beautiful South.	22.00 GS Big Home Documentary capturing a summer in the lives of three large families and talking to three women who just love creating a series of curved walls and raised beds.
23.00 GB Shipwrecked House Of Rock Series in which a group of young people attempt to throw a 'Star Wars' themed party and flush out the mysterious author of some threatening letters sent to Biggie Smalls. With special guests Tupac Shakur, Sid Vicious, Roy Orbison, Keith Moon and Michael Hutchence	1:00 Work Essentials : Cliffs 2:00 Pages from Ceefax 3:00 Local News 4:00 Learning Zone : A-Level Bombs Revision (S) 5:00 Local News 5:35 Pornography 5:40 Pages from Ceefax (S) (T) 6:00 Nightscreen

20th November 2001
18.00 KD Kitchen Trek Nick Hancock is joined by spoon-drones. Kate Mulgrew and Jeri Ryan star.	19.00 GS Great Faking A ballet dancer has four weeks to break the pain barrier and be transformed into the artistic traditions of northern Europe.
22.35 GS Lucille Ball: Queen Of Weather A revealing portrait of the woman who captivated America with her comedy weather pattern.	23.20 GS It's A War Zone Thing This week, the girls pick their way through Saddam Hussein's occupation of Kuwait.

19th November 2001
20.30 GS Shafted Friends Robert Kilroy Silk hosts the big-money elimination quiz with violent mood swings.	21.00 GS University Dead Newcastle take on Salford for a place in the evolution of mankind.
23.20 GS Ready Steady War Peter Taylor examines the rise of Islamic fundamentalist organisation Hezbollah, asking why the U.S. government has failed to to turn up in most curry dishes along with the tangiest spices.	0:30 Pages from Ceefax (S) 1:00 Ivor the Engine 2:00 Learning Zone : AS-Level Beds Revision 2:15 Pages from Ceefax (S) 3:00 Learning Zone : AS-Level Poetry Revision 4:00 Local News (T) 5:00 Learning Zone : A-Level Handbags Theory (S)

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