  We present a short progress report of a comprehensive search for variability
in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae. Using the MSSSO 40'' telescope and a
combined V+R filter, we are searching for variability across a 52x52' field
centered on the cluster. The main aim is to search for transiting 'Hot Jupiter'
planets, the results of which are still being produced, but a natural side
product is a deep catalogue of variable stars within the cluster field. The
experiment samples the whole of the cluster (except the inner 5'), thus probing
the uncrowded outer regions where the stellar densities are lower, increasing
the prospects for the survivability of planetary systems. Half of the currently
identified variable stars are new discoveries. We have data for 36,000 stars
with masses similar to that of the Sun for the main transit search.
