Presented by Michael Pickstock Producer ALLAN WRIGHT BBC Pebble Mill

Hope Sealy with a special guest

Presented by Jenni Murray and John Humphrys
7.0,8.0 Today's News Read by EUGENE FRASER
7.25* Sport with GARRY RICHARDSON
7.30,8.30 News Summary 7 40*, 8.47* Today's Papers
7.45 In Perspective with ROSEMARY HARTILL , the BBC S
Religious Affairs Correspondent
8.25 The Weeklies With DAVID WALKER
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament Editor JENNY ABRAMSKY

Presented by Cliff Morgan
It's a big day in racing with the Grand National, and in Rugby Union: at Twickenham and Cardiff, the Five Nations
Championship is set for an exciting finish.
In Las Vegas, Sugar
Ray Leonard is preparing to return to the ring: only Marvellous
Marvin Hagler stands between him and the World Middleweight title.
Producer PETER GRIFFITHS

Bernard Falk reports on holidays and travel with Susan Marling and Nigel Coombs. Producer JENNY MALLINSON DUFF

NedSherrin and the likes of Craig Charles , Victor Lewis Smith ,
Stephen Fry and Robert Elms. Plus the Occasional Diary of Mat Coward
Additional material by WOLFGANG PLOCKER
Producers ian GARDHOUSE and CATHIE MAHONEY

with Peter Kellner , Political Editor of The Independent. Producer MARGARET HILL

Producer SUE LITTLED ALE

(Details on Monday at 10.0 am)

Clement Freud , Peter Jones Derek Nimmo and Kenneth Williams try to stop each other talking for just a minute on subjects flung at them by Nicholas Parsons. Devised by LAN MESSITER
Producer EDWARD TAYLOR. Stereo

Alex Salmond , John Cousins Charles Kennedy , mp and Emma Nicholson

12: The 80s
Dilys Powell reflects on the recent international success of British films and upon two of the creative figures behind it: Richard Attenborough and David Puttnam.
Researcher KAREN WALKER
Producer DAVID PEET. BBC Wales

A farce by ARTHUR WING PINERO.
A dean, who is a paragon of dignity and decorum, is driven by an indiscreet act into a most undignified dilemma. A horse and "racing folk" are involved.
Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN Stereo (R)

Into the Hearts of Quasars Peter Evans reports from
Jodrell Bank in Cheshire on the friendly way to do astronomy.

Presented by Jeremy Cherfas A pot-pourri of wildlife stories.

with Bill Wallis , Sally Grace , Jon Glover and Martin Jarvis

With DAVID SYMONDS including Sports Round-up

Music by DILLIE KEANE
Producer MICHAEL EMBER. Stereo

by Martin Worth
with Timothy Spall as W.G. Grace
W.G. was a legend in his own lifetime and the legend has grown over the years. But there was a man behind that famous beard who had a wife and children and whose life was not as simple as a game of cricket.
(Stereo)
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Richard Baker presents a selection of words and music on record, reviving old favourites, introducing the less familiar and including some recent releases.
Producer JUDITH ROLES . Stereo

The Possessors by JOHN CHRISTOPHER abridged in 12 parts by BRIAN GEAR
Read by Hywel Bennett 1: Avalanche
Producer PAMELA HOWE. BBC Bristol

A reading, a hymn and reflection led by The Rev Richard Harries. Stereo

My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen
Pray Silence for your Master of Ceremonies - Brian Kay , who has the honour to present a gathering of toastmasters where the after-dinner conversation includes the correct way to make introductions, unfortunate scenes at the top table, being a woman in a man's world and how to measure up for this unusual career. Producer CAROLINE ELLIOT

Serious, and not so serious, poetry from the pen of NigelForde
Producer VICTOR LEWIS SMITH Stereo (R)

by William Osborne and Richard Turner

A sitcom about a happily-married pair of young people and their crazy friends starring Kit Hollerbach andand and 2: A Death in the Family
When Caroline's curtains stay closed for three days, Kit decides it's time to get in touch with a medium's answerphone ...
Written by PAUL B. DAVIES
JEREMY HARDY. KIT HOLLERBACH with STEVE PUNT, PETE SINCLAIR and CAROLINE LEDDY
Producer DAVID TYLER. Stereo

followed by an interlude