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Born on a Monday
Christened on Tuesday Married on Wednesday Took ill on Thursday Worse on Friday Died on Saturday Buried on Sunday This is the end
Of Solomon Grundy
In the first of six programmes reflecting life from cradle to grave in the mill-towns of north-east Lancashire, Phil Smith listens to experiences of pregnancy and childbirth.
Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester (R)
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Laurie Taylor presents an addict's guide to good listening Guest listener Delia Smith
Under Review: The History of Radio Comedy (BBC World
Service); Waiting for Mrs Forbes (The Tuesday Feature, Radio 4) Radio is Like Sex:
Donald Macleod deserts the sanctuary of Radio 3 for the jungle of radio advertising. Producer JENNY DANKS Editor SALLY THOMPSON
(Re-broadcast next Sunday) Letters should be sent to:
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Read by Pat Williams Producer BRUCE YOUNG BBC Scot/and

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God Gave Us Two Ears and a Mouth
The selling of cars, kitchens or courses on salesmanship may be simple or subtle in theory, dogged or sharp in practice. Here's what happens when a resistible force meets a movable object.
Producer PETER EVERETT
BBC Manchester (R) revised

Patrick Nicholson is fussy about his clothes. Everything he wears has to be exactly right to match his mood and the occasion. He always carries a tape measure when he shops tor anything from sweaters to ties.
He once spent one year looking for an anorak and a spot on any of his clothes makes him feel neurotic.... In conversation with Marjorie Lofthouse he explains why he has logged every item he has worn each day over the past 23 years.

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Today's story: Tales from the Tub (4). Stereo

Introduced by Sue MacGregor
The Sport of Kings?No, not horse-racing, but Real Tennis, the game which gave Henry VIII a reputation as a 16th-century Bjorn Borg. Julia Shaw visits the court at Jesmond Dene for a touch of hazard and tambour. Serial:
In the Springtime of the Year (3)

The Ugly Man by ROGER DAVENPORT with and When their daughter leaves home, Richard and Clare realise that they have a whole new life to look forward to. It'll be a second honeymoon. There'll be money to spend on exotic holidays. Clare can take an Open University course. But, left on their own, there will also be the time to confront the truth about their marriage.
Directed by MATTHEW WALTERS Stereo

Susan Hill presents Radio 4's good books programme.
This week, action on the high seas, Zimbabwean Black writers and a tale from the atmospheric Somerset levels.
Producer ANDREW PARFITT (Re-broadcast next Sunday)

(Revised broadcast of yesterday 's programme at 9.45 pm)

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With LAURIE MACMILLAN including Financial Report

A portrait of Delia Bacon
(1811-59), who, 130 years ago, declared Shakespeare a fake and Bacon the real thing. With and Compiled by ROBERT GIROUX
Producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT Stereo

(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1.40pm) Written by SIMON FRITH
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A chance to air your views on some of the subjects raised in last week's Any Questions?
Introduced by John Humphrys Producer CAROLE STONE BBCBristol
Send your letters to: Any Answers? BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

How much power and influence is vested in Britain's leading institutions? Are they changing to meet the challenge of the late 80s? This second series takes a critical look at six more pillars of society.
1: The Royal Shakespeare Company
The RSC claims to be the largest theatre company in history. But can it continue to expand in spite of its financial problems? How far does it owe its reputation to Shakespeare?
Robert Cushman goes behind the scenes to find out how the company sees itself, and to gauge its influences in Britain and abroad.
Producer EMILY BUCHANAN
(Re-broadcast next Wednesday)

In the first of five reflective interviews Dr Anthony Clare talks to Sir Michael Tippett , one of the greatest living English composers, about the major influences on his unconventional private and professional life.
Researcher LOUISE HIBBINS
Producer MICHAEL EMBER (R)

A magazine of special interest to disabled listeners and their families, with countrywide news and views on all matters of concern to them.
Presented by Kati Whitaker Producer MARLENE PEASE
Correspondence and enquiries to: Does He Take Sugar?
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Susan Marling searches the BBC Sound Archives for some eternal truths about holidays. Producer BRIDGET CARTER

Presented by Paul Vaughan Producer WILL CANTOPHER
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.30pm)

I Heard You Say So A short story by ELIZABETH BOWEN
Read by Angela Thorne
A nightingale singing in a London park brings back poignant memories to the young woman who hears it. Producer ENYD WILLIAMS

Presented by Richard Kershaw

followed by an interlude