Presented by Michael Pickstock Producer ALLAN WRIGHT BBC Pebble Mill
with Hope Sealy
Presented by John Humphrys and Jenni Murray
7.0,8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.30,8.30 News Summary
7.40*, 8.47* Today's Papers
7.45 In Perspective with JOHNSTON MCKAY
Editor JOLYON MONSON
Presented by Cliff Morgan
One of the country's greatest sporting institutions begins its centenary season today - the Football League has reached three figures: the cue for celebrations from Newcastle United to Plymouth Argyle. Producer PETER GRIFFITHS
Theme parks have been thrilling American holidaymakers for many years with places like
Disneyworld and Knott's Berry Farm. But what of Britain's own parks like Alton Towers and Camelot? Britain's newest theme park, American Adventure, is bursting with scenes from the wild west frontier towns, where
Bernard Falk and Susan Marling join in the family holiday fun. Producer JENNY MALLINSON DUFF
with Ned Sherrin and contributions from the likes of Robert Elms, Craig Charles Victoria Mather and Stephen Fry. Plus the Occasional Diary of Mat Coward.
Additional material by ALISTAIR BEATON
Producers IAN GARDHOUSE and CATHIE MAHONEY
(Re-broadcast at 11.0pm)
joins MPs for a political and personal tour around their constituencies.
3: Great Grimsby
Labour MP Austin MitcheU talks to David Self about what this east coast fishing port means to him.
Producer MARGARET HILL
Producer DAVID POWELL
(Details on Thursday at 9.5am)
A quiz 'abounding in quotation marks', to quote presenter Nigel Rees
This week he 'questions' guests
Lord Elwyn-Jones Peter Kellner , Lord Deedes and Brian Glover
'Devised', written and presented by NIGEL REES
Quotations 'spoken' by RONALD FLETCHER Producer JO BUNTING
Stereo (Re-broadcast Monday 6.3Opm)
The cellist Jacqueline du Pre presents a selection of her favourite poetry and prose. Readers PENELOPE LEE and JOHN CARSON
Stereo
Only Connect....
Gillian Reynolds and guests set out to discover how to make the right connections. Producers LUCY LUNT and PIPPA BURSTON
Seasons of Mist by DOT RUBIN
Beth lives with her parents on their farm in Cornwall. It is her 17th birthday, but the family celebrations are overshadowed by her despair at the absence of her adored brother, Bobby, who was sent away from home by her father after a family crisis, the nature of which still haunts them.
STUART HUTCHINSON (piano) Directed by CHERRY COCKSON Stereo
In August 19 years ago, the 60s were still swinging in Britain, and in Czechoslovakia Dubcek was talking of 'Socialism with a human face'. The students in Bratislava gave a rapturous welcome to an unknown rock band from England in the charge of Roy Guest. Roy woke up one morning to see Russian tanks in the streets. All the radio stations were off the air. But he took photographs, and the Austrian border and the world's Press were only a hazardous car ride away past Russian guards....
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER
Tales from the Nest Chamber Peter France discovers a few things about ants and the highly sophisticated societies that are the key to their success.
A selection of the best of the 1987 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, recorded at the Fringe Club. Compered by Paul Merton
With CLIVE ROSLIN including Sports Round-up
Dr Anthony Clare invites one of Britain's top industrialists, Sir John Harvey-Jones .
The Smiler with the Knife by NICHOLAS BLAKE dramatised by BARRY CAMPBELL
A thieving magpie and a rather fussy surveyor of highways cause Nigel Strangeways and his wife to stumble on an organisation which has close links with fascist Germany and some very odd ideas about the future of this country.
ELAINE CLAXTON. STEVEN HARROLD
SHAUN PRENDERG AST. NATASHA PYNE
GORDON REID. ERIC STOVELL and JONATHAN TAFLER
Directed by JANE MORGAN. Stereo (R) (Re-broadcast on Monday at 3. Opm)
with Richard Baker
Producer JUDITH ROLES . Stereo
A Fatal Inversion by RUTH RENDELL writing as BARBARA VINE abridged in 14 parts by NEVILLE TELLER
Read by Lewis Fiander 8: The Animal Cemetery Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol
A reading, a hymn and reflection led by Frank Topping. Stereo
One of the fun things about working at Beamish is that there is always something happening. It's very much a living museum. In the last of six programmes about the skill of the keeper, Keith Allan goes to County Durham to meet
Rosemary Allan , Keeper of Social History at Beamish Open Air Museum, European Museum of the Year. Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
Bernard Braden ambles through the world of transatlantic humour.
This week: New York, New York Written by NUNALLY JOHNSON HARPO MARX. JOHN MCNULTY and WILL ROGERS
Producer EDWARD TAYLOR. Stereo
(Re-broadcast on Thursday at 12.25pm)
(This morning's programme with at least 2. 5 per cent extra)
followed by an interlude
