Presented by Michael Pickstock Producer ALLAN WRIGHT BBC Pebble Mill
with Hope Sealy
Presented by Peter Hobday and Jenni Murray
7.00, 8.00 Today's News Read by LAURIE MACMILLAN
7.25* Sport with CHARLES COLVILE
7.30,8.30 News Summary
7.40*, 8.47* Today's Papers
7.45 In Perspective with JOHN NEWBURY, the BBC's
Religious Affairs Correspondent Editor JOLYON MONSON
Presented by Cliff Morgan who casts his eye over a sporting weekend in which the best tennis players in the world battle out the final stages of the US Open at Flushing Meadow. Producer PETER GRIFFITHS
Bernard Falk reports on holidays and travel. With Susan Marling and Nigel Coombs.
Producer JENNY MALLINSON DUFF
with Ned Sherrin and 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 11.00pm)
Geoffrey Goodman presents a personal view of the past week's TUC Conference in Blackpool. Producer ZAREER MASANI
Producer SUE LITTLEDALE
(Details on Monday at 10.00am)
God Alone Knows
Join Radio Active's religious correspondent, the Right
Reverend Reverend Wright, for half an hour of fun, laughter and one or two religious bits, but not too many, honestly, so please don't turn off.
Unholy writ by GEOFFREY PERKINS and ANGUS DEAYTON
Music of the spheres by PHILIP POPE and MICHAEL FENTON STEVENS Producer
The old artificer DAVID TYLER. Stereo (Re-broadcast on Monday at 6.30pm)
The Rt Hon Malcolm Rifkind , mp, John Monks , Graham Day and Sue Slipman
Only Connect....
With Gillian Reynolds and guests
Producers LUCY LUNT and PIPPA BURSTON
The Man That Got Away by PHILIP NORMAN
Hedley looks forward to a holiday with his mother in a hotel which she manages in Norfolk. But he finds himself thrown on the hotel staff for company. They are wonderful, warm people. But will mother approve?
Directed by PETER KAVANAGH. Stereo
Michael Clegg , Stephen Sutton and Norman Lewis tackle
Questions put by members of the Nottinghamshire Trust for Nature Conservation.
Presented by Derek Jones
3: The NotSo-Supergrasses David Lander looks at the supergrass system.
With PETER DONALDSON including Sports Round-up
Music by KIT AND THE WIDOW
Producer MICHAEL EMBER. Stereo
Gone to Pot
A comedy by BRIAN CROOKES with Ballyfilbert nestles delightfully on the shore of Northern
Ireland. But nothing in this innocent fishing village is quite what it appears - as the inquisitive visitor will find out.
Directed by KATHRYN PORTER BBC Northern Ireland. Stereo
(Re-broadcast on Monday at 3. 00pm)
What poor woman is ever taught that she should have a higher design than to get her a husband?
MARY ASTELL (1666-1731)
Tony Seaton pieces together the life story of this early feminist. With Ann Aris as Mary Astell Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
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 12: The Deathbed Room
Producer PAMELA HOWE. BBC Bristol
with Eddie Neale. Stereo
4: Honey and Jerusalem
The people of Castle Carrock in Cumbria help David Bean to put together a picture of their life.
Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
An Everyday Story of Towering Genius by Sue Limb
Lord Biro arrives with his menagerie. William is afflicted by his ailment....
(Stereo) (R)
(This morning's programme with at least 2.5 per cent extra)
followed by an interlude
