with THE REV MICHAEL TAYLOR. Stereo

Presented by Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys
6.30,7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With RICHARD QUEST
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thoughtfor the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
8.50* Your Letters

The second of eight programmes
France: Silence Is Golden
Novelist Joseph Hone takes the Blue Train south to Nice. (R)

Producer ADAM RAPHAEL
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)

The Standing Stone by MARK GREEN
Read by Edwin Richfield Producer LUCY LUNT BBC Pebble Mill

nem, p 5; Father, hear the prayer we offer (BBC HB 352); Psalm 119, w 17-24; Mark 8, w 22-33; Be thou my vision (BBC HB 316) Stereo

In this six-part series, John Timpson takes a wry look at this green and pleasant land. 4: Towering Tales
England's first lighthouse was probably built by the Romans at Dover, and since then the more treacherous comers of the coastline have become a pharologist's paradise. Tall stories, too, of the country's scattered water-towers.
Producer MARJORIE LOFTHOUSE BBC Pebble Mill

John Howard presents the third of four programmes looking at the radical changes in the social security system which come into effect in April.
Today You and Your Benefit looks at the difference it will make to old people.
Producer BRIDGET OSBORNE

Presented by Derek Cooper Producer VANESSA HARRISON (Re-broadcast next Monday)

Presented by Brian Widlake

1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: The Giant Pot Plant. Stereo
2.05 Let's Join In Bram Meets the Fones byFRANCESCAZEISSL and The Man Who Loved Pancakes by JEAN KENWARD Stereo (e)
2.25 The Song Tree
6: The Amazing Secret Music-Maze by BARRY GIBSON Presented by HILARY JAMES and SIMON MAYOR With PYEWACKETT Stereo (R) (e)
2.40 Scottish Traditional Dancing Presented by BILL TORRANCE This week: A Harvest Kim, Dirleton, East Lothian BBC Scotland. Stereo (e)

from Birmingham
The programme that invites men to eavesdrop on what women talk about. And to join in. Presenter Sarah Dunant
Serial: Smile and Other Stories 3: Snake Girl
Read by Garard Green

by ARNOLD BENNETT dramatised in six parts by PETER MACKIE
5: 1884-94
Sophia has survived the siege of Paris, but begins to wonder at what cost. While in Bursley, Constance devotes herself to the upbringing of her beloved son, Cyril.
Directed by PHILIP MARTIN BBC Pebble Mill. Stereo

A maverick edition of Tony Wilkinson 's tour of local newspaper Britain.
Leeds sees a demo against the City Council - and a visit by Prince Charles. Is there an alternative way of reporting these events? And what happens when the TV critic doesn't watch television? And a poet is the Rugby League reporter? 4: The Leeds Other Paper
Five hundred editions and still championing the underdog. Producer JULIAN HALE

Presented by Gordon Clough and Frances Coverdale
5.00,5.30 News Summary
5.25 PM Letters
5.31 City News continued on FM 5. 50-5. 55

With SIMON VANCE including Financial Report

Tom Boswell puts the extra spark into the Going Places charabanc, expertly steered by Clive Jacobs with a little extra direction from Alanah Martin. Producer IRENE MALUS

Written by GRAHAM HARVEY
BBC Pebble Mill

Presented by Margaret Howard Producer WILL CANTOPHER. Stereo (Revised re-broadcast next Sunday)

The Rt Hon Lynda Chalker, MP Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Diane Abbott, MP John Bercow, Lambeth councillor and banker
Sheila McKechnie , Director of Shelter from Stafford
BBC Bristol

Presented by John Eidinow Producer ANTHONY MONCRIEFF

London satire fails to entertain the New York audiences. Show more

by Alistair Cooke

Pardon My French
The use of strong language is one of the most shocking and controversial aspects of contemporary writing. Why do writers use it so freely - and what do they expect to achieve? Michael Billington talks to writers and audiences about the narrow lines between shock and offence, realism and decency, and freedom and licence. Producer CARROLL MOORE
(Re-broadcast next Monday)

Confessions of Felix Krull , Confidence Man (15)

Presented by David Sells

with Bill Wallis , David Tate
Sally Grace and Matthew Devitt Written by MARK BURTON
JOHN OFARRELL , PAUL B. DAVIES STEVE PUNT, MIKE COLEMAN
BILL MATTHEWS , ROBERT LINFORD MAX HANDLEY , GED PARSONS PETER HICKEY , DAVID BADDIEL ROB NEWMAN , ALISON RENSHAW and others
Producer BILL DARE. Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow 5.25pm L W)

Urdu Boliye! Spoken Urdu Episodes 17-20. Stereo (e)