With THE REV DAVID CHILLlNGWORTH
Presented by John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor
6.30,7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thoughtfor the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
8.50* Your Letters
Chris Dunkley of the Financial Times is back to air your views on BBC policy and to call the programme-makers to account. Producer JOY HATWOOD
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)
Send your comments to: Feedback BBC, Broadcasting House London WIA 1AA
BBC correspondents report from around the world. Producer CAROLE LACEY
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)
Derby Day by PADDY O'HANLON
Read by Kevin Flood Producer CHRIS SPURR BBC Northern Ireland
NEM, p 50; There's a spirit in the air (BP 88); Psalm 36; Mark 10, w 46-52; Forth in thy name, 0 Lord, I go (BBC HB 406) Stereo
Domestic Service between the Wars
Two months after my 14th birthday, I was put on a train and off I went to work in Cadogan Square. I was under the impression that this was a privilege.
Between the wars, well over a million people in Britain were still employed as servants. David Wade talks to some of this army of housemaids, kitchenmaids, laundrymaids and butlers - as well as to their employers - in an attempt to re-create a world which has now vanished.
Producer ELIZABETH BURKE
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The children's book programme introduced by Penelope Lively. They went to market and they built their houses, but these days you're more likely to find them rounding up sheep or buying ice-cream ...
Jill Burridge examines the fat and grunting role of the pig in children's books, with the help of Susanna Gretz , Dick King-Smith and Mary Rayner.
Producer SALLY FELDMAN
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 2.47pm)
Presented by John Howard
News and advice for consumers
Derek Cooper tackles the farmer, the manufacturer, the politician, the scientist, the caterer and the customer in his weekly defence of pure food at a fair price.
Producer VANESSA HARRISON (Re-broadcast next Monday)
Presented by Brian Widlake
Tales from the Tub (5) Stereo (R)
from Newcastle upon Tyne The programme that invites men to eavesdrop on what women talk about. And to join in. Serial: Helen of Burma (4) Presenter Jenny Cuffe
by GEORGE EUOT dramatised in six parts by ALAN ENGLAND with and 2: Meetings
After the death of his father, family responsibilities weigh heavily on Adam's shoulders. Meanwhile, Hetty has fallen in love with Arthur Donnithorne and Dinah has told Seth that she cannot marry him.
Directed by VANESSA WHITBURN BBC Pebble Mill Stereo
The British have always been 'game for a game' - an excuse to let down their hair, unloose their egos, indulge their fantasies, or simply do well. In a series of four diverse features, Nick Baker infiltrates the games world, assuming the role of all-purpose player. This week: an examination of the phenomenon of general knowledge.
What is it? What use is it? Why are we so fascinated by other people's knowledge?
The General Knowledge Game is a panel quiz with a difference, with contributions from
Magnus Magnusson , Nicholas Parsons , Professor Ted Wragg and Trivial Pursuit's Ray Loud. Producer ANDREW PARFITT Stereo
Presented by Gordon Clough and Frances Coverdale
5.00,5.30 News Summary
5.25 PM Letters
5.31 City News continued on FM5.50-5.55
With HARRIET CASS including Financial Report
with Tom Boswell , Clive Jacobs and Alanah Martin. Producer IRENE MALLIS
Written by SIMON FRITH
BBC Pebble Mill
(Re-broadcast next Monday)
Presented by Margaret Howard Producer JULIAN HALE. Stereo
(Revised re-broadcast next Sunday)
The Rt Hon Kenneth Baker , mp, Secretary of State for Education and Science
Baroness Seear Jack Straw , mp and Germaine Greer tackle the issues raised in Gloucester.
Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby Producer CAROLE STONE. BBC Bristol (Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1. 10pm)
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
Stanton Delaplane (1907-1988)
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
A tribute to the travel writer and Pulitzer prize-winning columnist renowned for his scoop on the 'ding dong daddy of the D-car line' about a bigamist cable car conductor.
Geoffrey Goodman presents a personal view of the week's newspapers and talks to the people behind the headlines. Producer SHEILA COOK
by Alistair Cooke
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)
The Write Stuff
Writing a successful film script is an ambition held by many, but how does one acquire the tricks of the trade?
Christopher Cook talks to those who teach the skills and to those who have mastered the art. He also investigates the reasons why so many of today's films start off between hard covers, and finds out how they are transformed from the printed page to the wide screen Producer SALLY MARMION
(Re-broadcast next Monday)
A Clergyman's Daughter by GEORGE ORWELL abridged in ten parts and read by George Baker (10) Producer GRAHAM GAULD
Presented by Michael Vestey National and international news, background, analysis and comment
Radio 4's international business report; market trends
The weekly satire show that's performed before the ink dries on the script. With Bill Wallis David Tate and Sally Grace Written by MARK BURTON
JOHN OFARRELL , PAUL B. DAVIES MIKE COLEMAN. BILL MATTHEWS ROBERT LINFORD , MAX HANDLEY GED PARSONS , PETER HICKEY DAVID BADDIEL , ROB NEWMAN
ALISON RENSHAW. SIMON BULUV ANT MARK BRISENDEN and others Producer BILL DARE. Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow 5.25pm L W)