With JENNY CARPENTER Stereo

Presented by John Humphrys and Jennie Bond
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With JOHN INVERDALE
7.45* Thought for the Day

5: Alice picnics with the Lion and the Unicorn.

Chris Dunkley , of the Financial Times, airs your comments on BBC programmes and policy, and puts your questions to the people responsible.
Producer JOHN WATKINS
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)
Send your comments to: Feedback BBC, London W1A 4WW

Producers CAROLE LACEY and BERNARD THOMPSON

The Mem-Sahib Written and told by John Morrow

NEM, p 93; I heard the voice of Jesus say (BBC HB 143); 0 Taste and See (Vaughan Williams); Mark 2, v 23 - 3, v 4; O, for a thousand tongues to sing (BBC HB 278) Stereo

A series of eight portraits presented by Hugh O'Shaughnessy 2: General Gary Prado
'Normally Bolivian soldiers use about 50 rounds a year. With these Americans we fire 500 bullets a day.'
General Gary Prado recalls the events, 21 years ago, leading up to the capture of Che Guevara - from the training and assistance given by the USA, to the moment in the Andean foothills when his soldiers brought him a weary, wounded prisoner. 'Who are you?'
'I am Che Guevara.'
Series producer MICK WEBB. Stereo (R)

Second of two programmes An Acceptable Face
Recently some doctors and government departments in Britain and in the USA have become worried about the potential dangers of skin creams which claim to halt the ageing process or repair damaged cells. Unlike drugs, cosmetics do not have to undergo a long and expensive battery of safety and efficacy tests before they can be put on the market. Barbara Myers discovers what controls are being put on the cosmetic companies, and what effects these may have for the claims they can make in the future. Producer DEBORAH COHEN

News and advice for consumers. Presented by John Howard For information about this week's programme, write for Factsheet No 31: You and Yours, BBC, London W1A 1AA

The Story of Radio Comedy
In the early 1930s, Radios Luxembourg and Toulouse were happily providing British listeners with a diet of 'popular entertainment'. But with the BBC's move in 1932 from Savoy Hill to Broadcasting House in central London, General Manager John Reith determined to win back that audience.
The 'Variety' department was created, with the ex-editor of Radio Times, Eric Maschwitz, as its head. He had at his disposal seven producers, a 77-seat vaudeville studio, a musical director, Henry Hall's orchestra and a good deal of first-hand experience of American radio.
Russell Davies listens again to the radio comedy of those years, when it built on the music-hall foundations laid by ROBB WILTON, STAINLESS STEPHEN and SANDY POWELL and developed a style of its own.
Written and compiled by RUSSELL DAVIES
Producer NEIL CARGILL

Presented by Nick Worrall with news and topics in and behind the headlines

Walter Crumpton and the Cheeky Goat Stereo (R)

from Manchester
If women have equality, why do they still need their own programme? Find out with Helen Boaden and guests. Serial: The True Story of Spit MacPhee (7)

by HENRY JAMES dramatised in five parts by BETTY DAVIES with and 1: Initiation
To Miss Pynsent, the little boy she had adopted was an unacknowledged sprig of the nobility. To others who loved him less, he was no more than a prostitute's bastard.
'His father? Who knows who he was? The less said about the poor child's ancestors the better!'
Storyteller RICHARD TATE Directed by ENYD WILLIAMS Stereo

In the fourth of six programmes offering an intimate view of working life in Lancashire, Phil Smith listens to the experiences of the Cleaners. Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester (R)

Presented by Frances Coverdale and Gordon Clough
5.00,5.30* News Summary
5.20 Test Match Report
5.25* PM Letters
5.31 City News continued on FM 5.50-5.55

With BRYAN MARTIN including Financial Report

The weekend starts here with Susan Marling.
Mike Dickin is on his portable phone with the Code Cracker clues: 'Artistically I may need my fringe trimmed before I gather my self together for the official meeting, but I'm not yet ready for the tattoo.'
This week's Code Cracker symbol: <— X
Producer IRENE MALLIS

with Margaret Howard Producer HELEN FRY. Stereo

Will the length of the working week be reduced? Is marriage old hat? How will young people deal with AIDS?
The Radio 4 Generation is made up of 250 young people selected at the last election to represent a cross-section of society. In this series of six programmes they look forward to the year 2000, when they will be starting to take control of the country. Will traditional values change?
What is the future of the seven deadly sins?

Twenty-seven per cent of the Radio 4 Generation is unemployed. In this programme, from the Maritime Museum in Liverpool, the generation is asked whether work has a future. Is the work ethic passe? Is leisure a euphemism for sloth - can it really be called a sin?
Chairman John Humphrys
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1.10pm)
Hear This! page 12

As the 1988 election looms closer, day care becomes a prime issue. Alistair Cooke reflects on the unexpected success of the newspaper USA Today, founded in 1982.

Geoffrey Goodman presents a personal view of the week's newspapers and talks to the people behind the headlines. Producer DENNIS SEWELL

by Alistair Cooke

An actor's training prepares him or her for a career of many characters, many settings. Yet for a number of actors it is one part that dominates their professional lives. For Norman Painting it has been Phil Archer for 38 years, for Sue Johnston it is Sheila Grant on Brookside and for Wendy Richard it is Pauline Fowler in EastEnders, while Tony Adams played Adam Chance in Crossroads for ten years until the series ended this year. They discuss the challenges and the pressures with Paul Allen.
(Re-broadcast next Monday)

The Bible in Spain by GEORGE BORROW abridged in 15 episodes by JOHN SCOTNEY Read by John Franklyn-Robbins (15) Producer MAURICE LEITCH

Presented by David Sells

A satirical view of the week's news with Sally Grace,
David Tate and Bill Wallis Written by MIKE COLEMAN
MARK BURTON , JOHN O'FARRELL
BILL MATTHEWS. ROBERT UNFORD MAX HANDLEY , GED PARSONS DAVID BADDIEL , ROB NEWMAN
ALISON RENSHAW , SIMON BULLIVANT MARK BRISENDEN , PAUL DAVIES BARRY ATKINS. MICHAEL DINES PETER HICKEY and others
Producer PAUL SPENCER. Stereo