with JEANETTE MINNS. Stereo

Presented by Sue MacGregor and Brian Redford in London with John Humphrys at the Conservative Party Conference In Brighton
6.30, 7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.00,8.00 Today's News
Read by CHARLOTTE GREEN
7.25*, 8.25 Sport With JULIAN TUTT
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

14: The Ad-Dressing of Cats
Read by Ian McKellen. Stereo

From Boston by the Atlantic to San Diego by the Pacific,
Sally Hardcastle travels across the United States talking to Americans about the last
25 years of their country s life.
3: Washington under Siege The Nixon years, when a formerly silent majority won the White House. Outside in the streets, a loud minority still had influence.
Producer DAVID POWELL

Pets can be companions, pests or useful therapy; wildlife a bonus or a burden, depending on your point of view. James Serpell tells Jessica Holm and Fergus Keeling how attitudes to animals around the world compare with those in Britain. Producer KATE WHITEHEAD

reflecting the issues of the day. Introduced from Broadcasting House, London. Stereo

Television pictures of semi-recumbent figures slumped on the leather benches have done little to help the House of Lords shed the image of an elderly gentlemen's club but, in the last of six conversations,
John Timpson proves that there really is life after elevation to the peerage. The Duke of Somerset
(19th Duke): educated at Eton; chartered surveyor; succeeded his father, when aged only 32, to one of England's oldest dukedoms.
Producer STEPHEN LOCKWOOD BBC Pebble Mill

A series of talks from first-time broadcasters: new names, new voices - each with a story to tell. 3: Writer and poet
Amryl Johnson picks up the threads of half-remembered language to rediscover what she really means to say.

Presented by John Howard

Alexander Walker recalls the screen careers of the cinema's brightest stars.
This week: Alec Guinness
Despite being dubbed 'the man without a face' by a critic, Guinness became the undisputed man of many faces in British films, and an international star in movies such as The Bridge on the River Kwai and Star Wars.
Producer WENDY CLAY (R)

Presented by Brian Widlake in London and James Naughtie at the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton

1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: The Witch in the Cherry Tree by MARGARET MAHY Stereo (e)
2.05 Looking at Nature Wasps Safe wasp-watching science projects from TIMMY MALLETT and ROBIN ROBBINS. Stereo (e)
2.20 Slambash Wangs of a Compo Gormer (4) by ROBERT LEESON with REECE DINSDALE as Arnold and Dornal Stereo (e)
2.40 Science for All New for Old Written by JOHN TURTON This week, how water from Ben Nevis helps to make aluminium; whether the London Docklands could have been developed without new materials; kitchen equipment old and new. Stereo (e)

Jenni Murray and guests invite you to share a dazzling cocktail of finance, fashion and fantasy, history, heroism and humour. Serial: A Marriage Survival Guide (2)

by KAY MCMANUS with Zelah Clarke as Joanna Philips and Anna Cropper as Mary Browning
Keeping a diary is sometimes a form of escape, and there's certainly a lot that Joanna wants to escape from: her relationship with her boyfriend, her mother, and the general noise of London. An isolated cottage in the country would seem to be the perfect retreat. Directed by JANE MORGAN. Stereo

What do today's students read for pleasure? Nigel Forde visits the University of Lancaster bookshop to find out. He also talks to Anthony Thwaite about the poetry of Philip Larkin , and to Emma Tennant , who has just published A Wedding of Cousins, the second novel in the Cycle of the Sun trilogy.

(Revised repeat of yesterday programme at 9. 45pm)

Presented by Frances Coverdale and Hugh Sykes
Including reports from the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton
5.00,5.30 News Summary
5.25PMLetters
5.31 City News continued on FM 5. 50-5. 55

with DAVID SYMONDS including Financial Report

Stereo

Written by TONY BAGLEY
BBC Pebble Mill

Introduced by Brian Gear
Producer LAURIE MASON. BBC Bristol Send your letters to: Any Answers? BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

2: Outposts of Diplomacy
June Knox-Mawer collects and records the stories of those who represented Britain in Aden, Iraq and other desert stations of the Middle East. Whether of cricket in Mukulla, boating on the Tigris or dancing at Steamer Point, the British political officers and their wives retain vivid and touching memories. Producer JULIAN HALE (R)

The Land of Opportunity
All the figures agree: the trend in Britain since the Second
World War has been towards more even distribution of opportunities. Class and background have less to do with income, wealth and work than ever before. But there's a sting in the tail: the gap between haves and have-nots now seems to be widening.
Professor A. H. Halsey asks what the figures are telling us about the changing shape of British society, and explores the new problems they pose for policy-makers.
Producer FRASER STEEL Editor CAROLINE ANSTEY

Welcome to NAIDEXthe National Aids for the Disabled Exhibition at
Alexandra Palace, London.
John Mills looks at some of the aids listeners have requested more information about, and Patrick Moore launches a nationwide competition to find the most innovative idea for a simple gadget to help a disabled person. As well as a prize, the winner's entry will be made up. Producer MARLENE PEASE

Terence Davies 's prizewinning new film Distant Voices,
Still Lives explores his Liverpool childhood: and at the National Gallery the painting methods of Rembrandt are uncovered. Presenter Paul Allen
Producer SIMON BROUGHTON

White Boy Running (9)

Presented by Alexander MacLeod with special reports from Michael Vestey at the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton

Radio 4's international business report; market trends

The last of four programmes with Harry Soan (R)

History: GCSE Assignments 20th-century World History by MIKE WALKER Stereo (e) at 12.30 Destruction of Guernica and at 12.50 Prague Spring