visits the lowlands and the peaks of Derbyshire.
BBC Pebble Mill

with Hope Sealy

Presented by Peter Hobday and Sue MacGregor
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by CHARLOTTE GREEN
7.20* Letters
7.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.30,8.30 News Summary
7.40*, 8.47* Today's Papers
7.45* In Perspective
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament Editor PHILIP HARDING

Presented by Cliff Morgan
In football the long FA Cup trail begins, in motor sport ignition is imminent in the gruelling Lombard RAC Rally, and in rugby union the Scots smell the possibility of success against the beleagured Australians. Producer PETER GRIFFITHS

with Bernard Falk and Nigel Coombs
Producer HELEN ROBSON

with Ned Sherrin and Robert Elms , Craig Charles and Victoria Mather Additional material from
STEVE PUNT and PETE SINCLAIR Producers IAN GARDHOUSE
JANE BERTHOUD and CHARLIE BUNCE

Andrew Marr , Political Editor of the Scotsman, presents a personal view of a week in the life of MPs and peers. Producer DENNIS SEWELL

Reflections on life and politics abroad
Producer HOWARD ROGERS

Presented by Louise Botting Producer FRANCES MACDONALD

featuring the funky Alan Coren, zany hipster Donald Trelford, and cool-cat Barry Took in the Chair. Written and compiled by JOHN LANGDON and producer
BILL DARE. Stereo

Sir Peter Imbert John Patten. mp
Gwyneth Dunwoody , mp and Roger Graef
Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby

The life of Charles Dickens reflected in his writings, the words of his family and friends, and the characters who people his novels.
Compiled in seven parts by MICHAEL BAKEWELL with Martin Jarvis as Charles Dickens
2: Bubbles from the Bwain ofBoz
Other parts played by GWEN CHERRELL. ALAN DUDLEY.
GARARD GREEN. POLLY JAMES.
ELIZABETH LINDSAY , JOAN MATHESON ,
VALENTINE PELKA. STEPHEN
RASHBROOK, EMILY RICHARD and RICHARD TATE
Researcher MELISSA BAKEWELL Directed by ROSEMARY HART Stereo (R)

The children's book programme introduced by Penelope Lively. Jenny Cuffe celebrates the extraordinary world of Alice in Wonderland with Jonathan Miller , Ralph Steadman , Alan Bennett and Anthony Browne , illustrator of a new edition.

by ALEXANDER GELMAN translated by STEPHEN MULRINE This translation won a 'Fringe First' when it received its stage premiere at the Traverse Theatre during this year's Edinburgh International Festival Fringe. With and Andrei is near the summit of his career; hard-hitting, go-getting, the man to watch. Natasha, his wife, is struggling to find the truth underneath the layers of emotional and spiritual camouflage which have been pasted over the cracks in the empty shell of their marriage.
Directed by MARILYN IMRIE BBC Scotland. Stereo
(First broadcast on Radio 3) A Russo-Caledonian Coup
SCOTSMAN
A superb play about a man and a woman caught in the moral trap of affluence. GLASGOW HERALD

Sue MacGregor talks with one of Britain's top scientists,
Sir George Porter , joint Nobel Prizewinner for chemistry and now President of the Royal Society.
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A satirical view of the week's news with Sally Grace David Tate , Bill Wallis and Royce Mills

with CATRIONA YOUNG including Sports Round-Up

Omnibus edition by MARCIA KAHAN and MARK POWER Directed by A. J. QUINN
Series editor MARILYN IMRIE. Stereo

with Robert Robinson Music by DILLIE KEANE
Producer MICHAEL EMBER. Stereo

The Day We Lost the War by MICHAEL DAVIES with and Just before D-Day, a German spy cell discovered that the Allies were storing all their arms in one vast underground bunker. They immediately set about trying to alter the course of the Second World War.
Directed by ADRIAN MOURBY BBC Wales. Stereo

with Richard Baker
Producer JANE BEVAN. Stereo

led by Eddie Neale. Stereo

Pulpit the Polish Bison by JEAN.PIERRE DE ROHAN
The European bison stands six-foot high, weighs nearly a ton, has horns and a shaggy mane and beard. So when a bull bison called Pulpit left his forest home and went walkabout, he caused chaos wherever he went. Barry Paine tells the story of Pulpit's travels through the towns and villages of Poland, where he rapidly became a national hero.
Readings by DAVID GOUDGE and MELINDA WALKER
Research by WIESLAW LASOCKI Producer MILES BARTON BBC Bristol. Stereo

A light-hearted anthology from writers largely new to radio. Poems by clive ALLEN
JUNE CREBBIN , CHRISTINE MICHAEL KATH WEST and NICKY WICKSTEED Prose from MARTIN MYERS. SUE RILSTONE and HILARY PALMER. Readers JULIE HIGGINSON
BARBARA MARTEN. ANN RYE and PETER WHEELER
Song written and performed by MERVYN STUTTER
Producer IAN STRACHAN BBC Manchester. Stereo

Stereo
(Details on Wednesday at 7.45pm)

by JAMES HENDRIE and IAN BROWN Four pot-crazed, beach-party, ton-up, sex fiends present a sprightly comedy of English manners.
With Robert Bathurst
Brenda Blethyn , Mike Grady and Jonathan Kydd.
Producer DAVID TYLER. Stereo