Stereo

with John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
Details as Spring Bank Holiday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Dr David Cook
8.35 Listeners' Letters

Nights at the Alexandra by William Trevor (3) (R)

with Libby Purves
Producer Mary Sharp. Stereo

Old Fruit by Kay Wheatcroft. Reader Ann Rye.
Producer Alfred Bradley BBC North

At the Name of Jesus
(Evelyns, BBC HB 120) John 15, w 1-10
Jesu, the Very Thought ofThee(EBairstow) Be Thou My Vision
(Slane, BBC HB 316) Director of Music
Jonathan Rennert. Stereo

by Cherie Rogers.
With Penelope Wilton Rosalind Shanks.
Introduced to each other by Lytton Strachey in 1916, the friendship between
Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf had to overcome formidable obstacles - the differences of class and culture, the threat of madness and tuberculosis. But the influence of each on the other changed the direction of women writers this century.
Narrator Anthony Hyde. Producer John Knight BBC Bristol. Stereo

The final programme with June Knox-Mawer.
Farewells
Marian Walker Spicer recalls her experiences as one of Churchill's wartime personal secretaries.
Producer Cathy Drysdale Stereo

Presenter John Howard

Chairman Michael Scott quizzes Heather Couper , Nigel Henbest , John Gribbin and David Thompson on the lighter side of science. Producer Louise Dalziel BBC Scotland. Stereo

with Nick Clarke in London and James Naughtie at the Superpower Summit in Washington.

Abigail Tidies Up. Stereo (R)

with Jenni Murray. Gay Clifford was a talented poet until a brain haemorrhage devastated her memory and her life. Her mother
Pam and her friend
Germaine Greer celebrate her work.
Story:
Concerning Virgins 3: Affairs in Order

by Susan Boyd.
' ... it isn't respectable to gamble ... it's the prerogative of wizards, not of losers who merely want, just once, to be proven right.' with Tara Dominick ,
Marcia King , Brian Miller and Danny Schiller
Director Janet Whitaker. Stereo

Six poetry and prose anthologies in which Jane Lapotaire and David Suchet explore the places where we live and work.
2: The Suburbs
Producer Julia Gillett BBC Pebble Mill

Christopher Cook visits Hay-on-Wye's annual literature festival where authors will be enjoying such topics as erotic writing, political analysis and romanticism with Melvyn Bragg ,
Fay Weldon , Dennis Potter and Rose Tremain.
Producer Lesley McAlpine Stereo

with Libby Fawbert and Hugh Sykes

and Financial Report

Stereo

John Waite investigates.,. Producer Graham Ellis

Trumpeter John Wallace , soloist and principal trumpet of the Philharmonia Orchestra and founder of The
Wallace Collection ensemble talks with June Knox-Mawer.
Producer Derek Drescher Stereo

American film star
John Malkovich appears at one of London's smallest theatres for a production of the sharp comedy Burn This, and historian Mark Girouard surveys the English town. With Natalie Wheen.
Producer Anthony Denselow Stereo

Presenter
Roger White

Presenter
Richard Kershaw Stereo

Riding High (final part) compiled by Phyllida Barstow.

Six programmes.
Melvyn Bragg looks back at Rock Against
Racism, the anti-fascist movement of the late 70s. With its raw combination of punk and politics, it paved the way for the large scale anti-apartheid pop concerts of recent years. His guests include Tom Robinson and Kwesi Owusu. Producer Sue Davies

Dead of Night (3) Bob Peck reads a thriller serial by five bestselling writers - each picking up the story where the last one left off.
Ken Follett continues the story.

Radio by Radio Chris Serle explores everything you wanted to know about radio production techniques but were afraid to ask - and gets some insider tips from journalists and presenters. Stereo (R) 5: Making the Most of Your Material
12.50 6: Pitch. Pace and Presentation