Stereo

As Mrs Thatcher travels to the Soviet Union for talks with President Gorbachev,
Sue MacGregor reports from Moscow on the Prime Minister's visit.
With Peter Hobday and John Humphrys in London. Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rt Rev Richard Harries
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament

Six programmes.
Frank Whitford meets the personalities behind some well-known signatures. 3: Alex
Producer Judith Bumpus. Stereo

Producers Howard Rogers and Carole Lacey

The Skinflint by Gerard McCreesh.
Reader Michael McKnight. Producer Pam Brighton

Come, Gracious Spirit, Heavenly Dove
(Hawkhurst, BBC HB 150); Acts 20, vv 22-32 and 36; 0 for a Closer Walk with God (C V Stanford); 0 Day of Joy and Wonder! (Gosterwood) stereo

with Michael Rosen.
Naturalist Tony Soper and broadcaster
Janice Long review new nature and wildlife books for children. Producer Jill Burridge

with Margaret Collins

with Derek Cooper Producers Sheila Dillon and Marie Helly

Presenter Nick Clarke

Grannie Lee Goes for Gold. Stereo (R)

from Glasgow with Ruth Wishart. Serial:
The Age of Grief (5)

2.05 Let's Join In The Magic Mirror (Estonian folk tale). Stereo
2.25 The Song Tree Drums, Dragons and Dreams (4) Presenters Hilary James and Simon Mayor with Pyewackett. Stereo (R)
2.40 The Friday Story Woof! (2) by Allan Ahlberg. Reader Martin Jarvis.

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.
The last of six parts. Gathering In
'Bathsheba, if I only knew one thing, whether you would allow me to love you and win you and marry you after all.'
Storyteller Garard Green
With Maurice Cambridge (flute)
Dramatised by Nick McCarty Director Marilyn Imrie Stereo

As the comparative safety of the weekend approaches,
Patrick Hannan and his guests look in their wing mirrors at the rapidly receding events of the past week. Producer Richard Thomas

Stereo

with Frances Coverdale and Robert Williams

and Financial Report

with Peter Hobday Producer Jill Thomas

Written by Rob Gittins

Margaret Howard presents her selection of extracts from BBC radio and television over the past seven days.
Producer Elizabeth Burke. Stereo

Tonight's panel includes the Rt Hon John Smith , MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Nina Temple,
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
They tackle the issues raised in Birmingham. Chairman
Jonathan Dimbleby. Producer Anna Carragher

Andrew Marr presents a personal view of the week's newspapers and talks to the people behind the headlines. Producer Andrew Denwood

Following the emergence of Diane Feinstein as Democratic nomination for the Governor of California, Alistair Cooke profiles the politician, and details Proposition 111.

The Making of the 'Vixen' Last night Simon Rattle made his conducting debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
The opera was Janacek's The Cunning Little
Vixen, and Kaleidoscope followed Rattle, producer Bill Bryden and an all-British cast as the production approached its opening night.
Producer Daniel Snowman Stereo

by Alistair Cooke

with Richard Kershaw Stereo

An Indiscretion in the Life of an Heiress (7) by Thomas Hardy

with Bill Wallis , David Tate , Peter Whitman and Sally Grace
Producer Neil Cargill. Stereo

Presenter
Vincent Duggleby

12.30 Teachers' Talk Presenter Jill Burridge Stereo