6.25am Prayer for the Day with Sister Lavinia Byme , IBVM. Stereo

with Peter Hobday and John Humphrys.
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rt Rev Richard Harries
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament.

Chris Dunkley airs your comments on BBC programmes and policy. Producer Nick Utechin
.WRITE to: Feedback. BBC. London W1A 1AA

Jeremiah. Part 6.

Your chance to talk to Jenni Murray and her guests on an issue of interest to women this week. Lines are open from 9.00am.
(Revised repeat at 7.20pm LW) Serial:
According to Mark (5)

In a unique experiment David Hindley recreates the song of the the huia a New Zealand bird that became extinct at the turn of the century.
Producer Simon Roberts

with Debbie Thrower.

investigates the good, the bad and the tasteless. Presented by Derek Cooper.
Producers Sheila Dillon and Marie Helly

Presented by Nick Clarke.

Buddenbrooks:The
Decline of a Family Part five of a six-part adaptation of Thomas Mann 's novel.
Stereo

BBC correspondents at home and abroad report on one of the main British or foreign topics in this week's news.
Producers Carole Lacey and Howard Rogers

A rare interview with Ted Hughes , talking about his new book which examines how Shakespeare's plays are woven together by a single mythic inspiration.
Nigel Forde discovers more about Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being and the influences that have shaped Hughes's poetic imagery.
Producer Sally Marmion
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Tim Marlow calls in at the first night of Heartbreak House, a new production that stars
Vanessa Redgrave and Paul Scofield ; visits Manchester for the highlights of the Expressionist Festival; and discusses the stage version of Some Like It Hot starring Tommy Steele. Producer John Goudie. Stereo

Transatlantic Blues
Frederic Raphael 's haunting rites of passage story, read by John Roe.
Producer Duncan Minshull

with Frank Partridge and Hugh Sykes.

The transport programme with Janet Trewin.
This week: Fares please on a new generation of buses. Producer Jill Thomas

A bombshell is dropped at Brookfield.
Written by Sam Jacobs

This weeks panel includes the Rt Hon
Kenneth Baker , MP, Home
Secretary; and Margaret Beckett , Labour Party
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
From Stoney Stanton , Leicestershire.
Producer Anna Carragher

The return of the I series that takes a personal look at the week's press and the newspaper business. Presented by Geoffrey Goodman.
Producer Andrew Denwood

The US Presidential campaign, and the ethics of the closure of the bank of the House of Representatives.

Stereo

by Alistair Cooke.

with Robin Lustig. Stereo

Two Bootmakers by Stacey Aumonier. Part 2.

A cocked snook at this week's news with Sally Grace , David Tate , Alistair McGowan and Ben Miller. Producer Gareth Edwards. Stereo

with Heather Payton. Stereo