Producers Sue Broom and Steve Punter
with Clive Lawton. stereo
with Sue MacGregor and Peter Hobday. Including:
6.45 Business News
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rev Dr Colin Morris.
In the second of two programmes about "access" radio,
Paul Donovan forages in the BBC Sound Archives to tell the story of the radio phone-in. Producer Hamish Mykura. Stereo
with Melvyn Bragg.
Producer Marina Salandy-Brown Stereo
Luke. The second of 12 parts read by Sheila Hancock. Abridged by Hugh Hayes Producer Michael Roberts
Every two-and-a-half minutes one person attempts suicide. Every two hours one is successful. At the start of Samaritans Week, Jenni Murray talks to their Chairman, Sheila Coggrave.
(Revised repeat at 7.20pm LW) Serial:
Coroner's Pidgin by Margery Allingham. The 10th of 13 episodes read by Jeremy Nicholas. Abridged by Pat McLoughlin Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie
A Question of Money The Money Box team answers questions put by listeners in Bury St
Edmunds. The panel:
Vincent Duggleby , Chris Gilchrist , Philip Hardman and Alison Mitchell.
Producer Frances Macdonald
with Debbie Thrower. Editor Ken Vass
Listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain. Chairman Robert Robinson.
First Round: London and Home Counties: Howard Pizzey (accountant); Ian Sewell (retired printer); Rev Richard Sturch
(country parson); Kevin Ashman (civil servant). Producer Richard Edis. Stereo
with James Naughtie.
Adapted from the Brensham Trilogy novels by John Moore.
A celebration of life in an English market town between the two world wars, performed by the Worcester Theatre Company and adapted for radio from an original production staged at the Swan Theatre, Worcester.
In the fifth of six biographical conversations, Richard Holmes talks to
Rebecca Fraser.
Producer Ed Thomason
Natalie Wheen looks at
African writing and the musical scene in South
Africa.
Producer Anthony Denselow. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)
Five Stories by Graham Greene
Read by John Rowe. 1: Special Duties.
Producer Sarah Kilgarriff
with Valerie Singleton and Frank Partridge.
Stereo
Nigel and Shula share their grief.
Six enthusiasts introduce Dylan Winter to the vehicle they love.
1: Henry Labouchere's Tiger Moth is still capable of dastardly aerobatics. Producer Hamish Mykura. Stereo
A Cruel Madness dramatised by Colin Thubron from his own novel.
A nightmare quest begins when Daniel Pashley sees a white-dressed woman in the grounds of the mental hospital where he teaches.
Psychiatrist.....PETER PENRY JONES Director John Theocharis. Stereo
In the first of two I programmes Jenni Mills talks to people who were famous for a short period t of time. On 7th August 1974, Patrick McCarthy was in the audience for the highlight of a Prom Concert. The soloist collapsed, and Patrick McCarthy took his place. Producer Sarah Rowlands.
Stereo
(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
with Roger White. Stereo
with Richard Kershaw. Stereo
Regeneration by Pat Barker.
1917 - Siegfried Sassoon published his declaration of protest against the war. A portrayal of a generation trying to come to terms with , the intolerable.
The first of 10 episodes read by Alice Arnold. Abridged by Tessa Kendall Producer Claire Grove
The final episode of an epic adventure written by Douglas Adams.
Producer Geoffrey Perkins. Stereo