Presented and produced by Alan Stennett.

James Whitbourn and guest in conversation. Producer Julia Wills

with John Humphrys and Peter Hobday.
7.20 Listeners' Letters
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Father Oliver McTeman.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament.

with Cliff Morgan. Producer Robin Bailey

Pete McCarthy and Susan Marling explore the Veneto region of Italy. Producer Sara Jane Hall
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with Ned Sherrin and Robert Elms , Emma Freud and The Men Who Know. Producer Ian Gardhouse. Stereo

with Andrew Marr ,
Political Editor of The
Economist.
Producer Dennis Sewell

Gordon Clough presents a report from Switzerland. Editor Anna Carragher

with Alison Mitchell.
Producer Frances Macdonald

Desmond Lynam referees a different kind of sports quiz, with team captains Rory Bremner and Rory McGrath and their guests this week, international sports stars David Gower and Will Carling.
Producer Richard Edis. Stereo (First broadcast on Radio 5)

From South Ascot, Berkshire.
The panel: Bryan Gould MP, Shadow Environment Secretary;
Sir Simon Hornby , Chairman of W H Smith; Peter Lilley MP; and Judy Weleminsky , Director of the National Council for Voluntary
Organisations. Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby.
And at 2.00pm
Any Answers? [number removed]Producers Nick Utechin and Tony Phillips
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The Lion in Winter by James Goldman.
At the royal family Christmas gathering at Chinon in 1183 Henry II and his estranged wife Eleanor of Aquitaine argue over which of their three sons should succeed to the throne of England.
Stereo

Christopher Cook presents a new series of the programme that links past and present. On Independence Day, the subject is the USA's struggle to define its own identity. Stephen Fender discovers the letters and journals of early immigrants;
Stephen Ambrose discusses the President whose
"American Dream" ended in disgrace; and Laurence Bergreen recalls the composer whose music evokes the spirit of 20th century America. Producer John Knight

Peter Evans visits a new laboratory for studying human movement.
Producer Connie St Louis

Back with a second series, presenter
Roger Harrabin investigates the long, hot environmental summer just a case of Rock 'n' Rio? And does a new survey show that children are being brainwashed by the Greens?
Producer Jeffrey Olstead

In Seminole Indian,
"Okefenokee" means "land of trembling earth". In Georgia, USA, there's a swamp where the islands float. Indian legends told of a beautiful queen.
Today's stories are about alligators, "hollers", bear hunts, brewing "white lightning" and a modern Amazon, "Miss Liddy", a poor girl born in the swamp who became a millionaire.
Producers Roberta Berke and Piers Plowright. Stereo

and Sports Round-Up

Stereo

with Robert Robinson.
Producer Ronni Davis. Stereo

Farce Over Wit
Farce was once packing them into London's West
End theatres. Noting a lack of new farce productions, Paul Doust sets out to find whether, in today's climate, British farce can survive.
Producer Belinda Sample. Stereo

Still Life
A four-part serialisation of A S Byatt's novels The
Virgin in the Garden and Still Life dramatised by John Harvey and narrated by Sheila Hancock.
4: The Rainbow Comes and Goes.
Stephanie is determined to find time for her own studies, despite the demands of her family.
Director Jeremy Mortimer. Stereo

with Rosemary Hartill. 5: William Mclllvanney.

with Brian Kay.
Producer Sarah Devonald. Stereo

led by Canon Colin Semper. Stereo

Is homeopathy more than quack medicine?
A discussion chaired by Edward Mortimer.
Producer Sheila Cook. Stereo

Helen Lederer enjoys the zing of alternative therapies.
With
Christopher Campbell ,
Malcolm Raeburn , Victoria Finney and Sandra Maitland.
Producer Paul Z Jackson. Stereo

with the world-famous baritone Thomas Allen.
Stereo

A series offive romances.
4:Green Favoursby Frank Vickery.
Val is the only woman in the gardening club but she wants to be one of the boys.
Director Jane Dauncey. Stereo