with Rev Dave Pole.

with Sue MacGregor and Chris Lowe.
6.45 Business News
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Dr Pauline Webb.

The current strife in wartom Angola has an exasperating historical precedent. Andy Kershaw reports from the BBC Archive.
Producer Noah Richler. Stereo

with Melvyn Bragg.
Producer Marina Salandy-Brown Stereo

John Milton 's epic poem, abridged in 41 episodes.
24: Raphael concludes the story of the Creation.
Abridged by Adrian Mitchell Music: Elizabeth Parker Director John Theocharis

with Jenni Murray.
A sexy camisole, scented soap, muscle strengtheners, a nutcracker.... Kathleen Griffin explores the meanings behind the gifts we choose.
Serial: The Vampire
Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas, abridged in 13 episodes.
11: Book Four: The Last Stand of Dr Weyland (1) Read by Ed Bishop.
Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie

with Vincent Duggleby. Producer Virginia Eastman •Lines open from 10.00am

with Roisin McAuley. Editor Ken Vass

Frank Delaney presents the programme that is what it says.
This week: C'mon Let's Party.... Celebrate ...
Carouse ... Raise a Glass ... Be of Good Cheer: a timely look at fest-speak. Producer Simon Elmes. Stereo

with James Naughtie. Editor Roger Mosey

Stereo

by Roger Stennett.
On 15 December 1945, the aircraft carrying
Glenn Miller to Paris disappeared and a unique period in musical history came to an abrupt end. Since the Normandy Invasion,
Miller's American Band of the AEF had travelled the length and breadth of the country, playing at airbases, hospitals and on the radio.
Music played by Alan Ellis , Donovan Carpenter and Hank Starrs
Producer Adrian Bean. Stereo

Sue MacGregor talks to Andre Deutsch about his life and work in publishing. Producer Gillian Hush. Stereo

Paul Vaughan talks to the musical arranger of Carousel, Bill Brohn , and reviews a new recording from the Britten Quartet. Jan Fairley investigates
Finnish traditional music. Producer Adrian Washbourne Stereo
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

The Interview by Maeve Binchy.
Bessie is deaf: she needs a place in a special school. But will she pass the interview?
Read by Kate Binchy.
Producer Jocelyn Boxall. Stereo

with Valerie Singleton and Frank Partridge.

A romantic suggestion from Caroline. Stereo

with Derek Cooper.

Anacaona by Michele Celeste.
Anacaona is Queen of the peace-loving Tainos on the island of Haiti, in 1503. She has never known the curse of hatred, until the ! Spanish Army comes looking for gold.
Music composed and played by Mia Soteriou
Director Michael Fox. Stereo

Stereo
(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)

with Roger White. Stereo

with Richard Kershaw. ! Stereo I

McSorley's Wonderful Saloon
Eli Wallach reads eight stories from
Joseph Mitchell 's collection of New Yorker articles.
6: Obituary of a Gin Mill Abridged by Patrick Carroll
Producer Ned Chaillet. Stereo

Starring Tony Hancock.
The Income Tax Demand Also starring Sidney James , Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams.
Music: Wally Stott and his Orchestra.
Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton
Producer Dennis Main Wilson (First broadcast 1956)