Producers Richard Sanders and John Harvey

with The Rt Rev Peter Firth.

with John Humphrys and Chris Lowe.
6.45 Business News
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rabbi Lionel Blue

Rummaging through the BBC's written archives can be as much fun as listening to the records.
Asa Briggs has been doing just that, to find out "what the other listener thinks". Producer Hilary McLennan

with Melvyn Bragg and guests.
Producer Marina Salandy-Brown

The eighth of 12 readings by Anna Massey from the reflections of 14th-century mystic Julian of Norwich. Abridged by Andrew Simpson
Producer Claire Campbell Smith

Can hysterectomy be avoided with laser surgery? Jenni Murray asks Dr Vicki Hufnagel about her work to conserve and resculpt the uterus. Serial:
The Women in Black by Madeleine St John.
The sixth of ten episodes read by Nicolette McKenzie. Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury Editors Clare Selerie and Sally Feldman

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

with John Howard.

Ned Sherrin poses the questions in the fifth heat of the wide ranging music quiz.
Producer Gareth Edwards

with James Naughtie. Editor Roger Mosey

The first of three classic thrillers by John Penn, featuring Det Supt Thorne and Det Sgt Abbot.

A body floating in the pool of a luxury Cotswold hotel leads to a hunt for a dangerous killer.

John Humphrys talks to four people who have weathered major storms in their careers.
3: Gilbert O'Sullivan , the singer-songwriter whose records sold millions in the 70s, but who had to fight in the courts for his share of the profits.
Producer Brian King

Natalie Wheen talks to the pianist Paul Crossley about his work as director of the London Sinfonietta and his recording and performance of Debussy. Also, Gavin Ewart talks about and recites his latest poems.
Producer Anthony Denselow (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

A Letter to Andrei by Benjamin Dean.
"They say that in Povnia, the longer a letter sits unopened, the more extreme its contents become".
When Andrei receives a letter from his ex-wife the question is, when exactly should he open it?
Read by Martin Jarvis. Producer Joanna Green

with Wendy Austin and Frank Partridge.

Nicholas Parsons challenges guests Clement Freud , Paul Merton , Jim Sweeney and Peter Jones.

Challenge Lynda!

with Derek Cooper.

Scab by William Ingram.
The closure of a coal mine has destroyed a community and the lives of its people, echoing events from the past.
Director Enyd Williams

Four talks in which
Ian Ousby dips into the sources of contemporary tourism.
3: Holy Days and Holidays. Shrines all over Europe celebrate a tradition of kitsch, stretching unbroken from medieval jewellery to plastic statuettes made in Taiwan.
Producer Joy Hatwood

(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)

with Roger White.

with Robin Lustig.

Queen of the Tambourine byJaneGardam.
The sixth of ten episodes read by Dorothy Tutin. Abridged by Yvonne Antrobus Producer Philip Martin

Whose Line is it
Anyway?
Another in the series of adlibbed comedy shows that television couldn't resist.
This week John Sessions and Stephen Fry are joined by Jimmy Mulville and Nonny Williams in a series of games including
Authors, Every Other
Line, and Improvising a Rap. Chairman
Clive Anderson vainly tries to control things.
Colin Sell at the piano
Producer Dan Patterson