with Christina Rees.

with Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rev Richard Bewes

Sir John Gielgud reads some of the best-loved Nonsense Poems of Edward Lear : The
Jumblies, The Yonghy-
Bonghy-B6, Calico Pie and The New Vestments.
Director John Theocharis

with Libby Purves.
Matthew Parris interviews Baroness Chalker. Producer Lucy Cacanas

An Anthology of Spiritual Verse
An extract from
Paradise Illustrated byDJEnright.
Reader Jack Shepherd. Producer Jocelyn Boxall

War correspondent, polemicist and radical journalist Martha Gellhorn tells Jenni Murray why she's still an optimist. Serial: Leaving the Light On (2)

with John Howard.

Edith Wharton 's novel, dramatised in six parts, with Andrew Wincott as Newland Archer , Suzanne Bertish as Ellen Olenska and Cathryn Harrison as May Welland.
1: Newland, just engaged to May, finds himself drawn to her exotic cousin, the Countess Olenska.
Dramatised by Christopher Reason Director David Hunter

with James Naughtie.

Take one bored marriage. Stir in a mystery guest. Add seasoning to taste.
John Laurence 's recipe for romance?
Director Clive Brill

Richard Mullen considers aspects of 19th-century life seen through the eyes of this fascinating author. With Paul Rogers as Anthony Trollope. 4: Food
Producer John Knight

Quentin Cooper gets the verdict on Geena Davis and Dustin Hoffman in the Hollywood comedy Accidental Hero, and reports on the new wave of interest in the American writer Edith Wharton. Producer Julian May
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

The Gurnet by Suzy Gilmour.
Selling Ms McAteer the new caravan could be the start of Willie Mulvaney 's vacational empire. But there's a distinctly fishy side to his salesmanship.
Read by Brid Brennan. Producer David Hunter

with Wendy Austin and Frank Partridge.

by the Labour Party

Ned Sherrin chairs the second semi-final of the wide-ranging music quiz.

Clarrie takes a turn for the worse.

First of six programmes. It was Winston Churchill sounding off about the way he would educate the youth of England who said, "I would let the clever ones learn Latin as an honour - and Greek as a treat". For generations of schoolboys this must have sounded like a sick joke. Peter France , who once declared himself
"Greeceproof", makes a personal enquiry into the vanishing values of a posh education.
1: Academics in Arcadia, or cold baths and irregular verbs.
Producer Kate McAII

For years, the Italian economic miracle has been a patchwork quilt of wonder growth and impenetrable corruption. But now it's coming apart at the seams, as scandal unravels the system. Peter Day investigates whether Europe's third largest economy can pull itself back from the brink.

(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)

with Robin Lustig.

On the Third Day Episode 8.

Last of six murder cases featuring the celebrated pathologist Dr Keith Simpson.
6: The Use of Maggots
The maggot-infested body of Peter Thomas is found in a Hampshire wood. The suspicion falls on a "Mr William Brittle ", who has borrowed a large sum of money from the murder victim, and failed to repay him. When Brittle went to visit Thomas, was it to settle the loan, or to murder him? The answer lies in the maggots.
Narrated by Nick Ross.