Producers Richard Sanders and John Harvey
with Rev Michael Blood.
with Sue MacGregor and Peter Hobday.
6.45 Business News
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rabbi Lionel Blue.
Peter Hill looks back on 15 years of broadcasting from Westminster.
3: Fun and Games and Personalities
Producer Mark Savage
The second special holiday edition with Melvyn Bragg in Istanbul. Turkey's cultural capital, where guests include the musician and film director Zulfu Livaneli ; Sevas Akat. academic and businessman: Binnaz Toprak , specialist on Islam in modern secular
Turkey: and Hugh Pope of The Independent.
Producer Marina Salandy-Brown
An Anthology of Spiritual Verse
"East Coker" from "Four Quartets" by T.S. Eliot.
Read by Jack Shepherd.
with Jenni Murray. Join the fashion designers
Helen Storey and Ben de Lisi : the writers Brenda Polan and Lowri Turner ; model
Sarah-Jo; and photographer Kate Garner for a stroll down the catwalk and a preview of the autumn fashions.
Story: The Wild Blue Yonder by Audrey Thomas , read by Margaret Robertson. 2: Roots
with Vincent Duggleby. Producer Frances Macdonald
with John Howard.
Nationwide general knowledge contest, chaired by Robert Robinson. First Round London. Victor Corney (hospital administrator);
Tonv Sherwood (civil servant); Jane MacKelvie
(stockbroker); Bob Haworth (chartered engineer). Producer Richard Edis
with James Naughtie.
by Jack Higgins.
Injured in the failed attempt to kidnap Winston Churchill, Kurt Steiner is imprisoned in the Tower of London. In his office in Berlin, Heinrich Himmler considers the advantages of rescuing Steiner and contacts Liam Devlin with an intriguing offer.
Dramatised by Peter Mackie Director Philip Martin
Robert Dawson Scott tracks down some authentic blues, with the help of musician Dave Stewart who made a pilgrimage to the Mississippi in search of untapped musical talent. Producer Will Saunders
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)
Graffiti by Jonathan Treitel.
By the end of the century all the beauty spots of the world would be destroyed by the dreaded scribble ... Read by David Horovitch. Producer Duncan Minshull
with Wendy Austin and Chris Lowe.
Has Tony got a sure BET?
Not Just for Christmas by Jonathan Myerson.
Time runs out for women wondering when, or whether, to have children.
With Alison Reid and Michael Onslow Director Jane Morgan
Actress Ellen Pollock gives away a few secrets about a picture that hangs among the bric-a-brac in a Chelsea antiques market with the help of Mark Twain , Rudolf Hess ,
Augustus John , Donald Wolfit , and, in person, Alec McCowen.
Producer Piers Plowright
(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
Roger White talks to Bill Gates , founder and chairman of Microsoft, the world's largest computer company.
Editor Alan Griffiths
with Richard Kershaw.
Love on a Branch Line by John Hadfield.
Sixth of ten parts, read by Michael Cochrane.
Abridged by Jamie Anstruther Producer Cherry Cookson
After Henry by Simon Brett. Last in the series.
Starring Prunella Scales ,
Joan Sanderson , Benjamin Whitrow , Gerry Cowper and Nigel Williams. Mr Right
Producer Pete Atkin
Armando lannucci recycles and regurgitates some of the major events of last year and takes you on a journey through your aural orifices.
Producer Cathie Mahoney
