Producers Richard Sanders and John Harvey

with writer Judith O'Neill.

with Peter Hobday.
6.45 Business News
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rabbi Lionel Blue.

Professor Theo Barker recalls the Depression of the 1920s and 1930s. 2: Into the Depths
Producer Daniel Snowman

with Melvyn Bragg.
Producer Marina Salandy-Brown

A selection of poetry on the theme of despair.
Read by Virginia McKenna , Louise Beattie ,
Jennifer Ehle and Amanda Waring. Producer David Benedictus

Wendy Tyndale of Christian Aid tells Anna Ford of the role played by women in Latin America and the Caribbean in the struggle for human rights. Serial: The Ex-Wives by Deborah Moggach.
Tenth of 14 parts read by Ronald Pickup .
Abridged by Pat McLoughlin
Music: McLaughlin's Duos for Guitar and Piano

071-580 with Vincent Duggleby. Producer Ian Pollock
0 Lines open from 10.00am

with John Howard.

Chairman Robert Robinson. First Round - The South of England.
Richard Green (hotel night porter); Derek Watts (teacher); John Windus (retired inspector of taxes); Marke Peppe (freelance illustrator).
Producer Richard Edis

with James Naughtie.

First of two linked plays by Peter Luke , based on his novel, which follows the Duke of Wellington and his Peninsular campaign. It's a Long Way from Talavera
Director Glyn Dearman (Part two: The Long Road to Waterloo, next Monday)

I How much does
I your view of your home country alter after spending time abroad? John Miller talks to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston , still outspoken in his opinions on the African countries where he has worked and the England to which he has returned.
Producer Richard Bannerman

Natalie Wheen visits
Opera North's production of Wozzeck, and previews Peter Tinniswood 's play
The Governor's Consort on Radio 4.
Producer Adrian Washbourne (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Wednesdays and Fridays by Elizabeth Jolley.
Mabel Doris Morgan gets increasingly exasperated with her tenant and his outboard motor.
Read by Carole Boyd. Producer David Hunter

Has Debbie bought a ticket to ride?

with Derek Cooper.

The Governor's Consort
In Peter Tinniswood 's play, written especially for Mary Wimbush , Lady Edith is sailing with her husband to a South Atlantic island of which he is about to become Governor.
The Band: Michael Haslam, Judith Herbert and Kevin Street
Director Enyd Williams

Sue MacGregor meets the marine archaeologist Honor Frost.
Producer Gillian Hush

(Revised repeat of 4.05pm) §

with Heather Payton.

with Richard Kershaw.

The Heather Blazing by Colm Toibin.
First of ten episodes read by Donal McCann.
Eamon Redmond is a high court judge in Dublin, whose life is restrained by his own history and that of his country, Ireland. Abridged by Colm Toibin Producer Pam Brighton

Radio Active
With Helen Atkinson
Wood, Angus Deayton , Michael Fenton-Stevens , Geoffrey Perkins and Philip Pope.
Producer Jimmy Mulville (First broadcast in 1982)