with writer Judith O'Neill.

with John Humphrys and 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.
3: The Authorities Take a Hand
Producer Daniel Snowman

with Melvyn Bragg.
Producer Marina Salandy-Brown

From Genesis to
Revelation
The Old Testament in the Authorised Version, followed by the New Testament from the Revised English Bible, to be read every weekday over the next 12 months.
Genesis
Introduced by Keith Ward and read in 13 parts by Sir John Gielgud Abridged by Brian Miller
Director John Theocharis

with Kate Saunders.
What is family life like when mum or dad is gay? Karen Deco discovers the added pressures on parents and their children.
Story: Habits by Georgina Hammick. Read in two parts by Maria Aitken.
Abridged by Sally Skrimshire
Music: Korngold's String Quartet
No 2
Editors Clare Selene and Sally Feldman

with Vincent Duggleby. Producer Robert McKenzie ●Lines open from 10.00am

Reasonable Doubt
Tasneem Siddiqi presents the first in a special week of programmes examining British justice.
How many Innocents?
Michael Mansfield , QC - barrister for the Birmingham Six - argues that miscarriages of justice are far from rare. Producer Dave Harvey

Chairman
Robert Robinson.
First round: The South of England.
Roger Keevil (theatrical wigmaker); Dennis Bird
(retired college lecturer);
Simon Hutchinson (retired colonial policeman); John Addison (reinsurance manager).
Producer Richard Edis

with James Naughtie.

Part two: The Long Road to Waterloo
Peter Luke's second play of the Peninsular Wars follows the progress of the Duke of Wellington after the Battle of Badajoz to the Battle of Waterloo. ......
Director Gtyn Dearman

Richard Hoggart , the writer and academic, is the second subject in the series which asks people how their view of England changed as a result of time spent abroad. John Miller talks to him about his period as a young teacher in the States, his five years spent in Paris as a top administrator for
UNESCO, his travels from India to Italy, and his view of class, poverty, sex, politics and Englishness. producer Richard Bannerman

Robert Dawson Scott talks to theatre critic Michael Billington about his collected writings, and Judy Meewezen investigates the Gulbenkian Foundation. producer John Goudie
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

by Barbara Anderson.
There is someone at work called Ricardo, who dreams of Venice. He also helps Kate realise her ambition....
Read by Jane Whittenshaw. Producer Duncan Minshuli

with Wendy Austin and Chris Lowe.

Bad smells at Bridge Kami.

with Derek Cooper.

Jumping the Rug
The silence after Isabel ran away is finally shattered when she returns home to confront her dying mother. In this powerful drama,
Michael Crompton tackles the theme of child abuse.
Pianist Bernard Robertson Director Michael Fox

Sue MacGregor talks to
Alison Kinnaird about her life and twin careers as glass engraver and harper. Producer Gillian Hush

(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)

with Heather Payton.

The Heather Blazing by Colm Toibin.
Sixth of ten episodes read by Donal McCann.
Eamon's wife reveals her reservations.
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)