Producers John Harvey and Ruth Kiely

with Walter Beasley.

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

Peter Dixon presents a pot-pourri of lost British places, past times and institutions.

with Melvyn Bragg and guests. Producer Mary Sharp

Luke. Third of 12 parts read by Sheila Hancock.
Abridged by Hugh Hayes. Producer Michael Roberts

Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Australian women writers are celebrated by Kathleen Griffin.
Serial: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. Janet McTeer reads the 15th of 20 parts.
Abridged by Doreen Estall. Editor Sally Feldman

with Vincent Duggleby. Producer Frances Macdonald LINES OPEN from 10.00am

with John Howard.
Editor Ken Vass

John Amis and Frank Muir challenge Ian Wallace and Denis Norden in the musical panel game. In the chair: Steve Race. Devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J Mason Producer Richard Edis

with James Naughtie.

Dylan Thomas 's "play for voices" was first broadcast on 25 January 1954 and was instantly acclaimed as a radio classic. This shortened version of the first production is broadcast in celebration of its 40th anniversary.
Songs set by Daniel Jones
Producer Douglas Cleverdon

3: Marilyn Monroe. John Florance meets Miranda Richardson , Stephanie Lawrence and Sandra Dickinson who have all portrayed the actress and who discuss the difference between doing an impression and creating the suggestion of a character.
Producer Rosie Boulton

2: Homo Erectus. This week, Armando lannucci explores our seemingly sex-obsessed society. Producer Brian King

Robert Dawson Scott records a new biography of Billie Holiday which charts the talent and self-destructive lifestyle of one of the most influential jazz singers of the century.
Producer Nicki Paxman

by Susan Schmidt. Ordinary therapy, aromatherapy, and even a nose job fail to solve things for Clarissa. So what can? Read by Lorelei King. Producer Duncan Minshull

with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.

Making plans for Nigel.

Written in 1904, St John Hankin 's comedy explores the effect on a socially and politically ambitious family of the return from Australia of their scandalously ne'er-do-well son.
Director Matthew Walters

(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)

Presented by Heather Payton.

with Robin Lustig.

Peter Egan reads John Osborne 's first volume of autobiography in ten parts. 6: Hold the Front Page Producer Glyn Dearman

Ray Gosling examines the nation's heart. 1: The Shed. The once-proud preserve of British manhood and invention is now under threat from feminism and burglars. Producer Alastair Wilson