Producers John Harvey and Ruth Kiely
with Canon Barney Milligan.
with Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.45 Business News
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rev Dr John Newton.
How the Today team is set to tackle its tomorrows
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Concluding the archive series on aspects of nationalism, Philip Brady discovers that prejudices about the Germans are no laughing matter. Producer Elizabeth Burke
with Melvyn Bragg and guests. Producer Mary Sharp
Patricia Hodge reads E Nesbit's sequel to Five Children and It in five parts.
1: "There was a soft cracking sound; the egg burst in two and out of it came a flame-coloured bird." And so begins a series of magical adventures.
Abridged by Penny Leicester . Producer Marion Nancarrow
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Beginning today, the third visit to eight families round the world. This time, who looks after the children and how they do it. Serial: Siriol Jenkins reads a six-part adaptation of Zlata's Diary.
2: War is looming over Sarajevo and 11-year-old Zlata is about to change beyond all recognition. Editor Sally Feldman
with John Howard.
Editor Ken Vass
The last three contestants play for a place in the semi-final. With Ned Sherrin. Producer Jo Clegg
with Nick Clarke.
A powerful love story by Marion Brechin. Maggie has become increasingly confused and, as her daughter Jean looks after her, they come fully to know each other.
Director Claire Grove
Call Gerry Anderson on [number removed]. Editor Sharon Banoff
Natalie Wheen talks to Philip Pickett about performing early music, and Elaine Steinbeck recalls her late husband, author of The Grapes of Wrath.
Producer Tim Dee (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)
by Jane Webster. "The cardboard Madonna is wedged against the bottles of whisky and pisco. Her eyes are empty and her smile fixed, overlooking the two men." Read by Sandy Neilson. Producer David Jackson Young
with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
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Presented by Derek Cooper.
Alan Berrie's moving story of a disabled Irish girl on holiday with her family. Very bright but rather immature, she frets in the swelter of a heatwave. Then a shocking encounter on a clifftop changes her life.
A living system, bursting with microscopic animals, interlaced with silky fungal threads, a beautiful balance of water, air, rock and fallen leaves, mixed with earthworms to produce the perfect natural plant food. Paul Simons explores the amazing world of soil . Producer Grant Sonnex
("Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
with Robin Lustig.
Third of seven episodes abridged by Aidan Mathews from his novel about a single, middle-aged Dublin teacher. Read by Pauline McLynn. Producer Pam Brighton
John Humphrys talks to people who have weathered major storms in their careers. 1: Norman Lamont. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was shuffled out of office when his unpopular image made him a political liability.
Producer Alison Perks
Zoe Wanamaker , Martin Clunes and Toyah Willcox star in Tony Bagley 's six-part romantic comedy drama with a twist. 1: Roy Hitchcock is a hack journalist on a provincial paper with big ideas and an attitude problem. He meets his former English teacher and sets out to win her. With David Troughton , Geoff McGivern , David Holt , Keith Drinkel and Melanie Hudson Music by Julian Wastall. Theme sung by Toyah Willcox Producer Paul Schlesinger
