Producers Alasdair Cross. John Harvey and Ruth Kiely
A meditation for the new day with Rev Ruth Scott from Richmond Team Ministry.
with Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.45 Business News
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Oliver McTernan.
Former Secretary of State for Energy Tony Benn draws on his private diary tapes to recall the economic crisis of 1976 and the involvement of the International
Monetary Fund.
Producer Keith Jones
BBC RADIO COLLECTION CASSETTE: now available
with Melvyn Bragg and guests. Producer Ruth Gardiner
An Anthology of Spiritual Verse. Poetry on the theme of new life, read by Paul Schofield , Brid Brennan , David Holt and Alison Reid. Producer Katnona Wade
Jenni Murray meets Francine Pascal, creator of Sweet Valley High.
Serial: Hannah Gordon reads the final part of Hilary Bailey's "Cassandra: Princess of Troy". Abridged by Ann Rees Jones.
This week, pupil power - a report from children who run their own schools, from choosing their lessons to cooking the lunch. Producer Sally Kirkwood
with John Howard.
Editor Ken Vass
Robert Robinson chairs the nationwide general-knowledge contest.
First Round - South of England. Nigel Bailey (Inland Revenue executive); Alan Stanton (college lecturer); Stephen Waterman (photographic technician); Paul Lewis (retired civil servant).
Producer Richard Edis
with Nick Clarke.
A detective series by Michael McStay, with Stephen Thorne as Inspector Coleman and Joe Dunlop as Sergeant Astor.
Sergeant Astor falls among thieves in his new South Hants posting, and Inspector Coleman has one of his infamous hunches.
Phone Gerry Anderson on [number removed]. Editor Sharon Banoff
Natalie Wheen reads the new novel by E L Doctorow and investigates work by the composer Peter Warlock.
Producer Anthony Denselow (Revised repeat 9.30pm)
Written and read by Stephen Amidon.
To go to the Roxy to see the monster movies is thrilling. But then a real-life scare looms large. Producer Duncan Mmshull
with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
Robin's in an optimistic mood.
A look at the good and bad sides of fat. (Revised
"We printed a story and a man got killed." Gary Mitchell 's play provides some startling insights into the escalating situation in Belfast.
Director Pam Brighton
The cuckoo more than any other creature is the true harbinger of spring. In spite of its reputation for cruelly abandoning its young, its return is synonymous with the wakening of new life. Lionel Kelleway investigates. Producer Paul Evans
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(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
with Robin Lustig.
David Troughton reads part 6 of Graham Greene 's novel.
A Jane Marshall production
Bel Mooney and Dr Jonathan Miller explore the grey area between belief and unbelief. Producer Malcolm Love
Fun and games as Harry Hill and family play host to the Woodland Song Contest, and Nana Hill (82) tries to kill the contestants. Producer Jon Magnusson