with Rev Ernie Rea.
with Sue MacGregor and Peter Hobday. Details as Monday plus:
with Donald English.
Part 5 of Paul Theroux 's railway voyage. For details see Monday
As the BBC's Moscow correspondent Kevin Connolly prepares for his new post in Paris, he looks at the effect of the fall of Communism on four separate Russian communities. In the first programme, he visits
Komsomolsk, the concrete city built by the Communists to exploit the rich mineral reserves of the Far East.
Producer Tony Grant. Repeated Sunday 6.15pm
Part 20 of John Milton 's epic poem. For details see Monday
Introduced from Cardiff by Gail Foley. Final part of the serial Burning Bright For details see Monday
Presented by Kelvin Boot. Producer Julian Hector. Rptd Sunday 9.00pm FACTSHEET/QUERIES: send sae to [address removed]
with Tasneem Siddiqi.
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Greengages, mirabelles, sloes ...
Derek Cooper explores the many plum varieties and samples a feast with damsons in every course. Producer Lucinda Montefiore Repeated Monday at 7.20pm
with Nick Clarke. Editor Kevin Marsh
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
by J B Priestley.
2: First Night. It's the year before the Great War, and Richard Herncastle 's music-hall apprenticeship continues. Repeated from Sunday 2.30pm
with Gerry Anderson.
Louisa Buck on the Richard Dreyfuss Hamlet in Birmingham, German kinetic artist Rebecca Horn , and the art of both sides in the Great War. Producer Nicki Paxman
by Jenny Hursell , read by Kathryn Hunt. "There's no privacy in marriage. The heart is the best hiding place and even then you worry about what you say in your dreams." Producer Gillian Hush Rpt
with Chris Lowe and Charlie Lee-Potter . Editor Margaret Budy
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John Walters samples different kinds of British seaside holidays.
1: A Guest House in Skegness Producer Sue Foster Rpt
The empty nest.
Written by Mick Martin. Director Keri Davies
Editor Vanessa Whitburn. Rptd Monday 1.40pm ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send sae to
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with Christopher Serle.
Producer Tessa Watt. Repeated Sunday 3.30pm
Ruth Deech , principal of St Anne's College, Oxford; Howard Davies , director general. CBI; Andrew Marr , journalist: and Elizabeth Symonds , general secretary, Association of First
Division Civil Servants, tackle the issues raised in Redditch, Worcestershire. Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby.
Producer Nick Utechin. Rptd tomorrow 1.10pm
Presented by Daire Brehan. Do you need a helping hand to guide your way through the benefits and advice system? Call the panel of experts on [number removed]. Producer Eleanor Garland. LINES OPEN 7.45pm
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
North Korean nuclear development
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
North Korea's persistent nuclear development puts the UN in a tough situation; Cooke wonders whether Jimmy Carters diplomatic discussions or the UN Forces are the best deterrent.
by Alistair Cooke.
Repeated Sunday at 9.15am
Catch-22 Two
In 1961, Joseph Heller changed the face of fiction and introduced a new phrase into the English language at a single stroke.... Catch-22. Now, 33 years later, Heller has at last produced a follow-up, Closing Time. Christopher Bigsby meets the author in Long Island. Repeated from Saturday 7.20pm
with Robin Lustig. Editor Anne Koch
The final part of Carol Shields 's story: Illness, Decline and Death 1985-199? For details see Monday
With Sally Grace, Jeffrey Holland , Toby Longworth and Peter Silverleaf. Producer Gareth Edwards
Repeated tomorrow at 6.25pm
Patrick Hannan and his guests take a sceptical look at the week's events. Producer Penny Arnold
A weekend at the Stormont Main
Working Men's Club in Gateshead. Compiled by Simon Parkes. Producer David Prest Rpt