Producers Alasdair Cross. John Harvey and Ruth Kiely
with Mathoor Krishnamurti.
With James Naughtie and Sue MacGregor.
6.45 Business News
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Lavinia Byme. Editor Roger Mosey
"to Minister! A series based on tapes from the diary he dictates each night. Tony Benn reveals what went on behind the scenes in Britain's last Labour government. He recalls his battles in Whitehall as Industry Secretary in 1974. Producer Keith Jones
with Melvyn Bragg and guests. Producer Ruth Gardiner
John Milton 's epic poem of the Fall of Man, abridged in 41 episodes. (31)
Abridged by Adrian Mitchell. Music Elizabeth Parker. Director John Theocharis Rpt
Stand-up's "Bad Girl" Jenny Eclair talks to Jenni Murray. Serial: Part 11 of a 12-Part adaptation of Diary of Young Lady of Fashion in the Year 1764-1765 by Cleone Knox. Read by Frances Tomelty. Abridged by Caroline Harris
Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie
With Vincent Duggleby. Producer Tim Bowler
LINES OPEN from 10.00am
with John Howard. Editor Ken Vass
The return match between the Midlands team of Peter Oppenheimer and John Julius Norwich , and London, represented by Eric Kom and Irene Thomas. Gordon Clough and Tony Quinton ask the questions. Producer Amanda Mares
Repeated Wednesday at 6.30pm
with Nick Clarke.
Repeated from Friday
by Jolyon Maugham. Undertaker James Johnson gets busy when gunslinger Joe Moran cleans up Union City.
Music Peter Howell. Director David Hunter Rpt
Add your views to the mix of debate, stories and unadulterated opinion. Editor Sharon Banoff
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Paul Vaughan reports on the first two parts of Wagner's Ringcycle in a new production from Covent Garden. Also CD reviews by Michael Berkeley. Producer Adrian Washboume Revised repeat at 9.30pm
by Sylvia Watanabe. Aki set the hair clippers on the vanity and examined her daughter's reflection in the mirror. Read by Heather Emmanuel. Producer Pam Fraser Solomon
with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
Repeated from Saturday 12.25pm
An inspector calls.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
Revised
Seventeen broadcasting organisations throughout Europe this week join the BBC in presenting Mario Vargas Llosa's new play. Specially commissioned by the BBC and the European Broadcasting Union, this dramatic event is a powerfully written confrontation of twisted ideals and thwarted passion, in a Peru where words have the power to kill. With an introduction by the author.
Translated by Bronwen Ancona Director Ned Chaillet
A curtain-raiser to the drama series
Kipling in Love. Writers and critics on why there's more to Kipling than jingoism and Disney. With Michael Carson , Debjani Chatterjee , Sue Gaisford. Jamilla Gavin ,
Clare Hanson , Saeed Jaffrey ,
David Malouf , Peter Porter and Mark Tully. Producer Ed Thomason
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Revised repeat of 4.05pm
with Robin Lustig and Max Pearson.
Two-and-a-HalfMen in a Boat
Nigel Williams continues reading from his tale of travel on the River Thames at the Cheltenham Literary Festival. Producer David Benedictus
