Producers Alasdair Cross , John Harvey and Ruth Kiely

with James Naughtie and John Humphrys.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Lavinia Byrne. Editor Roger Mosey
LETTERS; write to Today, BBC, London W1A 1AA; fax [number removed]; e-mail: today@nca.bbc.co.uk

Former minister Tony Benn reveals what really went on behind the scenes in Britain's last Labour government. Producer Keith Jones

with Melvyn Bragg and guests. Producer Ruth Gardiner

by Pat Moon , read in five parts by Richard Pearce. 1: The story of a young boy who seeks out the man whom he believes to be responsible for the recent death of his father.
Abndged by David Self. Producer Celia De Wolff

Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Story: Liza Ross reads The Jack Randa Hotel by Alice Munro. Abndged by Di Speirs
Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie

[number removed]with Vincent Duggleby. Producer Katie Derham
LINES OPEN from 10.00am

with John Howard. Editor Ken Vass

Paul Barker and Margaret Lesser face Irene Thomas and Eric Korn - in a return match. Gordon Clough and Tony Quinton ask the questions.
Producer Amanda Mares. Rptd Wed 6.30pm

with Nick Clarke.

Repeated from Friday

A four-part detective series by Sue Rodwell , featuring Annette Badland as Detective Inspector Gwen Danbury of East Suffolk Police Headquarters, Gudrun Ure as Joan Danbury and John Duttine as Detective Sergeant Henry Jacobs. 1: Past Imperfect
The discovery of a body buried in 1965 leads to a murder investigation. Gwen, with the interfering assistance of her mother, tries to "unbury" the past.
Director Glyn Dearman

with Gerry Anderson. Editor Sharon Banoff
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Robert Dawson Scott unearths "the real Traviata" - the great Italian singer and wife of Verdi,
Giuseppina Strepponi. Plus a preview feature of the new Harrison Birtwistle opera at
Glyndebourne, The Second Mrs Kong. Producer John Boundy. Revised rpt 9.30pm

by Sylvia Watanabe , read by David Yip. "Okusan knelt beside the couch ... she had no doubt he possessed the determination to die out of sheer cantankerousness...."
Producer Pam Fraser Solomon

with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.

Repeated from Saturday 12.25pm

Brian has a Clea view.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm

Revised

In Ger Fitzgibbon 's radio debut, set in October 1866, a mysterious death on a fragile timber-frame lighthouse off the west coast of Ireland reunites two estranged brothers, causing them to confront their personal and political differences.
Director Michael Quinn

Comedian Simon Bligh is plucked from the alternative cabaret scene and taken to the Falklands to perform to several hundred members of the armed forces.
Producer Julian Wilkinson

Revised repeat of 4.05pm

by Richard Rayner , read by Shaun Prendegast.
4: Pale, bespectacled Richard sticks out among the brightly coloured people of Los Angeles, but he appeals to Barbara. They visit Las Vegas and, on a whim, get married. Abridged by William Roberts Producer Lucy Hackney