Producers John Harvey , Ruth Kiely and Tessa Polniaszek
With Nun Astrid from the Peace
Pagoda in Milton Keynes.
With James Naughtie in Glasgow and Peter Hobday in London. This morning Colin Powell , who many believe will be the next American President, is live in the studio.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Angela Tilby.
Henry Gates reads the first of five extracts from his lively, provocative memoirs about growing up as a "coloured boy" in the small paper mill town of Piedmont, West Virginia. Abridged by Margaret Busby
Producer Pam Fraser Solomon
Melvyn Bragg discusses the taboo subject of race science and the image of scientists as mad boffins. His guests include Professor Steven Rose and writer MarekKohn. Producer Ruth Gardiner
Anna Massey tells the story of Britain from the Romans to the 20th century, with the words of Sir Winston Churchill read by Paul Eddington. With David Timson and John Turner.
41: Chancery, Treasury and a 13th-Century Wedding Brawl. written by Christopher Lee
Producer Pete Atkin
Introduced by Jenni Murray. Serial: Experiment in Love. Mia Soteriou reads the sixth part of Hilary Mantel 's Book. Abridged in 13 parts by Di Speirs. Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie
With Vincent Duggleby. LINES OPEN from 10.00am
WithTasneemSiddiqi.
Gordon Clough and Anthony Quinton chair the return of the intellectual hellraisers. This week - the Midlands v London. Taking part are Irene Thomas , Eric Korn , John Julius
Norwich and Peter Oppenheimer.
Producer Amanda Mares. Rptd Wed 6.30pm
With Nick Clarke at the Liberal
Democrat conference in Glasgow and James Cox in London.
Repeated from Friday
By Helen Buhaenko. They say in Byelorussia, that if it rains for long enough the unicorn will come. But what's it got to do with Mr Solowei ? with Lynne Seymour , Robert Harper , Roiant Prys and Manon Edwards. Director Alison Hindell
With Laurie Taylor and guests.
Who really named America? - the story of Richard Ameryke , a medieval millionaire reputed to have put up the cash for John Cabot 's voyage.
Two new directions in classical music:
Tim Marlow reports on the premiere of Alexander Goehr 's opera Arianna at the Royal Opera House, and animators take on the classics in an adventurous new children's series Oscar's Orchestra.
Producer Jerome Weatherald. Rvsd rpt 9.30pm
By Beatrice Colin. Miss Colleen learns to drive with the intriguingly mysterious MrPodstovski. She isn't a very good pupil - but then he isn 't a very good teacher. Read by Siobhan Redmond. Producer Patrick Rayner
With Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
Repeated from Saturday 12.25pm
Pat's going potty.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
In the last of the series,
Henrietta Green is served an Afro-Asian supper. Revised repeat from Friday
By Pearse Elliott. Joseph Loughran is a soft-hearted drunk with nothing more to look forward to than hard work on a building site and a bit of love and lust. with Simon McGill , Anthony Finigan , Carl Wright. Cathy Brennan , Claron McMenamin.
Grainne Cleary and Matthew Coyle. Director Pam Brighton
They were called Horatio, Vanguard, Victory. They were tower blocks in Burnley's notorious Trafalgar Gardens estate. "It's a nice address, isn't it,
Trafalgar Gardens, Burnley -to anyone out of town who doesn't know...
High Hopes. In the first of two programmes, Phil Smith tells the story of how Margaret, Audrey, Peter and others lived their lives on Trafalgar. Producer Simon Elmes
Revised repeat of 4.05pm
With Robin Lustig.
Crawford Logan reads the sixth part of P G Wodehouse 's classic comedy of potty dukes, erring nephews, stolen pigs and sundered hearts. Abridged in ten parts by Patrick Carroll. Producer Patrick Rayner Rpt
Dr Jonathan Steinberg leads, among others, Adrian Woolridge of The
Economist, Onora O'Neill of Newnham
College, Cambridge, and Homi Bhabha of Chicago University, in a live discussion about equality, meritocracy and fairness. Does egalitarianism breed inequality? Mary Ann Sieghart keeps the score. Editor Marina Salandy-Brown
