With Margaret Martyn.
With James Naughtie in Glasgow and Peter Hobday in London.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Jim Thompson.
Henry Gates reads the third extract from his autobiography. The desegregation of schools in America provides Henry with the opportunity to explore his passion for education and for Linda Hoffman , a white girl. For details see Monday
With Libby Purves and guests. Producer Dymphna Rynn
The story of Britain from the Romans to the 20th century.
43: From the Maid of Norway to Robert the Bruce
For details see Monday
Introduced by Jenni Murray. 'No one will ever know the utter happiness of our life together," said Dora Carrington of her relationship with Lytton Strachey. As the film Carrington goes on release, a look beyond the Bloomsbury myth. Serial: Experiment in Love (8) For details see Monday
Rptd from Sun 2.00pm.
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With Liz Barclay.
A comedy in six parts by Janey Preger.
Morgan attempts to turn the local radio station into a nostalgic wireless.
With Nick Clarke at the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
By Peter Bowen.
Two burglars, strangers to each other, meet in the same house. It's a Goldilocks story- she's 14, he's 39.
Director Anne Edyvean
Last of four reminiscences of theatrical life written and read by Sheila Steafel. Right Back Where I Started From Producer Matthew Walters
With Daire Brehan and guests.
Him Indoors. What role is played by a husband whose wife is in the public eye?
Quentin Cooper reviews A Simple Twist of Fate, Steve Martin's film adaptation of George Eliot 's Silas Marner, and weighs up Tom Hanks 's chances of a third Oscar for Apollo 13. Producer Robyn Read
Revised repeat at 9.30pm
ByHweeHweeTan.
The annual Chinese festival where spirits are released on earth for one month becomes the focus of a child's bizarre memories of her grandmother. ReadbyToshieOgura. Producer Rosemary Watts
With Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
Repeated from Monday 12.25pm
Richard to the rescue.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
John Waite and his team follow up listeners' complaints, from individual allegations of injustice to wider issues. Editor Graham Ellis. Rptd tomorrow 9.05am WRITE TO: Face the Facts, BBC Broadcasting House. London W1A 1AA
John Tusa examines five universal themes in a 20th-century context. 2: Controlling. Why has the 20th century been so vulnerable to the appeal of total systems claiming total solutions? Producer Suzanne Levy
Robert Kee , who twice escaped from German prisoner-of-war camps during the Second World War, presents four dramatised escapes.
2: Over the Wall. The amazing story of a death-defying high wire act which got two East Germans over the Berlin Wall. with Joe Dunlop , Theresa Streatfeild and Richard Pearce. Written and directed by Adrian Bean. ATestbed production
Revised repeat of 4.05pm
With Isabel Hilton.
By P G Wodehouse. Part 8. For details see Monday
Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare by Desmond Olivier Dingle
Desmond Olivier Dingle presents a six-part comedy series about the wonderful world of Shakespeare. Assisted by the Royal Dingle Company and guests. 3: Brian Cox is invited to run a masterclass on Shakespearean tragedy.
With Mossie Smith and Kevin Allen. Written by Patrick Barlow. Producer Liz Anstee
11.30 The Skivers
Last in the sketch series written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh, with Peter Bradshaw, Melanie Giedroyc and a special guest. Producer Jon Naismith Rpt
