With James Whitbourn and guest. Producer Kathryn Blennerhassett
With Sue MacGregorand John Humphrys.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Gabrielle Cox.
Sport news with Cliff Morgan. Producer Audrey Adams
Travel news with Anne Gregg. Producer Dave Harvey
For information sheets send a sae to
[address removed] Repeated tomorrow at 10.45pm
With Ned Sherrin.
Producer Torquil Macleod
Simon Heffer of the Daily Mail looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Editor Jane Robins
The man Australians voted out of office last month, Paul Keating , spent the last fouryears pushing Australia into Asia. In the last of the series, a special report from Melbourne looks at the growing influence of Asia and Asians on this most British of Australian cities. Plus reports on Beijing's booming advertising industry and Indonesian politics on the Internet. Presented by Julian Pettifer. Producer Angie Knox
Presented by Alison Mitchell. Producer Tim Bowler
The Guardian's Simon Hoggart takes up the reins as the new chair of the show. Joining him are regulars Alan Coren , Francis Wheen and Andy Hamilton. Producer Aled Evans. Rptd Mon 6.30pm
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical debate in Stockton-on-Tees with panellists Lord Holme of Cheltenham, the Liberal Democrats' Northern Ireland spokesperson; Genista Mcintosh , executive director of the Royal National Theatre; Estelle Morris MP, a member of Labour's education team; and Steven Norris MP, Undersecretary of State for the Department ofTransport. Repeated from yesterday
Producers Nadine Grieve and Anne Peacock LINES OPEN from 12.30pm
The conclusion of Eric Pringle 's two-part story about Gracie Fields' life.
2: As You Wave Me Goodbye. Will Gracie agree to marry Archie Pitt ? with David Timson. Stephen Critchlow , Ann Beach , Zulema Dene. Patience Tomlinson , Jane Whittenshaw , Denys Hawthorne and Keith Drinkel. Director of music
Stuart Hutchinson. Director Tracey Neale
The first of a 12-part series which analyses the historical background to today's events.
A Takeaway production. Rptd tomorrow 8.30pm
Peter Evans presents a weekly review of discoveries and developments.
Producer Roger Philbrick. Repeated Tuesday at 8.00pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
The first of three programmes in which Simon Dring tests the political mood of grassroots America. Repeated from Tuesday
A four-part series in which Phil Smith returns to the open market to seek a perspective on life from his neighbours in the wet fish queue. 2: Splendour in the Glass Producer Gilliam Hush
Repeated from yesterday
Last of the series in which Michael O'Donnell
invites a guest to share their vision of an ideal world.
Producer Chris Paling. Rptd Thur 11.30pm
How to Get Ahead In Hollywood
Ten secrets of survival in Hollywood are divulged tonight as actor Richard E Grant - alias Withnail -talks to
Howard Schuman and reveals the truth about
Tinseltown and what it is like working with Altman, Coppola, Scorsese, Steve Martin and Sandra Bernhard.
Producer Nicki Paxman. Rptd Fri 9.30pm
In Alan England's play, 15-year-old Rowena's rebellion is par for the course, until events take a more tragic turn. (Rpt)
Presented by Brian Kay. Producer Patrick Lambert
Presented by Father Oliver McTernan.
Robert Elms presents the magazine for the adventurously-minded traveller, from the Royal Geographical Society. Tonight, Michael Palin relives the voyage of the first submarine to cross beneath the North Pole.
A Goldhawk Radio production PHONE: (0171) [number removed]
The stories of six individuals who have single-handedly taken on the system to bring about change.
4: This week, Haydn Price meets the lollipop lady and grandmother who rugby tackles criminals. Producer Haydn Price
Brian Kay considers the art of the musical arranger with Daryl Runswick and Gordon Langford. Repeated from Tuesday
Philip Madoc stars as the medieval sleuth in Ellis Peters ' five-part series of the chronicles of Brother Cadfael.
4: Allies. Narrated by Michael Kitchen. with Mark Lewis Jones. Shaun Prendergast ,
Siobahn Flynn , Douglas Blackwell and Matthew Morgan. Music by Peter Salem. Dramatised by Bert Coules. Producer Neil Cargill Rpt
By Diane Langford.
Read by Elaine Claxton. Repeated from Monday