With the Rev Roy Jenkins.
With John Humphrys and Anna Ford.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Cristina Odone.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Editor Roger Mosey. LETTERS: Today, PO Box 2299, London WlA 1PY. FAX: (0171) [number removed]E-MAIL: today@bbc.co.uk
Gaels have always been extremely reverential about their native tongue, claiming that, among other things,
Gaelic was the language of the Garden of Eden. In the third of four letters from
Scotland, Cailean Maclean , resident of the Isle of Skye, highlights some surprising aspects of this language. Producer Michael Shaw. Rptd Sun 6.15pm
Final part.
Bertrand Russell. Sean Campion reads from The Problems of Philosophy. Producer Michael Quinn Rpt
from 10.50 Introduced by Wendy Austin. Serial: Letters from Prague. Final part. For details see Monday
England v India
Commentary on the second day's play in the Third Cornhill Test.
Plus at 1.00 The World at One as FM
3.45* News and Ralph Dellor 's Minor Counties Review For details see yesterday * Approximate times
Presented by Joanna Pinnock. Producer Simon Roberts. Rptd Sun 8.00pm WRITE TO: The Natural History Programme. BBC. Bristol BS8 2LR
Presented by Chris Choi. Editor Huw Marks. PHONE: to raise issues for investigation (0171) [number removed]
Presented by Derek Cooper. Producer Sheila Dillon. Rptd Mon 7.20pm
With Nick Clarke. Editor Kevin Marsh
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
By John Fowles. Dramatised in three episodes by Frederick Bradnum. 1: On a wild day in 1867, Charles Smithson sees a woman gazing out to sea at the Cobb at Lyme Regis. with Jill Graham. Jillie Meers. Steve Hodson. Oona Beeson . Barry J Gordon and Rachel Atkins Pianist Mary Nash. Soloist Elizabeth Mansfield Director Janet Whitaker Rpt
With Laurie Taylor.
Tim Marlow sees Peter Hall direct The Final Passage for television and considers Sister Wendy's special approach to television art programmes. Producer Jackie Christie
Written and read by David Benedictus. Producer Pam Fraser Solomon. Rptd next Sun
With Charlie Lee-Potter and Chris Lowe. Editor Margaret Budy. WRITE TO: PM Letterline, BBC Broadcasting House. London W1A 1AA. PHONE: (0171) [number removed]
Edi Stark presents the eclectic garden programme which this week unravels the mysteries of the maze with designer Adrian Fisher. Meanwhile, Sir Roy Strong visits the restored gardens of the 18th-century naturalist Gilbert White. Producer Annie Malcolm
Peace at Bridge Farm.
Written by Mick Martin. Director David Ian Neville Editor Vanessa Whitburn. Rptd Mon 1.40pm ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send sae to
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Chris Serle presents extracts from BBC radio and television.
Producer Louise Greenberg. Rptd Sun 3.30pm
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion in Perranwell Station, near Truro, with a panel including the Rt
Hon Stephen Dorrell MP, Secretary of State for Health; Mary-Ann Sieghart , assistant editor of the Times; and Chris Smith MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Social Security.
Producer Nadine Grieve. Rptd tomorrow 1.10pm
Marcel Berlins analyses topical legal issues.
Producer Zareer Masani
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
1996 Russian presidential elections
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Boris Yeltsin's victory in the Russian presidential elections, the relative novelty of universal suffrage in the West and the need for democracy, as discussed by Alistair Cooke.
By Alistair Cooke.
Repeated Sunday at 9.15am
Repeated from Saturday 7.20pm
With Robin Lustig. Editor Anne Koch
By Isabel Allende. Part 5. For details see Monday
A four-part series of Britain's first all-Asian sketch show, featuring the massive and fierce Bhangra Muffins and His Most Serene Calmness the Guru Maharishi Yogi and his transcendental animal impressions. With Meera Syal, Kulvinder Ghir, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Sawhney and Nina Wadia.
(Repeated tomorrow at 6.25pm)
A quizzical look at life. Producer Brian King
Producer David Browne
By Richard Ford. Part 3. For details see Wednesday