With the Rev Johnston McKay.

With John Humphrys and Alex Brodie.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
Editor Roger Mosey. LETTERS: Today. PO Box 2299. London W1A 1PY. FAX: (0171) [number removed]. E-MAIL: today@bbc.co.uk

By Dennis Potter.
Final part: A Time of Tension. For some people, change breeds insecurity, for others, opportunity. Forthe inhabitants of the Forest of Dean in 1961, it also brought tension.
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With Chris Dunkley.
Producer Alison Vernon Smith. Repeated
Sunday at 6.15pm. WRITE TO: Feedback. PO Box 2100. London W1A 1QT. FAX: (0171) [number removed]. E-MAIL: feedbackebbc.co.uk

The headlines from 16 August. 1946: the Cabinet is to discuss whether to lift the marriage bar on women civil servants.
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Introduced by Wendy Austin.
Serial: Saint Patrick's Daughter (7) For details see Monday

With Joanna Pinnock.
Producer Simon Roberts. Repeated Sunday at 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]

The last of the series about natural history and cooking concentrates on the eel. Lionel Kelleway catches and smokes fresh eel, dresses it with wild watercress from the riverbank, and washes it down with river-chilled champagne.
Producer Mary Colwell. Revised repeat Monday at 7.20pm. WRITE TO: Natural History Radio. BBC. Bristol BS8 2LR

With Nick Clarke. Editor Kevin Marsh

Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm

By J M Synge. Dramatised in two parts by Sean McCarthy.
Repeated from Sunday 2.30pm

With Laurie Taylor and guests.

Tim Marlow talks to the artist Richard Wilson
as he prepares to drill holes through the floor of the Serpentine Gallery and suspend builders' huts from fork lift trucks. Producer Jackie Christie

Arthur Smith reads his own short story. A would-be writer heads for the pub to audition the actors for a play he's taking to the Edinburgh Festival. Producer Bruce Young

With Charlie Lee-Potter and Chris Lowe.
Editor Margaret Budy. WRITE TO: PM
Letterline, BBC Broadcasting House, London WlA 1AA. PHONE: (0171) [number removed]

I n the first of six programmes, Simon Parkes rediscovers the Lost Gardens of Heligan and the potential of pollen-free gardens.
Producer Carol Trewin

John is in good and bad books.
Written by Simon Frith. Director David Ian Neville. Editor Vanessa Whitburn Repeated Monday at 1.40pm
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Chris Serle presents extracts from BBC radio and television.
Producer Matt Thompson. Repeated Sunday at 3.30pm. PHONE: (0171) [number removed](24 hours) FAX: (0171) [number removed]E-MAIL: potw@bbc.co.uk

Six programmes in which Sue Cameron cross-examines some of Britain's key institutions to see how well they serve us. 4: The Press
Producer Ann-Marie Evans
Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm

Four programmes unravelling the rules and habits by which different households survive.
3: No Pudding Tonight. How do big familes keep control?
Producer Tessa Watt Repeat

The history of the party nomination conventions, the switch to the primary election as the method of choosing a presidential candidate, and Bill Clinton's lead in the polls.

By Alistair Cooke.
Repeated Sunday at 9.15am

Repeated from Saturday 7.20pm

With Jeremy Harris. Editor Anne Koch

By Henry James. Part 5. For details see Monday

Controversial and thought-provoking comic Mark Steel returns with a four-part series of further radical proposals to change all our lives for the better.
1: This week, he reorganises religion. Written and performed by Mark Steel and Pete Sinclair with Kim Wall and Maria McErlane.
Producer Phil Clarke. Repeated Saturday6.25pm

With guest presenter Bill Tidy. Producer Brian King

Five leading thinkers present radiophonic essays on original ideas. 3: The Bat. Evolutionist Dr Richard Dawkins celebrates the bat. With field recordings by Dr Gareth Jones. Series producer Matt Thompson

The final episode of Donna Tartt 's thriller.
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