James Naughtie and Sue MacGregor.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Rabbi Lionel Blue.
* Face behind the Voice: page 13

3: "Have you heard what young Blair has done?" Roy Hattersley 's political biography reaches the early eighties. Producer Jane Ray

Melvyn Bragg is joined by guests including top American television producer Steven Bochco , historian David Cannadine and journalist Matt Ridley. Producer Olivia Seligman

A look back at the news 50 years ago. Producer Lindsay Leonard
Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones

Niamh Cusack and Janet Suzman join Jenni Murray to discuss Shakespeare's comic heroines. Serial: The Witch of Exmoorby Margaret Drabble. Eileen Atkins reads the first of 13 extracts, abridged by Doreen Estall.
Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie
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With Vincent Duggleby. Producer Frances Macdonald
LINES OPEN from 10.00am

Rory McGrath hosts the last in the current series of the quiz that takes a sneaky look at the world of work.
Team captains are comedians Tony Hawks and Stephen Frost. Producer Jon Naismith
Repeated Wednesday at 6.30pm

With Nick Clarke.

Repeated from Friday

Stephen Mulrine 's series set in Stirling in the 1920s.
2: Fast and Loose. Two mysterious deaths, one in Glasgow and one in Stirling, occupy the Drs Wallace. with Liam Brennan. Grace Glover , Billy Boyd , Louise Beattie , Maria Miller , Elaine Ellis and Barry Hunter. Director Hamish Wilson

With Laurie Taylor and guests.

Lynne Walker sees a rare collection of singers on video and reports from a James Bond conference.
Producer Jerome Weatherald
Revised repeat at 9.30pm
GOTHIC

Patrick McGrath reads his disturbing tale about a father's demonic control over his family.
(Repeated next Saturday)

With Chris Lowe and Charlie Lee-Potter .

Repeated from Saturday 12.25pm

Richard does the trick.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm

Repeated from Friday

By Peter Flannery ,
Julia Darling , Shaun Prendergast ,
Carol McGuigan , Emily Woof and Michael Chaplin.
A cycle of new plays charting the history and character of Newcastle in the twentieth century. The people, the politics, the ships, the Bigg Market, the Tyne Bridge and the Great North Run all form part of this special live broadcast, from Newcastle. with Emily Woof , Shaun Prendergast , Colin Maclachlan , Charlie Hardwick , Gavin Muir , Daniel Casey , Rosalind Bailey and Sharon Percey. Director Kate Rowland

A series of programmes exploring how certain people, places or things have assumed iconic status in Ireland.
3: The King of Cong
In 1951, director John Ford brought Hollywood to the little village of Cong in County Mayo to make an "Irish Western" starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. Over 40 years later, John Wayne is still an icon in Ireland, and Cong itself continues to attract tourists from all over the world. Producer Owen McFadden

Revised repeat of 4.05pm

With Robin Lustig.

6: Last Orders. By Graham Swift. Producer Jocelyn Boxall

GOTHIC

Brian Appleyard's novel abridged in ten episodes by Ed Thomason and read by David Horovitch. Producer Duncan Minshull