With Frank Gent.

With James Naughtie and Sue MacGregor.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Gabrielle Cox.

Letter from the South. In the first of this four-part series, BBC correspondent Fergal Keane journeys through his native Ireland charting the seismic changes that have taken place there in the past 30 years. Producer Tony Grant
# Fergal Keane 's Kind of Day: page 146

Melvyn Bragg and guests provide lively and stimulating conversation. Producer Olivia Seligman

A look back at the news of exactly 50 years ago.
Producer Tracey Cotton
Series editor Gaynor Vaughan Jones

Jenni Murray meets American singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin , whose new album A Few Small Repairs tackles the issues of heartbreak and divorce.
Serial: Perfectly Correct, written and abridged by Phillippa Gregory. Rebecca Front reads the third of 12 extracts. Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie WEB SITE: http://www.bbcnc.org. uk/radio/radio4/womans_hour/index.html

With Vincent Duggleby. Producer Josh De La Mare LINES OPEN from 10.00am

With Mark Whittaker.

Sue MacGregor tests Denise Coffey , Christopher Cook , Philippa Gregory and Michael Schmidt. Producer Gillian Hush

With Nick Clarke.

Repeated from Friday

Leslie Charteris 's hero is confronted by arch-villain Rayt Marius in a deadly struggle to save the world. with John Hollis , John Baddeley , John Turner , Geoffrey Whitehead , David Timson ,
Ross Livingstone , Linda Regan. Jonathan Keeble , Paul Jenkins and Stephen Critchlow. Dramatised by Roger Danes
Director Matthew Walters Repeat

With David Jessel.

Lynne Walker sees the English National Opera's staging of The Soldiers and reviews the latest Bronte epic on the television - The Tenant ofWildfell Hall, shown last night on BBC1 at 9.00pm. Producer Erika Wright

By Carol Hedges. Read by Kerry Shale . Producer Alex Burrett. Repeated next Saturday

With Chris Lowe and Charlie Lee-Potter .

Repeated from Saturday 12.25pm

Nigel feels neglected.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm

Sheila Dillon reports from Ethiopia. Repeated from Friday

By William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare's thrilling courtroom drama.
With Warren Mitchell as Shylock, Martin Jarvis as Antonio, Juliet Aubrey as Portia and Samuel West as Bassanio.
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The attitudes and ambiguities that are found in simple words. Anger Producer Martin Buckley Repeat

With Isabel Hilton.

Part 6 of Elaine Feinstein 's sequel to
DH Lawrence's famous novel. Reader
Amanda Root.
Producer Rosemary Watts

By E Annie Prouix. Abridged in ten episodes by Pat McLoughlin. Part 6. Read by William Hurt. Producer Sheila Fox