With John Humphrys , Sue MacGregor.
6.25 Prayer for the Day With the Rev Roy Jenkins.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With the Rt Rev Jim Thompson.
Editor Jon Barton LETTERS: Today, PO Box 2299, London W1A 1PY. FAX: (0171) [number removed]E-MAIL: today@bbc.co.uk

With Chris Dunkley.
Producer Viv Black WRITE TO: Feedback,
PO Box 2100. London W1A 1QT. FAX: (0171) [number removed]. E-MAIL: feedback@bbc.co.uk

The news of 50 years ago.
Speculation mounts over who will be the next owner of the famous Hope Diamond. Will they too fall victim to the curse that is said to accompany it?

With Wendy Austin. Serial: The Portrait of a Lady (20). For details see Monday

With Nick Clarke.

Mark Whittaker presents reports on consumer and social affairs. Editor Chris Burns
PHONE: (0171) [number removed]to raise issues for investigation

With Derek Cooper. Producer Sheila Dillon
Revised 7.20pm

With Nick Clarke. Editor Kevin Marsh

Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm

By Hugh Walpole , dramatised in four parts by Eric Pringle. 2: Forty-Five
Francis encounters Mirabell again and his fate is sealed. Meanwhile, the rebels are at the gates of Carlisle. Repeated from Sunday 2.30pm

With Laurie Taylor and guests.

Tim Marlow visits Kettles Yard in Cambridge, where sculptor-in-steel John Gibbons is exhibiting. Plus the opening of the new Peter Whelan play Overture in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Producer Edwina Wolstencroft

By Sonia Lambert , read by Eve Karpf . Producer Alex Burrett

With Charlie Lee-Potter and Chris Lowe.
Editor Kevin Marsh
WRITE TO: PM Letterline, BBC Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA PHONE: (0171) [number removed]

Gardening magazine. This week, presenter Edi Stark and guests
Professor David Stevens and garden designer Bunny Guinness - author of Family Gardens - explore gardening for children and ask if gardeners and children can share the same plot. Celebrated young garden designer
Cleve West exchanges views with his mentor John Brookes , and Dr Shirley Sherwood , patron of the botanic art revival, reveals her garden inspirations. Producer Annie Malcolm
Repeated Sunday 9.00pm

Good news for David.

(Repeated Monday 1.40pm)
Archers Addicts fan club: send sae to [address removed]

Chris Serle presents his selection of extracts from BBC radio and television over the past seven days. Producer Julian Hale
Repeated Sunday 3.30pm
PHONE: (0171) [number removed](24 hours) FAX: (0171) [number removed]E-MAIL: potw@bbc.co.uk

Baroness Jay, John Redwood , Lord
Holme and Anthony Howard tackle the issues raised in Horley, Surrey. Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby. Producer Nadine Grieve
Repeated tomorrow 1.10pm

A four-part series about people and pretence. 2: RelationshipsReporter Sara Parker. Producer Sukey Firth

Tiger Woods, the golfing wonder whose ethnicity proves hard to pigeonhole – and, as fellow golf champion Fuzzy Zoeller discovers, can't be joked about.

Alistair Cooke with another slice of Americana.
Repeated Sunday 9.15am

Laurence Phillips wonders what we can learn from the French city of Lille. Repeated from Saturday 7.20pm

With Robin Lustig. Editor Anne Koch

By Willa Cather. Part 9. For details see Monday

The topical comedy sketch show that adds a liberal dose of humour to the week's news. With Sally Grace , Dave Lamb and Sarah Parkinson.
Producer Jo Clegg
Repeated tomorrow at 6.25pm

A quizzical look at life from the essayists with attitude. Presented by John Diamond.
Producer Brian King

A four-part series in which old and new hands compare notes.
3: Refuse Collector. Black bags and central heating changed the bin man's life for ever. Recently retired Eric Mortiboys talks to new recruit
Ian Tyrell about the days when they had regular tea stops, metal bins and ash. Producer Lucy Lunt Repeat

By Nick Hornby. Part 9.