With the Rev Roger Hutchings.

With John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
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

By Douglas Adams. Final part. For details see Monday

Chris Dunkley uses letters from his postbagto assess BBC on-air English. Producer Viv Black
Repeated Sunday 6.15pm

The news 50 years ago.

With Sylvia Horn.
Serial: Close Relations (5). For details see Monday

Presented by Joanna Pinnock.
Producer Edward Odim. Repeated Sunday 8pm WRITE TO: The Natural History Programme, BBC Bristol BS8 2LR

With Mark Whittaker. Editor Chris Burns
PHONE: (0171) [number removed]

With Derek Cooper. Producer Sheila Dillon

With Nick Clarke. Editor Kevin Marsh

Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm

Repeated from Sunday 2.30pm

Laurie Taylor and guests round off the Week with an eclectic mix of topical discussion and lively features.

Tim Marlow looks at a new exhibition under the auspices of the Tate St Ives in Cornwall on the theme of light.
Plus a review of Hamlet at Stratford with Alex Jennings. Producer Olive Clancy
# Face behind the Voice: page 123

By lain Pattison, read by Jonathan Keeble. "Three weeks of scouring every country and nation state had finally paid off. We'd located the Preston bus driver who was the only man who could save the human race."
Producer Pam Fraser Solomon Repeat

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

Gardening magazine. Edi Stark looks at the attention to detail behind
Jonathan Myles-Lea 's paintings of country houses and gardens. And The Times gardener Stephen Anderton meets members of the Rothschild family in both wild and formal settings. Repeated Sunday 9.00pm

Shula has some positive news.
Written by Peter Kerry. Director Peter Leslie Wild, Editor Vanessa Whitburn. Rptd Monday 1.40pm
Guide: for a 24-page guide send a cheque or postal order for £1.95. made payable to The Village Voice Co Ltd, to: [address removed]

Presented by Chris Serle.
Producer Christopher Cook. Rptd Sunday 3.30pm PHONE: (0171) [number removed](24 hours) FAX: (0171) [number removed]E-MAIL: potw@bbc.co.uk

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion in Bury St Edmunds.
Suffolk, with Simon Heffer of the Daily Mail, Patricia Hewitt ,
Shaun Woodward and principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, Sir Stephen Tumim.
Producer Nadine Grieve. Rptd tomorrow 1.10pm

A four-part series about people and pretence. Reporter Sara Parker. 3: Work
Producer Sukey Firth

The unveiling of a Franklin D Roosevelt monument in Washington DC reminds Alistair Cooke of the problems that arise when erecting statues of notable figures.

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

Talking to the photojournalists whose work has provided the classic images by which the world has known and judged South Africa.
Repeated from Saturday 7.20pm

With Robin Lustig. Editor Anne Koch

The second of two short stories by a master of the form, VS Pritchett, who died in March. High jinks at the dentist's. Pity the patient or the practitioner? Read by John Moffat. Producer Duncan Minshull Repeat

Politicians, celebrities and micro-stars are scrutinised under the satirical microscope, starring Sally Grace , Dave Lamb and Sarah Parkinson. Producer Jo Clegg
Repeated tomorrow 6.25pm

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

The last of a four-part series in which old and new hands compare notes. Estate Agents. When
John Widdicombe started in the housing market, it was a profession. Now, he says, they are just salesmen. Producer Lucy Lunt Repeat

By Kate Atkinson , read by Patricia Hodge. 5: The great pet-shop fire. For details see Monday