With Alistair McGhee.
With John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day Editor Jon Barton
LETTERS: Today. PO Box 2299. London W1A 1PY. FAX: [number removed] E-MAIL: today@bbc.co.uk
Four programmes about television news presented by Martin Bell.
1: News and Neutrality. After 30 years working in television news, Martin Bell has discerned alarming trends and no longer believes in objective and dispassionate journalism. Can it be right, he asks, that images of violence and bloodshed are excised to avoid upsetting viewers? Producer Tony Grant
The news 50 years ago.
With Mairi Nicolson.
Serial:Close Relations(10). For details see Monday
Presented by Joanna Pinnock.
Producer Sarah Blunt. Repeated Sunday 8pm WRITE TO: The Natural History Programme. BBC Bristol BS8 2LR
With Mark Whittaker.
Editor Chris Burns.
PHONE:[number removed] to raise issues for investigation
With Derek Cooper. Producer Sheila Dillon
With Nick Clarke.
Editor Kevin Marsh
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
Repeated from Sunday 2.30pm
With Laurie Taylor and his guests.
Roisin MacAuley reviews the staging of the Marat/Sadeat London's Royal National Theatre and investigates portable architecture as an art form. Producer Paul Quinn
Written and read by Brian Glanville.
A young football star gets into serious trouble off the pitch.
Producer Pam Fraser Solomon
Editor Kevin Marsh
LETTERS: PM Letterline, BBC Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA PHONE: [number removed]
Gardening magazine. As preparations hot up for the annual Chelsea Flower Show, Edi Stark looks across the Channel at the biennial French equivalent, held at Courson, outside Paris. Stephen Anderton checks on the progress of the restoration of the 19th-century gardens at Witley Court, near Worcester, and an inspired seaside garden takes shape.
Producer Annie Malcolm. Repeated Sunday 9pm
David and Eddie share a problem.
Written by Mick Martin. Director David Ian Neville Editor Vanessa Whitbum.
Rptd Monday 1.40pm ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send sae to
[address removed]
With Chris Serle.
Producer Dymphna Flynn. Rptd Sunday 3.30pm PHONE: [number removed](24 hours)
FAX: [number removed]. E-MAIL: potw@bbc.co.uk
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion in Coleraine, Londonderry, with leader of the SDLP John Hume, Professor Ben Pimlott and John Taylor of the UUP.
Producer Nadine Grieve. Rptd tomorrow 1.10pm
Concluding the series about people and pretence. Reporter Sara Parker. 4: When Pretence Gets Out of Hand
Producer Sukey Firth
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
Sir Lionel Sackville-West (1827 - 1908)
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The 1997 UK general election, viewed from across the Atlantic, and the story of Sir Lionel Sackville-West, the man whose fatuity lost the Democrats the 1888 presidency.
With Alistair Cooke.
Alan Bleasdale
Paul Allen talks to the TV dramatist behind such serials as Boys from the Blackstuff, GBH and this week's new, five-part drama on Channel 4, Melissa. Repeated from Saturday 7.20pm
With Robin Lustig. Editor Anne Koch
Janet Suzman reads Doris Lessing 's novel, abridged by Pamela Grace. 5: Trying to Build a Future For details see Monday
Satirical sketches with Jon Glover , Sally Grace , Dave Lamb and Sarah Parkinson. Producer Liz Anstee. Rptd tomorrow 6.25pm
The 150th edition of the programme that puts the world to rights, with John Diamond. Contributors include previous presenters -Alan Coren , Simon Hoggart , Alexei Sayle and Alistair Beaton. Producer Brian King
By Kate Atkinson. Final part. For details see Monday
