With Archdeacon of Aston John Barton.
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Terry Waite.
A replay of some new-fangled communication, written by Michael Frayn and performed by Martin Jarvis. Producer Pete Atkin Repeat
Producer Anne Peacock LINES OPEN from 8am
Geoffrey Wheeler looks back at the news of 50 years ago today. Producer Susan Greenhalgh
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Children in Court. Is the legal system fair to child witnesses in civil and criminal cases? Cheryl Armitage reports. Short story: The Clarinettist and the Bride's 's Aunt, from Beyond the Blue Mountains, by Penelope Lively , read by Sara Kestelman. Producer Jayne Egerton
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Professor Anthony Clare presents the programme that deals with matters psychological and psychiatric. Producer Nick Utechin
Repeated Sunday 10.15pm
With Lesley Riddoch.
Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz. Panellists exchanging quotations include Patrick Barlow , Barry Cryer , Ruth Dudley-Edwards and George Melly. The reader is Patricia Hughes. Producer Chris Neill
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
By Brian Dooley.
An account of a young man's desperate attempts to come to terms with being dumped by his girlfriend.
Director Melanie Harris
Brian Kay talks to jazz musician John Dankworth and singer Cleo Laine about the Wavendon Music Festival in Buckinghamshire. Producer Andrew Mussett
The programme begins its very own A to Z of youth culture.
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Paul Vaughan reads Philip Roth 's new novel American Pastoral, which is set in sixties America, and investigates the Ashmolean Museum's collection of Mendelssohn memorablilia.
Producer Nicki Paxman
Revised repeat at 9.30pm
By Susan Chaney, read by Carol Ann Crawford. Why is a 45-year-old mother obsessed with purchasing the wedding dress of her dreams? And can she ever hope to find it at a car-boot sale?
With Charlie Le&Potter and Nigel Wrench.
By Andy and Eric Merriman.
Peter Davison stars as Richard Stubbs and Samantha Bond as Sarah Stubbs in a six-part comedy about a family with a daughter who has Down's syndrome.
Kate has a starring role in possibly the worst school play ever written. Meanwhile, Richard is causing problems by casting himself as a therapist in Sarah's absence. (Repeat)
Kathy has got staff problems, and Pat and Tony are still at loggerheads. Repeated tomorrow 1.40pm
With Richard Watson.
Producer Justin Rowlatt
Repeated Saturday 5pm
Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
The fifth of six programmes about the information age. Alun Lewis tries his hand at toppling governments by e-mail and doing his weekly shopping from home.
Producer Rami Tzabar
E-MAIL: the.network@bbc.co.uk
Peter White with news, views and information for visually impaired people. Producer Eleanor Garland
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Revised repeat from 4.05pm
With Jeremy Harris.
By JL Carr , read in eight parts by Samuel West. Part 2.
For details see yesterday Repeat
The week's events in the media. Repeated from Sunday 11.15am
Six people reflect on the significant part the night has played in their lives. In the last of the series, Benjamin Zephaniah , musician and Britain's most famous Rastafarian poet, talks about his night musings which provide inspiration for his work.
Producer Constance St Louis Repeat
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