With Anna Hill.
Producer David Street

With the Rev Dr Donald Patton.

With John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Elaine Storkey.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament Editor Jon Barton
LETTERS: Today. PO Box 2299, London WlA 1PY. FAX: (0171) [number removed]E-MAIL: today@bbc.co.uk

Chris Dunkley airs listeners' comments on BBC policy and programming. Editor Viv Black
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Geoffrey Wheeler looks at the news of 50 years ago today.

Introduced from London by Margaret Gilmore. Short story: Mina Anwar reads The Tower of Silence by Nargis Walker , from The Catch Collection of Short Stories.
Producer Emma Selby

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

Mark Whittaker presents reports on consumer and social affairs.
Editor Chris Burns
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With Derek Cooper. Can factory-made foods compare to the meal from your kitchen? Simon Parkes finds out.
Producer Sheila Dillon
Repeated Monday 7.20pm

With Nick Clarke. Editor Kevin Marsh

Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm

By Arthur C Clarke , adapted in two parts by Tony Mulholland. 1: Beginning Repeated from Sunday 2.30pm

With Laurie Taylor.

Tim Marlow reviews a book documenting the lengths to which
Stalin went to eliminate all traces of his enemies - including the manipulation of photographs. Plus a look at how the science of DNA influences artists.
Producer Adrian Washbourne

By Ken Saro-Wiwa , read by Ben Onwukwe. "I decided to give up the ghost the moment I was brought into the interrogation room. I had been advised to do so by the ghost himself." Producer Pam Fraser Solomon Repeat

With Clare English and Guto Harri. Editor Kevin Marsh

David Stafford presents more ideas for the weekend ahead. Lynda Snell gives a guided tour of Ambridge.
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Clive has an alibi.
Written by Caroline Harrington. Director
David Ian Neville. Editor Vanessa Whitburn Repeated Monday 1.40pm
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Gillian Reynolds with extracts from the past week's BBC radio and television. Producer Neil Trevithick
Repeated Sunday 3.30pm.
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Jonathan Dimbleby is joined in Hethersett, Norfolk, by panellists including public health minister Tessa Jowell , professor of government at the University of Essex Anthony King and columnist and broadcaster Janet Daley. Producer Anne Peacock
Repeated tomorrow 1.10pm

Marcel Berlins presents the legal magazine series. The laws on assault go back nearly 150 years and have been described as antiquated, absurd and unjust. Louise Shorter reports on how they might be reformed to reflect today's realities, including the deliberate infliction of sexual disease. Producer Simon Coates

Chinese President Jiang's 1997 visit to America to meet President Clinton, the dangers of a strong Chinese economy, and Saddam Hussein's threat to shoot down planes over Iraq.

With Alistair Cooke.
Repeated Sunday 9.15am

Repeated from Saturday 7.20pm

With Robin Lustig. Editor Anne Koch

By Vladimir Nabokov. Final part. For details see Monday

Satirical review of the week's news, with Sally Grace , Jon Glover , Dave Lamb and Sarah Parkinson.
Producer Maria Esposito
Repeated tomorrow 6.25pm

More wit and wisdom from the nice people who put the world to rights on a weekly basis.
Producer Malcolm Love

By Shyam Selvadurai. Part 5. For details see Monday