with the Early Show
News, views and music, plus a review of the morning's newspapers.

Mark Tully explains today's Muslim festival, Lailat-UI-
Bara'h and the preparation for Ramadan.

with news, travel, weather and more of the greatest hits of all time.

with Rev Frank Topping.

with dedications and requests, including at
10.00 Pick of the Hits

talks to the people who make the news.
Plus today: your food questions answered.

with her afternoon entertainment show.

with two contestants on the Accumulator Quiz and Where Are You Now?
Plus regular travel updates.

including the Mystery Voice competition.

Another chance to hear
Michael Bentine 's six-part series in which he provides an entertaining interlude with stories of his career, spanning life, laughter and the paranormal.
1: The Reluctant Jester Producer Andy Aliffe

with the best in country music.

presents an hour of vintage rhythm and blues, the best of the recent releases and a session from Louisiana singer/songwriter Larry Garner.

Miles Kington reviews and recommends books about music. This week, he invites Humphrey Lyttelton to cast his eye over recent writing on jazz, in particular a new encyclopaedia by John Fordham , jazz critic of The Guardian;
Richard Baker delves into The
Music Lover's Literary Companion, in which writers as diverse as Shakespeare and Stravinsky try to verbalise the effects of music; and former Shadow Bruce
Welch compares three new books about Cliff Richard.
Producer Dave Shannon

Derek and Ellen present a late-night mixture of music and chat including at
10.45 What's That Noise? and at 11.45 a review of tomorrow's papers. There's also the guest interview and Derek's classical feature.

with Night Ride
Including at 1.30
Pause for Thought with Rev John Morgan.

Including at 3.30
Pause for Thought with Rev John Morgan.