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2: Colombian journalist MARIA JIMENA DUZAN helped expose the connection between Colombia's drug traffickers and the nation's military in 1988. DUZAN and her paper, El Espectador, were the targets of death threats and attacks. By 1990 all of the members of the paper's former investigative unit were either dead or in exile. DUZAN went into exile, but her sister, a documentary film maker, was murdered. DUZAN returned to Columbia in 1992. She has a new book, "Death Beat: A Colombian Journalist's Life Inside the Cocaine Wars." (HarperCo

Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews the original cast recording for Roger & Hammerstein''s "South Pacific." (on Sony).

DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the new "Bonanza" telemovie.

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews the debut recording of Abraham Burton, "Closest to the Sun" (Enja Records).

Writer Annie Lamott on being a good mother AND a phone addict.

A STEREO in the studio concert and interview with singer/songwriter, guitarist RICHARD THOMPSON. He was a founding member of the band Fairport Convention in the late 1960's. He's since gone solo and is known for his dark songs which blend elements of British folk ballads, the blues, and rock n' roll. His latest album is "Mirror Blue," (Capitol). A retrospective collection of his work was released last year, "Watching the Dark: The History of Richard Thompson," (on Rykodisc.) (THIS CONCERT & INTERVIEW continues into the second half of the show, and the review segements).

2: Actor and director GARY SINISE (suh-NEESE). He was a founding member of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater Company and is best known for his starring role in the Tony-award winning production of "The Grapes of Wrath." Sinise's latest project is as producer, director, and star of the new film "Of Mice and Men," which also stars John Malkovich. The screenplay, written by Horton Foote, is based on the John Steinbeck novel.REBROADCAST. Originally aired 9/24/92.

Commentatator Maureen Corrigan on the return of the "dirty" book: Robert Olen Butler''s "They Whisper" (Henry Holt) and Nicholson Baker''s "The Fermata" (Random

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews "Chantilly Lace," on the Showtime cable network. The telemovie stars JoBeth Williams, Lindsay Crouse, Helen Slater, Jill Eikenberry, Martha Plimpton, Ally Sheedy, and Talia Shire. The plot revolves around a reunion of old friends, but the lines and action are mostly improvised by the actresses.

2: Playwright TERRENCE MCNALLY. He's best known for the script he wrote for "Kiss of the Spider Woman," based on the Manuel Puig novel which was made into a movie and has recently been made into a Broadway musical. His newest play is, "A Perfect Ganesh." MCNALLY helped develop Off- and Off-Off Broadway in the early 70s. His off-Broadway hits include "The Lisbon Traviata," about a Callas-worshipping opera fanatic, "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune," (which was made into a movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino), and "Lips Together, Teeth Apart," and others.