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SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDBARB HONORS ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF FILM MAKING.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH WRITER/PRODUCER SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH ABOUT HIS LATEST BOOK, THE PRIVATE LIFE OF PLANTS. THE BOOK IS ALSO THE SUBJECT OF A TBS CABLE SPECIAL BEGINNNING THIS COMING MONDAY. (THE PRIVATE LIFE OF PLANTS, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS)

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2: American folk singer ROSALIE SORRELS may not be wildly famous but since the 1960s she's developed a near cult like following. Her admirers describe Sorrels as someone who has lived the life she now sings about. In fact, she was immortalized in a song by Nanci Griffith describing Sorrels as "Salt of the earth.....with a voice like wine." .Her newest CD is "Borderline Heart" by Green Linnet Records Inc. The book "Way Out in Idaho" is a collection of her poems, songs and recipes. In 1992, She received the recording industry "Indie" award for Best Storytelling album for her CD "Report From Grimes Creek."

LARRY MC MURTRY is considered one of Texas' most prominent fiction writers even though he has not lived in that state for nearly two decades. Over his career, he has written 19 novels...including the 1986 Pulitzer Prize winning book Lonesome Dove.. His newest Dead Man's Walk (Simon & Schuster 1995) takes readers to the early days of his Lonesome Dove heroes Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call. Other books by Mc Murtry include: Streets of Laredo (sequel to Lonesome Dove), Terms of Endearment and The Last Picture Show

WE REPLAY, AS PART OF OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY OBSERVANCE, JOHN HOCKENBERRY'S 1986 STORY ABOUT A MAN WITH THE RARE BRAIN DISORDER TOURETTE'S (tur-ETTS) SYNDROME -- WHICH CAUSES INVOLUNTARY, AND OFTEN VULGAR, UTTERANCES IN THOSE AFFLICTED WITH IT.

NPR's David Molpus reports that, increasingly, corporate America is ready to lay off workers during the holiday season. While corporations say they're helping workers 'transition' out of their jobs, labor watchers say corporate America is no longer ashamed to openly treat workers as dispensible.

David Bianculli is TV critic for the New York Daily News reviews Dennis Potter''s "Lipstick on Your Collar" TV series that has been released on video. REV. 2 Since today is traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year, we asked ROBIN BECKER to read her poem Shopping. It''s about some of the darker reasons we head to the stores. She teaches poetry writing at Pennsylvania State University.

WE CORRECT A STORY WE RAN IN SEPTEMBER -- THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY DEFINITIVELY -- ABOUT WHO AIRED THE FIRST BEATLES SONG IN THE U.S.

Liane Hansen speaks to Alan Eames (EEM-z), author of "Secret ife of Beer -- Legends, Lore & Little-Known Facts (Storey Publishing). Eames ills himself as "the Beer King," and has become known as a beer istorian/anthropologist, digging through old archives for ancient recipes.

A sound montage of this past week's news including Presidents lija Izetbegovic (AHL-ee-uh iz-eh-BEG-oh-vich) and Bill Clinton and House peaker Newt Gingrich on the Bosnian peace plan; President Clinton and Senator obert Dole on the federal budget; Beatles' fans and the newly-released Beatles une "Free As a Bird"; Princess Diana on ebing in the royal spotlight; and music rom Junior Walker, who died this past week.