with Sara Maitland.

with Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Chief Rabbi, Dr Jonathan Sacks.
8.40 Today in Parliament.

Aneight-part series on life in one of Britain's largest hospitals - Walsgrave Hospital in Coventry.
6: A 35-year-old man is called in for a kidney transplant operation, and Dr Anantt Patel saves the life of a heart-attack victim.
Producers Sarah Rowlands and Brian King

Acts of the Apostles
3. Witness, persecution and conversion.

Introduced by Jenni Murray.
(Revised repeat at 7.20pm LW) Serial:
The Fireman's Fair (2)

Presented by John Howard.

Another edition of the literary quiz, chaired by Gill Pyrah , with a collection of guests from the world of writing including Michael Dibdin , Nigel Williams , Sue Limb and Alan Plater.
Producer Gareth Edwards
Stereo

with James Naughtie.

This year is the 50th anniversary of the American entry into the Second World War, and all over eastern England nostalgic Americans are returning to revisit their bases.
Margaret Stewart 's play concerns the story of one of those men and an English doctor who was a small boy in 1942. Both men, unknown to each other, return to
Lincolnshire to revive old memories, and find instead the ghosts of their unfinished relationships.
Director Sue Wilson
Stereo

Simon Rae introduces your poetry requests with readers Elinor Jones and David Straun and guest Helen Dunmore.
Producer Julian Wilkinson. Stereo •REQUESTS: Poetry Please! BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

Paul Allen , live from the Library Theatre in Sheffield, discusses the challenge of introducing the arts to children and young people, with contributions from a panel including writers
Berlie Doherty and Barry Hines , poet Ian McMillan , singer Roy Bailey , broadcaster
Rony Robinson , pupils and teachers from local schools and members of the audience.
Producer Beaty Rubens. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

The Good Fairy by Sian Williams.
Saffy doesn't believe in fairies but if they're the only way to get what she wants, she'll give them a try. Read by Emily Croft-Baker . Producer Jane Dauncey

with Frank Partridge and Hugh Sykes.

Another chance to enjoy the slightly budget
Laughing Through the Depression edition of your favourite weekly.
With Julian Dutton , Peter Baynham ,
Alistair McGowan , Mary Elliot -Nelson and Bryonie Pritchard.
Producer Sarah Smith Stereo

Sometimes Joe's excuses are priceless.
Stereo

Down to Business
What exactly does British business want from the government? As the leadership changes at the CBI and the DTI, David Walker asks whether we are entering a new phase of cosy corporatism. Producer Simon Coates

David Bean , following more than 150 years behind Mrs Frances
Trollope, visits the battlefield of Waterloo.
Producer Gillian Hush

with Ted Harrison.
For disabled listeners.
Phone: [number removed] (Mon-Fri 10.00am-5.00pm)
Write to: Does He Take Sugar?, [address removed]

(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)

with Mark Gregory. Stereo

with Robin Lustig. Stereo

A British Picture
Written and read by Ken Russell. Part 4.
Stereo

Jules Verne 's classic story, dramatised in four episodes by Terry James , with Leslie Phillips as Phileas Fogg ,
Jim Broadbent as Sergeant Fix, Yves Aubert as Passepartout and Diana Quick as Princess Aouda. 3: The Missing Acrobat Fogg fights a duel.
Music: Wilfredo Acosta
Director Janet Whitaker
Stereo