Producers Alasdair Cross , John Harvey and Ruth Kiely

with Rabbi Professor Dan Cohn-Sherbok .

with Sue MacGregor and Peterflobday.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with HRH the Prince of Wales.

The BBC's war correspondent Frank Gillard vividly recalls the last days of the Second World War and the ambiguous triumphs of Allied victory. Producer Julian Hale

Live from Berlin, Melvyn Bragg and historian David Reynolds are joined by Lord Callaghan and a panel from Russia, Germany and France. Researcher Jeanette Thomas

from the Lutheran Church Music
Institute in Bayreuth, Germany. Von guten Machten (Abel); Romans 8, w 31-39; Da Pacem Domine (Frescobaldi); Go forth into the world in peace (Rutter). With the choir of the Lutheran Church
Music Institute. Director of music
Karl Rathgeber. Organist Thomas Rothert.

Alistair Cooke and other commentators remember the view from the USA as the war in Europe drew to a close. Producer Richard Bannerman

Jenni Murray introduces a special edition for VE Day. The year is 1945. Cookery demonstrator Marguerite Patten suggests celebration dishes and how to make the rations go further; Good Housekeeping editor Sally O'Sullivan predicts the length of hemlines in the new peace, and Judith Kerr , like so many other European refugees, plans a new life in Britain.
Today's story, also commemorating the historic day, is an extract from Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson and abridged by Di Speirs. Producer Kate Murphy

German soldiers and civilians recall the effects of unconditional surrender. Producer Cathy Drysdale

with Daire Brehan.

Frank Muir presents an affectionate look back at wartime wireless comedy. With contributions from Robb Wilton ,
ITMA, Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, Gert and Daisy, George Formby and others. Producer Richard Edis

with Nick Clarke.

Repeated from Friday

by Nick Stafford.
With Gillian Barge as Vera and Nathaniel Parker as Arthur.

On VE Day 1945, Vera Makin reassembles her estranged family. During the celebrations, her children and guests argue out a list of their desires from the peace.
(Part 2 broadcast 8.10pm)

with Laurie Taylor and guests.

Paul Vaughan reads some of the poetry and literature to come out of the war and considers the musicals written and performed in 1945, such as Carousel. Producer Robyn Read

by Fay Weldon. Grandad is fit, rich and relaxed. He has many a tale to tell about the end of the War. His audience
- that is his grandson - is restless and rebellious. Read by Joshua Towb. Producer Duncan Minshull

with Jon Sopel and Nigel Wrench.

Repeated from Saturday 12.25pm

"Please leave me butter alone." Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm

Derek Cooper celebrates VE Day by talking to the scientist who worked out our wartime diet, and the cook who helped develop the recipes that made it all bearable. Producer Shelia Dillon

British soldiers recall the last few steps on the path home. The women they had left behind had also lived through the war and many relationships would never be the same again. Producer Kim Normanton

by Nick Stafford.
With Gillian Barge as Vera and Nathaniel Parker as Arthur.
In the run-up to VE Day 1995, Vera, old and lonely, considers the list made in 1945.

Other parts played by members of the cast

(Part 1 broadcast 2.00pm)

Why was it so easy for war criminals to find sanctuary in Britain just three years after VE Day? Christopher Cook asks whether the British authorities turned a blind eye to murder.

The 1962 Coventry Festival celebrating the consecration of Coventry Cathedral had reconciliation as its theme. Lynne Walker looks back at the event that included Tippett's KingPriam, Benjamin Britten 's War Requiem, works by Duke Ellington, a tapestry by Graham Sutherland and a window by John Piper. Producer Helen Garrison

with Robin Lustig.

For the thief and the spiv, VE Day marked the beginning of the end of the chaos of war. Criminologist Dick Hobbs speaks to Frank Fraser and "John" about VE Day in the life of a criminal. Producer Matt Thompson

Britain came out of the war victorious, but the end of the war ushered in a long period of decline. Germany and Japan, despite being destroyed, emerged a short while later with strong economies. Were they the real victors? Denys Blakeway chairs a discussion with Corelli Barnett ,
Professor Kathleen Burk , Alan Clark MP, Will Hutton ,
Denis Healey and Dr Anthony Seldon. Producer Nigel Acheson