With the Rev John Bell.
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Oliver McTernan.
8.40 The Garden Party by Maeve Binchy. Read by Niamh Cusack.
Producer Anne Peacock
LINES OPEN from 8.00am
The story of Britain from the Romans to the 20th century.
77: The First Redcoats and the Battle of Naseby
For details see yesterday
Jenny Murray 's guest is Kay Davies , Oxford University's first woman
Professor of Genetics. Short story: Maureen Beattie reads Fish out of Waterby Lynne Bryan -the second of two Scottish short stories from the collection, Looking for the Spark.
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care. The first of a new series looks at how painful and unsightly bed sores can be avoided. Producer Paula McGrath
Repeated Sunday at 10.15pm
WithTasneemSiddiqi.
Joan of Arc turns Bond girl and Kipling's poem If gets an overhaul, in the latest round of the irreverent literary game. Ian McMillan asks for parody, wit and original handwriting from Dillie Keane , Mark Thomas ,
Roger McGough and Miles Kington. Producer Rob Ketteridge
* See This Week: page 9
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
By Sean Gilbert.
An ornithological romance without the kisses. It's three in the morning.
James's car has broken down, and there is a Great Bustard he has to see in East Anglia.
Director David Hunter Rpt
Richard Baker talks to Philip McCann and Richard Evans about the current state of brass bands in the light of the changing climate of British industry that has supported the movement for so long.
Producer Andrew Mussett. Repeated Saturday at 11.00pm
With Daire Brehan.
Boom and bust in the oil industry has had a volatile effect on community relations on the Orkney island of Flotta. Editor Sharon Banoff
PHONE/ANSWERPHONE: (0171) [number removed]E-MAIL: afternoon.shift@bbc.co.uk
Paul Vaughan reads a new biography of Robert Burns and talks to author Pe n ny Vi nce nzi.
Producer Helen Garrison. Rvsd rpt 9.30pm
By Beryl Eileen Roberts.
A husband and father makes his long-awaited homecoming from the war. But when he arrives, all illusions of renewed peace within the family are shattered.
Read by Menna Trussier.
Producer Caroline Sarll. Rptd next Sunday
With Nigel Wrench and Chris Lowe.
Six-part comedy series by Lucy Rannery. 1: Maria and Richard have a happy marriage, no children, and a house that's falling down. It looks as if there's only one thing for it.
Producer Liz Anstee Rpt
Party time.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
Reporter Alisdair Sandford.
Producer David Lewis. Rptd Sat 5.00pm
Peter Evans reflects the BBC's Grand
Designs week as he brings news from the world of engineering.
Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm
Linda Mitchell discusses current issues affecting the lives of Black and Asian people in Britain and the diaspora. Producer Peter Griffiths
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS: phone (0171) [number removed](24 hours). FAX: (0171) [number removed]E-MAIL: in.living.colour@bh.bbc.co.uk
News, views and information for people with a visual handicap. Producer Dave Harvey
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS: phone (0171) [number removed]between 9.30pm and 10.30pm FACTSHEET: send large sae to [address removed]
Revised repeat of 4.05pm
With Isabel Hilton.
By Ivan Turgenev. Part 2. For details see yesterday
Repeated from Sunday 11.15am
By Patrick McGrath. Part 7. For details see yesterday
