Anna Hill presents the news and the issues of the week in rural Britain. Producer Karen Gregor
With the Very Rev Gilleasbuig McMillan of St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh.
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Roy Jenkins.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Michael Buerk chairs a live investigation into the moral questions behind the week's news. Witnesses face cross-examination from
David Cook. Janet Daley , Michael Mansfield QC and David Starkey. Producer David Coomes
The news of 50 years ago today, with Geoffrey Wheeler. Plans for a government-backed 200mph racing car are announced, and there are calls for more women teachers.
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Serial: Ladies of Letters by Carol Hayman and Lou Wakefield , read in six parts by Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales. Part 1.
Insight and colour from BBC correspondents around the world. Producer Tony Grant
With Mark Whittaker.
Chris Stuart chairs another round of the panel game in which inventions and discoveries are subjected to quizzical investigation. He is joined at the Science Museum by Lewis Wolpert , Adam Hart-Davis and guests Anna Grayson and Susan Greenfield. Written and compiled by Crispin Belcher Producer Aled Evans
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
By Akulah Agbami. Mother Somalia is holding a once-in-a-lifetime gathering on her beach. She invites her scattered daughters to celebrate their stories and poems with her. with Peggy Phango. Joy Richardson. Flo Wilson
, Toyin Fani Kayode , Nicola Gardener, Sandra James Young , Ray Emmet Brown and Burt Caesar. Music by Akintayo Akinbode Director Nandita Ghose
With Daire Brehan.
Paul Allen sees James Duthie 's Greta at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, and Heritage, a new play with Tim Pigott-Smith and George Cole. Producer Julia Arrowsmith
Revised repeat at 9.30pm
By Lawrence Block , read by Bob Sherman. A writer discovers a lucrative side to crime writing. Producer Julia Butt Repeat
With Charlie Lee-Potter and Chris Lowe.
Six-part black comedy series written by and starring Mark Gatiss , Reece Shearsmith , Steve Pemberton and Jeremy Dyson. 5: The WeddingProducer Sarah Smith
Eddie learns some home truths.
Repeated tomorrow 1.40pm
The last of five programmes using documentary evidence to throw new light on past events.
The Ring of Remembrance. American airman Larry Dundon was killed when his bomber crashed on a hill in Belfast in 1944. Historian
Malcolm Gaskill finds out how an astonishing discovery led to him being remembered 50 years after his death. Producer Helen Weinstein
People Behaving Oddly?
Every day we face choices - as consumers, investors or employees. A mass of political and economic decisions depends on the assumption that we choose in our rational best interests. But do we?
Michael Blastland examines a growing reassessment of fundamental economic attitudes and behaviour. Producer Ingrid Hassler
Repeated Sunday 4.15pm
The first of three programmes.
Award-winning writer AL Kennedy explores the two sides of Scotland in her move from Dundee on the east coast to Glasgow in the west. Producer Mike Shaw
Frederick Dove with the magazine made by and about people with disabilities. Producer Colin Hughes
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Revised repeat from 4.05pm
With Robin Lustig.
By Jessie Kesson. Part 9. For details see Monday
Ray Bradbury introduces dramatised versions of six of his short stories.
3: The Scythe. Dramatised by Brian Sibley. There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but what about a free farm? An Okie family finds one with the previous occupant dead on his bed. His will, beside him. leaves the farm to whoever finds him and gives him a proper burial. with Hugh Dickson , Barbara Barnes and Barclay Wright. Director Tabitha Potts
Written and read by Julian Bames. Part 4. For details see Monday Repeat
