With the Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.

With Ashley Gething. Producer David Street

Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With the Rev Angela Tilby.

Jeremy Paxman and his guests set the cultural agenda for the week. Producer Karen Holden Repeated at 9.30pm

With Martha Kearney and guests.
Drama: The Cry of the Bittern by Tim Jackson. Part 21.
Editor Ruth Gardiner
E-MAIL: [address removed] Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Programmes looking at child development, from birth to five years.
Presented by Kirsty Wark.

The Andrew Duncan Interview with Kirsty Wark: page 16

A comedy series by Arnold Evans. 4: Suffer Little Children
Ambrose dreams of running a school and hopes Nash will help him to acquire pupils. with Andrew Wincott , James Westaway , James Greene and Brendan Charleson. Composer John Hardy. Director Alison Hindell

With Liz Barclay and John Waite.

With Nick Clarke.

The general knowledge music quiz reaches the third semi-final.
With Ned Sherrin.
Producer Dawn Ellis
Repeated Sunday 1.30pm

Shula has a day out.
Repeated from yesterday 7pm

By John Clifford. The true story of Will Adams who, in 1598, set off from Kent in a ship bound for the East Indies. Shipwrecked, he found himself in a country strange beyond his wildest imaginings. He had landed in Japan, but it may as well have been the moon. with Togo Igawa, Nigel Anthony , Bill Wallis , John Telfer and Sally Cookson. Director Kate McAII

With Vincent Duggleby. Producer Tom Cunnington LINES OPEN from 1.30pm

In the first of five programmes, Mark Rickards travels to Brazil to join in the world's greatest outdoor party. Samba Producers Mark Rickards and Anna Magnusson

Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain, with the words of Sir Winston Churchill read by Paul Eddington.
Additional readings by John Hartley and Ross Livingstone. 51: Bloody Mary and the Burning of Cranmer Producer Pete Atkin Repeat
* See Polly Toynbee : page 10

Repeated from Saturday 11am

Jenni Murray and her guests take a global view of news and human stories. Producer Lindsay Leonard

With Chris Lowe and Nigel Wrench.

Nicholas Parsons is joined by Clement Freud , Paul Merton , Richard Morton and Graham Norton for radio's most devious panel game. Recorded at The Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe. Devised by Ian Messiter. Producer Chris Neill Repeated Sunday 12.30pm

Bert is back in. Repeated tomorrow 2pm

Mark Lawson meets bestselling writer Wilbur Smith.
Producer Mohit Bakaya

Environmental drama by Tim Jackson. Having discovered the contaminant in the Tibbetts' water supply, Laura now has to find out how it got there. Part 21. with Eric Allan , Ian Pepperell , Joe Crowley , Lesley Carvello , Terry Molloy , Peter Gunn ,
Sunny Ormonde and Graham Padden. Music Malcolm McKee. Director Vanessa Whitburn. Repeated from 10.45am

A Place Apart. In the first of three programmes, Rosemary Hartill explores daily life in Ushaw College, Co Durham, one of only five Roman Catholic seminaries in Britain. Built nearly 200 years ago, the college now struggles with small numbers and an uncertain future.
Producer Stephen Douds

Richer but Poorer? Andrew Dilnot asks if the way we think about what makes us rich may be making us poor. Producer Ingrid Hassler. Rptd Sunday 9.30pm

The Island Laboratory. Offshore islands are both breeding grounds for unique species and laboratories of evolution. But these islands are also havens, vulnerable to human exploitation.
Producer Sheena Duncan. Rptd tomorrow 11am

Repeated from 9am

With Robin Lustig.

By Andre Gide , abridged in five parts by Morag Lyall. A classic French story of lost love, read by David McKail. Translated by Dorothy Bussy. Producer Patrick Rayner
LATE NIGHT ON 4

By Sebastian Baczkiewicz.
In a motel room on the outskirts of Dallas, Brenda and her brother Cort wait for a special client. But Brenda, once voted the prettiest girl in Texas, is getting cold feet.

John Keegan 's insightful account of the nature of leadership, read by Tim Pigott-Smith . Abridged in five parts by Trevor Royle. 1: Alexander the Great and Heroic Leadership Producer Gaynor Macfarlane