With the Rev Joel Edwards.
With Charlotte Smith. Producer David Street
Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
With Huw Spanner.
With Jeremy Paxman and guests.
Producer Karen Holden. Repeated at 9.30pm
Martha Kearney hosts a discussion on why women are denied pole position in the motor racing world. Drama: Stories forOlga by Anton Chekhov , dramatised by Olwen Wymark. Part 6 of 10. Editor Ruth Gardiner
E-MAIL: [address removed] Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Adam Hart-Davis reassesses the lives and work of four great inventors.
3: Steam Mill Mad. James Watt is world famous, but for all the wrong reasons. Producer Mary Ward Lowery
By Miss Read, dramatised in six parts by Lesley Bruce. 6: Dimity Dean. Dimity finds love in the peaceful Cotswolds village. with Ian Masters. John Rowe , Adam Godley , Marlene Sidaway and Ann Beach Director Marilyn Imrie
With Liz Barclay and Trixie Rawlinson.
With Nick Clarke.
A six-part radio quiz, written by Nick Baker. In this programme,
Terry Wogan and Jenni Murray compete against Brian Hayes and Laurie Taylor. With chairman David Hatch.
Producers Viv Black and Nick Utechin
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Jane Cassidy. A woman brings an old photo to a studio to be retouched and asks to have the child in it erased. The retoucher is determined to find out why. with Margaret D'Arcy. Simon Magill ,
JJ Murphy , George Shane and Brenda Winter Director Pam Brighton Repeat
Vincent Duggleby takes calls on an issue affecting personal finance. Producer Frances MacDonald
LINES OPEN from 1.30pm
Five programmes in which
Kate Saunders explores ideas of purity and cleanliness in world faiths. 1: Rituals practised around pregnancy and childhood by Hindus.
Producer Rosemary Dawson
Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain, with the words of Sir Winston Churchill read by Peter Jeffrey. Additional readings by David Holt. 126: The Irish and the American Revolution
Producer Pete Atkin Revised repeat
Repeated from Saturday 11am
Jane Franchi and guests look behind the headlines at the issues and cultures which shape the world. Producer Amber Dawson
With Clare English and Chris Lowe.
Humphrey Lyttelton hosts the comedy panel game from Nottingham's Theatre Royal, with special guest Jeremy Hardy. Colin Sell is at the piano. Producer Jon Naismith. Rptd Sunday 12 noon
Tommy stays in. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Francine Stock reviews Sean Connery's latest film, Entrapment. Producer Elizabeth Turner
The comic stories of Anton Chekhov, dramatised by Olwen Wymark.
July 1902. The playwright Chekhov is already famous for his short stories. When his wife, Olga Knipper, needs diversion during a convalescence, he decides to read some to her. Part 6 of 10.
(Repeated from 10.45am)
John Waite and his team of investigators return to follow up listeners' complaints. Producer Susan Mitchell
WRITE TO: Face the Facts. BBC Broadcasting House, London, W1A 1AA E-MAIL: [address removed]
The Importance of Being Earnest. With fake television documentaries, phoney chat-show guests, spin doctors and untrustworthy journalists, fact and fiction are becoming hard to separate. Ian Hargreaves asks if this makes us a less truthful and more gullible society. Producer Zareer Masani. Rptd Sunday 9.30pm
The Weather Prophets. The first of two programmes about relationships between animals and weather.
Joanna Pinnock looks at weather lore and asks if wildlife can forecast the weather. Producer Helen Thomas
Repeated from 9am
Adam Nicholson 's book charts a move to the country and to farming in Sussex. Read by Robert Glenister , abridged in ten parts by Andrew Simpson. Parti. Producer Duncan Minshull
Four plays by Rob Gittens , set in Cardiff s city centre. 2: The Madam's Tale
Mairead wants to focus on the imminent arrival of her long-lost daughter, but her clients keep getting in the way. with Erica Eirian , Giles Thomas ,
Brendan Charleson , Robert Harper and lestyn Jones Director Alison Hindell
Five weird and wonderful stories by Annie Proulx , set in Wyoming. Read by Garrick Hagon and abridged by Pat McLoughlin. 1: The Half-skinned Steer Producer Sarah Johnson
