With Andrew Graystone.
With Anna Hill.
Producer Ashley Gething
John Humphrys and Nick Robinson.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Anne Atkins.
Libby Purves and guests engage in lively and diverse conversation.
Producer Alison Hughes. Repeated at 9.30pm
With Jenni Murray and guests.
Reading: Speaking for Themselves edited by Mary Soames. Part 8.
Reading rptd at 7.45pm. For details see Monday
In a four-part series, Max Bankole Jarrett explores life within Britain's African communities. 1:
Cardiff has been home to Somalis since the 19th century
, but the new Cardiff Bay development is threatening the future of the country's oldest African community. Producer Anna Umbima
A comedy drama by Simon Brett following the fortunes of three fortysomething sisters. 4: Retiring
Types. Victoria becomes scared at the prospect of Roger's retirement and his being at home all the time. Meanwhile, Anna's old boss, Eddie the dentist, decides to come out of retirement. with Bill Nighy and James Greene Producer Maria Esposito
With Liz Barclay and Mark Whittaker. Editor Chris Burns
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With Nick Clarke.
John Walsh and Sebastian Faulks are joined by Tracey Macleod and Philippa Gregory in the literary quiz. This week, teams are asked to write pastiches in the form of a Christmas circular letter as written by Ernest Hemingway. With chairman James Walton. Reader
Becky Hindley.
Producer Dawn Ellis
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
Sue Teddern's four-part drama, set in 1953, follows the lives of six students of the Meteor Charm School. 3:
Broken Wings. November. Britain's favourite good-time girl, Phyllis Dent , may not be all she appears. with Luisa Bradshaw-White . Amanda Root , Charlie Simpson , Giles Thomas.
David Thorpe. Sean Baker. Eddie Marsan , Peter Gunn and Frances Jeater
Director Marion Nancarrow Repeat
Pippa Greenwood , Anne Swithinbank and Nigel Colborn answer questions posed by gardeners from Devon. With chairman Eric Robson.
Repeated from Sunday 2pm
3: The Soloist's Tale For details see Monday
153: Disraeli's Fancy Reform Bill For details see Monday Revised repeat
Laurie Taylor speaks to people in Watford, a town with a strong sense of its own place on the national map. Producer Jane Jeffes
Professor Anthony Clare explores the limits and potential of the human mind, and throws light into the hidden shadows of the psyche. Producer Charlie Taylor
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With Chris Lowe and Carolyn Quinn.
A comedy series by Tony Bagley.
4: Robin starts to enjoy his life in a parallel universe as a married man. But he is thrown when the children's entertainer he has booked for his "son's" birthday turns out to be comedian Arthur Smith from his old universe. with Steve Frost. Sam Bradley , Ann Gosling , Anthony Ofoegbu and Arthur Smith Producer Claire Jones Repeat
It is open house at Brookfield. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson with the arts programme. Producer Robert Ketteridge
Edited by Mary Soames. By 1951,
Winston, aged 77, was prime minister again. Clemmie's health, however, necessitated long periods apart. Part 8. Rptd from 10.45am. For details see Monday
Michael Buerk chairs an investigation of the moral questions behind the week's headlines. Witnesses face cross-examination from Janet Daley , Frances Fyfield , Ian Hargreaves and David Starkey.
Producer David Coomes
Repeated Saturday 10.15pm
Stephen Smith asks why the visitor from Europe can almost feel at home in Las Vegas - that most American of cities. Repeated from Sunday 5.40pm
In the second of a two-part series, Jill McGivering reports on how science has fared in China after 50 years of Communist rule.
Producer Jim Clarke
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Repeated from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
By Eric Linklater. " Lucrezia will not be pleased when she learns I am to become a soldier in the infantry again." Part 8.
For details see Monday
Satire, sketches and a hard look behind the week's media events. With
Simon Evans , Laura Shavin ,
Dave Lamb and Chris Pavio.
Producer Anil Gupta
Simon Townley examines the relationship between sport and music. He looks at the material world of the 20th century and hears from Max Boyce ,
Emlyn Hughes and Sir Tim Rice about the development of crowd singing and the way the subsequent boom in sports marketing has affected it. Repeated from Thursday
By Nicci French. Part 8. For details see Monday
