With Charlotte Smith.
Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Canon Eric James.
Last in a five-part series marking the 60th anniversary of the wartime evacuation of children from Britain's cities. The True
Story. Charles Wheeler is joined by Baroness Castle of Blackburn and Michael Aspel to discuss the impact of what has been called "the greatest social experiment of the 20th century". Producer David Prest. Repeated at 9.30pm
Martha Kearney is joined by author
Janet Gleeson. Drama: Vital Signs by Sarah Woods. Parti of 20. Editor Ruth Gardiner
E-MAIL: [address removed] Drama repeated at 7.45pm
In the first of two programmes, historian Robert Service uses material from the secret Central Party Archive in Moscow to take a fresh look at Lenin.
(Repeat)
By Graham Greene , dramatised in four parts by Rene Basilico. 1: Padre Quixote meets a bishop, becomes a Monsignor and sets out on his travels through Spain. with Maggie Steed , Richard Gibson and Vernon Dobtcheff. Music written and played by Paco Pena. Producer John Fawcett Wilson
With Trixie Rawlinson and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
Robert Robinson chairs the nationwide general knowledge contest, including Beat the Brains. First round - Midlands and East Anglia.
Producer Richard Edis. Rptd Saturday llpm
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By award-winning novelist Glyn Hughes. The final days of the great British artist JMW Turner. Having consigned his mother to the madhouse and abandoned his mistress and two children, 75-year-old Turner is visited by his long-lost daughter Evelina Dupuis. She forces him to face the ghosts of his past and he comes to an understanding of the importance of love as well as art. with Marian Kemmer , Sunny Ormonde, Auriol Smith , Malcolm Farquhar and David Allister Director Peter Leslie Wild
With Vincent Duggleby. Producer Frances MacDonald
LINES OPEN from 1.30pm
Three programmes looking at a pivotal day in people's lives. 1: The Fireman Mick Tamplin was awarded the Queen's Medal for Gallantry, but illness forced him to leave the fire service before he was due to retire. A future as a florist looks less appealing. Producer Brian King
Radio 4's unique history of Britain tells the story of our present century. Narrated by Anna Massey , with additional readings by Robert Powell. 11: 1911 Constitutional
Confrontation and the Agadir Crisis Producer Pete Atkin
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 Eddie Mair.
Joining Nigel Rees to exchange quotations and anecdotes are Denis Norden , Miles Kington , Lynne Truss and Dr Rosalind Miles. Reader
Patricia Hughes. Producer Carol Smith
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The chocolate finger points. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson with the arts programme. Producer Robyn Read
By Sarah Woods. Monday: Carol Weaver , chief executive of the Nightingale NHS Trust, balances a difficult home life with complex issues of millennium planning. Parti of 20. with Derek Walmsley , Lloyd Hutchinson , Vincent Ebrahaim , Sandra James Young.
Mark Spalding , Duncan Preston , Ben Crowe , Garry Cooper , Roy North , Rosie Cavaliero ,
Greer Parker , Alice Gardiner and Fiona Clarke Director Kate Rowland. Repeated from 10.45am
A series in which Philip Short travels across China reporting on the Long
March of the thirties as history and as metaphor. 3: Marching for China
Arriving at the south-west provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan, he looks at the impact of foreigners on China. Producer Mary Price
Strictly Legal. Big law firms are getting much bigger. Peter Day reports on a profession in the throes of change.
Producer Richard Edgar. Rptd Sunday 9.30pm :
Fire Ants. Mark Carwardine explores the ' seemingly invincible imported red fire ant in the southern states of America.
Producer Sheena Duncan. Rptd tomorrow 11am
Shortened repeat of 9am
With Robin Lustig.
Martin Jarvis reads Michael Frayn 's novel, abridged in ten parts by Paul Kent. Part 6.
Producer Pete Atkin
Shortened 9am
Last in a four-part series on personal travel experiences. Arthur Smith joins actress Imogen Stubbs who returns to Exeter College, Oxford.
Producer Rebecca Moore Repeat
By lain Banks, read by Valerie Edmond. Kate Telman , a senior executive at the Business, suspects corrupt dealings following a factory visit. Abridged in ten parts by Neville Teller. Part 1.
Producers Susan Roberts and Babirye Gregory