With Denis Nowlan
With Charlotte Smith. Producer Ashley Gething
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Huw Spanner.
With Jeremy Paxman and his guests.
Producer Olivia Seligman. Repeated at 9.30pm
Martha Kearney presents topical debates and interviews from a woman's perspective. Drama: Vital Signs by Sarah Woods. Part 11 of 20. Editor Ruth Gardiner. E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
Drama repeated at 7.45pm
On 16 April 1951, the HMS Affray, one of Britain's latest A-class submarines, sailed from its base in Portsmouth. On board were 75 submariners bound for a top-secret training exercise. They were never seen again. In the first of two programmes, Edward Marriott investigates what really happened in the Royal Navy's worst disaster since the Second World War. Producer John Dryden
By Graham Greene , dramatised in four parts by Rene Basilico. 3: The monsignor discovers life outside his parish is not exactly as he imagined. with Danielle Allan , Roger May and Stephen Ventura. Music written and played by Paco Pena. Producer John Fawcett Wilson
Yours Trixie Rawlinson and John Waite
With Nick Clarke at the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth.
Robert Robinson chairs the general knowledge contest. First round - north west of England. ProducerRichard Edis. Repeated Saturday llpm
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
The first of three novellas by D.H. Lawrence, dramatised by Nick McCarty.
Philip Jackson, as D.H. Lawrence, narrates the story of two young farm worker brothers, the heat of harvest time and the arrival of a young German governess in the vicarage next door.
Vincent Dugglebytakes calls on personal finance. Producer Frances MacDonald. LINES OPEN from 1.30pm
In five programmes, Philippa Budgen trawls through the academic bookshelves and discovers unusual stories behind classic textbooks.
1: Medicine - Gray's Anatomy Producer Sarah Taylor
Radio 4's unique history of Britain tells the story of our present century. Narrated by Anna Massey , with additional readings by Robert Powell.
21: 1927/8 Enter Hitler. and the Rise of Motoring
Producer Pete Atkin
Three special programmes to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Food Programme.
1: Derek Cooper examines our quest for convenience and charts the rise of fast-food and One-Stop Shopping. 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 Chris Lowe and Kevin Bocquet.
Joining Nigel Rees to exchange quotations and anecdotes this week are Martin Jarvis ,
Celia Haddon , Sue Limb and Matthew Engel. Reader Patricia Hughes. Producer Carol Smith
E-MAIL: quote.unquote@bbc.co.uk. Repeated Sunday 12 noon
The millennium bells are cast. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson gives the verdict on the new film Big Daddy, in which Adam Sandier stars as a thirtysomething slob who suddenly has to look after a young child. Producer Tony OShaughnessy
By Sarah Woods. Monday: Carol is in the firing line at home and at work. All is not well with the medical unit, and a journalist asks some tricky questions. Part 11 of 20. Director Toby Swift. 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.
5: Marching against Poverty. Since the thirties, the Communist Party has worked to improve conditions in the remote and impoverished
Shensi Province. Today the battle continues.
Producer Mary Price
Re Tales. What sort of threat does Wal-Mart pose to British shops and shopping? Or is it e-commerce that could pull the rug from under them? Peter Day reports.
Producer Jennifer Clarke. Repeated Sunday 9.30pm
Salmon. Landing that first salmon is something all fishermen remember. Sadly, the wild Atlantic salmon is in crisis. The seas and rivers are no longer hospitable to this most majestic offish. This programme investigates the reasons why salmon could be in danger of living only in the memory of these fishermen.
Producer Elizabeth Kelly. Repeated tomorrow 11am
Shortened repeat of 9am
Salman Rushdie 's latest novel is an epic tale of love, death and rock 'n' roll. Read by Art Malik , abridged in 15 parts by Doreen Estall. Part 6. Producer Fiona McLean
Repeat ed from Saturday 9am
Ian McEwan's Booker Prize-winning novel whose plot centres on newspaper revelations about the private life of the foreign secretary. Read by Michael Kitchen, abridged in ten parts by Penny Leicester. Part 1. Producer Julia Butt
