With Anna Hill. Producer David Street
j With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie. ' 6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought forthe Day With Huw Spanner
Jeremy Paxman and guests set the cultural agenda for the week.
(Repeated at 9.30pm)
To mark the start of National Poetry Week, editor Daisy Goodwinjoins Martha Kearneyto share her collection of 101 poems that could save your life. Drama: Vital Signs by Peter Straughan. Part 16 of 20. Editor Ruth Gardiner. E-MAIL: [address removed] Drama repeated at 7.45pm
In the second of two programmes, Edward Marriott pieces togetherwhat really happened to the submarine HMS Affray, lost with her crew of 75 in the Royal Navy's worst disaster since the Second World War. When she was finally located, there seemed to be no conclusive reason why she should have sunk or why she was so far off course. Relatives of those who died believe the authorities were less than honest about the true purpose of the /Affray'sfatal voyage. Producer John Dryden
By Graham Greene , dramatised in four parts by René Basilico. An uncomfortable tete-a-tete with his Bishop leads to the Monsignor's final adventure.
Music written and played by Paco Pena Producer John Fawcett Wilson
PM With Trixie Rawlinson and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool.
Robert Robinson chairs the nationwide general knowledge contest, including Beat the Brains. First round - north of England.
Producer Richard Edis. Repeated Saturday llpm
The second of three novellas by DH Lawrence, dramatised by Nick McCarty.
Philip Jackson, as DH Lawrence, narrates the story of two young girls who try to run a smallholding. When a young soldier arrives, one of the girls is as attracted to him as she is by the animal magnetism of the fox who wrecks their hen house.
Director Janet Whitaker
In a special edition from Glasgow,
Vincent Duggleby and guests answer questions from an audience about investing in the stock market. ProducerPaul O'Keeffe
In five programmes, the world as heard through the ears of BBC disability correspondent Peter White. 1: The Swimming Pool. Producer Eleanor Garland (R)
Radio 4's unique history of Britain tells the story of our present century. Narrated by Anna Massey , with additional readings by Robert Powell. 26: 1933 - the Chancellorof Germany Producer Pete Atkin
Jenni Murray and guests discuss topical international issues behind the headlines.
Producer Abigail Saxon
With Clare English and Chris Lowe.
Joining Nigel Rees to exchange quotations and anecdotes this week are Dorothy-Grace Elder,
Joyce McMillan and Magnus Magnusson. Reader William Franklyn. Producer Carol Smith
E-MAIL: [address removed] Repeated Sunday 12 noon
Larry will not budge. Rptd tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson with the arts programme. Producer Stephen Hughes
By Peter Straughan. Monday: anotherdamning press article forces Carol to take decisive action. Stephen brings unsettling news, and Finn returns, keen to start afresh. Part 16 of 20. DirectorToby Swift. Repeated from 10.45am
Philip Short , author of a major new biography Mao - a Life, concludes his journey across China, reporting on the Long March of 1934-5 as history and as metaphor. Marching for the Future. Standing in the birthplace of the Yellow Emperor, Huangdi- legendary founder of the Chinese nation - he analyses the future of the Chinese people and meets cosmopolitan academics and thinkers. Producer MaryPrice
What's the Bigldea?\n an era of low inflation, Peter Day meets companies that are pinning their hopes on innovation.
Producer Rosamund Jones. Repeated Sunday 9.30pm
One of Britain' s rarest mammals has made a spectacular comeback and could be living in your neighbourhood. But the polecat does not have the same charisma as otters or ospreys, which benefit from lavish conservation programmes. Paul Evans asks whether we can learn lessons from the return of the Cat. Producer Brett Westwood. Repeated tomorrow 11am
9.30 Start the Week Shortened repeat of 9am
Feet 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 11. Producer Fiona McLean
11.00 Home Truths Repeated from Saturday 9am
AM 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. 6: Photographers gather outside Julian Garmony 's house. Producer Julia Butt
