With Anna Hill Producer David Street
With Mark Coles and Edward Stourton.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Huw Spanner
Jeremy Paxman and guests set the cultural agenda for the week.
(Repeated at 9.30pm)
Martha Kearney hosts interviews and discussions from a woman's point of view.
Drama: Ladies of More Letters by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman. Part 1 of 10. Editor Ruth Gardiner. E-MAIL: [address removed]Drama repeated at 7.45pm
A Jewish family, a senior Nazi official, the Stasi, Soviet troops, a quiet revolution, restitution - the bricks and mortar of one house in Leipzig are testament to the traumas and tragedies of Europe's century. Mike Joseph, one of the few descendants of the city's Gold family who perished in the German slaughter machine, returns from Wales to the home of his grandparents to confront the past - and the present.
A new comedy series from the book Tales of a Man Called Father by Ronnie Knox Mawer , adapted in four parts by Carolyn Sally Jones.
1: Father. "Completely hopeless" is George Knox Mawer's frequent verdict on his young son's efforts. The sign above father's chemist shop in north Wales reads "feeling ill in Wrexham". Only the brave dare to need medicine.
Producer Catherine Pinner
With Trixie Rawlinson and John Waite.
Robert Robinson chairs the nationwide general knowledge contest, including Beat the Brains, in which listeners puttheirown questions to contestants. First round - west of England. Devised by John P Wynn. Questions by Ian Gillies Producer Richard Edis. Repeated Saturday 11pm
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
The last of three novellas by DH Lawrence , dramatised by Nick McCarty. Philip Jackson , as DH Lawrence , narrates the story of a strange mesmeric love affair between an enemy officer in a prison hospital and Lady Daphne who visits him, initially out of duty.
Director Janet Whitaker
Vincent Duggleby takes calls on an issue affecting personal finance.
Producer Frances Macdonald. LINES OPEN from 1.30pm
In five programmes Lionel Kelleway introduces the uninvited wildlife guests that lodge in our homes -the other residents the estate agent never mentioned. 1: The Kitchen. While the housefly, one of the world's most dangerous insects, spreads germs and disease, cockroaches enjoy a midnight feast in the larder. Producer Simon Roberts
Radio 4's unique history of Britain tells the story of our present century. Narrated by Anna Massey , with additional readings by Robert Powell and Patience Tomlinson. 31: 1938-Anschluss and the Munich Agreement Producer Pete Atkin
Jenni Murray and guests discuss topical international issues. Producer Abigail Saxon
Joining Nigel Rees to exchange quotations and anecdotes this week are Denis Norden , Miles Kington , Lynne Truss and Dr Rosalind Miles. Reader Patricia Hughes.
Producer Carol Smith. E-MAIL: [address removed] Repeated Sunday 12 noon
Elizabeth gives a cow a pat. Repeated tomorrow2pm
Mark Lawson talks to novelist Sue Townsend about the latest exploits of Adrian Mole. Producer Olive Clancey
By Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman.
Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales dip their pens in the pot of vitriol once again as the happily widowed Vera Small and Irene Spencer who are reunited at the funeral of an old flame.
(Repeated from 10.45am)
Being drunk is often treated as a bit of a laugh. In the first of two programmes about alcohol, Wendy Robbins wonders whetherthejoke is wearing thin. Producer Charlie Sigler
Crystal Balls. Peter Day asks the experts howto think about the future.
Editor Stephen Chilcott. Repeated Sunday 9. 30pm
Naturalist Jonathan Scott describes his unique relationship with Half-tail, a wild leopard whose life he followed for nearly ten years and whose story became familiar to television viewers in BBC2's Big Cat Diary.
Producer Sally Marmion. Repeated tomorrow 11am
In ten programmes, Seamus Heaney reads from his new translation of the great Anglo-Saxon poem.
In the years after the funeral of King Shield Sheafson, the warrior of the Danes, the evil fiend Grendel rises to prowl the land. At the court of Hygelac in Geatland, a great warrior prepares to help King Hrothgar.
Presented by John Peel. Repeated from Saturday 9am
By Roddy Doyle, read in ten parts by Ciaran Hinds.
Henry Smart is born in the Dublin slums in 1901. His father is a one-legged hit man whose wooden leg proves an effective tool of the trade. As Henry brawls and steals to survive, he begins to follow in his father's footsteps in more ways than he can imagine.
Programme of the Week: page 129
