With Fr Oliver McTernan.

With Anna Hill.

With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Cristina Odone.

Jeremy Paxman and guests set the cultural agenda for the week. Producer Ariane Koek. Repeated at 9.30pm

With Martha Kearney. Drama: Nicholas Nicklebyby Charles Dickens. Part 16 of 30. Editor Ruth Gardiner E-MAIL: [address removed]. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

I Peter Snow presents a six-part history in which the stories are provided by an edition of a newspaper randomly selected by computer. 5: Bristol Journal - 5 July 1788. An ailing
George III visits Cheltenham. Producer Andrew Green

A five-part dramatisation of the famous Agatha Christie novel. 1: When Hercule Poirot allows himself to be tempted by an English summer holiday at the seaside, he soon senses the presence of evil on Smugglers' Island.
With John Rowe , Iwan Thomas , Lindsey Fawcett , John Hartley Dramatised by Michael Bakewell ; Directed by Enyd Williams (R)

With Trixie Rawlinson and John Waite.

Robert Robinson chairs the nationwide general knowledge contest, including Beat the Brains, in which listeners put their own questions to contestants. Third semi-final.
Devised by John P Wynn. Questions by Ian Gillies Producer Richard Edis. Repeated Saturday llpm

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

By Mike Walker. The laws of physics demand that for every action there should be a reaction. Does this apply to relationships? And what if the act of betrayal never actually happens? Are the effects still so far-reaching?
Director Jeremy Mortimer

Vincent Duggleby takes calls on an issue affecting personal finance.
Producer Paul O'Keeffe. LINES OPEN from 1.30pm

With Simon Fanshawe. 1: Whitaker's Almanack Joseph Whitaker founded The Bookseller magazine and wrote religious tracts for prisoners. Then he turned a newspaper column into a bumper book offacts thattook Victorian England by storm. Producer Paul Dodgson (R)

Narrated by Anna Massey , with additional readings by Robert Powell and Patience
Tomlinson. 56: 1963-Beeching, Profumoand i Martin Luther King 's Dream j Producer Pete Atkin. Written by Christopher Lee

Extended repeat from yesterday 12.30pm

Jenni Murray and guests discuss topical international issues behind the headlines.

With Clare English and Nigel Wrench.

The antidote to panel games pays a return visit to the Grand Opera House in York. Jeremy Hardy and Sandi Toksvig join regulars Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor . Humphrey Lyttelton is in the chair. Musical accompaniment is provided by Colin Sell. Producer Jon Naismith. Repeated Sunday 12 noon

Repeated tomorrow 2pm

Mark Lawson chairs the arts programme. Producer Stephen Hughes

By Charles Dickens , dramatised by Georgia
Pritchett. Nicholas is befriended by the Cheerbyle brothers. He finds employment, saves Smike from the clutches of Ralph and his henchmen, and falls in love with a mysterious young woman. Part 16 of 30. Music arranged and performed by Melanie Pappenheim and Anne Wood. Director Marilyn Imrie. Repeated from 10.45am Roland White : Review: page 60

Jenny Cuffe presents a six-part series comparing public services in Britain and Europe through the experiences of people living in Bristiol and its twin cities. 2: Going to School. The divide between state and private schools, acute in Bristol, is bridged in Bordeaux where the government funds both Systems. Producer Sheila Cook

Six programmes in which Clare Hampson explores the lives of British people who have chosen to live in Asia. 2: Sri Lanka Travels in Fairyland. She meets Jo and Jack Eden , who have chosen to live among the frangipani, cocktails and ex-Bluebell chorus boys in the beautiful but turbulent island of Sri Lanka. Producer Rebecca Moore

Photographer and zoologist Mark Carwardine journeys through the land of ice and fire to discover for himself the lure of Iceland. He explores the black lava fields, spoutinggeysers, ice-capped mountains and breathtaking views. Producer Sarah Blunt. Repeated tomorrow 11am

By Honore de Balzac, translated by Sylvia Raphael. Juliet Stevenson continues to read the masterly portrait of an old miserwhose avarice will destroy his daughter's hopes of happiness. Grandet pulls off a masterstroke as Eugenie discovers the depth of her beloved cousin's plight. Abridged in ten parts by Doreen Estall. Part 6. Producer Di Speirs

Tim Parks scours the shelves of his local video rental Store. With John Peel. Repeated from Saturday 9am

By Lynne Truss , read by Josie Lawrence. The search for the truth about a cunning clone reaches the depths of a madhouse in Malmo and stretches back to a bewildering array of doubles appearing in London. Abridged in ten parts by Katrin Williams. Part 6. Producer Ned Chaillet