With Judy Merry.
With Anna Hill.
With Winifred Robinson and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With the Chief Rabbi, Dr Jonathan Sacks.
Music, maths and John Ruskin are part of the cultural mix as Jeremy Paxman is joined by Ian Stewart, Howard Goodall and Robert Hewison.
(Repeated at 9.30pm)
During the Second World War Austrian Jew Edith Hahn evaded persecution by becoming a hausfrau - a Nazi sympathiser's wife. Martha Kearney hears the story of her survival.
Drama: Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser. Part 1 of 15.
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(Drama repeated at 7.45pm)
In six programmes John McCarthy looks at the different ways the Bible has been read.
Religion and sex were never great bedfellows, but the Bible is particularly ambivalent about matters of the flesh. From Eve to Mary, from new-age feminism to old-fashioned manliness, he discovers a confusing array of ideas, images and influences.
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The final episode of Barbara Pym's 1950s novel dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
There are some surprise guests at Eagle House Hotel and some unwelcome revelations.
With Trixie Rawlinson and Mark Whittaker.
With Nick Clarke.
Three more contestants pit their musical wits against Ned Sherrin in heat five of the musical quiz.
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
Sue Teddern's four-part drama, set in 1954, follows the lives of four young actors fresh from charm school.
As Hugh struggles with a reputation for being a confirmed bachelor, Betty struggles with her acting career.
With Vincent Duggleby.
Lines Open from 1.30pm
Alan Bennett's recently published story is written and read by him in five parts.
"The timing was good," Midgley acknowledged that. Only his father would have managed to make his farewell in the middle of a meet-the-parents week.
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A new lease of life: Alan Bennett writes about his latest story on page 29
Another literary feast today includes a new story from Alan Bennett, always an occasion for rejoicing. He reads Father! Father! Burning Bright (3.30pm R4) every day this week. A sequel to his 1982 TV film Intensive Care, it develops the character of Midgely, a teacher summoned to his father's deathbed in the middle of "meet the parents" week. Bennett writes about this latest story on page 29. Earlier, there's more literal feasting when Helena Bonham Carter reads from Artemis Cooper's biography of Elizabeth David, the influential woman who changed the eating-habits of England, largely by Writing at the Kitchen Table (9.45am R4 FM).
The Woman's Hour drama is Theodore Dreiser's racy novel, written in 1900, about a ruthless farm girl who runs away to Chicago and achieves fame and wealth: Sister Carrie (10.45am/745pm R4). SG
Hugh Dennis presents an affectionate four-part journey through the worlds of marketing and advertising by assuming the role of a fictional biscuit manufacturer.
A visit to a leading brand consultancy - Interbrand.
With Derek Cooper.
(Repeated from yesterday 12.30pm)
Jenni Murray and guests from around the world dissect a variety of topical international issues.
With Clare English and Eddie Mair.
Nigel Rees hosts a panel game about quotations with comedian Jo Brand and actor Henry Goodman. Reader Patricia Hughes.
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(Repeated Sunday 12.04pm)
Just when you thought it was safe....
(Rptd tomorrow 2pm)
Francine Stock gives the verdict on The Insider, the new film starring Al Pacino, in which a whistleblower, a television network and a tobacco firm battle over profits and principles.
By Theodore Dreiser, dramatised in 15 parts by Steve Chambers. The gripping tale of a young woman's rise to fame and fortune at the turn of the 20th century.
Eighteen-year-old Sister Carrie travels to Chicago to try her luck in the big city. Destiny takes over when her fresh prettiness attracts the attention of smooth-talking salesman Charlie Drouet.
(Repeated from 10.45am)
John Waite investigates drug dealing in a hostel for the homeless which has cost those in charge not just their jobs but their freedom.
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Tim Whelwell investigates the growing debate over an ancient rite in Mali. Female circumcision has been practised for centuries here by many of the country's ethnic groups. Mali is now the only west African country which has not introduced legislation against it. The programme accompanies a dynamic theatre troupe into a village where this delicate subject is tackled head on.
(Repeated from Thursday)
Ancient trees have a unique place in cultures around the world, but is their survival guaranteed? Mark Carwardine visits a British tree that has been carbon-dated at up to 6,000 years old in his quest to assess the importance of conserving the oldest living things on the planet.
(Repeated tomorrow 11am)
Shortened repeat of 9am
By Francine Stock, read by Deborah Findlay.
At 74 Daphne is confronted with an awkward episode from her time in the war office by her favourite son's girlfriend. He, meanwhile, explores a very different conflict in a southern Soviet republic. Abridged in ten parts by Neville Teller.
With John Peel.
(Shortened repeat from Saturday 9am)
Robert Harris's bestselling thriller is read in ten parts by Alan Howard.
Midnight in a Moscow hotel room and Professor Fluke Kelso listens to a story that could make or break his reputation. If true Josef Stalin is about to return from the grave.
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