With Canon Noel Battye.
With Helen Mark.
With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.45 Thought for the Day
With the Rt Rev Thomas Butler.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Jonathan Freedland returns with the latest in the series which finds the past behind the present.
Gruesome serial killers in 1820s Edinburgh shed light on issues of organ donation and presumed consent in the 21st century. With crime writer Ian Rankin, Ruth Richardson, Ken Mason, Owen Dudley Edwards and Kenny Ireland.
(Repeated at 9.30pm)
A series of personal diaries by black and Asian police officers recording their experiences in the year following the publication of the report on the Stephen Lawrence inquiry.
Sergeant Robyn Williams tells the inside story of a black woman fighting for change who now fears that her career may be under threat.
Martha Kearney is joined by Soheir Khasoggi who talks about her experiences of the marriage traditions of Lebanon.
Drama: Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser. Part 7.
(Drama repeated at 7.45pm)
Andrew Sachs meets an African grey parrot that talks and behaves like a precocious child, a macaw that turns on the central heating, and a cockatoo that trashed its owner's kitchen. Colourful, sociable and extremely intelligent, parrots have captured our imagination - but is their behaviour evidence of real intelligence, and what are the implications of plans to re-establish endangered varieties in the wild?
(Repeated from yesterday 9pm)
Professor Jeffrey Richards delves into the cases of five more radio detectives, comparing British with American.
A look at the guileless Catholic parish priest from East Anglia, the most celebrated creation of GK Chesterton.
With Mark Whittaker.
With Nick Clarke.
Six programmes about conscience and musical creativity.
Peter Ainsworth examines the influence of Wagner's ideology on his music, on Germany, and on Hitler - one of his ardent fans.
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
Marina Tsvetayeva (1892-1941) was one of the most distinctive poets in the Russian language and a contemporary of Boris Pasternak. But in a life wracked by the Russian Revolution, she found herself an exile from her own language, suffering even the loss of her journals to explain her journey. They are re-imagined for radio by Alan Pascoe and Diana Quick stars as Marina Tsvetayeva.
Call Eddie Mair for an exchange of experiences and views on today's topical issues.
Lines Open from 1.30pm
by Gillian Tindall, read by Elizabeth Bell.
An elderly widow's nights are filled with glorious dreams of cooking and food as a refuge from the bleakness of her days, empty after her husband's death. Then one day she understands that she needs to lay his ghost to rest.
(For details see yesterday)
During the Enlightenment, his books on Greek and Roman art became classics, but his openly gay lifestyle and his murder made him one of the most fascinating men of the 18th century.
(For details see yesterday)
Philippa Lamb looks at the issues that change and shape your working life.
Libby Purves with a guide to the world of learning, with practical advice, features and your views.
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(Repeated Sunday 11pm)
With Clare English and Kevin Bocquet.
Simon Fanshawe chairs the irreverent writing game. This week Dylan Thomas reviews the Dyson vacuum cleaner, Lord Baden Powell reports back from his first aromatherapy massage, and Mask of Zorro gets a new beginning and ending. With Stuart Maconie, Dillie Keane, David Stafford and Linda Smith.
Will Matt reconsider?
(Repeated tomorrow 2pm)
Mark Lawson chairs the arts show and investigates how writers have invited readers to solve puzzles.
By Theodore Dreiser.
Drouet's suspicions about Carrie and his friend are finally confirmed when the housemaid lets slip the secret.
(For details see yesterday)
(Repeated from 10.45am)
In advance of the Russian elections, Julian O'Halloran examines the record of acting president Vladimir Putin, whose onslaught in Chechnya has so alarmed the West. Will Russia's reform process be jeopardised as Putin responds to the country's desire for firm government?
(Repeated Sunday 5pm)
Peter White with news for visually impaired people.
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Programmes in which Barbara Myers explores the latest research in the field of ageing.
How close are doctors to delivering greater quality - as well as quantity - of life?
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With Jonathan Freedland.
(Repeated from 9am)
With Robin Lustig.
By Bram Stoker, read by Colm Meaney.
(For details see yesterday)
The last in this series of sketch shows written and performed by a team of disabled and able-bodied people who take a swipe at the human condition.
One-armed poet Dalston Kingsland gives his final performance, and there is a look at the life of the man suffering from both agoraphobia and claustrophobia.
Starring Kevin Eldon, Simon Greenall, Daryl Beeton, Mat Fraser, Leila Hackett and Emma Kennedy.
By Robert Harris, read by Alan Howard.
Kelso and journalist R.J. O'Brian are a couple of hours ahead of the Russian secret service in their race to find the girl who loved Stalin.
(For details see yesterday)
