With the Rev Dr Kevin Franz.
With Helen Mark.
With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Penny Faust.
Jeremy Paxman and guests set the cultural agenda for the week. Producer Ariane Koek. Repeated at 9.30pm
With Martha Kearney. Drama: Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser. Part 11 of 15. Editor Ruth Gardiner. E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Over the next four weeks Francis Wheen immerses himself in 50 years of well-meaning attempts by the Central Office of Information to tell the British public how to behave. 1: As the bombs dropped, as rationing was introduced and the Fascist menace spread, the message was simple: We Can Take It! Producer Miriam Newman
Concluding the adaptation of Henry Williamson 's classic wildlife tale about the much-loved but rarely seen otter. 2: Rejected by his mother, Tarka sets out alone on a perilous journey as an adult dog otter. He ranges along the coast and up on to the moors, searching for a mate and trying to avoid the Otter-hunters. Producer Sheena Duncan
With Trixie Rawlinson and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
Three more contestants pit theirwits against Ned Sherrin in the musical quiz. Producer Dawn Ellis
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
The final instalment of Sue Teddern's drama about four young actors fresh from charm school in 1954. Alex returns from
Hollywood, missing Irene, behaving badly and besieged by fan mail. Then a letter arrives which forces him to change direction.
Vincent Dugglebytakes calls on an issue affecting personal finance.
Producer Frances Macdonald. LINES OPEN from 1.30pm
A week of stories from Wales on aspects of power. 1: And Perhaps More by Sian James , read by Simon Harris. Even at his mother's funeral, Glyn still experiences feelings of guilt. Producer Jane Dauncey
Steve Punt presents a four-part guide to the greatest advertising stunts and gimmicks of our times. Part 1. Producers Simon Elmes and Sue Foster(R)
Rptd from yesterday 12.30pm
Jenni Murray and guests from around the world dissect a variety of topical international issues. Producer Paul Bajoria
With Clare English and Nigel Wrench.
Nigel Rees hosts a panel game about quotations with Samantha Bond , Patrick Barlow ,
Roger McGough and Peter Kellner. Reader Patricia Hughes. Producer Carol Smith. Repeated Sunday 12.04pm E-MAIL: quote.unquote@bbc.co.uk
The Sisters are divided. Repeatedtomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson meets cellist Steven Isserlis , who wants to champion less familiar corners of the repertoire. Producer Stephen Hughes
By Theodore Dreiser , dramatised in 15 parts by Steve Chambers. The gripping tale of a young woman's rise to worldly success at the end of the 19th century. 11: Hurstwood and Carrie set up house in New York. Hurstwood invests in a bar, and for a while all is rosy. But Carrie becomes increasingly frustrated, and her dissatisfaction intensifies when she meets the intelligent and courteous Robert Ames.
All other parts played by members of the company Director Polly Thomas. Repeated from 10.45am
A BBC Radio Collection boxed set of the first three volumes of Woman's Hour Short Stories, featuring contributions from Maeve Binchy, Beryl Bainbridge and many more, is available for only £16.99 (normally £19.99) including P&P. To order, call [number removed]. or send a cheque. payable to RT Shop. to [address removed]
The scandal that has engulfed Germany's
Christian Democratic Union party has undone the reputation of Europe's political giant, former chancellor Helmut Kohl. But, as Caroline Wyatt reports, the scandal is also having a wider impact. The implosion of the CDU threatens to leave a dangerous vacuum on the centre-right of the political spectrum, jeopardising the very foundations of postwar German party politics. Producer Arlene Gregorius
China has more smokers than anywhere else in the world - the habit is killing a million Chinese every year. Duncan Hewitt travels to Shanghai to find out whether the authorities can do anything to wean China Off the weed. Repeated from Thursday
Hares. Mad March hares boxing in the fields have been a familiar sight in Britain since the Enclosure Acts of the 18th and 19th centuries. But modern farming and a tidier countryside could be causing problems forthe brown hare. Mark Carwardine investigates the factors controlling the numbers of this swift-footed
Creature. Producer Brett Westwood. Repeated tomorrow 11am
Shortened repeat of 9am
With Robin Lustig.
Liza Ross reads the first often extracts from Jane Hamilton 's poignant and gripping bestseller, abridged by Doreen Estall. Tragedy and false accusations blight the lives of a Midwest family. Producer Sarah Johnson
John Peel hears from Ash Logan about how not to propose to a girlfriend.
(Shortened repeat from Saturday 9am)
Alice Walker 's new novel is read in ten parts by Clarke Peters and Khandi Alexander. 1: After spending years in Mexico's remote Sierras, a family returns to Long Island not spiritually rejuvenated butcrushed by a single act of violence and a lifetime Of lies. Produced and abridged by Pam Fraser-Solomon
