With the Most Rev Dr George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury. In recognition of Holy Week the Archbishop makes his theme for prayer that of the people around the Cross: the lesser known stories from the Crucifixion, such as those of Mary Magdalene and John, the beloved disciple.
With Miriam O'Reilly.
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With Father Oliver McTernan.
Jeremy Paxman and guests set the cultural agenda for the week.
(Repeated at 9.30pm)
Thora Hird joins Martha Kearney to discuss her life as one of Britain's best-loved actresses.
Drama: Daughters of Britannia. Part 6 of 20.
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Mark Tully meets BKS Iyengar, one of the finest teachers of yoga. He explores Iyengar's headquarters in Poona, India, and examines the power of yoga to transform, enlighten and sustain. A warm, humorous and surprising portrait.
By Miss Read, dramatised in six parts by Nick Warburton.
Nelly returns to her estranged husband Albert, but neither his mood nor his manners have improved in her absence.
With Trixie Rawlinson and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
Three more contestants do battle in the semi-finals of the musical quiz hosted by Ned Sherrin.
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Gillian Clarke.
An Egyptian grave god who smiles when you turn him is not an ordinary gift. But the Finches are not ordinary women, at least not for Catrin.
Vincent Duggleby takes your calls on savings and investment.
Lines open from 1.30pm
Bill Bryden's five-part Royal National Theatre production of The Mysteries is based on The Medieval Plays of York, Wakefield and Chester in a version by Tony Harrison.
Starring Peter Armitage, Stephen Bent. David Bradley, Cathryn Bradshaw, David Busby, Paul Copley, Joe Duttine, William Gaunt, Sue Johnston, Trevor Laird, William MacBain, John Normington, Robert Oates, Joanna Page, Trevor Ray, Iain Robertson, Jack Shepherd, John Tams, Howard Ward and Don Warrington.
Music John Tarns. Performed by Graeme Taylor, Jonathan Davie, Stephen Dawson, Alan Dunn, Michael Gregory, Kevin Morgan, John Tams, Keith Thomson, Roger Wilson and Linda Thompson
Philip Dodd presents four programmes examining how children have been depicted in the arts in the 20th century and earlier and why the symbol of the child has been so potent.
From Victorian idyll to The Turn of the Screw and fashion photography - how the 19th-century concern with the child became a distinctive modern preoccupation.
Derek Cooper explores new scientific claims for junk food.
(Extended repeat from yesterday 12.30pm)
Gavin Esler and guests look behind the headlines to the international issues and cultures which shape the world.
With Clare English and Eddie Mair.
Joining Nigel Rees to exchange quotations and anecdotes this week are Henry Goodman, Jo Brand, Andrew Marr and John Sergeant. Reader Patricia Hughes.
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(Repeated Sunday 12.04pm)
Phil decides to do his own thing.
(Repeated tomorrow 2pm)
Mark Lawson gives the verdict on American Psycho, a new film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's highly controversial book.
Mark Lawson's Audio Review: page 49
Katie Hickman presents an untold story of four centuries of diplomatic life as revealed in the private letters, diaries and memoirs of British diplomats' wives and daughters.
At their first grand public occasions such as presentations to royalty, newly arrived diplomatic wives find themselves thrown in at the deep end.
(Rptd from 10.45am)
Edi Stark concludes her series about life in Cornton Vale, Scotland's only female prison.
Less than one per cent of the inmates in Cornton Vale have committed a violent crime. Yet women known as "revolving door prisoners" are spending a life sentence in jail, in short bursts.
Stark talks to staff and offenders about the reasons behind persistent offending.
Portugal has the highest death rates on the roads of Europe. After decades of denial road safety is now of paramount importance. John Egan meets Manuel Ramos, who is taking up the issue of road safety having lost his daughter when she was killed on Portugal's most notorious road.
(Repeated from Thursday)
Jolyon Jenkins examines the skills that animals have developed over millions of years of evolution and asks how humans can learn from their examples.
Scientists are studying the humble housefly in order to develop a flying robot to investigate collapsed buildings in the aftermath of an earthquake. Can biological systems legitimately guide the design of a man-made system?
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Shortened repeat of 9am
With Robin Lustig.
Isabel Allende's epic story of love and adventure set in colonial Chile and the California of the gold rush. Read by Amanda Root and abridged in ten parts by Alison Joseph.
"If you don't come with me, I won't get far."
Shortened repeat from Saturday 9am
Fiona Shaw reads five extracts from Ann Wroe's book which unravels the identities and myths surrounding the villain of the Easter story, Who is Pontius Pilate? A good man destined to do the wrong thing?
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