The Rev Stephen Wigley.
Producer Karen Gregor
With Sue MacGregor and James Naught !e.
6.25.7.25.8.25 Sports News
: 7.45ThoughtfortheOayW!thRhidianBrook.
Charles Wheeler presents a new six-part series about national service.
1: It Was Always on a Thursday. Between 1945-63, two and a half million young men shared the experience of national service. For some it was a period of comradeship and adventure,for others it was a time of hardship, depression and separation which left deep scars. Repeated at 9.30pm
Carrying a notebook and pen, together with the works of some of America's greatest writers, Fergal Keane travels across America to discover another side to the country - a world away from the headlines and the political spin in the run-up to the presidential election.
With Martha Kearney and guests. Drama: Our W/fage by Mary Russet ) Mitford. Part 1 of 5. EdrtorRuth Gardner. E-MA!L womanshour@bbc.co.uk Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Archaeologist Julian Richards returns with a four-part series that shows you how to discover your town's past through the streets and buildings of today.
He walks the original eighth-century street plan, discovers how an invasion of Christian friars changed the medieval map, and uncovers links between the site of the modern town and the ancient royal burials at Sutton Hoo.
The award-winning comedy series by Alex Ferguson about a boy and his uncle, set on Tyneside in 1939.
Anxieties reign in the Fergie family, who are living in difficult times in Jarrow. Lecky is worried that his father is drinking to excess and calls in a temperance evangelist, complete with brass band and Angels of Mercy. Our Dad is not amused.
With Liz Barc !ay and John Waite.
With Tim Franks.
Peter Snow puts the second four semi-finaiists through their paces inthequestforthe
Masterm;nd2000 champion, Producer Paul Bajona
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
Four plays set in houses which sing their secrets.
1: D-I-Y by Hattie Naylor.
Daniel is willing to tear his house apart to create the right decor for Frances. The harder he works, the more the past emerges. The story the house teiis is not a happy one.
Music David Chilton. Director Jeremy Mortimer
Vincent Duggleby takes calls on an issue affecting personal finance.
Lines open from 1.30pm
by Shena Mackay
A week of stories on a canine theme.
Read by Annette Crosbie. An old theatrical landlady guards some dramatic secrets, including the origin of her crazy yellow dog.
Af!ve-part took atthew!!d!!fe encounters of people fortunate enough to work and live c!ose to nature. The programmes include an exptoration of the teeming turquoise seas offCocos island and the courtship displays of the Japanese crane. Part 1. Producer Sheens Duncan
Extended repeat from yesterday 12.30pm
Anne Mackenzie and guests explore issues from the four corners of the earth - from po)itics to popular culture, art to anthropology. Producer Amber Dawson
With Clare English and Caroline Quinn.
Nicholas Parsons is joined at the Radio theatre in London, by Clement Freud , Linda Smith ,
Paul Merton and Stephen Fryforthe paneigamethat chaiienges even the most loquacious of guests. Producer C!a! re Jones. Repeated Sunday 12 noon
Sid and Kathypiay happy families. Rptd tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson reviews the new Harry Potter novel by JK Rowling and finds out what happens when the apprentice wizard becomes a teenager.
By Mary Russell Mitford, dramatised in five parts by Penny Leicester.
Vivid sketches of life in rural Berkshire, featuring humorous and affectionate observations. 1: "September, 1824. A tour of my village and some delightful rural scenes."
(Repeated from 10.45am)
Today, some 6,000 people in Africa will die of Aids. The epidemic is being called the worst catastrophe on the African continent since slavery - and it's killing more people than all the wars, famines and flood disasters put together. This programme asks why Aids continues to cause so much devastation on this continent.
Presented by Robin Lustig from South Africa.
A four-part series !ooking at the world's most intriguing, frightening and evocative animals. 1: Land. Howard Stabieford examines the big cats of the Serenget! and compares them to ath!etes inthe0!ymp!cs. Producer Mary Colwell
Repeated from 9am
Stories from five top writers. At Schindler's by David Maiouf, read by Stefan Dennis. Jack's father is missing in action. After a string of escorts, his mother's new friend is the intriguing and iikeable Milt. Abridged and produced by Sally Marmion (R)
Shortened repeat from Saturday 9am
Maureen O'Brien reads from Diana Souhami's biography of novelist Radclyffe Hall. (R)
