With FarisBadawi.

With Miriam O'Reilly.

With John Humphrys and Winifred Robinson.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Rhidian Brook.

Charles Wheeler presents a series about national service. 2: Brasso, Bull and Bullying. As 1950s Britain enjoyed a new era of consumerism and prosperity, young men underwent the rigours of basic training. Ned Sherrin , Paul Foot and Bruce Kent recall the endless hours of drill and the hatred from NCOS. Producer David Prest. Repeated at 9.30pm

Fergal Keane travels across America to discover another side to the country - away from the headlines and the political spin - in the run-up to the presidential election. Carrying a notebook and pen, together with the works of some of America's greatest writers, he wanders the Pacific Northwest, the borderlands of New Mexico, the Deep South, the Great Plains and the streets of New York. Producer Mark Savage. Director Gwyneth Williams

With Martha Kearney and guests. Drama: Ladies of Letters.comby Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman. Parti of 10. Editor Ruth Gardiner. E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk i Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Archaeologist Julian Richards presents a series that shows you howto discoveryourtown's past through the streets and buildings of today.
2: Leicester. He discovers how Roman settlers,
Viking traders and medieval religious guilds all left their mark on the modern map. Producer John Byrne

The award-winning comedy series by Alex Ferguson about a boy and his uncle, set on Tyneside in 1939. 3: The Blue Bird of Happiness. Leckyenliststhe help of Uncle Freddie to organise a date with Charlotte to see Shirley Temple in The Blue Bird. Will love conquer all?
! Director Melanie Harris

With John Waite.

With Tim Franks.

Peter Snow puts the third group of semi-finalists through their paces in the quest forthe
Mastermind2000 Champion. Producer Paul Bajoria

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

A week of original collaborative plays by writers new to radio. The writing teams were brought together by BBC Radio Drama, BBC Regions and Radio 4 to give a platform to fresh voices and to ecourage innovative ways of writing for radio.
1: That's Not a Name I Know by Alice Barry and Claire Bennett. Twenty-six years ago successful Birmingham businesswoman Maggie Harvest gave up her child for adoption. Now, at a critical point in her career, a series of letters forces her to reassess her attitude to life. Meanwhile, in Cork, Mairead prepares for marriage - but there is one last iournev she has to make before the big day.
Directors Roland Jaquarello and Peter Leslie Wild

Vincent Duggleby takes calls on an issue affecting personal finance. LINES OPEN from i.30pm

A week of stories about the complex nature of families. 1: Dinner on the Roofby Gee Williams, read by Gareth Morris. In Canada, a Welsh pioneer family awaits the return of the father from a dangerous journey in the snow. Producer Jane Dauncey

In five programmes this week, Michael Bywater reflects on the role of the tramp in society.
1: The Tramp Historical. The tramp as wanderer, a marginal travellerwho is sometimes viewed as divinely inspired and, at other times, reviled and rejected. Producer Ronni Davis

With Derek Cooper. Extended repeat from yesterday 12.30pm

Anne Mackenzie and guests explore issues from the four corners of the earth - from politics to popular culture, art to anthropology. Producer Amber Dawson

With Clare English and Carolyn Quinn.

Nicholas Parsons is joined at the Dorking Halls, Surrey, by Clement Freud , Tony Hawks, Jeremy Hardy and Sue Perkins forthe panel game that challenges even the most loquacious of guests. Producer Claire Jones. Repeated Sunday 12 noon

Eddie is not budging. Repeated tomorrow 2pm

With John Wilson. Producer Tanya Hudson

By Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman. Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales return as Vera Small and Irene Spencer , who conduct their long friendship through a candid and not uncritical correspondence. Aftera long period of silence,
Vera decides to offer an olive branch. Part 1 of 10. Director Paul Miller. Repeated from 10.45am

High Noon. The Bank of England - the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street - is in the throes of unprecedented change. In the first of th ree programmes Lesley Curwen steps behind the scenes at the 300-year-old institution to tell the story of how interest rates are set by the Bank, culminating in the monthly announcement at noon on a Thursday. Producer Neil Koenig

Reports on the stories that matter to people around the world. Immigration is set to become an explosive issue in Italy's next general election. As in Britain, there is heated debate about howto integrate the growing numbers of foreigners who seek work and asylum in the country.
Julian Pettifer meets immigrants in Turin and follows a leading right-wing politician on an anti-immigrant night patrol. Repeated from Thursday

Howard Stableford presents a series looking at the world's most intriguing, frightening and evocative animals. 2: Air. The aerobatic peregrine and night-hunting owl reveal the secrets of hunting in the air. Producer Mary Colwell

Repeated from 9am

With Claire Bolderson.

by Diana Hendry, read by Lisa Coleman.
The story of a young woman whose first excursion out of the house for two years is a journey which could lead in one of two directions, with enormous consequences for her and those around her. Producer Sara Davies (R)

With Roger McGough. Shortened repeat from Saturday 9arr

Simon Callow reads his moving account of his extraordinary friendship with the legendary literary agent Peggy Ramsay and his love affair with Aziz, a tragic young Egyptian film-maker.
Abridged in five parts by Lavinia Murray. Part 1. Producer Polly Thomas (R)