With Father Brian D'Arcy.

With Miriam O'Reilly.

With James Naughtie and Winifred Robinson.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With Father Oliver McTernan. James Naughtie : page 15

Charles Wheeler presents a series about national service. 3: From Shouting to Shooting. The stories of national servicemen who were caught up in Britain's colonial skirmishes and the escalating Cold War. 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. Producer Mark Savage

With Martha Kearney and guests. Drama: Ladies of Letters, com by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman. Part6oflO.
Editor Ruth Gardiner. E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Archaeologist Julian Richards presents a series showing how to discover your town's past through the streets and buildings of today.

He reveals why both the Romans and the Normans built bridges and castles on the same site by the River Tyne and how coal and the railways transformed medieval Newcastle into one of the world's greatest industrial cities. Producer David Olusoga

Comedy series by Alex Ferguson about a boy and his uncle, set on Tyneside in 1939. 4: What Is This Thing Called Love ? Lecky invites Charlotte to join him and Uncle Freddie on a fishing trip. Disaster strikes when she hooks a ferocious giant conger eel.
Director Melanie Harris

With John Waite.

With Nick Clarke.

Peter Snow puts the fourth group of semi-finalists through their paces in the quest forthe Mastermind 2000 Champion. ProducerPaul Bajoria

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

By Dan Rebellato.

Inspired by a true story, this is the tale of the mysterious Victor Grayson, a politician of incredible oratorical power, who briefly became MP for Colne Valley in 1907. His political career was colourful, with many a falling-out with the Labour Party. Then he walked out of his life one day in 1920 and was never found again.

All other parts played by members of the cast.

Taking Stock. Record numbers of people have plunged into investing in shares. Lesley Curwen and listener Bill Dickinson investigate the pitfalls. Repeated from Saturday 12.04pm

A series of exquisite short fictions broadcast as a tribute to the Booker Prize-winner who died earlier this year. 1: Desideratus. Read by Robert Glenister. "On the back there was the figure of an angel and a motto, Desideratus...." Producer Sara Benaim

Robert Lacey presents a vivid portrait of life in Britain in the year 1000 with the help of archaeologists and historians. 1: Daily Life and Town Planning. David Hill , Andrew Jones and Peter Addyman look at life in the big settlements Of Winchester and York. Produced by Susan Roberts (R)

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 Nottingham Theatre Royal, by Clement Freud, Tony Hawks, Linda Smith and Graham Norton for the panel game that challenges even the most loquacious of guests. Producer Claire Jones. Repeated Sunday 12 noon

Goodbye to love. Repeated tomorrow 2pm

Francine Stock gives the verdict on the new film
The Perfect Storm, based on Sebastian Junger 's bestselling book and starring George Clooney as an arrogant fishing-boat captain. Producer Claire Holland j

By Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman.
Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales star as Vera Small and Irene Spencer , who conduct their long friendship through a candid correspondence.
Vera has seen the same mystery man who was stalking Irene before she went to Australia. Part 6 Of 10. DirectorPaul Miller. Repeated from 10.45am

Lifting the Veil. Lesley Curwen examines how the Bank of England's secretive culture has changed since the Second World War and how the legacy of one of its most influential governors lasted throughout the 20th century. Producer Neil Koemg

Ukraine has the fastest growing Aids epidemic in Europe. According to United Nations forecasts, nearly two million could die from the disease over the next decade. At the centre of this explosion is the Black Sea port of Odessa, a cosmopolitan city with a tradition of drug use and prostitution.
Olenka Frenkiel meets a police officer and a pimp who have joined forces to fight the rapid spread of HIV in their city. Repeated from Thursday

Howard Stableford presents a series looking at some of the world's most intriguing, frightening and evocative animals. 3: The Interface. This week he explores how predators hunt across the divide between air and water, from plunging kingfishers and herons to fishing spiders and four-eyed fish. Producer Mary Colwell

Repeated from 9am

With Robin Lustig.

By Nancy Huston , read by Haydn Gwynne and abridged in ten parts by Doreen Estall. It is 1957, and Saffie has arrived from Germany in a Paris still scarred by the war. She carries a burden of horror that she tries to bury in a loveless marriage and a passionate affair. Part 1 Producer Sarah Johnson

Shortened repeat from Saturday 9am

Francis Wheen reads extracts from his biography.
Abridged in five parts by Kate Blackadder. Part 1. Producer Bruce Young (R)