The Rev Roger Hutchings.
Producer Karen Gregor
6.
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Gabrielle Cox.
In a new four-part series, John McCarthy sets out to discover the meaning of home, tracing the development of the first basic shelters to the latest internet "houses".
Producer Roger Childs. Repeated at 9.30pm
John Peel: page 15
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Francis Spufford digs into the history of four media inventions and discovers what each one says about our relationship with the mechanised world.
With Sheila McClennon and guests. Drama: Central 822by Sarah Woods. Part 1 of 10. Editor Ruth Gardiner. E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk Drama repeated at 7.45pm
England v West Indies
Commentary on the fifth and final day's play in the Fourth Cornhill Test at Headingley. Including Your Letters Answered at 1.18* and News at
1.15 and 3.45. Approximate times
Alan Taylor investigates the key figures behind our passion for consuming.
2: Dr George Gallup. He was known for his work in the field of political opinion polling, but Gallup's greatest achievement- he was the founder of modern market research - made it easier for admen to target consumers, Producer Mike Lloyd
A comedy series by Anthony Crouch, dramatised by Christopher Scott.
When the date of Nigel's wedding clashes with the cricket match between the Spoonfield 'Duck and Flag' and the Thrugham 'Bounding Plough', bowling a maiden over takes on another meaning.
Daily consumer news and investigations.
With Nick Clarke.
Robert Robinson chairs the nationwide general knowledge contest, including Beat the Brains, in which listeners puttheirown questions to contestants. First round - London and the South Of England. Devised by John P Wynn. Questions by Ian Gillies Producer Richard Edis. Repeated Saturday 11pm
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Juliet Ace. Patricia Hodge stars as Mattie in the first of two plays written specially for her. Seduced by the theatre, Mattie joins a repertory company in Wales where she finds that the quick-change artistry of bit parts is a kind of preparation for life. Director Ned Chaillet. The Captain's W/fefollows tomorrow 2.15pm
With LesleyCurwen. Repeated from Saturday 12 noon
A summertime adventure story by award-winning children's author David Almond. Read by Felicity Finch and abridged in five parts by Brigid Daniel. 1: Leaving the Home. Producer Pam Wardell
Peter Slater presents four programmes about people who look after the sports grounds of Britain.
(R)
With Simon Parkes.
(Extended repeat from yesterday 12.30pm)
Anne Mackenzie and guests explore issues from ! the four corners of the earth. Producer Amber Dawson
With Clare English and Kevin Bocquet.
Nicholas Parsons is joined at the Wycombe Swan, Buckinghamshire, by Clement Freud, Annabel Giles, Tim Rice and Paul Merton for the panel game that challenges even the most loquacious of guests.
(Repeated Sunday 12 noon)
Caroline has a little list. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson chairs the arts programme and finds out what happens when the Far East meets the Wild West in Shanghai Noon, a new film starring Jackie Chan. Producer Tanya Hudson
Over the past 50 years, rich nations have given billions to the developing world, but in many countries, conditions for the poorest have got worse rather than better. In the first of two programmes, Jenny Cuffe reports from Sudan and asks why there have been so few successes and so many mistakes.
Mozambique used to hold two records - it was the poorest country in the world and the top cashew nut producer. Now it is still very poor, but the cashew nut industry has all but collapsed, many say as a direct result of World Bank policies. Tim Whewell investigates this Collapse.
(Repeated from Thursday 9)
Ruddyducks, grey squirrels and hedgehogs are all threateningthe UK's biodiversity, but do plans to remove them amountto a brand of ecological racism? Concludinghis series, Jolyon Jenkins asks if we can turn back the clock and return to habitats containing only native plants and animals. j Producer Alison Ayres. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk I
Repeated from 9am
By Sue Townsend, abridged in five parts by Elizabeth Proud and starring Nigel Planer as Adrian Mole.
It is 1997 and Adrian is 30 and three quarters, a failed writer, and a single parent working as a chef at the Hoi Polloi in Soho.
(R)
Repeated from Saturday 9am
Jonathan Tulloch 's novel, set in Gateshead, is read by Tim Healy in ten parts. 1: Gerry and Sewell are devotees of Newcastle United and have set their hearts on season tickets- but they're Skint. Abridged and produced by Chris Wallis
