With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Rev Dr Colin Morris.
Libby Purves in conversation with a lively and diverting array of guests.
Producer Alison Hughes. Repeated at 9.30pm
Jenni Murray with topical interviews from a woman's point of view. Drama: The Journal of Mrs PepyS by Sara George. Part 3. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Jonathan Glancey examines the relationships between five pairs of cities around the world. 5: Moscow/St Petersburg-East or West? In 1713 Peter the Great moved his capital from Moscow, a landlocked city a long way from Europe to the Baltic at St Petersburg. Both were forced into line during the communist regime, but today their rivalry is re-emerging, as President Putin has suggested that perhaps it is time to move some political power to the old capital. At the heart of the debate is the conundrum of where Russia's destiny lies - to the East, or with the West?
1: The Tuggses at Ramsgate. seems that money cannot buy you love in the first of five comic stories from the pen of Charles Dickens. With Nicholas Farrell as the voice of Boz.
Director Sally Avens (R)
With Mark Whittaker.
With Nick Clarke.
Nick Clarke chairs the cryptic quiz with Alan Taylor and Michael Alexander for Scotland v
Marcel Berlins and Fred Housegoforthe south of England. Producer Paul Bajoria. E-MAIL: rbq@bbc.co.uk
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Vanessa Rosenthal. Mitzi Lucas and Meera Bhima are worlds apart - the middle-aged successful feminist writer and the 12-year-old environmentalist. What binds them is their school. When Mitzi returns to face her demons as honorary guest speaker, her encounter with Meera is an unexpected boost for both.
School days may not always be the best days, but thev are your days.
Producer Polly Thomas
Bunny Guinness, Nigel Colborn and Carole Baxter answer some of the questions posed by gardeners from Wigtownshire. Presented by Eric Robson. Repeated from Sunday 2pm
Niamh Cusack reads from Maeve Binchy's bestselling new novel.
3: Scarlet Feather is about to be launched, but Cathy's life is complicated by the arrival other husband's nine-year-old twin cousins, Maud and Simon. For details see Monday
Mark Thomas investigates how our perceptions of psychiatrists have been moulded by the entertainment media.
3: There Is Actually No Rule against Eating Your Patients. Dr Evil rides again. For details see Monday
Laurie Taylor visits Bath to discover the people who drive the city's cultural image and those who are less concerned with it. Producer Laura Parfitt
Sowing the Seeds of Success. In the first of five programmes Howard Stableford travels to
Knowsley in Liverpool, where the opening today of the National Wildflower Centre is seen as a major stepping stone in the campaign for landlife. Plus, in Kirby, clean-up work is bringing full time jobs to the long-term unemployed.
Producer Sandra Sykes. PHONE: [number removed] for information. WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio 4. E-MAIL:changing.pl aces@bbc.co.uk
With Eddie Mair and Carolyn Quinn.
Afive-part comedy series by Kay Stonham.
1:Bog Standard. A look at the people who make fly-on-the-wall documentaries.
Producer Jane Berthoud (R)
Fallon has to face up to reality. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Francine Stock chairs the arts show and meets Blake Morrison, who has just published his first novel, The Justification of Johann Gutenberg, which charts the turbulent life of the founding father of the printing press.
By Sara George. Part 3.
For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am
- In a new eight-part series Nick Ross invites a panel of public figures to hear evidence and offer solutions to an issue of current concern.
1: The Trouble with Boys. Commissioners: Sue
Slipman, Dr Graham Farmelo and Matthew Taylor. Producer Helen Wilson. Repeated Saturday 10.15pm
Michael Charlton reflects on his interview with Adolf Hitler 's courtier and architect Albert Speer. Producer Liz Mardall. Repeated from Sunday 10.45pm
Ocean Health. Professor Jacquie McGlade examines the dangers of interferingwith the oceans. Producer Julian Hector
Repeated from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
ByMuhelSpark. Part 3. For details see Monday
By James MacLoughlin. The first of a six-part comedy drama charting the exploits of Chief Constable Bill Burscough and his attempts to stay in the job - despite fishbones, finances, politically correct females and an ambitious MP.
Director Marion Nancarrow
A six-part sketch show that takes a comical view of lifestyles, families and relationships.
Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens play Radio 4's answer to Richard and Judy. They are joined by Roger Blake , Toby Longworth and Emma Kennedy. 1: Mike and Sue are nominated for an award.
Written by Steve Punt from a format by Bill Dare Music Mark Burton. Producer Aled Evan (R)
Seamus Heaney reads from his translation of the Anglo-Saxon poem. 3: Beowulf's first encounter with the evil monster Grendel. For details see Monday.(R)
