With Father Paul Clayton-Lea .
Producer Gordon Swindlehurst
With Sue MacGregorand Edward Stourton.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rt Rev Tom Butler.
Jonathan Freedland returns with the series which finds the past behind the present.
1: In 1885 pioneering investigative journalist WT Stead exposed a child prostitution ring in London's West End. Jonathan Freedland tells his story and asks if children are any better protected in the 21st century.
Producer Hilary Dunn. Repeated at 9.30pm
Britain, so it is claimed, invented the takeaway. In the continuing series, Simon Parkes investigates the British taste for Indian food and goes behind the scenes at the Nawabi restaurant on the Outskirts Of Oxford. Producer Gillian Gray
Primates. Zoologist Charlotte Uhlenbrook travels around the world, from Equatorial Guinea to
Madagascar, in search of some of ourclosest relatives. She encounters potato-washing macaques and chimps running their own pharmacies. Repeated from yesterday 9pm
Concluding Dr Raj Persaud 's Psychological look at humour. This morning he asks why people decide to become comedians given that research indicates that a high percentage sufferfrom depression. Comedian Donna McPhail talks candidly about the rigours of working on the comedy Circuit. Producer Cheryl Gabriel
With Trixie Rawlinson and Mark Whittaker.
With Nick Clarke.
When Arabic dancing was first seen in Europe, the bold sensuality of its female dancers created a scandal. In the first of three programmes, dancer and writer Wendy Buonaventura reveals how Arabic dancers first dazzled and shocked with their earthy undulations.
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Peter Spafford and Mary Cooper. When Daniel dies young, Paul wonders how he can commemorate their relationship. He joins a tour of Leeds statues and his meditation begins. The story of a 20-year friendship and a poetic tour around a city.
Director Susan Roberts
Call Wendy Austin for an exchange of experiences and views on today's topical issues. Producer Sukey Firth. LINES OPEN from 1.30pm
Niamh Cusack reads Maeve Binchy's novel. 7: Scarlet Feather struggles to get back on its feetafterthe burglary. For details see yesterday
In today's programme on cleanliness and world faiths, Kate Saunders learns how and why
Muslims make their ritual ablutions and the significance of the Haj pilgrimage as a means of purification. For details see yesterday
Heather Payton and guests discuss how business and technology shapes the world around US. Producer Simon Crow
Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning, with advice, features and your views. Producer Dorothy Stiven. Action Line: [number removed]
E-MAIL: the.learning.curve@bbc.co.uk. Repeated Sunday llpm
With Eddie Mair and Carolyn Quinn.
Dominic Holland's series exploring the comedic minutiae of life.
5: Pain and fear are the subjects of tonight's journey.
With Simon Greenall, Sally Grace and Dave Lamb.
Producer Maria Esposito
Helen changes hertune. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson gives the verdict on Ant Noises 2, an exhibition of work by artists collected by Charles Saatchi and featured in the Royal Academy's controversial Sensation show. Producer Robyn Read
By Bridie Canning. 2: Sons and Mothers. Bridie has to deal with a neglected boy at school and with a neglected soldier at home on the streets of Londonderry.
For details see yesterday. Repeated from 10.45am
Radio 4's series on modern warfare and the consequences of global peace.
2:The Arms Trade.United Nations arms embargoes are designed to choke off weapon supplies to the world's bloodiest conflicts. Richard Watson investigates why these international controls are often so ineffective-for example, rebels in Sierra. Leone are selling diamonds to raise funds and using supply routes through neighbouring states to avoid a UN embargo on weapons shipments.
Watson asks why it is so easy for rebel armies and rogue states to flout international restrictions.
Producer David Lewis. Editor David Ross. Repeated Sunday 5pm
Peter White with news for visually impaired people. Producer Cheryl Gabriel. PHONE: [number removed] for more information. FACTSHEET: send a large sae to [address removed]
Graham Easton pulls on his wellies once again to compare the similarities and differences between being a doctor and being a vet. This week he finds himself doing an obstetric examination on a cow and doing blood tests on 70 sheep, with a farm animal vet.
Producer Julia Durbin. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
Repeated from 9am
With Roger Hearing.
By Muriel Spark. Part 7. For details see yesterday
Last in a comedy series by Tony Bagley.
War of the Worlds. It is a fight to the death as Robin finally meets his doppelganger. When two universes collide, there can be only one winner.
Producer Claire Jones (R)
BBC controller of entertainment Paul Jackson chats to comedy writers and performers about their lives and work. This week he talks to Dave Allen. Producer Jo Clegg (R)
Read by Seamus Heaney. 7: Home after ridding the Danes of Grendel and his mother, Beowulf is welcomed at the court of Hygelac, king of the GeatS. For details see yesterday (R)
