With Angela Wood.
Producer Sarah Tempest
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Canon David Winter.
Philosopher Ted Honderich talks to Jeremy Paxman and guests about driving with Elvis, learning lessons from James Cagney and the philosophical and human loves of his life. Producer Ariane Koek. Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Jenny Diski joins Martha Kearneyto talk about her latest novel, Only Human. Drama: Chapters and Verses: The Passion of Margery Kempe. Part 10f5. Editor Ruth Gardiner
E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte joins writer Andy Martin in a two-part series of conversations exploring the imperial psyche. 1:Happiness.
As they travel from Napoleon's tomb in Paris to the Bonaparte family home in Ajaccio, Martin engages with the mind of the genius-madman through his own words, written and reported. With
Toby Stephens as Napoleon. Producer Mary Ward-Lowery
John O'Farrell 's humorous, personal account of life as a Labour supporter, "surviving 18 miserable years of Conservative government" from 1979 to 1997. Adapted in four parts from his bestselling novel. Starring John O'Farrell , Jack Dee , Doon MacKichan and Tony Hawks. 2: 1983 to 1986. The Miner's Strike, Kinnock "lancing the boil of militant", and Scotch eggs. Producer Lucy Armitage
Trixie Rawlinson and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke at the Conservative Party Conference in Bournemouth.
Robert Robinson chairs the nationwide general knowledge contest, including Beat the Brains, in which listeners put their own questions to contestants. First round - West of England. Producer Richard Edis. Repeated Saturday llpm
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Rebecca Bartlett. Fifties Donegal and the man of the house, while working in England, has met someone else. The deserted wife struggles with her own anger as she tries to find a way to explain the situation to her daughter.
Director Pam Brighton
Paul Lewis and guests are on hand to answer calls on a personal finance issue.
Producer Paul O'Keeffe. LINES OPEN from 1.30pm
By Marie Altzinger , read by Doreen Keogh. Old people deal with theirfear of Alzheimer's disease with both humour and pathos. Producer Pam Brighton
Angling writer David Profumo searches for the mighty salmon in the RiverTweed. Producer David Prest
Extended repeat from yesterday 12.30pm
Jenni Murray and guests take a global view of news, traditions and human stories from across the world. Producer Phil Pegum
With Clare English.
Joining Nigel Rees to exchange quotations and anecdotes this week are Stephanie Caiman ,
Humphrey Carpenter , Jonathan Cecil and John Julius Norwich. ReaderWilliam Franklyn.
Producer Carol Smith. E-MAIL: quote.unquote@bbc.co.uk Repeated Sunday 12 noon
Elizabeth keeps a secret. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson meets novelist lain Pears, best known for his restoration thriller An Instance of the Fingerpost. Producer Claire Holland
From the unique transcripts held at the British Library comes the remarkable story of a 15th-century mystic. Her spiritual odyssey is dramatised in five parts by Alison Joseph.
Repeated from 10.45am
Last summerthe lives of two Sheffield teenagers were thrust into the public spotlight when it was revealed that the 12-year-old girl was pregnant by her 14-year-old boyfriend. Presenter John Waite talks to the boy and his family about their fight to gain access to the baby. Lee spends his days doing odd jobs forfriends and relatives - he has effectively dropped out of school with no qualifications to speak of. His aim is to try and be a good father to the baby, but he is being denied access - a decision he is challenging with the help of his solicitor. Producer Susan Mitchell
John McCarthy 's series focuses on the different ways the Bible has been read.
3: War and Peace. The religions of Abraham seem so often to have led to conflict and to endorse violence. With Archbishop Desmond Tutu , Prince Hassan of Jordan and Lea Rabin. Producers Abigail Saxon and Norman Winter Series producer Roger Childs (R)
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Collection, two double cassettes) for just £12. 99 including p&p. Send a cheque payable to RT Shop to [address removed]or telephone the credit card hotline on [number removed].
Mountain Gorilla. Mark Carwardine presents intimate observations of mountain gorillas in the cloud forests of Rwanda by wildlife cameraman Martyn Colbeck and primatologist Ian Redmond. Isolated by agriculture and human development, the survival of this gorilla population remains in the balance. ProducerBrettWestwood.Repeatedtomorrowllam
Shortened repeat from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
By Sue Townsend, adapted in five parts by Elizabeth Proud and read by Nigel Planer.
It is 1997 and Adrian Mole is 30 and three quarters. He is a failed writer and a single parent working as a chef at the Hoi Polloi restaurant in Soho when he is invited to take part in a new television cookery programme called Offally Good.
(R)
Shortened repeat from Saturday 9am
A "political" novella by Garrison Keillor , abridged in five parts by Katie Campbell and read by Stuart Milligan. With an American election looming, the last person you want to see on the podium is Jimmy "Big Boy" Valente. Part 1. Producer Duncan Minshull
