With Pat Jones.
With Anna Hill. Producer Gordon Swindlehurst
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Canon David Winter.
Jeremy Paxman is joined by Professor Peter Hennessey and Wordworth's latest biographer, Juliet Barker , to talk about prime ministers, personalities and politics since 1945. Producer Ariane Koek. Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
! With Sheila McClennon and guests. Drama: La
Grande Therese by Hilary Spurling. Part 1 of 10. Editor Ruth Gardiner. E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk Drama repeated at 7.45pm
; Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte joins writer
Andy Martin in the conclusion of a two-part programme of conversations exploring the imperial psyche.
Love, Death and Telegrams. From the Tuileries in Paris to the island fortress of St Helena, Andy engages with the mind of Napoleon through his own words, written and reported. With
Toby Stephens as Napoleon. Producer MaryWard-Lowery
John O'Farrell 's humorous, personal account of life as a Labour supporter, "surviving 18 miserable years of Conservative government" from 1979-97. Adapted in four parts from his bestselling novel. Starring John O'Farrell , Jack Dee , Doon MacKichan and Tony Hawks.
3: 1987-91. The fall of the Berlin Wall, Howe's resignation speech, John Major and country dancing. Producer Lucy Armitage
With Trixie Rawlinson and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
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 11pm
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Lucy Catherine. It is 1936 and Phyllis Pearsall has had enough of getting lost in London because all the maps are out of date. She begins the arduous task of walking 3,000 miles and mapping 23,000 streets, her dream to produce the first "A-Z of London".
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 Mary E Mann , read in five parts by Patience Tomlinson. Born in 1829, Mary Mann , wife of a Norfolk farmer, wrote the most vivid accounts of Victorian farming life. 1: Women
O'Dulditch Dinah Brome has a secret and the whole village knows it. Abridged and produced by Chris Wallis
John Widdowson unveils the worlds of custom, tradition and belief in a five-part series reflecting his lifetime's work in folklore studies.
1: Speaking FirstProducer Dave sheasby
An investigation into whether you can really get fresh food at a Disneyland.
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 and Carolyn Quinn.
Joining Nigel Rees to exchange quotations and anecdotes this week are Michele Brown , Valerie Grove , Brian Sibley and Robert Tear. Reader Patricia Hughes.
Producer Carol Smith. E-MAIL: quote.unquote@bbc.co.uk Repeated Sunday 12 noon
Forthe Grundys, could finders be keepers? , Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson chairs the arts programme. Producer Stephen Hughes
Based on the true story of a 19th-century French adventuress, Hilary Spurling's book is dramatised in ten parts by Catherine Czerkawska.
Catherine and Therese are childhood friends from the village of Aussonne near Toulouse. Their friendship will last for a significant part of both their lives, as they support one another throughout one of the most amazing public financial swindles of modern times.
Producer Marilyn Imrie. Director John Dove
Further cast details across the week. Repeated from 10.45am
It's been a tough year for Shirley Harrison, a single woman farmer taking part in the Government's controversial trials of genetically modified oil seed rape. In this personal diary she offers a unique insight into her encounters with environmental activists, scientists, the press and media while single-handedly continuing the day-to-day business of looking after her Aberdeen Angus cattle and other crops on her Scottish farm. Producer Rob Bryce
John McCarthy 's series focuses on the different ways the Bible has been read.
4: The Tree of Knowledge. Is there conflict or compromise between the world of science and the Bible? McCarthy begins at Genesis to see whether the Bible's view of God has survived the age of reason and then looks to the future of faith in an age of technology.
Producers Abigail Saxon and Norman Winter Series producer Roger Childs (R)
RTSHOP: Buy John McCarthy 's Bible JourneyiBBC Radio
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].
Tawny Owls. This week a night-time exploration of the world of the tawny owl.
Producer Sandra Sykes. Repeated tomorrow 11am
Shortened repeat from 9am
With Claire Bolderson.
By Charles Dickens , abridged in 15 parts by Neville Teller and read by Ian McDiarmid. London 1775. Part 1. Lucie Manette receives a message from Paris- "recalled to life". Producer Jeremy Mortimer
Shortened repeat from Saturday 9am
Janet Suzman reads Samantha Weinberg 's dramatic account of the discovery of a 400 million-year-old living fossil. Abridged in five parts by Doreen Estall. Part 1. Producer Sarah Johnson (R)
