With the Rev Andrew Jones.
Producer Gordon Swindlehurst
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Canon David Winter.
The world's leading human population geneticist Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza , who believes that the notion of races is a false one, joins
Jeremy Paxman and his guests thriller writer
Minette Walters and Palestinian intellectual Edward Said.
Producer Ariane Koek
Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Willy Russell joins Martha Kearneyto talk about his new book The Wrong Boy. Drama: La Grande Therese by Hilary Spurling. Part of 10. Editor Ruth Gardiner
E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Historian Peter Jones presents a three-part series about how the Roman Empire worked.
A portrait of the first emperor who was a superb politician and propagandist. He brought stability to Rome and managed to wield absolute power without going the same way as Caesar.
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The conclusion of 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 from his bestselling novel. Starring John O'Farrell , Jack Dee , Doon MacKichan and Tony Hawks. 1992-97. Featuring Basildon, Portillo, pantomime rhinos and the Eurovision Song Contest. Producer LucyArmitage
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 -Scotland.
Producer Richard Edis
Repeated Saturday llpm
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Chris Thorpe. A woman stands in a field, traumatised by the killing of her boyfriend. Her image is beamed back to the living room of a bored young man in Britain.
Director Mary Peate
Paul Lewis and guests are on hand to answer calls on a personal finance issue.
ProducerPaulO'Keeffe. LINES OPEN from 1.30pm
Five stories by writers at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature. 1: The Wrong Boy, written and read by Willy Russell. Producer Sara Davies
Today we are constantly assaulted bynoise, but ' what did the world sound like to the ears of William Shakespeare ? In four programmes, actress Fiona Shaw turns down the volume of 21st-century life and journeys to the past, as she recreates the soundscape of England during the time of Shakespeare. 1: A Human Touch ProducerKateMcAii(R)
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 Deborah Bull , Elizabeth Buchan , Alan Corduner and Miles Kington. ReaderWilliam Franklyn.
Producer Carol Smith. E-MAIL: quote.unquote@bbc.co.uk Repeated Sunday 12 noon
At Brookfield, memories are made of autumn days. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson reviews What Lies Beneath, a murder mystery starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeifferwho play a haunted couple. Producer Tanya Hudson
Based on the true story of a 19th-century French ; adventuress, Hilary Spurling 's book is dramatised in ten parts by Catherine Czerkawska.
6: A Little Kingdom. The Humbert family moves again, this time to avast, gothic Paris house. Events begin to gather pace inTherese's little kingdom.
Producer Marilyn Imrie. Director John Dove. Repeated from 10.45am
I Peter Hennessy presents a three-part series examining the challenges that have faced British prime ministers over half a century.
1: Battling for Britain. A major requirement of the job has always been to maintain Britain's status as a world player. Whether during the Cold War and the Suez disaster or more recent conflicts in the Falklands, the Gulf and the Balkans, how decisive is Statesmanship at No 10? Producer ZareerMasani j
John McCarthy 's series focuses on the different ways the Bible has been read. i 5:All about Eve. This week a look at the influence of the Bible on coupling, sex and sexuality. From whores to virgins, sins to abominations, he unravels a legacy that is all about Eve.
Producer Abigail Saxon. Series producer Roger Childs (R)
Hornet Juice. If Japanese long-distance athletes : perform well it might be because they are fuelled on "hornetjuice", a fizzy drink containinga chemical solution fed to the enslaved parents by giant Japanese hornets' maggots. The grub spit which propels the adults on marathon flying missions in search of meat to bring back to their offspring is one of life's natural performance enhancers. Mary Colwell investigates from Japan. Producer Mary Colwell. Repeated tomorrow 11am
Shortened repeat from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
By Charles Dickens , abridged in 15 parts by Neville Teller and read by Ian McDiarmid. Charles Darnay , heirto one of the most hated aristocratic families in France, has been charged with treason and put on trial at the Old Bailey. Part 6. Producer Jeremy Mortimer
Shortened repeat from Saturday 9am
The story of the spice wars of the 16th and 17th centuries. Ben Onwukwe reads five extracts from Giles Milton 's bestseller which details how the Dutch swapped Manhattan forthe forgotten island of Run in the East Indies. Part 1. Producer Bruce Young (R)
