With Alison Elliot.

With Anna Hill.

With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Dr Lavinia Byrne.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Clive Anderson is joined by a panel of experts to scrutinise and demystify key legal issues of the day. Producer CathyPacke. Executive producer Bruce Hyman Repeated at 9.30pm

He is a wild, dishevelled, spineless character who has been a symbol of fertility and a sacrifice to the gods. but he is probably best known for his reputation With the birds! Producer Alison Quinn

Jenni Murray and guests with the latest news, views and culture from a woman's point of view. Drama: The Furysby James Hanley. Part 12. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Jeremy Cherfas concludes his exploration of the reality of woodland in Britain today.
Abernethy Forest. The largest remaining tract of the ancient Caledonian forest is Abernathy, which climbs from Speyside up the slopes of Cairngorm. Now owned and managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, it is the most important habitat in Britain forthreatened species -from lichens and beetles to that extraordinary woodland grouse, the capercaillie. Producer Peter Everett

Professor Alison Oddey talks to Josie Lawrence about her passion for performing, the importance of her close-knit family and about the the people who've influenced her work, including the much-loved Beryl Reid. Producer Claire Jones

With Mark Whittaker and Winifred Robinson.

With Nick Clarke.

Composer Gerard McBurney tells the story of four different kinds of musical patron, looking at who pays for new music. This week he visits Boston to explore the life of Serge Koussevitzky , a conductor and double bass virtuoso whose missionary zeal and enthusiastic support of young composers transformed the American musical scene - and resulted in the creation of Tanglewood Music Center. Producer Thomas Morris

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

Australian writer Joanna Murray-Smith 's two-handed drama set in an apartment high above
Central Park. Edie and Sam meet for the first time in four years, brought together by unexpected and painful circumstances.
Director Janet Whitaker

Call Wendy Austin for an exchange of experiences and views on today's topical issues. Producer Chris Burns. LINES OPEN from 1.30pm

Today's Comic Relief choices are Martin Jarvis reading from Michael Frayn 's novel Towards the End of the Morning, or David Baddiel 's selection from Lucky Baby Jesus by Peter Bradshaw.
To hear Martin Jarvis : phone [number removed] To hear David Baddiel : phone [number removed] LINES OPEN at 3.45pm on Monday 12 March. Each call costs £1.00. of which 66p goes direct to Comic Relief

2: The Years of Tears. For the Bushmen people modern education is often a painful process in which they have to leave their families and enter a system with no respect for theirculture. For details see yesterday

Heather Payton and guests with conversation about the world of business, money and technology. Producer Simon Crow

LibbyPurves presents the intelligent guide to the wide world of learning.
Producer Dorothy Stiven. ACTION LINE: [number removed]
E-MAIL: the.learning.curve@bbc.co.uk. Repeated Sunday 11pm

With Clare English and Carolyn Quinn.

Mark Steel returns with a series of comedy lectures delving into the lives of passionate men and women whose ideas shaped theirgeneration. This week's subject is romantic poet Lord Byron. Producer Lucy Armitage

A showdown at County Hall. Repeated tomorrow 2pm

Mark Lawson with arts interviews, news and the vedict on Roger Donaldson 's film Thirteen Days, which revisits the events of October 1962, when President Kennedy faced the Cuban missile crisis.

James Hanley 's family saga. 12: The war comes closer. Denny has orders to sail and Fanny starts work cleaning troopships.
Further cast details across the week. For details see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am

Julian O'Hatloran with major issues, changing attitudes and important events at home and abroad. Producer Mike Hally. Editor David Ross. Repeated Sunday 5pm

Peter White with news, issues and information of interest to blind and partially sighted people. Producer Cheryl Gabriel
PHONE: [number removed] for more information

Seeing Sense. Dr Gillian Rice presents a new series that explores the eye, with a focus on vision, colour perception and the different visual capacities of humans and animals. The first instalment takes a close look at the human eye's role in communication and recognition, and details the process by which visual stimuli are deciphered by the brain - an area in which animals might have a certain edge.
Producer Sarah Blunt. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Repeated from 9am

With Claire Bolderson.

Rosina Lippi 's award-winning stories are read by Stella Gonet. 7: Mikatrin's Story- 1943 For details see yesterday

Matt Lucas and David Walliams's sketch show examines ordinary life in Britain as lived by some less than ordinary British folk. This week royal watcher Peter Andre tries to gatecrash a party, masseur Latymer Crown meets a new client, and disgraced children's entertainer Des Kaye appears at a kids' party. With Jean Ainslie, Tom Baker, Samantha Power and Paul Putner. Producer Ashley Blaker. Music David Arnold

Love, Death and Baboons in East Africa
Part 2 of Robert M Sapolsky 's anthropological work. Repeated from 9.45am. For details see yesterday 9.45am