With the Rev Dr Jeff Cuttell.

With Miriam O'Reilly.

With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Akhandadi Das.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests. Producer Alison Hughes. Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

With Jenni Murray. Drama: The Rainbow Bridge by Tim Jackson. Part 3. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Six fire engines are driven by UK firefighters across Europe to the town of Banja Luka in Bosnia Herzegovina. Howard Leader watches and records while the British firefighters put a mixed ethnic group of Serbs, Croats and Bosnians through a crash course. In just five days they are welded into firefighting teams with exercises ranging from first aid to rescue, after which they return to their own units in Bosnia Herzegovina, the lucky ones with one Of the Six British fire engines. Producer Richard Bannerman

June Whitfield and Roy Hudd star as an aging show-business couple who get a second stab at fame in - the new millennium.

Like They've Never Been Gone 11.30am R4 FM
A timely return in Eurovision week for the show that offers hope for all those nul-pointers from Saturday evening: you never know when the spotlight will beckon a second time. Roy Hudd and June Whitfield are once again absolutely splendid as Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr, who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964 but who have, since then, tended to live down to their potential. Until, that is, Chico Cola uses their hit record on a television commercial, at which point Tommy and Sheila, the one-hit wonders whose money had almost run out, find themselves once more in demand. The question is though, can it last? (Peter Barnard)

Radio's literary quiz is chaired by James Walton , with captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh joined this week by Sue Limb and Victoria Coren. Author of the week is John Betjamen. Reader Becky Hindley. Producer Dawn Ellis

Award-winning writer Glyn Hughes examines LS Lowry's platonic friendships with a succession of young women and their influence on his art. Twenty-five years ago, the artist left almost all his wealth and some very unusual paintings to a young woman called Carol Ann Lowry. She was not related to him but had contacted her namesake in the hope of gaining his support in her own quest to become an artist. Lowry's response was beyond her wildest dreams - he paid for her convent education and helped her through art school - and the pair remained firm friends until his death.
The dark side of the artist: page 13

[Picture caption] A drama about one of the great geniuses of British art and his less famous work in Mr Lowry's Loves

Mr Lowry's Loves 2.15pm R4 FM
Tom Courtenay is the perfect choice to play LS Lowry in this fascinating account of a little-known aspect of the Lancastrian painter's life. The focus of the play is the lifetime attachment that Lowry formed to Carol Ann Lowry, who just happened to have the same surname. They met after Carol had written to Lowry when she was 14 years old, asking for help to make it as an artist. Lowry, who died 25 years ago, left Carol most of his money and some very odd pictures, revealing a dark side to his character of which there was no hint in his singular industrial landscapes. Rachel Atkins plays Carol in Glyn Hughes's play. Read more on page 13.

John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness are the guests of the Norfolk branch of the National Council for Conservation of Plants and Gardens. With chairman Eric RobSOn. Shortened rpt from Sunday 2pm

3: The Awakening Chamberby Lana Citron , read by Luke Griffin. Oliver is small for his age which means he is allowed into the girl's communal changing room with his older sister. One day his innocent fun COmeS to an end. Producer Tanya Nash. For details see Monday

3: Peter Cetera 's accidental invention of the "power ballad" with Chicago song If You Leave Me Now, provided a vehicle for, among others, Elkie Brooks and the King's Singers. For details see Monday

Christopher Ross discusses his acclaimed book Tunnel Visions with Laurie Taylor , documenting his 12 months spent as a platform assistant on the London Underground. Described as a "Plato's cave of reflection and human comedy", the book is a warm, philosophical and thought-provoking reflection on the modern world caught in a Victorian subway system. Producer Tony Phillips. E-MAIL: thinking.allowed@bbc.co.uk

Repeated from yesterday 9pm

With Clare English and Eddie Mair.

Marianne Carey 's comedy drama is set in the offices of an Edinburgh insurance company. The management consultants draw up their report, and a new boy joins the department. with Paul Birchard Monica Gibb Gavin Kean Hilary Neville, Jenny Ryan. John Shedden and Tom Smith. Producer David Jackson Young (R)

Ed VOtes With his feet. Repeated tomorrow 2pm

Arts news, reviews and interviews, and the latest on the appointment of the new Children's Laureate. Presented by John Wilson. Producer Robyn Read

Tim Jackson 's drama investigates Darwinism from a woman's perspective. 3: With David's angiogram safely out of her way, Kate is back at the university. Still haunted by the story of Emma and Charles, she finds herself distracted by Polly, who has a story of her Own to tell. For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am

Marcel Berlins chairs a series of legal debates in which lay people pit their wits against the professionals.
Damages. If you are injured, how much compensation should you get? And what is the price of a life or a limb? Producer Anna Parkinson. Repeated Saturday 10.15pm

Legendary historian AJP Taylor was fascinated by the changing role of the prime minister. Obscure recordings of lectures for university students have recently been unearthed. They are typically amusing and opinionated. In three programmes Professor Peter Clarke draws parallels with modern prime ministers, this week examiningthe role of Gladstone. Producer Matt Thompson. Repeated from Sunday 22.45pm

A look at the mystery behind a piece of molecular origami - protein folding, the mechanism bywhich newly created proteins in our bodies become fully functioning machines with many roles. Researchers now believe that understanding this process holds the key to treating and preventing some of our most challenging diseases, including Alzheimer's and CJD. With Peter Evans. Producer Adrian Washbourne. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Shortened repeat from 9am

With Robin Lustig.

Robert Powell reads Jules Verne 's classic novel.
8. A duel is not the only obstacle placed in the path of the intrepid Mr Fogg as he battles his way across the United States. For details see Monday

What'sgone wrong with English cricket recently?
Er.... nothing. But Dave Podmore is goingto put that right. County cricket's medium-paced trundler par excellence has a plan and it involves our children. By Chris Douglas , Nick Newman and Andrew Nickolds.
Podmore first appeared in book form, but is a regular "columnist" in The Guardian every cricket season and occasionally on television. Dave Chris Douglas
Andy Andrew Nickolds
Producer Richard Wilson

(Repeated from 9.45am) (For details see Monday 9.45am)