With Dave Kitchen.
With Anna Hill.
With John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Akhandadi Das.
Peter Sissons presents the series in which listeners question leading politicians.
Today: Ann Widdecombe of the Conservatives. Also being shown on BBC2.
Presented byJenni Murray. Drama: The Rainbow Bridge by Tim Jackson. Part 8. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Two years ago, a group of teachers from Oldham visited their pupils' families in Bangladesh. Now they go back to help set up development links, but discover that, when it comes to alleviating poverty. Britain can learn from Bangladesh. Producer Liz Carney. Editor David Ross (R)
June Whitfield and Roy Hudd star as an aging show-business couple who get a second stab at fame in the new millennium. Written by Mike Coleman. Producer Steve Doherty. Music Frido Ruth
With Liz Barclay.
With Nick Clarke , including a party election broadcast by Labour.
Kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974, Patty Hearst joined the organisation in a spree of bank robberies, but was pardoned for her crimes on Bill Clinton's last day in the White House. Mark Coles goes in search of the elusive society heiress.
(For details see Monday)
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
Nocturne in Blue and Gold by Geoffrey Beevers. When James McNeill Whistler 's impressionistic painting of Old Battersea Bridge was first exhibited, the critic John Ruskin accused the artist of "flinging a pot of paint in the face of the public". Whistler took Ruskin to court, and many commentators believe that the resultant libel case was to change the course of art history. Whistler expert Richard Dorment examines the structure and content of the painting, while dramatist Geoffrey Beevers imaginatively reconstructs the events surrounding the painting of the work and the trial itself. For details see yesterday
John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness are guests of the Harwich and District Gardening Club. With Chairman Eric RobSOn. Shortened repeatfrom Sunday 2pm
3: Yellow Label Tea by Ruth Thomas , read by Natasha Little. A homesick English woman spends a lonely pregnancy in stifling weather in Argentina. For details see Monday
3: The Harvest. Natalie Wheen prepares to harvest the 60 ol ive trees on her land. For details see Monday (R)
Two of the country's leading experts on the workplace, Richard Reeves of the Industrial Society and Richard Sennett from the LSE, talk to Laurie Taylor about whether we can learn to love our work. Producer Tony Phillips. E-MAIL: thinking.allowed@bbc.co.uk
Open Wide. Whether you have ulcers or a furry tongue, your mouth can tell a doctor a lot about your health. Just by peering inside the mouth, oral medicine specialists can diagnose anything from skin rashes to gut problems. Dr Graham Easton asks the experts for the best treatments for burning mouth syndrome, cold sores and pain caused by grinding teeth. 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.
It's the annual staff outing to Middlebury House, but not all the entertainment is as innocent as face painting and bungee jumping.
with Paul Birchard , Monica Gibb , Gavin Kean , Hilary Neville ,
Jenny Ryan , John Shedden and Tom Smith. Producer David Jackson Young (R)
Emma takes a ride. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Arts reviews, news and interviews. Producer MohitBakaya
Tim Jackson 's drama investigates Darwinism from a woman's perspective. 8: Charles moves closer towards The Origin of Species, Eugene moves closer towards Kate, and Kate moves closertowards understanding her obsession with Emma. For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am
Marcel Berlins concludes a series of legal debates in which lay people pit their wits against the professionals. Asylum and Immigration
Who should have the right to asylum in Britain and what is the legal route to immigration?
Producer Anna Parkinson. Repeated Saturday 10.15pm
Last of the series in which Mary Kenny invites brothers and sisters to reveal what makes their relationship unique. Producer Elizabeth Senior
Black Holes. Zeus, a massive new x-ray telescope soon to be assembled in space, will be able to detect the first black holes in the early universe. As scientists continue to uncover a dazzling array of these phenomena throughout space, Peter Evans examines how new observations are revolutionising our ideas of black-hole activity and look set to answer some of the most fundamental questions in physics. Producer Adrian Washbourne. E-MAIL: [email address removed]
Frontiers
9.00pm R4
Tonight's programme in the science series takes as its starting point recent discoveries by two telescopes that have been examining black holes, the invisible areas of space that suck in everything around them. Black holes were the subject of speculation for years but now that their existence is proven, what can we learn about them and do they pose a threat? Frontiers presenter Peter Evans discovers that conflicting views of physics could be united by what we learn from black holes, which provide physicists with vast laboratories in which Einstein's laws can be tested as never before. Peter Barnard
Why do people have such different responses to alcohol? Quentin Coopertalks to Dr Jane Davies and Professor David Stephens from the University of Sussex about their research into alcoholism. They believe that at least 1,200 of ourgenes are affected by the hard stuff. The team is nowtryingto identify which genes are stimulated by alcohol, and what mechanisms switch them on. Repeated from Thursday
With Robin Lustig.
Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel set in forties New York is read by Henry Goodman. Part 3. For details see Monday
Dave Podmore , the cricketer's cricketer is due to get the call any day now. But will it be from the Test selectors or VAT inspectors? Written by Chris Douglas , Nick Newman and Andrew Nickolds.
Producer Richard Wilson
For details see Monday
Repeated from 9.45am. For details see Monday 9.45am
