With the Rev Gethin Abraham Williams.
With Miriam O'Reilly.
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 the Rev Angela Tilby.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
John Humphrys in conversation with six successful people who have weathered storms in their careers. Judith and Alan Kilshaw were widely condemned when they attempted to pay L8,200 to adopt twin baby girls. They lost their highly publicised legal battle and the babies were taken from them and returned to America. Now the Kilshaws say their lives will never be the same again.
Producer Brian King. Editor Andrew Thorman. Repeated at 9.30pm
Concluding the series looking at glass in architecture, Maxwell Hutchinson examines the role played by an English window manufacturer in promoting the work of the modern movement in the twenties. He asks why glass is a favourite material for architects today and looks at how technical developments will allow them to use it in the future. Producer Elena Curti
Presented by Sheila McClennon. Drama:
Adam Bede by George Eliot. Part 7. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Going Through the 1800 Barrier. People who have researched their family roots will know the problem of getting back beyond 1800. With no civil registration, records become much more difficult to find. George Redmonds reveals how DNA analysis can provide a way to identify relationships back to the Middle Ages, when hereditary surnames were stabilising afterthe bouts of plague in the latter half of the 14th century.
Producer Sandra Sykes. WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
In the first of two programmes about comedians who have crossed the gender barrier by impersonating the opposite sex, Ned Sherrin looks back at the women who specialised in "doingthe male", from music-hall entertainers to stars of the Silver screen. Producer Bob Dickinson
With Winifred Robinson and Peter White.
Including 12.30 Call You and Yours
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With Nick Clarke.
Few people outside Northern Ireland really understand the passions behind Drumcree and the Orange marching season. Sean Rafferty explores the culture of Protestant music making and discovers why even the playing of a seemingly innocuous hymn can cause offence in some contexts. Producer Bill Lloyd
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
Jane Poncia 's drama sees Jennifer, a 64-year-old divorcee, happily settled into comfortable late middle age. When an American ex-boyfriend turns up out of the blue, offering her a new life with him back in the States, she is surprised by how tempting it sounds.
Director Cherry Cookson
The programme that examines listeners' historical queries, exploring avenues of research and uncovering mysteries. Presented by Sue Cook. Producers Ivan Howlett and Nick Patrick
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By Richmal Crompton. 2: ThatBoy. Fordetailsseeyesterday
A visit to Morayshiretofindouthowone man's passion for daffodils changed the face of the flower forever. For details see yesterday
Conversation about the world of business, money and technology, with Heather Payton and guests. Producer Simon Crow
The intelligent guide to the wide world of learning, presented by Winifred Robinson.
Producer Anne Freeman. E-MAIL: the.learning.curve@bbc.co.uk PHONE: [number removed]. Repeated Sunday llpm
With Clare English and Eddie Mair.
Afour-part comedy series devised by Bill Dare about a struggling a cappella band. 2:Fifteen Minutes of Fame by Jesse Armstrong. Kenny gets the Big Town All Stars on to breakfast television. Their perfect chance to make the big time orthe skeletal claw of death tapping on the door to oblivion?
with Tony Gardner. Rachel Preece and Robert Webb Producer Gareth Edwards
Hayley wants to drive Scott away. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Today a review of Knockaround Guys, starring John Malkovich and Dennis Hopper , a film about a group of Brooklyn mobsters who take on a Midwest sheriff. Presented by John Wilson. Producer ZahidWarley
By George Eliot. 7: In his summerhouse in the Donnithorne Woods , Arthur is forced to face facts.
Further cast details across the week. Fordetails see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am
Majorissues, changing attitudes and important events at home and abroad, presented by Jolyon Jenkins. Producer David Lewis. Editor David Ross. Repeated Sunday 5pm
News, issues and information of interest to blind and partially sighted people, with Peter White. Producers Jayne Egerton and Mohini Patel
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When your two-year-old is lying on the floor screaming because he wants an ice cream and you have said "no", how does it make you feel? It may help to know that he does it because he "knows" you want him to have an ice cream too - he is unable to understand that your mind can hold a different idea from his.
Connie St Louis concludes the series that explores what makes children behave the way they do.
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Life as an Infant 9.00pm R4
If the toddler will let you hear this, he or she will have done you a favour, for this programme, the last in a series, at last explains why infants seem not to have the slightest notion as to why it is that their wishes do not always coincide with our own. The reason appears to be that when a child lies on the floor screaming for a toy or a fruit drink, it is convinced that you have exactly the same thought in mind: the concept of two people holding different views is not one the child can grasp.
(Peter Barnard)
Music choice: Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro Radio 3: see Music page 19
Repeated from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
By Anne Tyler. 7: Guess who is coming to dinner as Rebecca turns back the Clock? For details see yesterday
Gerard Foster's sitcom about a professor who is trying to write a book. This week Beverly hears the patter of tiny feet. George is aghast but decides that this event could be turned to his advantage. Alex loves the idea of a new sibling, but Miranda is not so keen to share her inheritance. Will the snails finally be usurped?
Repeated from 9.45am. For details see yesterday 9.45am
