With Rani Moorthy.
With Miriam O'Reilly.
With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
Muriel Gray and her guests set the cultural agenda for the week.
(Shortened repeat at 9.30pm)
With Jenni Murray. Drama: Inner Voices III: Aria by Lynn Ferguson. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
A six-part series in which Peter Snow looks at stories uncovered in a single copy of a newspaper from the past.
How Midlanders celebrated the end of blackout restrictions, the threat to civilians from the air during the war, how the international language of Esperanto fared amid wartime nationalism and the music which charmed troops in the trenches but flopped in peacetime. Plus the Florence Nightingale of the war, Elsie Inglis from Edinburgh.
Concluding Sue Rodwell's dramatisations of the stories by A.J. Cronin. 6: The Sisters Scobie. Finlay rashly decides he can cure the crabby cohabitating Scobie sisters of the flu and the fact that they haven't talked to each other for 15 years.
Producer Jeremy Howe
With John Waite and Winifred Robinson.
With James Cox.
A nationwide general knowledge including Beat the Brains, in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants. Chairman Robert Robinson. Producer Richard Edis. Repeated Saturday 11pm
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Stephanie Young. While the mobile phone, the palmtop computer and the walkie-talkie are clearly designed to facilitate verbal communication, it may be unwise to entrust to them the sweet nothings of romantic love. But such is the dangerous experiment conducted by Louise and Clare as they flirt with Tony, Sam, Dave and electronic disaster.
Director John Taylor. Flute lleanna Ruhemann. Guitar Eddie Stewart. Vocals Stephanie Young
Rnancial experts answer listeners' personal finance questions. Presented by Vincent Duggleby. Lines are open on [number removed] from 1.30pm. Producer Penny Haslam
Five weekday readings of poetry and prose for
Remembrance Week dedicated to the memory of those lost in the conflicts of the 20th century.
1: Soldier Poets of the Forgotten War. Previously unperformed poetry from young American servicemen caught up in the nightmare of the Korean War. Read by Brian Dietzen , Jim Drevescraft , Brian McManus , Lee Potts , Johnny Stange and AdrienneWilliard. Producer Martin Jenkins
A five-part weekday series exploring lasting friendships.
How a Savile Row tailor and a former professional wrestler forged a lasting friendship.
A celebration of the hop harvest. Once condemned as a "vile, pernicious weed" and banned by ale-lover Henry VIII, hops are now a revered and endangered ingredient of British beer and food. Extended repeat from yesterday 12.30pm
Anne MacKenzie and guests with conversation on a wide range of issues. Producer Amber Dawson
With Clare English and Carolyn Quinn.
nThe perennial antidote to panel games returns for a new seven-part series. Tony Hawks joins regulars
Tim Brooke-Taylor , Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer at the Grand Theatre in Wolverhampton underthe auspices of reluctant chairman Humphrey Lyttelton. Colin Sell accompanies on the piano. Producer Jon Naismith. Repeated on Sunday
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: I'm Sorry I Haven a Clue is available at all good retailers and www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed] Who's sorry now?: page 12
Shula does the pick-up. Rptd tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and Ian Hislop 's verdict on the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Producer Tim Prosser
Lynn Ferguson stars in her own drama. Middle-aged teacher Elspeth lives in her own musical dream world, and it can get her into trouble. Director Mary Peate. Repeated from 10.45am
America sees Britain as its staunchest ally, especially after the terrorist attacks of 11 September, but there are individuals in the UK who are critical of America and its foreign policy, In a documentary made for US public radio, American journalist Stephen Smith discusses this issue with people on both sides of the Atlantic. How, for example, do North Carolina high school students respond to the anti-Americanism expressed by North London teenagers? Producer Stephen Smith
Third in a ten-part series of the international current affairs programme. With Argentina in the grip of an economic crisis, Julian Pettifer spends 24 hours in Buenos Aires finding out how belt-tightening measures have affected the city's population. With bartering now commonplace and public workers being paid in coupons, he sees how Argentines are coping with the dramatic changes in their fortunes. Repeated from Thursday
The last of two programmes. 2: Sea of Sand. Sue Armstrong travels to the Namib desert to discover how the plants and animals that live there manage to survive searing heat and desiccating wind to make the dunes and plains their home. Atroop of baboons that can survive for 100 days without drinking and plants that hide underthe sand with only a window on the world are some of the extraordinary inhabitants of this ancient desert. Producer Louise Dalz 'el
Shortened repeat of 9am
With Robin Lustig.
Geraldine Brooks 's novel based on the true story of the village of Eyam in Derbyshire during the plague of 1665 is abridged in ten parts by Sarah LeFanu. As the north remains unscathed by the plague, the delivery of a bolt of cloth from the capital begins a time of tragedy, isolation and bravery for Anna and her small village. Read by Helen Sheals. Part 1. Producer SaraDavies
Repeated from Saturday 9am
Repeated from 9.45am
