With Ibrahim Mogra.
With Anna Hill.
With James Naughtie and Sue MacGregor.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought forthe Day
Muriel Gray is joined by the artist Cornelia Parker , whose latest work is a squashed brass band. Producer Ariane Koek. Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Jenni Murray hosts lively and topical interviews and discussions from a woman's point of view. Drama: The Tale of Lady Murasaki by Liza Dalby. Part 1. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Last in a series in which Peter Snow looks at stories uncovered in a single copy of a newspaper from the past. 6: The Independent, 3 March, 1988.
Rosie Barnes MP continues to fly the SDP banner in spite of the SDP and Liberal parties merger, a unique archaeological project in Wales loses its funding and the women rugby players of Pontypool and Leicester polytechnics disagree on the pitch. Plus a passenger starts a sit-in on the London Underground. Producer Andrew Green
A four-part dramatisation of Mavis Cheek's novel about the plight of a divorced, middle-aged mother after her son leaves home. Dramatised by the author.
Pamela's neighbour Peaches invites her to a barbecue, where there is someone of the "male variety" she wants Pamela to meet. Meanwhile, her mother has other plans to improve her daughter's love-life.
With Liz Barclay.
With Nick Clarke.
A nationwide general knowledge contest, including Beat the Brains, in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants. The chairman is
Robert Robinson. Today, highest-scoring runner-up. Producer Richard Edis. Rptd Saturday llpm
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Joseph Crilly.
Looking to buy a house, Geraldine is attracted to McAneery's property business by their catchphrase "a home in the country, not a house in the sticks". But on this occasion Paul and Eugene's services go far beyond the selling of houses and Geraldine's life is changed forever.
Financial experts answer listeners' personal finance questions. Presented by Vincent Duggleby. Lines are open on [number removed] from 1.30pm. Producer Jennifer Clarke
Five weekday programmes in which Penelope Wilton reads ten of Jan Struther 's Times stories about the British housewife immortalised in the wartime movie starring Greer Garson. 1: Mrs MiniverComes Home and On Hampstead Heath. Producer Sara Davies
Five weekday programmes about the chemical messengers in our brain which tell us how to feel, how to react and how to move. 1: Acetylcholine To sleep, perchance to dream, or perchance to learn. Claudia Hammond discovers a brain chemical that helps us solve problems while we sleep. Producer Marya Burgess (R)
Extended rpt from yesterday 12.30pm
Anne MacKenzie and guests with international conversation tackling issues ranging from politics to popular culture, sport to science, and artto anthropology. Producer Amber Dawson
With Clare English and Carolyn Quinn.
Second in a seven-part series of the perennial antidote to panel games. This week's edition comes from the Wolverhampton Grand with guest Tony
Hawks joining regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor , Graeme Garden , Barry Cryer and 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 on cassette at good retailers and www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]
Greg Should watch his back. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson with the first in a series of reports on the children's books of the year. Producer Tom Morris
Liza Dalby's imaginary chronicle of the 11th-century Japanese writer Murasaki Shikibu is dramatised in five parts by Lisa Hunt.
In 11th-century Japan, Lady Murasaki of the Imperial Court entertained the Empress and her ladies with stories about the fictional Prince Genji whose affairs and intrigues were often inspired by what she observed around her.
Fuji invents the adventures of Prince Genji but is soon caught up with her own first love.
(Repeated from 10.45am)
Half a century after its construction, WAGR, the Windscale advanced gas-cooled reactor, is being dismantled. The iconic golf ball still contains highly radioactive material and has to be taken apart very carefully, mostly by robots. Andrew Luck-Baker follows this extraordinarily difficult job. Producer Julia Durbin. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
Aten-part series of the international current affairs programme. 4: New Serbia?Ayear ago the people of Serbia overthrew Slobodan Milosevic.
Olenka Frenkiel travels to Belgrade to ask what has changed in the lives of ordinary Serbs. She finds that mass graves of Kosovo Albanians are in the process of being excavated on Serb territory and asks how the people living next to these sites are coping. She also talks to a man who is determined to rebuild the country's natural history museum. Rptd from Thursday
A new three-part nature series. 1: The Whale.Brian Leith looks at our relationship with an animal that has fed, clothed, warmed and enlightened us. Producer Grant Sonnex
Shortened repeat of 9am
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. Anna's small village has been struck by plague and the villagers are taking desperate measures to protect themselves. Read by Helen ShealS. Part 6. Producer Sara Davies
Repeated from Saturday 9am
Repeated from 9.45am
