With the Very Rev David Chillingworth.
Presented by Miriam O'Reilly.
Producer Sarah Hughes
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
6.25, 7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Rev Angela Tilby.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Presented by Martha Kearney. Drama: Les Misérables. By Victor Hugo. Part 15. PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
The art of making a patchwork quilt - behind bars at HM Prison Wandsworth in London.
Producer Penny Arnold
Robin's dream comes true as not one but two real criminal offences are committed on his doorstep and the police come to visit. The only problem is he wasn't there when it happened but Wendy was. Derek finds a companion in an iguana, and Jackie (his ex) feels compelled to return to the scene of the crime. reels uompeneu
Producer Mario Stylianides
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
Editor Chris Burns. PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: youandyours@bbc.co.uk
With Nick Clarke. Editor Kevin Marsh
Roger Bolton airs listeners' views and opinions on BBC Radio programmes and policy.
Send your comments to: Feedback. PO Box 2100. London WlA 1QT
PHONE: [number removed] . FAX: [number removed] E-MAIL: feedback@>bbc.co.uk
Producer Peter Everett. Repeated on Sunday 8pm
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Louise Ironside. In the early sixties the space race was truly under way. Hearing rumours that the Soviets were planning to send a female astronaut into space, Nasa began runningtests on female pilots Louise Ironside's fictional play is based on the experiences of the Mercury 13 - Nasa's secret female astronauts. The play uses archive recordings and extracts from the recollections ot
Jerrie Cobb. one of the real Mercury 13 astronauts.
Other parts played by members of the cast Director David Ian Neville
Chef Heston Blumenthal joins greengrocers Gregg Wallace and Charlie Hicks to chat to listeners about tempting vegetables for kids. Producer Paula McGinley PHONE: [number removed]. Lines open from 1.30pm
The last of five quietly unsettling short stories by Elspeth Davie. 5: The Eyelash. "When you find a strange hair anywhere, do you at once connect it with some imagined person... ?" Read by Edith Macarthur. Producer David Jackson Young
Concluding his series on 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.
Michael Rosen presents another programme about words and the way we speak. 7: Mouth Watering When was the last time you stepped into the limelight or stole someone's thunder? And when the vampire state has sucked you dry, how do you find the words to describe a country going to pot? Producer Mark Burman. Repeated Sunday 8.30pm
Conversation about how current media trends affect modern life, with Jenni Murray and guests. Producer Dave Harvey
With Carolyn Quinn and Nigel Wrench. Editor Kevin Marsh
A A new series of the sharp edge of radio satire with a potent mixture of sketches, songs and observational humour to take the pulse of the nation. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis star, with Mitch Benn , Marcus Brigstocke , Emma Kennedy and Jon Holmes. Producer Adam Bromley. Repeated Saturday 12.30
A welcome return.
Written by Caroline Harrington. Director Rosemary Watts
Editor Vanessa Whitburn. ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an sae to [address removed]
Francine Stock chairs the arts show with interviews, news and reviews. Producer Martin Smith
By Victor Hugo , dramatised by Lin Coghlan.
15: Love is in the air in the Rue Plumet. But why is Jean Valjean so obsessed with secrecy ? For details see Monday. Repeat of 10.45am
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a political discussion from London. On the panel will be Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, Lord Maginnis, former Armed
Forces Minister Nick Soames MP, and author and columnist Jeanette Winterson.
Producer Lisa Jenkinson.
With veteran commentator Alistair Cooke. Repeated Saturday 5.45am and Sunday 8.45am
Editors Prue Keely and Jenni Russell.
E-Mail: [email address removed] Website: [web address removed]
The last part of Barbara Pym 's hilarious novel, read by Deborah Rndlay. Abridged and produced in ten parts by Chris Wallis. 10: Everard takes the plunge.
What do a Dutch, a South African and a Taiwanese journalist have in common? They all have something to say about the British way of life. All three join
David Aaronovitch to observe, dissect and parody what's been happening in Britain this week. Producer Katy Hickman
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament and behind the scenes in committee.
Repeated from 9.45am
