With Joy Mead.

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 Rabbi Lionel Blue.
8.32 L W only Yesterday in Parliament

Fergal Keane talks to individuals who, through conviction or circumstances, have taken a stand for What they believe in. Producer Jane Beresford. Rptd at 9.30pm

1: Britain and the Beast. Late in 1939 the threat of German bombs and possible invasion inspired an ambitious and largely forgotten art scheme. The "Recording Britain" project despatched artists around the country with the aim of capturing in watercolours distinctive aspects of the British landscape, including churches, pubs, graveyards and barns In the first of a three-part series, Patrick Wright investigates the roots of the scheme and meets Olive Cook , one of the last surviving artists Who took part. Producer John Goudie

With Jenni Murray. Drama: Degrees of Distance. 2: Joanby Arnold Evans. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Big Blue Questions. Mark Cawardine , who has watched blue whales in the sea and from the air, reports on the latest findings about the behaviour of these intriguing creatures. Repeated from yesterday 9pm

The last in the series in which Caroline Quentin , who began her career as a dancer in pantomime, takes a tour backstage to explore the highs and lows of life in the chorus through the decades.
3- The Chorus on Screen. With the coming of the movies, chorus members got a chance for a close-up turning them from faceless singers and dancers into individuals. When TV arrived, it changed the role of the chorus even more and groups like the Television Toppers began to be famous intheirown right. Director Emma Kingsley

With Winifred Robinson and PeterWhite.
Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours. PHONE: [number removed]. LINES OPEN from 10am

With Nick Clarke.

- Kenny Clarke. The first of three programmes in which former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth
- Clarke indulges himself in a long-standing passion
-jazz- profiling those who have been most influential on him, startingwith his namesake, drummer Kenny Clarke. An innovator of the bebop era Clarke led the way for all drummers to follow.
Kenneth Clarke talks to Nat Peck , a member of the great Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland bands, about the influence this master musician had on him and the audiences they played to. Producer Paul Evans

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

Five plays telling the story of King David's reign.
4: Michal, Saul's Daughter by Kate Clanchy.
David has taken Jerusalem, and is bringing the ark of the covenant into the city. In his harem, three of his wives, Eglah, Michal and Abigail, fight over their relative status.

Richard Daniel chairs the programme in which listeners set the agenda with their environmental concerns. Producer Nick Patrick. PHONE: [number removed]
LETTERS: [address removed]E-MAIL: home.planet@bbc.co.uk

2: Grip City. By Malcolm Wallis , read by Carl Prekopp. Revenge is on a young man's mind when "Billy Prince", hard-man owner of an amusement arcade, refuses to pay for services rendered. For details see yesterday

2: Young Ornithologists ' Club. The youth wing of the Royal Societyforthe Protection of Birds has a new name now and is still going strong; but for those who grew up in the sixties and seventies and got switched on to birds, the YOC was where it was at. Presented by Richard Coles. Producer Kim Normanton

Heather Payton and guests with conversation about the world of business, money and technology. Producers Rozina Breen and Rosamund Jones

Libby Purves with the guide to the world of learning. Producer Sukey Firth. Phone [number removed]. Repeated Sunday 3pm

With Clare English and Eddie Mair.

Another chance to hear Christopher Lee's four-part drama. When high-flying civil servant Zelda Timpson begins her latest Whitehall posting in the Ministry of Defence she finds herself the boss of four serving military officers who'd all really prefer to be elsewhere.

Rifles that don't work in the cold, field radios that don't work at all, and a mysterious letter to the minister that demands a careful answer.

Is Brian safe? Repeated tomorrow 2pm

Mark Lawson reports on a major new exhibition of the art of Andy Warhol attheTate Modern, London. Producer Erin Riley

2: Joan by Arnold Evans. An elderly woman is reminded of her own attempt to leave her husband. Producer Alison Hindell Repeated from 10 45am

The Sarah Payne murder case exposed major gaps in the way Britain deals with sex offenders. But, ten years after the Home Office recommended more treatment for those convicted, why is so little being done within the prison and probation system to try to reduce re-offending rates? With Julian O'Halloran. Producer Paul Vickers. Repeated Sunday 5pm

News, issues and information of interest to blind and partially sighted people, with Peter White.
Producer Ian Macrae. PHONE: [number removed] for more information

Connie St Louis returns to the school playground to look at how children make friends and what happens when they don't. She also looks at the games children play and tries to get to the bottom of why girls like her daughter play football when most are more interested in Barbie. Producer Julia Durbin Repeated tomorrow 4.30pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Repeated from 9am

With Robin Lustig.

By Robert Graves. Read by John le Carre. 7: Triste la Guerre. For details see yesterday

The last of John O'Farrell 's account of life as a Labour supporter during the Conservative government of 1979-97. With dramatisations starring Jack Dee , Tony Hawks and Doon MacKichan. 4: 1992-97
Featuring Basildon, Portillo, pantomime rhinos and the Eurovision Song Contest. Producer LucyArmitage

Repeated from 9.45am