With the Rev Stephen Shipley.
Presented by Sarah Mukherjee.
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Chief Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks.
Cate Blanchett joins Martha Kearney to discuss herroleintheforthcomingfilm Charlotte Gray, based on the novel by Sebastian Faulks. Drama: The Magpie Stories. Part 5.
PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.UK Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Dr Graham Easton presents the story of the stethoscope. Invented by a Frenchman named Laennec in the early 19th century, the original design has barely altered. But digital technology is set to change all that. Producer Rami Tzabar
A series of six monologues about women, written byLynneTruss.5: The Sister. Starring
Lindsey Coulson. Sisters Tina and Pat always take adventurous holidays together, and are sailing on the Nile in a felucca. Tina has been practising wrapping herself in toilet paper like a mummy for the cruise party games and revels in the beautiful sights of Egypt. But all is not as it seems.
Music composed by Rex Brough . Producer Dawn Ellis
With Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.
Editor Chris Burns PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: youandyours@bbc.co.uk
Roger Bolton airs your views and opinions on BBC Radio programmes and policy. Producer Brian King
Write to: Feedback, PO Box 2100. London WW 1QT PHONE: [number removed] FAX [number removed].
E-MAIL: feedback@bbc.co.uk Repeated on Sunday
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
Written and directed by Paul Dodgson A middle-aged couple hear their daughter's music playing in the record section of a department store - but it's four years since the day they last heard her voice, when she vanished without trace.
4: The Green Light Trust. Two men in a rainforest see the light - and it's green. Jessica Holm digs up the dirt on a community tree planting scheme in Suffolk that has roots in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea. Producer Dave Parkinson E-MAIL: changing.places@bbc.co.uk
Last in the series.
In a final, more reflective visit to the Abbey Antique Gallery, Lucy Mainwaring discovers a long lost Dutch portrait. Read by Penelope Wilton.
5: Hippo NumberOne. The first great star of London Zoo saw his mother killed and found himself harpooned on the Nile. When Obaysch the hippopotamus finally arrived in London he captured the public's imagination. For details see Monday
Marcel Berlins investigates the leading legal issues of the week, and asks if the results of highly publicised new approaches to the fight against youth crime justify the claims made for them. Producer Simon Coates Repeated Sunday 8.30pm
Conversation about how current media trends affect modern life, with Jenni Murray and guests. Producer Dave Harvey
With Eddie Mair and Carolyn Quinn. Editor Kevin Marsh
The series returns with another mix of satire, scepticism, camaraderie and mirth. Chaired by Simon Hoggart , with Alan Coren , Andy Hamilton , Fred MacAulay and Linda Smith.
Producer Lucy Armitage Repeated Saturday 12.30pm
The truth hurts.
Written by Carole Simpson Solazzo Director Rosemary Watts
Editor Vanessa Whitburn ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]
John Wilson with arts interviews, news and reviews. Producer Sally Spurring
Ten tales forthe superstitious. 5: Five forSilverby
Shelley Silas. There are surprise guests at a 25-year anniversary.
DirectorClaire Grove Repeated from 10.45am
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a political discussion from Beckenham, Kent. On the panel will be author and scientist John Gribbin, Baroness Jay, Sandy Toksvig and former Shadow Home Secretary Ann Widdecombe.
Producer Lisa Jenkinson
With veteran commentator AlistairCooke. Repeated Saturday 5.45am and Sunday 8.45am
With Zeinab Badawi.
Editor Prue Keely E-MAIL: world.tonight@bbc.co.uk
Ian McEwan 's Booker short-listed novel about childhood, love and shame.Three lives draw nearerto the edge in this compelling portrait of the power of fantasy over reality. For details see Monday
Chris Bigsby introduces a mix of new talent and established names, writers of fiction and fact, who have been commissioned to write and talk together about the ideas and pre-occupations of ourtimes. 3: Siblings. With Liz Bond , Martin Newell and Misha Glenny. Producer Miles Warde
Another chance to hear Warren Mitchell remenisce about where his love of acting began, the terrors of performing on live TV and how AlfGarnett came into his life. Producer Claire Jones
The last of five parts. Growing old, with grace, wit and happy memories. Repeated from 9.45am
