With Father Michael Collins.
Presented by Miriam O'Reilly.
With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament 6 25 7 25 8 25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Christina Rees.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Libby Purves and guests engage in lively and diverse conversation.
Producer Chris Paling Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
With Jenni Murray. Drama: Life lsn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee. Part 3. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Political journalist Malachi O'Doherty investigates the rhetoric, bluster and thunderous tones that unite the pulpit politicians of Northern Ireland and America.
Barry Grossman's comedy-drama series concludes.
A difficult and testing time for the two Rabbis of Hillfield.
With Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.
With Nick Clarke.
Quiz show. Martin Young hosts the biographical quiz show, with team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego and this week's guests, Geoffrey Durham and Lynne Truss.
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Phelim Rowland.
Two young women meet in prison and instantly despise each other. How then do they end up living together, duping their probation officer and working as an anti-vice squad in a sleepy seaside town on the south coast?
Nigel Colborn , John Cushnie and Bob Flowerdew answer questions posed by gardeners from Cheshire. The chairman is Enc Robson
Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened
Rve specially commissioned stories for more than one voice. 3: The Red Bread Oven. By Sara Maitland. With a pregnancy comes first joy and then the shadow of a dark fairytale. Read by Jacqueline Tong.
Dylan Winter enters the eyries of the tower crane drivers, cabs swaying disconcertingly in the wind, to bring back compelling stories from the frontline of the construction industry. 3: The World at Their Feet: MeettheBig Boys. The tallest tower crane in the world, the K10.000, stands three times higher than the Statue of Liberty. Find out how cranes have grown to match modern architects' grandiose visions, from the London Eye to China's Three Gorges Dam.
Laurie Taylor explores and explodes ideas that shape our society.
Producer James Marshall E-MAIL: thinking.allowed@bbc.co.uK
As the National Autistic Society celebrates its 40th anniversary, Dr Raj Persaud reviews current knowledge and understanding of autistic spectrum disorders. Producer Marya Burgess Phone the BBC Action Line [number removed]
With Clare English and Eddie Mair.
Another chance to hear the literary quiz, chaired by James Walton. Captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh are joined by Jane Thynne and Jonathan Myerson. The reader is Becky Hindley. This week the teams are asked to write pastiches in the form of a modern-day comedy show as written by Harold Pinter.
Janet deals with rejection. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and a report from the Sheffield Crucible theatre, as Kenneth Branagh returns to the stage in Shakespeare's Richard III. Producer Bob Dickinson
The third part of Meera Syal 's book, interweaving the stories of three British-Asian women and the men in their lives. 3: Sunita and Chila attend the premiere screening of Tania'sdocumentary-but will their friendship survive the evening? All parts played by Meera Syal and Sanjeev Bhaskar. For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
Michael Buerk hosts the programme, while guests Claire Fox , Ian Hargreaves , Steven Rose and Roger Scruton cross-examine witnesses about their stances on one of the week's moral conundrums. Producer David Coomes Repeated Saturday 10.15pm
Historian Peter Hennessy concludes his investigation into recently declassified intelligence files in Whitehall that reveal howfarthe secret processes of Cold War defence and security planning are still with us today. 3: Red and Amber. How close we came to the nuclear brink during moments of special peril like the Cuban missile crisis.
Producer ZareerMasani Editor Nicola Meyrick Rpt of Sunday 10.45pm
Afour-part series about the chemical elements.
2: The Core of Life. Adam Hart-Davis revels in the stuff of life itself as he discovers that half of the study of chemistry is devoted to just one element: carbon. From the glitter of diamonds to the blackness of soot, carbon still has the capacityto surprise us with totally new forms capable of new uses. Readings by Crawford Logan. Chemistry consultant John Emsley. Producer Louise Dalziel
With Robin Lustig.
By Simon Brett. Read by Joanna Tope. Part 8. For details see Monday
Comedy sketches with Robin Ince , Helen Moon , Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. Producer Graham Frost
Llewella Gideon and Lynn Peters 's bitter-sweet series about a thirtysomething actress waiting for her big break. 3: Happy Days Aren't Here Again. Cynthia is falling in love with a glamorous BMW driver. She feels guilty about it- not so much because of her boyfriend - more because this is the man who just ran over her cat. Starring Llewella Gideon with Brian Bovell , Roger Griffiths , Mandy Knight and Jo Martin. Music by Clement Ishmael Producer Gareth Edwards
By William Fiennes. Part 3. Rptd from 9.45am
