With Pauline Webb.

Presented by Sarah Mukherjee.

With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Clifford Longley.

Joining Jeremy Paxman this week will be Carole Angier, biographer of writer and philosopher Primo Levi, historian Gareth Stedman Jones to discuss the need for a new edition of the Communist Manifesto, and theologian Keith Ward, who has written a guide to God for the perplexed mind.
Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

With Jenni Murray. Drama: Voices from Vindolanda. Parti. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Archaeologist Julian Richards explores how and why towns take shape, using the evidence still present in their streets and buildings. 5: Winchester. The Anglo-Saxon capital of the Kings of Wessex still features Canute, Alfred and even Arthur among its attractions But Winchesterwas ultimately replaced by London as the focus of Norman power. In a journey from the banks of the River Itchen to the Cathedral nave, via King Alfred's final resting place in a leisure centre car park, Richards explores how the map has been shaped by Roman engineering, old kings' bones and the Black Death, producer John Byrne

Malcolm Bradbury 's classic seventies satire of radical campus politics. 2: Howard Kirk tries to radicalise a student and find a solution to his babysitting problems. Dramatised in six parts by Dominic Power. _ _ Victoria Carling
Director Michael Fox
Rora Victoria Carting Felicity Caroline Devlin Benita Rachel Smith Dr Zachery Alexander Delamere Narrator Gerrard McArthur

With Winifred Robinson and John Waite.

With Nick Clarke.

Three more contestants line up to face Ned Sherrin's questions on every imaginable musical topic. Producer Paul Bajoria Repeated Saturday 11pm

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

Three drama-documentaries looking atthe circumstances under which major works of music and literature were created. 1: Earth Song
By Nicholas Mclnerny. In 1907, Gustav Mahler lost his elder daughter to illness and retreated into himself. The following summer, locked away in a hut in the mountains at Toblach, he composed one of the greatest song cycles of the 20th century. In an extensive interview, Mahler expert Dr Donald Mitchell examines the music, while Nicholas Mcinerny dramatises the moment of creation.
Producers Rosie Boulton and Peter Leslie Wild

Vincent Duggleby and guests are on hand to answer listeners' personal finance questions. Lines open at 1.30pm. Telephone [number removed]. Producer Chris A'Court

A series of four stories for Holy Week. 1: The Miracle
ByMichele Roberts. An intervention by Saint Antony , patron saint of everything that is lost, brings an unexpected result. Read by Teresa Gallagher. Producer Sara Davies

Summer hits from the sixties and seventies get the treatment in the series that analyses the durability of pop songs that grab the ear and won't let go.
1:Downtown. Petula Clark 's 1964 chart-topper was subsequently covered by virtually everyone from
Frank Sinatra to the Chipmunks. With contributions from Clark herself, the songwriter Tony Hatch , jazz musician Django Bates and mobile DJ Dave Jansen. Producer Alan Hall

Extended rpt from yesterday 12.30pm

Ernest Rea in conversation with guests about the place of faith in today's complex world, teasing out the hidden and often contradictory truths behind the experiences, values and traditions of our lives. Producer Amanda Hancox

With Dan Damon and Nigel Wrench.

Nigel Rees is joined by Jenny Colgan, Simon Fanshawe, Jonathan Meades and Paula Wilcox to exchange favourite quotes and anecdotes. The reader is William Franklyn.
Producer Carol Smith Email: [email address removed]
(Repeated Sunday 12.04pm)

Brian is stunned. Repeated tomorrow 2pm

John Wilson talks to Hari Kunzru about his debut novel
The Impressionist. Producer Sally Spurring

By Catherine Czerkawska. A five-part series about everyday life in a Roman fort on the Northern frontier in AD 110, inspired by the wooden writing tablets recentlyfound at the site of Vindolanda in Northumberland. 1: Lepidina. The Prefect's wife receives a birthday invitation from a neighbouring fort, and finds a kindred spirit in her children's Latin tutor.
Music by Sian Burns Director Lawrence Jackson Repeat of 10.45am

Professor Clive Page is a scientist working to rid the world of asthma lung disease. Yet he lives under Special Branch protection and worries about the safety of his young family. His work involves animal testing and in 1998 he was placed on a hit list issued by animal rights extremists. Page tells of life underthe threat of death and the difficult decisions he has to make in his work. E MAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk

Denmark. Paul Henley investigates the story of how Danish educational revolutionary movement Tvind has become a multi-million pound international organisation. Former members and people still committed to their revolutionary ideals explain how Tvind caused a constitutional crisis and why it's still running schools in Denmark. Repeat from Thursday

The last part of the series exploring the extreme environments endured by many animals and plants throughout the world.

From the tops of mountains to the bottom of the sea, daily life is challenging for a variety of wildlife because even in the course of one day, conditions can swing from one extreme to another.

Mark Carwardine discovers how animals and plants cope with living in extremes of altitude or pressure, in very salty environments or with hardly any oxygen.

Shortened repeat of 9am

With Claire Bolderson.

Janet McTeer reads Rose Macaulay's classic novel of a younggirl growing up in Britain and France immediately after the Second World War. Having run wild with the Maquis in Provence, BarbaryDeniston is sent to London by her parents and finds solace amongst the bombed out ruins. Abridged in ten parts by Doreen Estall. Producer Julian Wilkinson

Shortened repeat of Saturday 9am

Repeated from 9.45am