With the Rev Dr Mary Cotes.

Presented by Sarah Mukherjee.

With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rev Dr Colin Morris.

Joining Jeremy Paxman on the programme this week is Tom Paulin , who talks about his poetry collection
The Invasion Handbook, and about the place of the epic poem in ourculture.
Producer Ariane Koek Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

With Jenni Murray. Drama: Wife to Mr Milton. Part 1. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Archaeologist Julian Richards concludes his look at how and why towns take shape.

Malta's fortress city was designed by Francesco Laparelli. How did he reconcile Renaissance ideas about the ideal city with the military demands of a fortress? And did the collision of the Islamic and Christian worlds in the middle of the Mediterranean shape the map of the town?

Malcolm Bradbury 's classic seventies satire of radical campus politics. 4: Howard Kirk is at the centre of campus protests against Professor
MangersvisitwhilstCarmody'scampaign against him continues. Dramatised by Dominic Power. Victoria Carling
Director Michael Fox

With Winifred Robinson and John Waite.

With Nick Clarke.

Ned Sherrin chairs the sixth heat of this year's competition, with three more contestants hopingtheir musical knowledge will win them a semi-final place. Producer Paul Bajoria Repeated Saturday llpm

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

Edward Bond is regarded by many as the greatest living British dramatist and this new play uses the austere language and haunting imagery for which he is famous. A young man and occasional petty criminal known only as "X", stumbles across an open door late at night. Entering the building, he chooses a flat and breaks in, intent on a simple robbery. But the world he uncovers inside is beyond his imagination.

Paul Lewis and guests are on hand to answer your personal finance questions. Lines open 1.30pm. Telephone [number removed]. Producer Chris A'Court

Rose Macaulay's engaging and eccentnc novel about an Anglican mission expedition to Turkey, abridged in five parts by Sarah LeFanu and read by Eve Best . 1: Take My Camel, Dear Producer Sara Davies

A five-part series in which Charlotte Mullins reveals the stories behind the portraits of five renowned people. 1: Struggling with English
Romanticism, natural disasters and pagan myth to sculpt the Poet Laureate, Jilly Sutton unwittingly evokes some tragic family history. Producer Lucy Dichmont

Extended repeat from yesterday 12.30pm

Gavin Esier and guests roam the international agenda from politics to popular culture, sports to science, and artto anthropology. Producer Amber Dawson

With Clare English and Nigel Wrench.

Special guests joining Nigel Rees to exchange favourite quotes and anecdotes this week are
Stephen Fry , Sue MacGregor , Esther Rantzen and Jan Ravens. The reader is Tim Gudgin.
Producer Carol Smith Email: qjote.unquote@bbc.co.uk Repeated Sunday 12.04pm

Lynda's got butter-fingers. Repeated tomorrow 2pm

Mark Lawson presents the arts magazine, featuring the verdict on K-Pax, a new film starring Kevin Spacey , who may or may not be a visitor from another planet. Producer Rebecca Stratford

A ten-part dramatisation by Melissa Murray of Robert Graves's novel. During the English Civil war in the 17th century, a spirited Royalistgirl, Marie Powell , is forced to relinquish hertrue love in orderto marrythe Puritan poet John Milton. Part 1.
Director Cherry Cookson Repeat of 10.45am

Peter White meets the tallest man in the world and discovers that what lies behind his growth and subsequent fame may eventually cost him his life. Producer Susan Mitchell Editor David Ross

Bosnia. Seven years after being paralysed by a sniper's bullet in Sarajevo, 27-year-old Faruk Sabanovic has become an inspiration to many thousands like him, disabled by the war in Bosnia. He has become a vociferous campaignerfor their rights, demanding equality and not pity.
George Arney meets this remarkable young man and asks whether Bosnia should take its cue from Faruk and finally become self-reliant.
Producer Leonida Krushelnycky Repeated from Thursday

The final part of the series looking at the biology of isolated communities. This week Andrew Luck-
Bakerexplores "artificial isolation". Ifweareeverto explore the solar system (a manned mission to Mars, for example), we will need self-sustaining
"closed worlds" that can supply essentials for years on end. Scientists are constantly striving to create closed systems, and there are some interesting experiments going on down here on Planet Earth. Producer Alexandra Feachem
E-MAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk

Shortened repeat of 9am

With Claire Bolderson.

Alan Bennett reads the first part of his darkly comic story in which the fragile state of celebrity encounters a universal leveller.
1: In Peru, Clive has died young and in circumstances which make some of his friends uneasy. Abridged in ten parts by Colin Smith. Producers Colin Smith and Piera Johnson
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: The Layingon of Hands is available on audio cassette and compact disc at good retail outlets or www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Shortened repeat of Saturday 9am

Part 1. Repeated from 9.45am