With Bishop Peter Firth.
With Sarah Mukherjee.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.2S, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Joel Edwards.
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: A RagingCalm. Part 3. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
The third programme in the series following social workers in Nottingham as they investigate cases of Child neglect and abuse. Producer Susan Mitchell
A series of six comic plays by Jim Poyser set in 19th-century Russia and based on the absurd.
5: The Mysterious Portrait. Chertkoff is the most high-minded young artist in St Petersburg- until a pact with the devil offers him untold riches.
Based on a short story by Nikolai Gogol.
Producer Susan Roberts
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
James Walton is in the chair, flanked by regular team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh , with guests Harry Ritchie and Nigel Williams.
Author of the week is JRR Tolkein.The reader is
Beth Chalmers. Producer Dawn Ellis
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Jill Hyem.
Returning home from working abroad to look after her sick grandmother, Lizzie meets a pleasant young student on the plane. The two become friends and he visits her in Suffolk - but is there any connection between his interest in her and the nightmares her grandmother has been having?
Bob Flowerdew , Bunny Guinness and Roy Lancaster are guests of Girton College, Cambridge. The chairman is Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor 2pm
By Winifred Watson. Maureen Lipman reads one of her favourite books, a touching and funny rediscovered bestseller of the thirties. Abridged in five parts by Elizabeth Bradbury. Part 3. Producer Sarah Johnson
Another chance to hearthe five-part series in which Lars Tharp and guests put antiques and collectables into context. 3: The Writing Box. An antique which symbolised the age of letter-writing and travel - Jane Austen 's writing box comes under scrutiny as experts muse on its function as an early version of the laptop computer. Producer Lindsay Leonard
Laurie Taylor talks to Catherine Hall of University
College, London, who discusses the impact of the Empire on the British imagination. How did ideas of race permeate views of the world in the 19th century, and how have these ideas changed? Producer Jo Daykin E-MAIL: thinking.allowed@bbc.co.uk
Your cheeks are red, your heart's pounding, but you just can't get the words out and you end up leaving the doctor's surgery without any cream for that rash. Dr Graham Easton offers tips on how to tackle embarrassing problems.
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(Repeated from yesterday)
With Clare English and Eddie Mair.
By Simon Brett. 4: Trade Secrets. Rosie is asked to organise a top-secret conference to launch a new microchip. But it soon becomes clear that she isn'tthe only one being secretive....With Prunella Scales , Arabella Weir , Rebecca Callard , Duncan Preston , Annette Badland , Gillian Hanna , Edward de Souza and Simon Trinder. Producer Maria Esposito
The wanderer returns. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson chairs the arts show, with news, interviews and reviews. Producer Belette Holt-Fente
By Stan Barstow , dramatised by Diana Griffiths. 3: Andrea meets Kate, her lover's wife. For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
4: Trust and Transparency. Philosopher
Onora O'Neill ofNewnham College, Cambridge, delivers the fourth Reith Lecture from the Maritime Museum, Liverpool. Everything is supposed to be more open, but has the new order increased opportunities for disinformation and deception?
Producer Charles Sigler ; Editor Gwyneth Williams Repeated Saturday 10.15pm
4: Brian Walden examines how the relationship between Margaret Thatcher and Nigel Lawson moved from close co-operation to bitter conflict. Producer Martin Rosenbaum Repeated from Sunday
In the final programme of the series. Sue Nelson examines how elite athletes eat to compete and why in the pursuit of perfection some resort to taking drugs, despite the dangers. With contributions from sprinter Dougie Walker ,
Olympic gold medallist Dr Stephanie Cook and UK Sport's director of anti-doping
Michelle Verroken. Producers Jonathan Murphy and Peter Newman
Shortened repeat from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
Alan Bennett reads his darkly comic story.
8: A doctor assures the congregation that Clive did not die of an Aids-related illness. For details see Monday
Armistead Maupin's spellbinding bestsellertells the story of broadcaster and writer, Gabriel Noone. 2: The Monkey Wrench. As Gabriel's relationships with his ex-lover and his fatherfall further apart, his friendship with Pete continues to strengthen. In turn, Pete looks to Gabriel as the father figure he never had. Butjust as Gabriel seems to be coming to terms with his life a bombshell is dropped, causing him to question everything he has taken for granted and shattering his newly ordered existence.
Producer Bruce Hyman ; Director Dirk Maggs
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament and behind the scenes in committee.
Part3.Repeatedfrom9.45am
