With Leslie Griffiths.

Presented by Anna Hill.

With Alan Little and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Indarjit Singh.
8.51 Yesterday in Parliament

The first in a new series exploringthe territory between belief and unbelief. This week Bel Mooney is in San Francisco talking to the author Amy Tan. Producer Malcolm Love Repeated at 9.30pm

1:Jane's Fighting Ships. Simon Fanshawe presents a new series of the programme that reveals the history of valued works of reference, with a look at hefty tombe that's found on the bridge of every Royal
Navy vessel. Founded over 100 years ago by Fred T Jane , the brand has grown to include a large range of defence-related titles. Producer Mark Smalley

With Jenni Murray. 10.45 Drama Stage Mother,
Sequinned Daughter. Part 2. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Helen Sewell is a successful careerwoman in her mid-30s, but she's single and doesn't have time to find a man. However, recent biological research and new technological advances can help. She begins her quest for an ideal date at the laboratories that have carried out the most recent research into the biology behind choosing a partner and, with the help of the experts, she tests out the theories. She meets three eligible bachelors and finds out whether science really can help her meet her match.
Producer Alexandra Feachem E-MAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk

Humourist Miles Kington looks back at the life and work of H.F. Ellis, who died in 2000 at the age of 93. Richard Briers reads from Ellis's comedy classic A.J. Wentworth BA, and the author himself recalls his long career, in conversations recorded in his 90th year.

With Winifred Robinson and Peter White.
Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours PHONE: [number removed] LINES OPEN from 10am

With Nick Clarke.

The South Wales Miners' Eisteddfod - a three-aay feast of choral, solo and literary competition and Europe's largest cultural event organised and funded by a trade union - has drawn its last breath.
Peter Stead travels to Porthcawl, its seaside home for over 50 years to discover whether its demise is a natural consequence of the death of King Coal or the sign of a new cultural identityforthe South Wales Valleys. Producer Paul Evans

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

By Jacqueline Wilson. Dramatised by Georgia Pritchett from the award-winning children's novel.
Tracy Beaker is a ten-year-old girl, a feisty survivor who keeps a diary of her life in a children's home, where she is desperate to find some new foster parents. When a journalist comes to call, Tracy sees a possible future for herself.

Richard Daniel presents the programme in which listeners follow up their environmental concerns.
Producer Nick Patrick Wnte to: [address removed] E-MAIL: home.planet@bbc.co.uk PHONE: [number removed]

2: Red Sari by Amanthi Harris. A young Sri Lankan woman is marrying a white English man but her mother wishes her to wear a traditional sari, whereas she dreams of a white wedding. The reader is Zita Sattar. Producer RosemaryWatts

2: The Jane Slade , the Cornish schoonerthat inspired Daphne du Maurier's first novel. For details see yesterday

Heather Payton and guests with conversation about the world of business, money and workplace issues. Producers Rozina Breen and Rosamund Jones

The intelligent guide to the wide world of learning,
With Diana Madill. Producer Penelope Gibbs Rptd Sunday llpm PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: thelearningcurve@bbc.co.uk

With Clare English and Eddie Mair.

Written and conceived by Marcus Brigstocke and Jeremy Salsby with additional material by Graeme Garden. Meet Giles Wemmbley Hogg : traveller, backpacker, fearless investigator of cultural diversity, and upper middle-class student ponce of Budleigh Salterton. 3: This week Giles goes off to ... Bolivia.
Producer David Tyler

Kenton takes centre Stage. Repeated tomorrow 2pm

Mark Lawson reports on Lost in La Mancha , a documentary charting Terry Gilliam 's disaster-prone attempt to make a film of Don Quixote. Producer Sally Spurring

By Annie Caulfield.

Alma Cogan begins to make her mark on the British variety stage and enter the spangled world of entertainment and stardom.
(Repeat of 10.45am)

Majorissues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad. Editor David Ross Repeated Sunday 5pm

Peter White with news for visually impaired people.
Producer Ian Macrae PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: intouch@bbc.co.uk

The Liver. The liver is a factory that manufactures the chemicals we need to stay healthy and breaks down harmful substances that would poison us, from jaundice to hepatitis. Graham Easton talks to the experts about the latest treatments for problems with the largest organ in the human body.
Producer Paula McGrath E-MAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk Repeated Wednesday 4.30pm
Why the liver's such a vital organ: page 29

Repeated from 9.00am

With Claire Bolderson.

By Hermann Hesse. Part 2. For details see yesterday

Comedy series written by Jim Sweeney.
Patrick and Helen get dragged along to a stag and hen night - for a couple neither of them know.

The epic Led Zeppelin classic Stairway to Heaven is dissected by artists and admirers, revealing how it has survived long years as a guitar showroom favourite and has been covered by, among others, Rolf Harris. Producer Alan Hall

of the Week: Stuffed - Adventures of a Restaurant Family Part 2. Rptd from 9.45am