With Dr Judith Champ.
Presented by Anna Hill.
With Edward Stourton and Sarah Montague.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Angela Tilby.
Day 1: 21 October 1962
The first of eight programmes in which Chris Lowe charts the day-by-day events of the crisis and the impact it had on the lives of ordinary people around the world. Producers Clare Csonka , Paul Kobrak and Phil Tinline
5: Michael Nicholson meets Dave Brown , who spent his 21st birthday fighting on Goose Green, where his friend died in his arms. Producer Sarah Taylor Rptdat9.30pm
5: Around New York. Radio has always been
Tony Schwartz 's first love. As Alan Dein discovers, he has filled the airwaves with the prophecies of Marshall McLuhan , opened the ears of New Yorkers to the sounds and soul of their city and stopped politicians in their tracks. But what will his sound legacy be? Producer Mark Burman
Presented by Jenni Murray.
10.45 The Millstone Part 1 of this week's drama. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
"You can tell Fidel he'll soon see a triumphant revolution in America, and if you can, tell my wife to remarry and try to be happy." The last words of Che Guevara before his execution, spoken to CIA agent Felix Rodriguez. Nick Caistor profiles Rodriguez, a vehement anti-communist whose passionate hatred of Fidel Castro has been the driving force in his life.
With Diana Madill and Winifred Robinson.
With Nick Clarke.
The first round in the nationwide general knowledge contest continues with more contestants from north-west England. The chairman is Robert Robinson. Producer Richard Edis Repeated on Saturday at llpm
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
By Mary Cooper.
It is 1869. In a Welsh farmhouse 12-year-old Sarah Jacob lies decked in a crown of flowers. Pilgrims come to see the marvellous girl who takes no food or drink, and an ambitious minister investigates.
(R)
Paul Lewis and guests are on hand to answeryour personal finance questions. Lines open from
1.30pm. Phone [number removed]. Producer Jennifer Clarke
The first of five short stories by Frank O'Connor.
1: My Oedipus Complex. Larry had always prayed for his fatherto be sent home safely from the war. But when his prayers were answered he "began to think that God wasn 't quite what he was cracked up to be." Read byTP McKenna. Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall.
The first of five programmes celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the National Rim
Theatre. 1: John Madden , director of Shakespeare in Love, delves into what actors think of directors. Producer Dave Morley
Extended rpt of yesterday 12.30pm
The discussion programme that examines the issues affecting people around the world. Producer Amber Dawson
With Clare English and Carolyn Quinn.
Nigel Rees exchanges favourite quotations with Gervase Phinn , Martin Kelner , Jayne Tunnicliffe and Tricia Stewart. The reader is Meryl O'Keeffe. Producer Carol Smith Repeated Sunday 12.04pm
Fallon's head over heels.
(Repeated tomorrow at 2pm)
Mark Lawson reviews the film Donnie Darko , about an American high-school student whose dark visions include a giant rabbit which orders him to commit acts Of violence. Producer Robyn Read
By Margaret Drabble. Dramatised in five parts by Michelene Wandor.
Set in middle-class, mid-20th-century London, Rosamund Stacey finds herself pregnant after her first sexual encounter. Against all the odds stacked against her, the predictions of her friends and the prejudice and sorrow she endures, she finds love and a new definition for her life in the perfection and helplessness of her baby daughter.
2: Evan Davis concludes his report on the crisis of confidence that may be creating a vacuum at the heart of the global economic system. He looks beyond the details of individual corruption and excess for the wider causes of the problems in the way the American economy has developed. Will a few arrests and a touch on the regulatory tiller be enough to address these issues? Editor Stephen Chilcott
Simon Calder concludes his investigation into how ship's log books from the past four centuries are proving to be a rich source of information for scientists today. 2: Scientists and historians are plumbing the archives for clues about changes in global Climate. Producer Pamela Rutherford
Great White Sharks. Mark Carwardine 's diving adventure brings him face-to-face with great white sharks off Guadeloupe, providinghim with some extraordinary underwater recordings.
Producer Joanne Stevens Repeated tomorrow at 11am
9.30 Falkland Families Repeated from 9am
With Claire Bolderson.
By Margharita Laski. Set in postwar France, one man's heartbreaking journey to find his missing child. 6: He goes to a small rural orphanage where he is introduced to a young boy called Jean - is this his son? Read by Jamie Glover.
Abridged in ten parts by Alison Joseph.
Producer Gemma Jenkins
Shortened repeat of Saturday at 9am
A roundup of the day's events in session and behind the scenes in committee
of the Week: The Crucible inHistory Part 1. Repeated from 9.45am
