With Reverend George Loane.

Presented by Miriam O'Reilly.

With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Clifford Longley. THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS: 40 YEARS ON
8.55 Crisis Diary 28 October 1962. On the anniversary of the day the Russians announced the dismantling of the Cuban missiles, Chris Lowe completes his account of the unfolding crisis and the impact it had on ordinary people.
Producers Clare Csonka , Paul Kobrak and Phil Tinline

6: The lives of the Falkland Islanders changed for ever in 1982. The story of Trudy McFee and herfamily is one of bravery and stoicism. Twentyyears on, what are the lasting effects on this remote farming family and their neighbours? Producer Neil George Rptdat9.30pm

Patrick Wright investigates Recording Britain, the 1940s art scheme which despatched artists to paint aspects of the British landscape threatened with destruction by the Luftwaffe, as well as by forces Closer to home. Producer John Goudie

Presented by Jenni Murray.
10.45 The Game of Love in Momington Crescent Parti Of this week's drama. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

For centuries Orford Ness on the Suffolk coast has been a place of haunting beauty and a haven for wildlife. But when the Royal Flying Corps was granted the use of the land as an experimental station during the First World War, Orford Ness was doomed to more than half a century of military testing.

Paul Heiney visits the buildings where early experiments in radar took place and atom bomb casings were given crucial tests at the height of the Cold War.

By Nikolai Gogol. Rene Basilico's two-part adaptation of Gogol's classic satire of municipal sleaze and corruption in 19th-century Russia.

.With Liz Barclay and John Waite

With James Cox.

The first round in the nationwide general-knowledge contest continues with contestants from the west of England. The chairman is Robert Robinson. Producer Richard Edis Repeated on Saturday at llpm

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

By Carolyn Sally Jones. Rachel and Steve have exchanged the rat race for a life of rural self-sufficiency and are looking forward to their first Christmas in the country. But the local GP brings news that tests their relationship to the limit.
Director David Blount Producer Keith Slade

Paul Lewis and guests are on hand to answeryour personal finance questions. Lines open from
1.30pm. Phone [number removed]. ProducerChrisA'Court

Five new commissions from writers living around Europe. 1: The Restorer by Matthew Kneale.
Restoring the peeling splendour of a Baroque church in the centre of Rome, Claudio wonders how he might restore his marriage. Producer Lisa Osborne

Poet Roger McGough 's journey round England's suburbs in search of what's become of Betjeman's Britain -the one Sir John captured 30 years ago in Metroland. 1: A second-class return ticket on the Metropolitan Line from Baker Street in London to Amersham in Buckinghamshire.
Producers Clare Jenkins and Janet Graves

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 Frances Fyfield , Donna McPhail , Alan Plater and Terry Waite. The reader is Tim Gudgin. Producer Carol Smith Repeated Sunday 12.04pm

Eddie has a proposition for Mike. Rptd tomorrow at 2pm

Mark Lawson talks to Donna Tartt, author of The Secret History about her much anticipated second novel.

Mornington crescent is the setting for five linked plays by Olwen Wymark. 1: Lily and Madge
Backstage at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, Lily finds young love. The only problem is she is technically married and just turning 60.
Producer David Battcock Repeat of 10.45am

Alistair Cooke reads his Letter from America he wrote in 1962 at the time of the Cuban Missile Criris.

Julian Pettifer presents a unique programme from Cuba. This month, Havana is hosting an international conference to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Missile Crisis. All the key surviving participants will be present and the Cuban government has promised to publish unseen documentation of the Cuban side of the story. As the world faces the possibility of war once again, what lessons have been learnt from that closest of nuclear confrontations? Editor Gwyneth Williams

In the last of the current series, MarkCarwardine takes a topical view of the British countryside as the frosts and decay of autumn set in. But, as he discovers, the idea that wildlife shuts down for winter couldn't be fartherfrom the truth.
Producer Brett Westwood Repeated tomorrow at 11am

Repeated from 9am

With Robin Lustig.

Five stories by Anton Chekhov , read by Ewan McGregor. Chekhov wrote over 400 short stories. Although many of them display the same bleak view of the world as do his plays, others are infused with wit. They all offer sublime insights not only into life in Russia at the end of the 19th century, but also into the human condition. 1: His Wife. A wicked picture of a relationship of convenience. Director Gavin Miiiar McGregor on Chekhov: page 125

Shortened repeat of Saturday at 9am

Part 1. Repeated from 9.45am