With Faris Badawi.

With Anna Hill.

With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day
With BishopJimThompson.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Michael Buerk returns with a new series in which he talks to people who have faced a life-changing Choice. Producer Liz Leonard Repeated at9.30pm
Michael Buerk talks to Geoff Ellis : page 127

As the Times Literary Supplement reaches its 100th birthday, Laurie Taylor presents a five-part series celebrating the influential paper that has championed, surveyed and sometimes dismissed the cream of the 20th-century literary world.

A look at the art of reviewing, with particular reference to the anonymous reviews of Virginia Woolf.

With Jenni Murray.
10.45 Ten Days that Shook My World Part 2. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Aubrey Manning returns with a new series of archaeological mysteries. This week he examines evidence from excavations in Kazakhstan of what could be the earliest domestication of the horse. Producer Martin Redfern

A look at the life and recordings of early 1900s music-hall star BillyWilliams, the laughing comedian. Presented by John Peel. Producer Karl Phillips

With John Waite and Peter White.
Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours Listeners have the chance to nominate Britain's most hated form. PHONE: [number removed] LINES OPEN from 10am

With Nick Clarke.

The series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the backs of our necks. 1: Fever. When bass player Max Bennett heard an unknown sing Fever in a small LA nightclub, he knew he had found a new songforthe singer he worked for-Peggy Lee. Lee's finger-snapping, bass and drums arrangement went on to immortal ise the song. Producer Sara Conkey

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

By David Pownall. In the early 1960s, inbred suspicion hampers an idealistic young graduate sent to recruit workers for a new Liverpool car plant.

Sue Cook and the team examine more of your historical queries. If there is a local legend, quirk of history, family curiosity or architectural oddity that has you puzzled, or if you can help with another listener's query, please write to: [address removed], oremail: making.history@bbc.co.uk Producers Ivan Howlett and Nick Patrick

2: Accommodation by Jo Baker. Jill and Liam live in probably the smallest flat in Belfast and with their first baby on the way, they need to find somewhere bigger, soon. Producer Tanya Nash Fordetailsseeyesterday

In November 1901 a lifeboat disaster in Norfolk took the lives of nine men. This was a tragedy felt deeply by the whole country and it was a catastrophe for the village of Caister-on-Sea. But it helped lifeboatmen to establish a special place in the hearts of the British.
(For details see yesterday)

Heather Payton with conversation about social and economic trends in business, money, technology and the workplace. Producer Rozina Breen

Libby Purves with the intelligent guide to the world of learning. EMAIL: thelearningcurve@bbc.co.uk Phone [number removed] Producer Sukey Frith Repeated on Sunday at 11pm

With Clare English and Eddie Mair.

The final part in a series of reminiscences by well-loved broadcasters. This week barrister and writer John Mortimer , best known as the creator of Rumpole of the Bailey, shares his favourite stories Of his life and career. Producer Claire Jones

An emotional day for Ruth. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

Francine Stock reviews the new musical version of Romeo and Juliet at the Piccadilly Theatre in London.

2: It's the opening ceremony of the Socialist Youth Festival, and what costumes and dance have the British delegation prepared?
Fordetailsseeyesterday Repeated from 10.45am

When the Taliban were ousted a year ago, the international community pledged to rebuild Afghanistan but only half the promised aid has arrived and with winter approaching, the situation is getting worse. As the USA gears up for another war, Jenny Cuffe reports from Afghanistan and asks why, despite all the promises, there's been so little progress.
Rptd on Sunday at 5pm

Peter White with news for visually impaired people. Producer Cheryl Gabriel EMAIL: intouch@bbc.co.uk

Connie St Louis concludes her look at health and wellbeing in the adult years. 4: Living Life to the Full. How do the lives we lead when we are healthy and young affect us in later years?
EMAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk Producer Jim Clarke

Repeated from 9am

With Claire Bolderson.

By William Trevor. 2: The Gaults' decision to leave their beloved house in County Cork has had a devastating result. Captain Gault has found a small vest lying on the beach. But there is no sign of his eight-year-old daughter. For details see yesterday

Geoffrey Wheeler goes behind the facade of the Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square to seek out the traces of the Variety theatre which once stood in its place -the Alhambra. From the earliest days of the 20th century until its closure in the 1930s, the Alhambra was one of London's premier Variety venues. But it fell foul of the rising popularity of cinema and radio entertainment and was forced to close. Geoffrey Wheeler rediscovers the Alhambra's fine legacy. Producer Libby Cross

Part 2. Repeated from 9.45am