With Pauline Webb.
Presented by Miriam O'Reilly.
With Mark Coles and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Gabrielle Cox.
Andrew Marr and guests set the cultural agenda for the week.
Producer Al ice Feinstein Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Presented by Jenni Murray.
10.45 Evelina
Part 6 of the current Woman s Hourdrama. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Archaeologist Julian Richards continues his series exploring how towns take shape. 3: Edinburgh
Today he strolls around the medieval Old Town and the New Town of the Enlightenment to discover how Scotland's capital was shaped by elitism, wind-chill, a street plan the shape of the Union Jack, and the arrival of the Edinburgh Festival. Producer John Byrne
By Judith Adams. The comic adventures and double lives of a Scottish Abba tribute band. Ali has a dream, a song to sing. But the name of the game is that the winner takes it all. As she faces her Waterloo, will it be a case of thank you for the music or so long? Director Gaynor Macfariane
With Winifred Robinson and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
The first round in the nationwide general-knowledge contest continues with four contestants from Scotland and Wales. The chairman is
Robert Robinson. Including the "Beat the Brains" round, in which listeners set their own questions forthe contestants.
Producer Richard Edis Repeated on Saturday at llpm
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
By Don Taylor. Living alone in his Norfolk cottage, the man has got into the habit of walking after dark. But one night he hears music, a solo violin, coming from a remote cottage. He has to investigate.
Director Ellen Dryden
Vincent Duggleby and guests are on hand to answer your personal finance questions. Lines open from
1.30pm. Phone [number removed]. Producer Jessica Dunbar
A week of readings from the recent collection of short stories by the crime writer Ian Rankin. 1: Facing the Music. Part 1. Rankin's most celebrated creation, Inspector John Rebus , investigates the theft of some valuable equipment from an Edinburgh hi-fi shop. But it's not quite as straightforward a case as it appears. Read in two parts by James Macpherson. Producer David Jackson Young
Novelist Richard Francis follows in the footsteps of five famous writers and thinkers who gained their inspiration through long walks. What was it about the combination of perspiration and inspiration that led to such literary magic? 1: Today he revisits one of the Shropshire strides of the critic and essayist William Hazlitt , who claimed to cover 40 or 50 miles a day. Producer Matthew Dodd
Extended rpt of yesterday 12.30pm
Gavin Esler with the programme that examines the issues affecting people around the world. Producer Amber Dawson
With Clare English and Carolyn Quinn.
The perennial antidote to panel games begins the new series with a recording from the Festival Theatre in Malvern, Hereford and Worcester. Andy Hamilton joins regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor , Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer , under the auspices of reluctant chairman and popular octogenarian, Humphrey Lyttelton. Colin Sell is at the piano.
Producer Jon Naismith Repeated Sunday 12.04pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: A selection from this series is available on five volumes of audio cassette at good retail outlets or www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]
Not exactly a joyful noise. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Mark Lawson 's guests include Tom Courtenay who discusses the play he has written and stars in, about the poet Philip Larkin. Producer Ekene Akalawu
Fanny Burney 's 18th-century comedy of manners about ayounggirl's adventures in society, dramatised by Jennifer Howarth.
6: The Mysterious Lodger. Evelina has a dramatic encounter with a desperate young man in her relatives' house.
Producer/director Sara Davies Repeat of 10.45am
The first of two programmes in which Jenni Mills meets the top women in the Metropolitan Police. Only five per cent of the staff above chief inspector level are female. What's given these officers the grit to break through the glass ceiling? And what's it like being called ma'am when they make it? Producer Frances Byrnes
Latvia. The smal I Baltic state of Latvia leads Europe in the proportion of young people it puts behind bars. And, as Meriel Beattie finds out, the state is strugglingto cope. She goes to the capital Riga to meet the young people who are stepping into the breach -the ex-prisoner who's single-handedly rehabilitating young offenders, and the film-maker couple who are using painting to help children off the Streets. Repeated from Thursday
Colouring Book. Pippa Greenwood explores the horticultural science behind the colours in your beds and borders. Producer Gabi Fisher
Repeated from 9am
With Claire Bolderson.
Sue Townsend's latest novel is a moving political commentary of Britain under a New Labour government led by Prime Minister Edward Clare. Abridged by Elizabeth Proud.
1: The Prime Minister gets to know Jack Sprat , the police officer guarding NumberTen, a man whose family seems to be a magnet for criminals. The reader is Alex Jennings. Producer Pam Fraser Solomon
Repeat of Saturday at 9am
A roundup of today's events in session and behind the scenes in committee.
Part 1. Repeated from 9.45am
