Presented by Sarah Mukherjee.
With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25 , 7.25 , 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought forthe Day With Gabrielle Cox.
Andrew Marr and guests set the cultural agenda for the week.
(Shortened repeat at 9.30pm)
Presented by Jenni Murray.
10.45 Inner Voices
Part 1 of this week's drama. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Over 150 years ago Titus Salt set up a textile mill in a piece of countryside three miles from the centre of Bradford. It became a model town, its visionary scale unsurpassed during the Industrial Revolution. Salt didn't just provide well-built homes for his workers, but hospitals, shops and schools.
Julian Richards takes a look around this fascinating place, finding out more about it and its elusive founder.
Scotland's most celebrated doctor returns for a second series of Sue Rodwell's new dramatisations of A.J. Cronin's comic stories.
Cameron gets two arch enemies to look after each other, while Finlay moons over Nurse Angus.
With Winifred Robinson and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
The first semi-final in the nationwide general-knowledge contest is between contestants from London, the south and the Home Counties. The chairman is Robert Robinson. Includes the "Beat the Brains" round, in which listeners set their own questions for the contestants.
(Repeated on Saturday at 11pm)
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
By Patrick Carroll. In a Cornish churchyard the words on a tombstone tell a startling story of friendship: of a former master and an African slave re-united in freedom. Unravelling the historical mystery of the genuine epitaph, Patrick Carroll 's play is an inspired and tender re-creation of a remarkable true story.
Director Ned Chaillet
Vincent Duggleby and guests are on hand to answer your personal finance questions.
Lines open from 1.30pm. Phone [number removed]. Producer Jennifer Clarke
By William Trevor.
The first of five new short stories by writers from Ireland.
The Geraghtys are two middle-aged sisters and members of the Legion of Mary - famed for their tireless charitable works - who sit with the dying. But the visit they are about to undertake turns out to be a very unusual one. Read by Sorcha Cusack.
The first in a series about the Public Record Office in Kew and the Family Records Centre in Islington, and the thousands of dedicated users. From family history enthusiasts on day trips, to academics and jobbing researchers, the users of these two institutions are as diverse as the records themselves. Linda Pressly talks to some of them about the stories that have emerged from delving into history. Producer Linda Pressly
(Extended rpt of yesterday 12.30pm)
Anne MacKenzie with the programme that examines the issues affecting people around the world. Producer Amber Dawson
With Clare English and Carolyn Quinn.
The godfather of all panel games pays a return visit to the Malvern Festival Theatre with guest Andy Hamilton and show regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer and chairman Humphrey Lyttelton. With piano accompaniment by Colin Sell.
(Repeated Sunday 12.04pm)
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Phil has a new recruit. Rptd tomorrow at 2pm
Mark Lawson presents the first of six reports about the British cities shortlisted to become European Capital Of Culture in 2008. Producer Martin Smith
A series of intimate comic monologues byfemale writer-performers. 1: Be My Guest written and performed by Geraldine McNulty. How Caroline liberates herself from the incessant demands of the B&B she runs single-handedly. Director Mary Peate Repeat of 10.45am
Jenni Mills continues her investigation of the lives and careers of top women in the Metropolitan Police, talking to figures responsible for policing kidnap, murder and child protection. Producer Frances Byrnes
Cuba. The Americans are invading Cuba. Armed with processed cheese and turkey drumsticks, hundreds of businessmen have come to Havana, hoping the US embargo is soon to fall. Meanwhile, on the streets, ordinary people use ration books and whatever hustle they can dream up, in order to feed their families. Mariusa Reyes reports from a divided island and meets dissidents who are using Harry Potter and Dr Seuss to undermine state control. Repeated from Thursday
Sue Broom returns with the series that looks at the science behind the future of Britain's livestock production. This week the focus is beef- including new research on the health-giving properties of exactly the right kind of steak, and how the importation of a thousand frozen calf embryos could hold the key to future beef production.
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Repeated from 9am
With Zeinab Badawi.
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.
After a suspected heart attack, the Prime Minister becomes a patient in one of our modernised NHS hospitals.
The reader is Alex Jennings.
Repeat of Saturday at 9am
Part 1. Repeated from 9.45am
