With Anna Hill.
With Edward Stourton and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25 and 8.25 FM on/ySports News
7.48 Thought for the Day WithDrMonaSiddiqui.
Andrew Marr and guests set the cultural agenda for the week. Producer Alice Feinstein Shortened repeatat9.30pm
Presented by Jenni Murray.
10.45 Live Alone and Like It
Part 1 Of this week's drama. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Only in Oxford would an institution founded in 1379 be called New College. Julian Richards peers into the medieval mist to discern the origins of Oxford University in the Black Death. There he fingers the scorch marks left in 1555 by the burning of the Protestant Martyrs and traces the enmity of Town and Gown back to the Civil War.
Another yarn about Scotland's most celebrated doctor, in Sue Rodwell's new dramatisations of A.J. Cronin's comic stories.
When scarlet fever hits Levenford, Finlay tries his hand at being a private detective - with disastrous results.
Producers Jeremy Howe and Viv Beeby
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With Winifred Robinson and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
The second semi-final in the nationwide general knowledge contest features contestants from the Midlands and the North West of England. The chairman is Robert Robinson. Producer Richard Edis RptdSatllpm
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
By Judith French. A painting of a small child seen on a market stall forces Kathleen to relive the experience of finding an abandoned baby - an event that changed her life for ever.
Director Marc Beeby
Paul Lewis and guests are on hand to answer your personal finance questions. Lines open from 1.30pm. Phone [number removed]. Producer Louise Greenwood
Is it betterto have loved and lost than never to have loved at all? The first of five stories about the bitterness of love, by Amanda Smyth and Hanan al-Shaykh. 1. Waiting. By Amanda Smyth. Secret love is the sweetest thing, but sometimes a girl Wants more. Producer Lisa Osborne
A five-part series exploring the history, mythology, science and politics of blood. 1: Blood Magic
Graeme Garden explores the myths and symbolism behind blood, from the Druids and Ancient Egyptians to the Victorians, and South American cultures such as the Maya and the Aztecs. Producer Martin Kurzik Liquid Assets: page 44
Anne MacKenzie with the programme that examines the issues that are affecting people around the world. Producer Amber Dawson
With Clare English and Nigel Wrench.
The panel-based entertainment show comes from the Grand Theatre Blackpool, where Tony Hawks joins regularteam members Tim Brooke-Taylor , Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer , with chairman Humphrey Lyttelton. Colin Sell is at the piano. Producer Jon Naismith Repeated Sunday 12.04pm
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Debbie meets her Solicitor. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
With Mark Lawson. Producer EkeneAkalawu
By Marjorie Hillis.
Mary Cutler's witty and imaginative five-part dramatisation of the 1935 bestseller.
It's the story of Marjorie, who's single and writing the book with the assistance of Sylvia, whose husband died in the war, and Judith, who is committed to the women's movement. They have to cope with the interference of Frank, who dotes on Marjorie and has hopes for happiness; after all, he's got money already. Part 1.
(Repeat of 10.45am)
Alex Kirby meets the Church of England's new recruits as they take their first tentative steps into a demanding and sometimes hostile world. The first of two progammes reveals how new priests are selected and follows successful applicants as they complete theirtraining and prepare to put on their dog-collars. Are they ready? Producer Brian King
Thailand. The Thais are paying a terrible price for their growing addiction to a synthetic form of speed called methamphetamine, known locally as yaa baa or "crazy medicine". Olenka Frenkiel joins the patrols that are trying to stop the drug traffickers from crossing the borderwith Burma. She visits army boot camps for convicted addicts and discovers that hundreds of Buddhist monks have been enlisted to fight this menace.
Repeated from Thursday
How happy is a chicken? And how can you tell? The welfare of chickens grown for meat is the main focus of pressure to change this highly sophisticated industry in the future, but how do you do it and how much will it cost? Sue Broom looks at a range of research from aromatherapy to genetic manipulation.
Producer Deborah Cohen
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Repeated from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
Anton Lesser begins reading one of Margery Allingham's most evocative thrillers, with the investigation led by the incomparable detective Albert Campion.
Abridged in ten parts by Doreen Estall.
Repeat of Saturday at 9am
My Life as Me
Part 1. Repeated from 9.45am
Australia v England for the Ashes
Commentary on the fifth and final day's play in the Th i rd Test in Perth. For details see Saturday 5.43am
