With Anna Hill.
With Edward Stourton and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 FM on/ySports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rt Rev Tom Butler.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Australia v England
Commentary on the closing stages of the Third Test atPerth. Fordetails see Saturday "Approximate time
Michael Buerk talks to people who have faced a life-changing choice. Producer Liz Leonard Repeated at9.30pm
Is a misplaced apostrophe a catastrophe? Is a semi-colon as good as a whole one? Has the proper use of the comma reached a full stop? Lynne Truss explores the changing fashions of punctuation. 1: The Endangered Apostrophe Producer Penny Vine
With Jenni Murray.
10.45 Live Alone and Like It
Part 2. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
In this new three-part series, Winifred Robinson eavesdrops on the work of rural enforcement agencies, beginning with an investigation of that most traditional of countryside conflicts, gamekeeper versus poacher.
In the first of two programmes, Josie Lawrence begins a hilarious journey through the comic heritage of the West Midlands, in which she explores the factory-floor roots and multi-cultural expansion of the Black Country comic. She identifies a comic muse that links such modern-day comedians as Frank Skinner and Lenny Henry to early music-hall acts like Dolly Allan and Harry Harris. Producer Chris Green
With John Waite and Peter White.
Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours. PHONE: [number removed] LINES OPEN from 10am
With Nick Clarke.
The series that explores the stories behind some of the most evocative music of all time.
5. Somewhere. This hit, which yearns for a better world, is from West Side Story, and has come to have special significance for many: from
Mary Wilson of the Supremes, who found it a fitting tribute to Martin Luther King , to the motherwho sings it at the end of long, frustrating days with her beloved autistic Son. Producer Lucy Lunt
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
By Georges Simenon. Dramatised by David Cregan. One of the great detective fiction heroes returns to radio in the first of four stylish new dramas for the 21st century. Simenon's finest creation, Inspector Maigret of the Police Judiciare in Paris (played by Nicholas Le Prevost), takes on one of his most famous cases. Set in the 1930s, the story evokes the Paris of Hemingway with a touch of Dostoyevsky in a city of jazz.
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] or email: making.history@bbc.co.uk Producers Ivan Howlett and Nick Patrick
Five stories about the bitterness of love.
2: A Season of Madness. By Hanan al-Shaykh .
A Lebanese wife goes to extraordinary lengths to escape from a loveless marriage. For details see yesterday
Graeme Garden explores the history of blood science from the first blood experiments during the Age of the Enlightenment to the first blood transfusion in 1908.
(For details see yesterday)
The magazine series devoted to the world of numbers. Presented by Andrew Dilnot. Editor Nicoia Meyrick
In the first of a new series, Rosie Boycott invites veteran Observer columnist and reviewer
Sue Arnold and soprano Catherine Bott to nominate and discuss theirfavourite paperbacks.
Producer Jolyon Jenkins Repeated Sunday 11pm
With Clare English and Eddie Mair.
Written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins with Jon Canter , Moray Hunter , John Docherty and Richard Curtis. Another selection from the glorious archives of Britain's first National Local Radio Station.
Out of Your Depth. Station boss Sir Norman Tonsil gives Martin Brown his one and only chance to do something useful with his life, by generously paying for him to become an all-round entertainer-for as long as it keeps him away from the station.
Song by Philip Pope and Steve Brown , performed by the Hee Bee Gee Bees. Producer Jamie Rix Revised
David's mission is Successful. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
With Mark Lawson. Producer Laura Thomas
With Frank turning up at every opportune - and inopportune moment, Marjorie's diary is full. But how does the newly single girl build a social life? Judith and Sylvia will know.
(For details see yesterday) (Rptd from 10.45am)
Julian O'Halloran reports on major issues, changing attitudes and important events at home and abroad. Producer Liz Bloor Repeated Sunday 5pm
Peter White with news for visually impaired people. Producer Cheryl Gabriel EMAIL: intouch@bbc.co.uk
A guide to your back and how to look after it. Why is back pain so prevalent? What can we do to protect our backs, and how can the health professionals help? EMAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk Producer Paula McGrath Repeated tomorrow 4.30pm
Repeated from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
By Margery Allingham. Read by Anton Lesser. 2: A body in Pump Place. For details see yesterday
By Patricia Hannah. 3: Shadow Melodies. On his unexpected odyssey, the embalmed body of Lenin has ended up on the island of Tost. He enjoys the company of Henrik Ibsen while Angela tries to work out what to do with him.
Producer Gaynor Macfarlane
(Repeated from 9.45am)
