With the Rev Elfed ap Nefydd Roberts.
With Sarah Mukherjee.
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 the Rev DrJohnston McMaster.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Libby Purves and her guests engage in lively and diverse conversation.
(Shortened repeat at 9.30pm)
Presented by Jenni Murray.
10.45 Live Alone and Like It Part 3. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
The first in a new series charting a brave experiment in secondary education - the launch of a new school on the site of what was one of the country's most notorious comprehensives. Previous programmes followed the original intake of 180 eleven-year-olds over the first year of the new venture. We rejoin them as they prepare for the Sats exams that will help determine whether or not the school is succeeding.
A collection of dramatised letters - resonant with wit, mischief, pain and pathos-between a matchmaker in rural Ireland and his lonely-hearted clients. Written by the late John B Keane and recorded in three parts at the Siamsa Tire Theatre in Tralee, Ireland, by an all-star cast which includes Anna Manahan , Des Keogh , Niall Toibin , Pauline McLynn , David Kelly and Jeananne Crowley.
1: Richard Michael O'Connor , otherwise known as Dickie Mick Dickie , is the Matchmaker. We eavesdrop on his daily correspondence, including letters to the fearsome Fionulla Crust, who is desperate to be rid of her unsatisfying husband, and the Honourable Claude Glynn Hunter , who is equally desperate to be wed. Producer Elizabeth Freestone
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
David Hatch chairs the radio quiz about radio. This week's contestants are Nick Clarke , Natalie Wheen , Phill Jupitus and JohnnyWalker. Producer Viv Black
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Lesley Glaister. The darkly comic tale of middle-aged and recently widowed Ellen, who finds joining a writers' group provides greater solace than punchinj cushions, but discovers that fiction can be more revealing than she intends.
Director Dave Batchelor
Matthew Biggs , John Cushnie and Roy Lancaster answer questions posed by gardeners in West Yorkshire. The chairman is Eric Robson.
Five stories about the bitterness of love.
3: Tracking Station. By Amanda Smyth. Three into two doesn't go. A young girl is the odd one out at a secret hideaway one night. For details see Monday
3: The Blood Wars. Graeme Garden explores how the war years of the 1930s and 40s transformed blood from a scientific curiosity to a strategic resource devoid of mystical overtones, with the storing of blood in bottles and the creation of blood banks. Fordetails see Monday
Laurie Taylor explores what Russian youth think of Western culture and why they have no intention of exporting their own. Producer Jacqueline Smith
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? Repeated from yesterday 9pm
With Clare English and Eddie Mair.
By PG Wodehouse. Dramatised by Roger Davenport. 1: A Slice of Life. Mr Mulliner returns in a gothic comedy of beauty preparations, thwarted love, a spooky old house and a determined suitor. The regulars of the Angler's Rest parlour bar step into another of Mr Mulliner 's quirky stories. With Richard Griffiths as the irrepressible Mr Mulliner.
Director Ned Chaillet
Kenton's stuck in the mud. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Mark Lawson reviews Woody Allen 's new film The Curse Of the Jade Scorpion. Producer Robyn Read
3: Frank is a fairly biddable old thing, thank heavens, but how does a girl get rid of a chap in the early hours? Especially if she would like him to come back again. For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
Michael Buerk chairs another live debate on a topical moral conundrum. Claire Fox ,
Ian Hargreaves , Steven Rose and Melanie Phillips cross-examine witnesses who hold passionate but conflicting views on one of the week's news stories. Producer David Coomes Repeated on Saturday at 10.15pm
Dennis Sewell visits the leading think-tanks in London and Washington to find out what makes the policy experts, or "wonks", tick. Repeated from SundaylO.45pm
Simon Singh takes a look at the lucky accidents that are behind a surprising number of scientific breakthroughs.
2: Going with a Bang. A look at some explosive discoveries, including a mysterious crater off the coast of Norway and a microexplosive made from silicon chips. The reader is Michael Perceval-Maxwell . Producer Monise Durrani
Shortened repeat from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
By Margery Allingham. Read By Anton Lesser.
3: As the smog oozes over London, there is murder in the air and a new sense of menace abroad.
For details see Monday
A second chance to hear John O'Farrell 's four-part adaptation of his bestselling novel telling the story of Michael, ajingle composer and reluctant new dad who's leading a secret double life, doing all the things that most men with small children can only dream about. Part 2.
Producer Lucy Armitage
Part3. Repeatedfrom9.45am
