With the Rt Rev George Stack , Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster.
With Miriam O'Reilly and Anna Hill.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day
With Bishop Jim Thompson.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
LibbyPurvesand her guests engage in lively and diverse conversation.
Producer Chris Paling Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Presented by Jenni Murray.
10.45 The Old Curiosity Shop Part 13. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
The Southern Africa Disasters Emergency
Committee appeal now has £3.2 million in the bank to deal with the starving people of Southern Africa. It's widely expected within the agencies that it will eventually raise around L7 million. The catch is that the charities involved have to spend their money on the ground within six months. Mike Woolridge gets inside the world of disaster relief to look at the nuts and bolts of how the money is spent and how people on the ground are helped. Producer Ruth Evans
The second episode of Simon Brett 's comedy drama. Victoria is hugely relieved to get the funeral of Roger's father out of the way, but Roger himself doesn't seem able to forget about it quite so easily.
With Peter White and Liz Barclay. The third report in the series on disability and employment looks at the story of Paul Derbyshire and Richard Thompson , who created a specialist disability holiday company.
With Nick Clarke.
Chris Maslanka returns with another senes of the game in which puzzle setters tryto outfox each other and listeners with a cleverer conundrum. On this week's panel are crossword editor Val Gilbert , magician Geoffrey Durham and mathematician
Victor Bryant. Send your puzzles and answers to Puzzle Panel, BBC Radio 4, London W1A 1AA Email: puzzle.panel@bbc.co.uK Producer Clare Csonka
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
A dramatisation of Peter Sheridan 's compassionate memoir of how he coped with his father's unexpected death and the realisation that the English woman who spent summers with them in Dublin when he was a boy was actually having an affair with his father This relationship lasted 47 years and was conducted mainly by letter. Even more surprising was the discoverythat his mother knew all about it.
Director Tanya Nash
John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness are guests of the Bures and District Horticultural Society in Suffolk. The chairman is Eric Robson. Producer Trevor Taylor
Shortened at 2pm
3: Job's Skin. Written and read by Alasdair Gray.
Atorrent of ill fortune afflicts Job. Though practically bankrupt and losing his two sons in an international disaster, he continues to count his blessings. Fordetails see Monday
3: Heavenly Houses For details see Monday
Laurie Taylor discusses the social success of the soap opera. Once despised as the lowest common denominator, soaps are now seen as educative, enlightened and a major force for social change.
What role has the audience played in shaping their development? Producer Jacqueline Smith
Repeated from yesterday
With Clare English and Eddie Mair.
The long-awaited return of Britain's most Hardyesque comedian, now at the new improved time of kids' bathtime rather than late-night panic-attack hour. Written by and starring Jeremy Hardy. Director David Tyler
Peggy promises to keep a secret. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Francine Stock reveals the winners of the Whitbread BookAwards2002.
Producer Rebecca Nicholson
By Charles Dickens. 13: Dick Swiveller gets to know the mysterious single gentleman and eavesdrops on a conversation.
For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
How seriously does the State consider our quality of life and happiness? And should it? Or is the real job of government to concentrate on the "big picture" ratherthan worrying if we're happy or not? In the second of two programmes chaired by Edward Stourton , a forum of invited guests meet at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland to debate with Sir Samuel Brittan and Zak Goldsmith the proposition that politicians need to put our happiness at the top of their agenda.
Producer Jim Frank Editor Nicola Meyrick Repeated Saturday
The second in a series of talks by Michael Shea - writer, diplomat, and former press secretary to the Queen. "Mr Wilson 's Cigar" tells his stories of encounters with British prime ministers from Harold Wilson to Margaret Thatcher.
Producer Zilah Watson Editor Nicola Meyrick Repeated Sunday
Bob May , President of the Royal Society, continues his investigation of the outstanding questions in science with a look at the secrets of life: its origin and evolution, the mysteries of the genome and our future survival as healthy humans.
Producer Martin Redfern EMAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk
Shortened repeat from 9am
Alex Jennings continues to read Ian Fleming 's first James Bond book. Abridged in ten parts by Sally Marmion. 8: Time for James Bond to reflect.
For details see Monday
An opportunity to climb inside Neil Innes 's head to find songs, atmospheric musings and some very irritating commercial breaks. Producer Claire Jones
A roundup of today's events in session and behind the scenes in committee.
Part 3. Repeated from 9.45am
