With the Rev Dr Karen Smith.
With Anna Hill and Miriam O'Reilly.
With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rt Rev Tom Butler.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Libby Purves and 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 ShopPart 18. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Philip Sweeney reports on the battle that is currently raging over the famous arbres d'alignement, the archetypal avenues of plane trees that line some of France's most beautiful rural roads. Keen to lower their appalling road accident statistics, local councils are turning to the trees in their search for a scapegoat, claiming that their removal would ensure that cars can no longer collide with them at high speeds, as they frequently do. But protesters, opposed to the felling of what are long-established national treasures, are making themselves heard. Producer Sara Davies
Dr Mark Porter on car crashes: page 28
The third episode of Simon Brett 's comedy drama. Emily thinks she's worked out the perfect way of preventing her mother finding out what she really gets up to at university. But could she possibly be underestimating her mother?
Producer Simon Brett
With Winifred Robinson and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
More puzzles from Chris Maslanka and the panel as they do their utmost to baffle each otherwith brainteasers based on words, numbers and logic. On this week's panel are crossword editor
Val Gilbert and a brace of mathematicians, Professor David Singmaster and Rob Eastaway. 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
By Joseph Crilly. When vivacious Donna marries the reclusive Gary, everyone, even Donna herself, assumes that she's done it for his money. In this blackly comic story, the strength of their marriage is tested when the handsome Sean sets off a shocking chain of events which changes all their lives.
Pippa Greenwood , Roy Lancaster and Tony Russell are guests of the Box Gardening Club in Wiltshire. And at the GQTgarden at Sparsholt College in Hampshire, Bob Flowerdew is busy with winter tasks in the greenhouse, Roy Lancaster is planting perennials for year-round pleasure and Pippa Greenwood is potato shopping. The chairman is Eric Robson. Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened at 2pm
3: The Swimming Lesson by Julia Stoneham. A
Scottish businessman takes the rather unorthodox approach to teaching his sons to swim by launching them over the side of his boat when they reach their seventh birthday. But when it's his daughter's turn, the ritual is unexpectedly interrupted. The reader is Joanna Tope. For details see Monday
It's mid-September and in the depths of a dark sea cave Selkie patrols the shallows until the females hauled out on the beaches are ready to mate. But then a storm gathers and the cave is besieged by an Onslaught Of water. For details see Monday
Laurie Taylor and guests discuss the global phenomenon that is hip-hop. The art of spinning turntables sprang from Afro-American street culture but now thrives from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Tokyo. But how much change can an art form undergo before it ceases to be authentic? Producer Jacqueline Smith
A rash can be a sign of something serious such as meningitis, or of a minor irritation, such as a nettle sting. Graham Easton discovers how doctors tell one red spot from another and how they treat them.
EMAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk
Producer Paula McGrath Repeated from yesterday
With Clare English and Nigel Wrench.
A lighthearted troll through the fetid morass of modern life. Written by and starring Jeremy Hardy. Producer David Tyler
Tom's determined to clinch the deal. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
As an exhibition of his latest work opens in London, world-renowned artist David Hockney gives a rare interview to John Wilson. Producer Angharad Law
18: Quilp wants Kit Nubbins out of the way. Fordetails see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral conundrums behind one of the week's news stories. Claire Fox , Ian Hargreaves , Melanie Phillips and Steven Rose cross-examine witnesses who hold passionate but conflicting views. Producer David Coomes Repeated on Saturday
The third in a series of four talks by Michael Shea - writer, diplomat, and former press secretary to the Queen. He remembers the food shortages, bugging devices and secret police that were part of his daily life when he was employed as a diplomat in Romania during the Cold War.
ProducerZilah Watson Editor Nicola Meyrick Repeated on Sunday
Bob May , President of the Royal Society, continues his investigation into those scientific questions that have yet to be answered, with a look at the fundamental structure of matter itself.
Producer Martin Redfern
Shortened repeat from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
3: On Edgar Drake 'sjourney upriverto Mandalay, he learns more about the mysterious and eccentric Doctor Carroll.
For details see Monday
The show that takes you inside the head of composer and comedian Neil Innes and doesn't let you out for a full half an hour. Featuring The Breakfast Things, Neil's own version of the Today programme, broadcast from his kitchen table. Producer Claire Jones
A roundup of today's events in session and behind the scenes in committee.
Part 3. Repeated from 9.45am
