With Ephraim Borowski.

With Miriam O'Reilly.

With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Angela Tilby.

Andrew Marr and guests set the cultural agenda for the Week. Producer Alice Feinstein Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

Jenni Murray talks to Sophie Dahl about her first book, The Man with the Dancing Eyes. The author reads her work on R4 on Friday at 3.30pm.

10.45 Unspoken
Part 1 of this week's Woman's Hour drama. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Archaeologist Julian Richards begins a new series of the programme exploring the evolution of British towns and cities. 1: Swansea. Once the world's s largest exporter of copper, Swansea also wanted to attract tourists. Why, despite its vast economic power, was Swansea always a poor second to Cardiff? Producer Nichola West

A series of o two-handers by Lynne Truss which humorously explores the premise that not only are there two sides to every story but that there are differing sides to every personality. Each week a characterfrom the previous episode is revisited to discover more aboutthem.
6: Friends. Starring Phyllis Logan and Claire Skinner.
In the final programme events come full circle and return to Annabel and Brigid. The latter has found herself a personal trainer and a chance to work in America, while Annabel has her own life-changing secret. Will they be able to let one another go and will theirfriendship survive?
Music by Rex Brough Producer Dawn Ellis

With Winifred Robinson and John Waite.

With Tim Franks.

Fred Housego and Marcel Berlins of the South of England take on Brian Feeney and Polly Devlin for
Northern Ireland. Nick Clarke is in the chair. Producer Paul Bajoria Repeated on Saturday at llpm

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

By Linda Cracknell. Tom and Graeme are the City
Square Care Team. Theytidy up litter and people.
But Graeme is distracted by a new project: a lady who watches their matchmakmggames from a window above the square.
Director Lu Kemp

Paul Lewis and guests are on hand to answer personal finance questions. Lines are open from
1.30pm. Phone [number removed]. Producer Louise Greenwood

First of four stories read by Maggie Steed and abridged by Doreen Estall.
1: Dressing Up. Eccentric grandmother Prunella, ex-dancer and singler, is deemed irresponsible by her daughter and access to her grandchildren is threatened. Producer Anne-Marie Cole

A series that looks at valued works of reference.
1: Jane's Fighting Ships. Simon Fanshawe looks at the hefty tome that can be found on the bridge of every Royal Navy vessel. Producer Mark Smalley

Desert Food. Sheila Dillon takes a look at the food of the Bedouin tribes of Arabia and how theirfood reflects their lifestyle. Extended repeat of yesterday 12.30pm

Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the place offaith in today's complex world. Producer Liz Leonard

With Clare English and Carolyn Quinn.

Chairman Nicholas Parsons hosts the show this week from Bristol and is joined by Clement Freud , Graham Norton , Pam Ayres and Tony Hawks. Producer Claire Jones Repeated Sunday 12.04pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: A selection from this series is available on five volumes of audio cassette at good retail outlets or www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Tempers begin to fray. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

Francine Stock visits Tate Modern 's exhibition of the works of Max Beckmann , one of Germany's leading 20th-century artists, whose canvases reveal a claustrophobic world of debauchery and fear in interwar Berlin. Producer Martin Smith

ByTrish Cooke. A warm-hearted five-part series exploring the experiences of the generation after
Windrush through the eyes of a West Indian woman from the 1960s to the present day.
1: As Rosalyn's son leaves for university she is left alone for the firsttime in her life. Now 50 years old, she finds some old diaries from 1961 when, aged ten, she made the journey from Dominica to Britain.
Music source Ansell Broderick Producer Pauline Harris Rptofl0.45am

Three families describe the struggle they underwent in coming to terms with the birth of a child with a severe learning disability. When she was 24,
Jaime Skollickgave birth to a boy with Down's syndrome. Her husband, Kevin, says, "It never entered our heads as a possibility. At first, I was so shocked and angry that this had happened to us." Producers Kim Normanton and Nigel Acheson

Remembertea breaks? Rememberwhen you went to work to have a rest? John Fortune presents the first in a four-part series looking at the way work used to be, beginning with the factory floor.
Bernard Ingham , Bill Morris , and Corelli Barnett recall the institutionalised skiving, and wonder what we've lost. Producer Miles Warde

6: National Parks. The Cairngorm mountains cover some of the wildest and most beautiful lands in Scotland. In March, the area will become the UK's largest national park, yet its boundaries and planning powers have been fraught with controversy. Mark Carwardine investigates these complaints and asks what purpose these national parks fulfil. Producer Joanne Stevens Repeated tomorrow at 11am

Repeated from 9am

With Robin Lustig.

By Julie Otsuka , abridged in five parts by Richard Hamilton. This compassionate and powerful novella follows the members of single family of Japanese Americans who find themselves interned in their own country. 1: A mother receives her evacuation orders. Read by Teresa Gallagher. producer Di Speirs

Shortened repeat of Saturday at 9am

in Search of Flamenco Part 1. Repeated from 9.45am