With the Rev Mark Oakley.

With Miriam O'Reilly.

With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 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

Jonathan Freedland and guests go in search of the past behind the present, exploring a moment in history that illuminates a contemporary debate. Producer Mark Burman Repeated at 9.30pm

Another chance to hear Claudia Hammond 's series examining the fingers. 4: The Ring Finger. Recent research has shown that its length in comparison with that of the index finger gives vital information about everything from sporting prowess to sexuality. Producer Marya Burgess

With Jenni Murray.
10.45 Self-control Part7. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

A A programme that combines two themes. Singer
Mary Wiegold follows the lifecycleofthe human singing voice from childhood to old age. At the same time we are taken to Beirut, where the practice of hunting and eating songbirds, common in many cultures, is explored.
Producers Rosie Boulton , Virginia Crompton. Karen Maurice. Lynsey Moyes and Sue Waldram

A series about husband-and-wife double acts in American entertainment. 3: Jane and Goodman Ace Jane Ace , famous for her malapropisms - Janeisms - had an urbane style of comedy. Yet with hundreds of shows to write, how long could husband
Henry Goodman sustain their success and their marriage? Featuring a contribution from theirgreat nephew Mark Singer.
Producer Elizabeth Freestone

With Peter White and John Waite.
Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours. PHONE: [number removed] LINES OPEN from 10am

With Nick Clarke.

Ken Clarke 's passion for jazz is further indulged when he talks to trumpeter Guy Barker about the man who changed everything-then changed it over again and again -the incomparable Miles Davis. Producer Paul Evans

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

Rupert Kingfisher 's adaptation of Anton Chekhov 's short story about a talented but troubled young professor of philosophy who escapes to a house deep in the Russian countryside, only to find himself tormented by visions of a mysterious Black Monk.
Music by John Maisey Producer Sue Broom

Sue Cook and the team investigate more historical queries. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096,
Brighton BIN1 1PL or email making.history@bbc.co.uk. Producers Ivan Howlett and Nick Patrick

2: Thirty-one by Maureen Freely. "When you've been divorced for a few years and accustomed yourselfto the trappings of failure, a moment arrives when you stop trying to be the person you neverwere." Read by Rebecca Miles. For details see yesterday

2: For Crying Out Loud. A baby's cry is one ofthe most heart-wrenching and irritating sounds imaginable. But why do western babies cry more than babies in traditional tribal societies? And why don't chimps get colic? Dr Gillian Rice investigates. For details see yesterday

What do politics, weddings and the after-dinner circuit have in common? Find out with Heather Payton and guests as they explore the growing dominance of the professional wordsmith. Producer Rosamund Jones

Rosie Boycott is joined by writer Fiammetta Rocco and architect Maxwell Hutchinson to discuss their favourite books, which include The Devil that Danced on the Water by Aminatta Forna, The Great Arc by John Keay and Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier.
(Repeated on Sunday at 11pm)

With Clare English and Eddie Mair.

Michael Grade talks about his family and his work, and also gives an agent's eye view of those who entertain us, such as Judy Garland , Shirley Bassey and Ethel Merman.
Producer Jayne Gibson

Adam's great idea. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

Mark Lawson talks to painter Peter Howson, whose work includes uncompromising images of war and portraits of Madonna. He is about to exhibit his vision of the Stations of the Cross.

7: De Courcy has fallen completely for Laura but fears that she is still in love with Hargrave. For details see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am

America locks up more of its citizens than any other developed nation. And Britain is looking to the American model of privatised prisons for the solution to overcrowding, as well as saving taxpayers' money. Lucy Ash travels to New Mexico and North Carolina to find a legacy of deaths, riots and sexual abuse.
She asks whetherthese are isolated incidents or the inevitable consequence of running prisons for profit. Producer Adele Armstrong Editor Maria Balinska Rptd Sunday at 5pm

Peter White with news for visually impaired people. Producer Cheryl Gabriel EMAIL: intouch@bbc.co.uk

Viruses. This week Graham Easton isjoined by Professor John Oxford , and considers why viral conditions such as shingles are so painful and whether old wives' tales about warts and verrucae contain more than a grain of truth.
Producer Geraldine Fitzgerald Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

Repeat of 9am

With Claire Bolderson.

Part 2.
For details see yesterday

The conclusion of Rene Basilico's adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's classic satire of municipal sleaze and corruption in 19th-century Russia.

Part2. Repeated from 9.45am