With Dr Lavinia Byrne.

With Miriam O'Reilly.
Producer Maggie Ayre

With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Joel Edwards.

10.45 Queen Lucia Part 3. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Poet Ian McMillan sees this northern town through the fresh eyes of asylum seekers from many different parts of the world, who have found a temporary home there. Producer VivBeeby

By Gareth Edwards.
Continuing the drama series about a community of artists in Cornwall.
Tamsin is infuriated by Josef's lack of commitment and decides to make him jealous. But Dolores is blissfully secure in her relationship with Nisha - that is, until Tamsin hints at fishy goings-on.

With Winifred Robinson and Liz Barclay.

With Nick Clarke.

Samuel Johnson is "Author of the Week" as James Walton quizzes John Walsh , Sebastian Faulks , Sue Limb and Joanne Harris on all things literary. Beth Chalmers is the reader. Producer Dawn Ellis

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

By Ellen Dryden.
Barbara doesn't want to leave London for a life in the middle of nowhere with her aunt and uncle. She finds her aunt glamorous, her uncle disagreeable and baby Robert adorable. Then the trouble begins.
Director Ellen Dryden

Pippa Greenwood , Bob Flowerdew and Roy Lancaster answer questions from gardeners in south London. Chaired by Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor

3: A Wife Again! By Francine Pascal. Alice believed that maturity, patience and trust were the special ingredients that made her second marriage successful - until she found evidence forcing her to take a closer look at "trust". Read by Lorelei King. Producer Pam Fraser Solomon

3: Venice - That Sinking Feeling. Just how do local residents cope with living in the middle of the world's most notorious damp spot when it comes to buying and selling their homes? Venice is now the most expensive place to buy in Italy and some local estate agents reckon that within ten years the stones of Venice will be worth theirweight in gold. David Aaronovitch finds out the tricks behind buying a piece of history. For details see Monday

Laurie Taylor reports from the British Sociological Association's annual conference in York. Producer Jacqueline Smith

Bom Too Soon. Graham Easton asks whether premature babies catch up with children born at full term, what it's like for their parents and if early births Can be prevented. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

With Clare English and Eddie Mair.

By Mervyn Stutter. 4: Up on the Roof. Dominic's cold-hearted decision to turn the vodka and veggie cafe into a rehab clinic leads to non-violent direct action from the unlikeliest of sources: the Waterloo Sunset Pensioner Commune Heavy Metal Ensemble.
Producer Mario Stylianides See also Friday 11.30am

Where there's a Will, there's a way. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

John Wilson presents a selection of arts news, interviews and reviews. Producer ElianeGlaser

By EF Benson, adapted by Ned Sherrin.
3: Burglary. Lucia discovers that her Indian guru is not all she thought him to be.
For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

In this year's series of lectures Professor VS Ramachandran examines what science is discovering about the human mind.
3: The Artful Brain. What baby seagulls have to teach us about Picasso. Presented by Sue Lawley from the Patrick Centre, Birmingham.
Editor Gwyneth Williams Producer Charles Sigler Repeated Saturday www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/

Historian AJP Taylor was fascinated by the changing power of the prime minister. Recorded in the early 1960's for university lectures, here are some of his views. With Professor Peter Clarke, master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. 1: Sir Robert Walpole. Was he really the first ? How did he deal with having the King sitting in on cabinet meetings? And was it really that bad to buy off awkward ministers with large cash payments?
(Repeated from Sun)

Alzheimer's disease is one of the most common degenerative mental illnesses, affecting approximately 500,000 people in the UK. In the first of a new series, Peter Evans talks to Professor Steven Rose about new research that might allow us to reclaim lost memories. Therapies that slow the rate of memory loss are already available. Might we reach a point when you could pop into the local chemist and buy what's been dubbed "Viagra for the brain"? Producer John Watkins

Shortened repeat from 9am

With Robin Lustig.

Part 3. For details see Monday

Mutiny, murder, and a possible parking fine all add up to a feast of crime in tonight's tale, in which David Pershore travels to the tropics of the Far East. That is, if he can bearto have the inoculations. Comedy drama starring Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt. Producer Adam Bromley

Bleak, funny, painful glimpses of the city after dark. A lonely heart phones up her gay best friend for help and a mothertries in vain to soothe a crying baby.
Featuring Paul Merton , Meera Syal , Richard Wilson , Liz Smithjilly Vosburgh , Julian Clary.
Producer Sarah Parkinson Music by Rex Brough and Robert Katz

2: Gerard Hoffnung. Rainer Hersch talks to Annetta Hoffnung , widow of the caricaturist, broadcaster, raconteur and tuba player, and listens to some of her collection of rare Hoffnung recordings, not broadcast in over 40 years. For details see yesterday

Part 3. Repeated from 9.45am