With Dr Alison Elliot.

With Mark Holdstock.

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 WithShaguftaYaqub.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

John Humphrys talks to high-fliers who have experienced turbulent times. 2: Zola Budd on the loneliness and despair of the long-distance runner. The 17-year-old barefoot running prodigy was assaulted by anti-apartheid protesters and blamed for tripping Mary Decker in the final of the 3,000-metres race at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Producer Brian King Repeated at 9.30pm

The last in a re-run series of profiles of five extraordinary Europeans. Rem Koolhaas. Zina Rohan goes to Rotterdam to meet one of the world's most provocative architects. Producer Lucy Ash

Presented byJenni Murray.
10.45 Don't Step on the Cracks Part 2. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Paws for Reflection. Arguments rage over the effects that domestic and feral cats have on British wildlife. This programme explores the social lives of ourcats and examines the hard evidence for their predation on native mammals, birds and reptiles. With Paul Evans. Repeated from yesterday

This week, Greg Proops tells the rags-to-nches story of Rip Wilson. Wilson was a ground-breaking black comic in America who became a phenomenon during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Producer Pennie Latin

With Peter White and Winifred Robinson.
Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours. PHONE: [number removed] Lines open from 10am

With Nick Clarke.

The first of a three-part guide to popular recorded songs, presented by the poet Simon Armitage and the musicologist Allan Moore. Each week the pair analyse and unpick favourite popular songs to find out what makes them tick. In the first programme they consider the "who" of songs - their narrators, characters and personae, from David Bowie Ziggy Stardust to Natalie Merchant's Henry Darger. And the singer Barb Jungr performs and discusses her version of Bob Dylan's I'll Be Your Baby Tonight.

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

Danny Chaucer (Poet)
Written and performed by Roger Stevens.
Fifteen-year-old Danny Chauceryearns for his classmate Jenny Keane , and dreams of getting a hit record with his band Cast No Shadow. But his adolescent love for Jenny is not returned. Then the end-of-term gig takes his life in an unexpected direction. Director Mark Savage

Sue Cook and the team investigate listeners historical queries.
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Producers Ivan Howlett and Nick Patrick

2: Evidence of Old Repairs by Jessica Francis Kane , abridged by Joanne Reardon and read by Kate Burton. A couple try to repairtheir damaged relationship while on holiday in London, underthe all-seeing eye of theiryoung daughter. For details see yesterday

2. Desert Island Delights. Having adjusted to the baking temperatures and burning sun, new arrival Stuart Blackman comes across cucumbers and teacakes in the most unlikely of places -the island's beaches and rockpools. For details see yesterday

The essential guide to the world of work. With the current skills shortage significantly affecting business productivity in the UK, Philippa Lamb looks at some of the schemes trying to tackle this problem. producer Ben Crighton

Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning. Producer Elaine Walker Repeated on Sunday at llpm

With Clare English and Mark Coles.

David Hatch chairs the radio quiz about radio. This week Kevin Day and Winifred Robinson challenge Pam Ayres and Gina Yashere. Producer viv Black

The heat is on at The Bull. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

Mark Lawson presents the arts show, and visits an exhibition of 19 chess sets created by artists, including Marcel Duchamp , who played for the French chess team, Yoko Ono , and Damien Hirst. Producer Eliane Glaser

By Sheila Goff.
A black comedy in which a rejected wife misuses an old wives' tale about determining the sex of a baby for her own ends.
Starring Adjoa Andoh and Chris Langham.
(For details see yesterday) (Repeated from 10.45am)

With concern growing over childhood vaccines.
Gerry Northam investigates claims that the mercury in some injections is linked to the rise in autism. producer Bill Law Repeated Sunday at 5pm

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

Connie St Louis discovers the evolutionary reasons forthe menopause, the science behind mood swings and how to avoid osteoporosis. EMAIL: [email address removed]
Producer Geraldine Fitzgerald Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

Repeat of 9am

With Robin Lustig.

By George Orwell. Bill Nighy continues to read the classic fable of revolution in the farmyard. 2: Halcyon days of Animalism and the Battle of the Cowshed. Fordetails see yesterday

Written by Marcus Brigstocke and Jeremy Salsby with additional material by Graeme Garden. 6: This week Giles goes off to Thailand.
Producer David Tyler
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Part 2. Repeated from 9.45am