With Margaret Hay.
With Mark Holdstock.
With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rabbi Lionel Blue.
Manic Depression. 01 ivia 0' Leary explores the ecstatic highs and delusions of mania, and the crippling depression which follows, with two people whose lives have been turned upside down by manic depression. Producer Karen Gregor Repeated at9.30pm
Tales of extraordinary scientific phenomena that delighted our scientific forefathers and are now pushing 21st-century medical science to new limits.
A jellyfish that gives off an eerie glow and captivated natural historians 150 years ago is the key to a revolutionary new diagnostic tool in medicine.
Presented by Martha Kearney.
10.45 The True Story
Part 2 of the Woman's Hourdrama.
Drama repeated at 7.45pm
New series Aubrey Manning returns with more archaeological mysteries. This week he visits a site in Norfolk that is littered with the bones of mammoths and the flint tools of our Neanderthal cousins. But were these people lucky scavengers or were they hunting down the great beasts?
Producer Martin Redfern EMAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.UK
Geoffrey Wheeler crosses the waterto Dublin to discover more about the city's famous Gaiety
Theatre, one of the finest venues on the variety circuit. The theatre played hostto the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 in its centenary year. With excerpts from some of the shows and comedy from stars past and present. Producer LibbyCross
With Winifred Robinson and Peter White.
Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours. PHONE: [number removed] Lines open from 10am
With Nick Clarke.
3: Vitali Vitaliev 's assignments have taken him all over the world since he defected from the Soviet
Union in 1990. He talks to Emily Buchanan about life in the east, in the west and Down Under, and shares some of the music associated with his work. Producer Merilyn Harris
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
By Annie Caulfield, starring Simon Russell Beale and Frances Barber.
A touching play that charts the little-known relationship between Edith Piaf and Jean Cocteau, an artist as acclaimed in the literary world as Piaf was in popular music. It was a friendship that lasted until their deaths within hours of each other.
Richard Daniel presents the programme about listeners' environmental concerns.
EMAIL: home.planet@bbc.co.uk Phone: [number removed] Address: [address removed] Producer Margaret Budy
New Horizons by Carol Ann Frazer. Read by Phyllida Nash. Made redundant from her job and deserted by her husband, Eva looks for a hobby that will bring some excitement to her late middle age but finds herself drawn into a world of petty crime. For details see yesterday
Richard Collins continues his survey of cheap musical instruments. 2: Inexpensive percussion. For details see yesterday
Heather Payton and guests discuss the flower business and ask what lies behind our desire for beautiful blooms. Producer Rosamund Jones
Sue MacGregorand her guests, actress Carol Drinkwater and broadcaster Peter Stanford , entertain an audience at Dartington Hall with theirchoice of three favourite paperbacks. Producer Viv Beeby Repeated on Sunday at llpm
With Carolyn Quinn and Nigel Wrench.
The fifth episode of the sitcom starring Milton Jones , set in his house.
Written by Milton Jones and James Cary Producer David Tyler
Trouble for David. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
John Wilson chairs the arts magazine. Producer Aasiya Lodhi
By Alison Joseph. 2: The search for Lucinda Carey intensifies and a former lover appears on the scene.
Fordetails see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am
New series In the first of two programmes, Maurice Walsh examines the key role that oil plays in American foreign policy. Tonight he reports from the Caspian on how a new oil pipeline has helped shift the strategic balance in the region.
Producer Andy Denwood Repeated Sunday at 5pm
Peter White with news of interest to the blind. Producer Cheryl Gabriel EMAIL: intouch@bbc.co.uk
In parts of the south west of Uganda, more than a fifth of the population is suffering from depression. This week, Dr Raj Persaud examines new research that is piloting interpersonal psychotherapy for groups to help local people.
Producer Jane O'Rourke Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm
Repeat of 9am
With Robin Lustig.
By PG Wodehouse. 2: Gussie Fink-Nottle is arrested after hitting a policeman with his umbrella in Trafalgar Square fountain at 5am. For details see yesterday
By Annie McCartney. Continuing the re-run four-part comedy drama about the bohemian residents of Marlborough Road, Belfast, who are saved from their own chaos by Sally, their cleaning lady. 2: Mythical Kings and Iguanas
Director Tanya Nash (R)
a History of Applause
David Owen Norris examines how styles and traditions of applause have developed down the Centuries. Producer AndrewGreen(R)
Part 2. Repeated from 9.45am
