With the Rev RoyJenkins.
With Mark Holdstock.
With John Humphrys and Martha Kearney.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Jo Inde.
Inter-Country Adoption. Olivia O'Leary meets two women who have adopted children from abroad. Producer Karen Gregor Repeated at9.30pm
Scientific phenomena that delighted our scientific forefathers and are now pushing 21st-century medical science to new limits. 5: Genetics bows to the observations of the early natural historians and poets who pondered the flashing light of fireflies and the eerie beacon produced by the glow-worm. Producer Louise Dalziel
Presented byJenni Murray.
10.45 The Tall One
Part 2 of the Woman's Hour drama. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
John Muir spent his life exploring, writing about and fighting for the great wilderness areas of America.
He was a Scot who emigrated to the States in the 19th century. Howard Stableford follows in the footsteps of a man who is little known in his native country yet revered as a national hero in America. Producer Joanne Stevens
New series Mark Radcliffe presents the first of two programmes exploring the chequered history of talent shows, including such hits as Opportunity Knocks, hosted by Hughie Green. Today Radcliffe concentrates on the genre's early history. Producer Libby Cross
With Diana Madill and Winifred Robinson.
Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours. PHONE: [number removed] Lines open from 10am
With Nick Clarke.
Clare Jenkins uncovers a treasury of folk songs from across Yorkshire documented 50 years ago by the Hudiestons, a gentleman landowner and his wife, and featuring such previously unheard songs as Three Nights Drunk and The Market Tup. The programme interweaves the songs with the memories of those who collected and cared for them.
Producer Clare Jenkins
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
By Kaite O'Reilly. Three women in India-grandmother, daughter and granddaughter - remain in the family home as the waters of the Narmada valley rise.
Director David Hunter
Richard Daniel presents the programme about listeners' environmental concerns.
EMAIL: home.planet@bbc.co.uk Phone: [number removed] Address: [address removed] Producer Nick Patrick
2: The Blackberry Season by Jo Mazelis. According to an old superstition, blackberries picked after
9 October are poisonous because the devil spat on them. What better fruit to serve to an enemy? Read by SiriOl Jenkins. Fordetailsseeyesterday
2: Nehru Collars. In the series that looks at collars and the cultures behind them, Rosie Goldsmith finds out how the Nehru collar evolved. For details see yesterday (R)
Fitness fads come and go, but yoga and pilates are now the classes of choice at the gym. This programme asks if we now want to exercise the mind as Well as the body. Producer Kirsteen Knight
Sue MacGregorisjoined by the philosopher Mary Midgley and poet Al Alvarez to discuss a selection of much loved books, including The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing , The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and Nothing Like the Night by David Lawrence.
Producer Mark Smalley Repeated on Sunday at llpm
With Eddie Mair.
Actor Dudley Sutton , Tinker in the TV programme
Lovejoy, reminisces about his work in more than 40 movies and hundreds of TV shows. Producerciaire Jones
Eddie does some DIY. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Mark Lawson with arts news, reviews and an interview with Frederick Forsyth , whose new novel Avenger is a tale of revenge plotted by an American billionaire against a Serbian war criminal. Producer Nicola Holloway
By Claire Luckham. 2: How have the lives of Lorraine and Samantha's parents been changed by bringing up two daughters with cystic fibrosis?
Fordetails see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am
The biraderi is the extended clan or tribal network which governs Britain's Pakistani community. In the second programme, Navid Akhtar learns about the efforts of the biraderi elders to reconnect with some of the errant members, the younger generation by sending them back to Pakistan for "village rehab", with sometimes disastrous consequences.
(Repeated on Sunday at 5pm)
Peter White with news of interest to the blind. Producer Cheryl Gabriel EMAIL: intouch@bbc.co.uk
About eight million people in the UK have osteoarthritis. This programme investigates how much we really know about this condition, finds out what works in the areas of treatment and prevention and evaluates the latest in osteorarthritis research. Producer Rami Tzabar Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm
Repeat of 9am
With Robin Lustig.
ByWilliam Maxwell. Part2. Fordetailsseeyesterday
A retrospective and a review of the work and life of one of England's forgotten heroes. Written and performed by comedian Simon Munnery.
Another chance to hear the second of the four-part comedy sketch show from the winners of the 2002 Perrier Best Newcomer Award. Written by and starring Neil Edmond , Justin Edwards and James Rawlings. Producer Will Saunders (R)
Miles Kington looks at the history ofteaching English as aforeign language, and at the TEFL teaching certificate that has acted as a turning point in countless people's lives - from Nick Hornby and JK Rowling to Arthur Smith and Prince William. ProducerVicky Shepherd (R)
Part 2. Repeated from 9.45am
