With Father Timothy Bartlett.
With Anna Hill.
With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With David Wilby and Susan Hulme.
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Chief Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Lively conversation with Libby Purves and her guests. Producer Chris Paling Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
4: Trafalgar 1805, oy Nick Warburton. The last programme in the series of personal eyewitness accounts of great naval battles. Carter, the surgeon's mate on the Victory, is below decks as the battle begins, recalling a dream laden with dreadful premonitions. With David Bamber as Carter and historical commentary from Andrew Lambert and Colin White. ProducerTim Dee
By Georgia Pritchett. Continuing the surreal comedy about florists with attitude.
Ample finds it hard to cope with the pressures of fame after being interviewed by the local newspaper. Meanwhile, Winnie orders herself a mail-order Thai groom.
Presented by Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
A light-hearted quiz about inventions and innovations - from aspirin to the zip fastener. Chris Stuart presides over team captains Adam Hart-Davis and Professor Lewis Wolpert. With guests Johnny Ball and World Service health reporter Ania Lichtarowicz.
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
Comedy by Peter Roberts.
In December 1903 the Wright Brothers were the first men to achieve powered flight when their primitive plane took off over the dunes at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina - or were they? Could it be that an English aristocrat, one Sydney Mangot Walsh, actually launched a plane just weeks before the Wrights' more famous flight?
Alex Jones
Adam Hart-Davis on the Wright Brothers: page 36
Roy Lancaster , Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood answer questions from gardeners in Lincolnshire. Eric Robson is in the chair.
Producer Trevor Taylor
3: Reaching Dewpoint. "One morning, while airborne, you lost your way, as people do in life without ever quite being aware that they are lost. For details see Monday
3: What lengths will an inventor go to to get people to listen? How deep into debt will they go to get their idea right? Fordetails see Monday
Laurie Taylor hears all about Scotland's largest migrant population, the English, and discovers how their life stories contradict populist representations of Scots' attitudes to the Auld Enemy. Producer Jacqueline Smith
Eyes after 40. As we get older our eyesight gets worse but we rarely visit the optician. Could such negligence mean we are damaging the eyes? Dr Mark Porter takes a look at what happens to the eyes afterthe age Of 40. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm
With Eddie Mair.
A comedy sketch show in which anything is possible. Chambers beats Collins at Scrabble, Watson beats Holmes at Cluedo and an evil plan is disrupted by a last-minute font change. With Steven Kynman , Sally Hawkins , Olivia Colman , Robert Webb and Chris Pavlo. Written by James Cary , Adam Bromley. Sally Hawkins ,
Catherine Shepherd and Ashley Blaker Producer Adam Bromley (Revised repeat)
Clarrie gets her hands dirty. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Francine Stock reports on the final instalment of Peter Jackson 's film trilogy The Lord of the Rings as it arrives in British Cinemas. Producer Sally Spurring
3: At the Department Store. On Wednesday Bobby braves a department store to try on outfits, but can't help getting waylaid in the kitchen department. For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
Michael Buerk chairs another debate in which Ian Hargreaves , Steven Rose , Michael Gove and Claire Fox cross-examine witnesses with conflicting views on the moral complexities behind one of the week's headlines.
Producer David Coomes Repeated on Saturday at 10.15pm
2: Getting In. Why do children of politicians enter politics themselves and is it made any easier by having a famous family name? Political journalist Julia Langdon finds out.
Producer Mukti Jain Campion Repeated from Sunday at 10.45pm
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From the beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, precisely 100 years afterthe Wright brothers first flew a powered craft. Wright biographer James Tobin watches a live reconstruction of that historic flight and tells the story of the two remarkable bicycle mechanics who changed the world. Producer Susan Marling
Adam Hart-Davis on the Wright Brothers: page 36
Shortened repeat from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
By Akira Yoshimura. 8: Takuya's closeness to his boss Teresawa and their mutual regard is becoming a problem. When Teresawa asks Takuya to marry his niece and become his son-in-law Takuya finds himselftelling everything. Fordetails see Monday
Another chance to hear this series of poetry, jokes and music from Matthew Harvey and Rory Motion. In the final episode they contemplate masculinity, health andtea-bags. Producer vivBeeby (R)
The final part of Creighton Wheeler 's life story as recalled by Brian Hayes. 4: The Daft Continent
Wheeler plays a key role in the independence of the British colony of Mozamulamazabezia. Then he disappears. Featuring the voice of , and Jon Snow and Producers Andrew McGibbon and Jonathan Ruffle
With Robert Orchard.
Part 3. Repeated from 9.45am
Sri Lanka v England
The first day's play in the Third Test from Colombo,
Sri Lanka. Commentary by Jonathan Agnew John Murray ,
Jonny Saunders and Roshan Abbeysinghe.
Producer Peter Baxter * Approximate time