With Dr Allison Elliot.
Anna Hill asks how footpaths established for the millennium have survived into the 21st century. Producer Sarah Falkingham
With James Naughtie and Martha Kearney.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With John Bel
Michael Buerk talks to people who have had to make a life-changing choice.
Producer Liz Leonard Repeated at 9.30pm
Martin Plimmer takes a chance with luck. 2: Luck is important to people who gamble, whether it's with money-ortheir lives. Derek Sharp 's luck ran out when his jet aeroplane and a mallard duck collided head-on. Producer Brian King
With Jenni Murray. 10.45 Honey from a Weed Part 2. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Mark Stephen reveals the beauty and diversity of Britain's Own coral reefs. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm
Stand-up comic, jazz personality, impersonator and guru, Lord Buckley influenced a generation of Americans, from Frank Sinatra and Lenny Bruce to
Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead. Buckley aficionado CP Lee unravels the complex story of the man whose bohemian lifestyle and "hipsemantic" routines, based on jive vernacular, provoked the authorities but delighted audiences. The programme features clips from some of Buckley's finest recordings. Producer Bob Dickinson
With Liz Barclay and Peter White.
Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours. PHONE: [number removed] Lines open from 10am
With Guto Harri.
2: Rosalind in Shakespeare's As You Like It.
Juliet Stephenson and Nina Sosanya discuss the phenomena of love at first sight and female friendships as they reveal how they came to appreciate the power of the one of the theatre's most popular heroines. Producer Lucy Lunt
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
New series Richard Daniel presents listeners' environmental concerns. EMAIL: home.planet@bbc.co.uk
Address: [address removed] Producer Nick Patrick
2: Pure Dead Magic. By Roddy Hamilton. The funeral of a celebrated stage magician is disrupted when his coffin "disappears". Read by John Buick. For details see yesterday
2: Tam Bichan and the Trow. Children from Firth
Primary School, Orkney, dramatise and perform a folk story about strange events in a Neolithic burial mound. With music also written by the children. For details see yesterday
Al. Scientists have long been entranced by the possibilities of Artificial Intelligence (Al) that would give machines the human ability to learn and evolve. As a result, Al could profoundly change our lives. So what might happen in a world of the ambient web, software agents, swarm computing and robots? With Heather Payton. Producer Paul O'Keeffe
Beryl Bainbridge and Clare Short talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books. Producer Jane Greenwood Repeated on Sunday
With Eddie Mair.
Rony Robinson continues to follow the production of this year's pantomime at the York Theatre Royal, starring Berwick Kaler in his 25th year as the theatre's Dame. For details see yesterday Repeated at 12.15am
A series of reminiscences by well loved personalities. This week actor Peter Sallis reminisces about his work, including playing Cleggy in Last of the Summer Wine and voicing Wallace in the Aardman animation Wallace and Gromit. Producer Claire Jones
Alan has a dilemma. Rptd tomorrow at 2pm
In the wake of the National Theatre's revival this year of the original 1972 production of Jumpers by Tom Stoppard , Mark Lawson talks to Stoppard, actress Diana Rigg and director Peter Wood about the history of a play that uniquely combines philosophy and gymnastics. Producer Sally Spurring Revised
2: A House of Many Rooms in Catalonia Patience and Norman move to Catalonia.
For details see yesterday Repeated from 10,45am
Is the rich world helping the plight of the world's poor or ripping them off? I nternational policytowardsthe poor offers hope of a better life, lifting them out of poverty, bringing stability and growth, say our governments. It is wrong, immoral and incompetent say critics, and the West grows fat. There's a war over the world's poor, on the streets and now too in the corridors of power. The first of a two-part investigation by Evan Davis of the claims, counterclaims, the warring factions and, above all, the lives of those at the receiving end of policy made in Washington. Producer Michael Blastland Repeated on Sunday
Peter White with news of interest to blind and partially sighted people. Producer Cheryl Gabriel
r Sleep Disorders. Dr Mark Porter looks at the tests doctors use to assess whether someone is suffering excessive daytime drowsiness and investigates how paying more attention to the symptoms could save lives, help snorers, and break our dependence on sleeping tablets.
Producer Helen Sharp Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm
Repeat of 9am
With Paul Moss.
By Thomas Hardy. 2: A tragedy at the chalk pit leads Gabriel Oak to find employment as a shepherd. For details see yesterday
New series A four-part sketch show in which anything is possible, written by James Cary. 1:Ancient and Modem.This week's highlights include Ancient Egyptian IT support, tax-avoidance schemes for pirates, Feudal Mishap Direct. Starring
Robert Webb , Beth Chalmers , Catherine Shepherd , Steven Kynman , Abigail Burdess and Chris Pavio. Producer Adam Bromley
The Papers ofAJ Wentworth BA
Repeated from Christmas Eve at 4.30pm
Repeated from 6.15pm
Part 3. Repeated from 9.45am
