With the Most Rev Vincent Nichols , Archbishop of Birmingham.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Anne Atkins.
2/8. Clive Anderson isjoinedbyfour eminent members of the legal profession to discuss the royal prerogative. Producer Cathy Packe Repeated at 9.30pm
2/5. The Lift Bell Always Rings Twice. Peter White continues his pursuit of beauty, as experienced by blind people. Today's search takes him to buildings as disparate as Winchester Cathedral and his favourite local pub with a stop on the way to discover how every elevator tells a Story. Producer Cheryl Gabriel
With Jenni Murray.
10.45 Three Women in a Boat - Not to Mention the Cat By Mary Cutler.
2/5. The Woman's Hour drama. For details see drama repeat at 7.45pm
Origami, the ancient Japanese art of paperfolding, is being re-born as a powerful tool for scientists.
Mathematician Professor Ian Stewart gets to grips with some paper and fundamental theorems, and discovers how chemistry, physics and architecture unfold in the creases before him. producer Angela Hind
2/2 Squeezed between Appalachian dulcimer players and finger-in-the-eartraditionalists, the story-telling comic was a welcome respite in the folk clubs of 1970s Britain. Dave Spikeytells the stories of Max Boyce , Billy Connolly , Mike Harding and friends. Producer David Prest
Presented by Liz Barclay and Peter White.
With Nick Clarke.
4/4. PorgyandBess. Huw Edwards concludes his series on masterpieces that reflect the circumstances of their age with a look at George Gershwin 's revolutionary opera, which focuses on the lives of a poor black community in the heart of America's Deep South. Producer Deborah Preston
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
Alistair Rutherford's play dramatises the trials and tribulations of a volunteer group of unemployed shipyard workers and trainee church ministers who arrive on the island of lona in 1938 to restore the ruined buildings surroundingthe medieval abbey.
Other parts played by members of the cast Director Bruce Young
Sue Cook returns to investigate another batch of listeners' history queries.
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Producers Ivan Howlett and Nick Patrick
2/5. Last Train to Dogtown. Read by Jack Davenport.
Award-winning author Neil K finds himself stranded in an old western story he never quite completed. The trouble is, the characters all want an ending to their story and all have their own suggestions to make. For details see yesterday at 3.45pm
1/4. In the first of a series celebrating arboreal intelligence Richard Uridge travels to George
Washington's estate in the Virginian countryside to meet a pair of Siamese hollies. Producer Sandra Keating
Baby Businesses. Having babies changes your life but for some it becomes a business opportunity. Heather Payton looks at the many business started by, and for, new parents -from mail-order baby clothes to toddler music Classes. Producer Zillah Watson
Wine writer Jancis Robinson and former Guardian editor Peter Preston talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books. producer Jane Greenwood Repeated on Sunday at llpm
With Eddie Mair.
9/9. The Matt Lucas and David Walliams sketch show concludes. Vicky Pollard has a visit from her social worker and Olivier Laurence attends an audition.
Narrated by Tom Baker. With Steve Furst , Samantha Power and Paul Putner.
Music by David Arnold Producer Ashley Blaker
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Kenton gets experimental.
For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
As his play The Goat opens in London, the eminent
American playwright Edward Albee talks to Mark Lawson about his five decades of writing, his early success with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and his views on critics. Producer Thomas Morris Revised
2/5. By Mary Cutler. Having decided to emulate
JK Jerome's three heroes, our heroines are about to embark - if they can only manage the luggage, the cat, and Frank. For details and cast see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am
1/2. Fighting for Fairness. Chris A' Court investigates claims that workload pressures on the Financial
Ombudsman Service are influencing how cases are settled. He also asks if, given that the Service is funded by the financial industry, are the victims offinancial injustice being short-changed?
Producer Chris A'Court Repeatedon Sunday at 5pm
Peter White with news of interest to blind and partially Sighted people. Producer Cheryl Gabriel
Dr Mark Porter and the team visit an Accident and Emergency department to take a look at how patients use the services on offer, and how they could make better use of their time accessing other services elsewhere.
(Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm)
Repeated from 9am
News and analysis, presented by Robin Lustig.
7/15. By Charlotte Bronte. A fortune-teller in the library and a cry in the night-the mysteries of Thornfield Hall deepen. For details see yesterday
1/4. Simon Calder tackles the ups and downs of France's most famous long-distance footpath - the GR10. The first stretch takes him through Basque country and a look at life in the remotest of mountain Villages - St Engrâce. Producer Mick Webb
2/5. Read by Derek Jacobi.
(Repeated from 9.45am)