With the Rev Mike Mair.
With Mark Holdstock.
With Edward Stourton and Sarah Montague.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Anne Atkins.
New series 1/4. Why is nutrition still so little understood? Roger Bolton visits the army training camp at Pirbright, Surrey, as he traces the historical connections between war and nutrition. At the beginning of the last century, military planners found that many recruits were malnourished, suggesting that some sections of the population at large were not getting enough food. By the start of the Second World war, nutritionists had devised a basic ration that kept the civilian population healthy. In these times of plenty, how does the modern army ensure that its soldiers are Properly nourished? Producer John Watkins
EMAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk Shortened repeat at9.30pm
1/5. Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories have enchanted generations of children with their fanciful explanations of how animals came by their peculiar features. But natural historians, folklorists and fossil experts have their own explanations. Alistair McGowan revisits the Kipling stories and asks how the elephant really got its trunk.
Every year in the early hours of 12 July, Protestants all over Northern Ireland light massive bonfires - many as tall as a high-rise building - to celebrate the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. In this programme, young men on a Belfast housing estate talkfranklyto presenter
William Crawley about what their bonfire means to them and why it's Vital that the tradition continues. Producer Stephen Douds
2/4 Is everybody just a bit obsessed by money? Dave certainly thinks so - his girlfriend Lisa's in a flash new job, and there's a never-ending list of clothes to buy and clubs to join. Perfect week then to give up charging full fares in the cab and instead to try an experiment in bartering. By Dave Lamb.
Presented by Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.
With Nick Clarke.
The first round of the nationwide general knowledge contest continues with contestants from the south of England. Robert Robinson is in the chair. Producer Richard Edis Repeated on Saturday at 11pm
Repeated from yesterday at 7 pm
By Jimmie Chinn. Followingtheir mother's funeral,
Joyce and Stan have been at her house uncovering old resentments. They are shattered when their long-lost brother Charlie suddenly arrives.
Director Martin Jenkins
Extended repeat of Saturday at 12.04pm
1/5. A series of stories by writers to whom being East Anglian is important in their lives or their work.
Boat Burning. A funeral on the coast, recalling ancient traditions, serves to remind a family of what once brought them together. Written and read by novelist Raffaella Barker. Producer Ivan Howlett
1/5. Griff Rhys Jones celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Royal Society of Arts with a look at its continuing ambition to encourage enterprise. Producer Susan Marling
Crisps. Sheila Dillon explores our love affairwith crisps and investigates their nutritional value. Extended repeat from yesterday at 12.30pm
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the place of faith in today's complex world. Producer Rosemary Dawson
With Eddie Mair.
5/10. The panel game, hosted by Nicholas Parsons , returns to the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham, where the players are Paul Merton , Clement Freud , Tony Hawks and Charles Collingwood.
Producer Claire Jones Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
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Emma drops a bombshell.
For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Kirsty Lang with arts news, interviews and the verdict from the Edinburgh fringe on a new staging of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, starring Christian Slater. Producer Aasiya Lodhi
6/10. Louisa May Alcott 's semi-autobiographical story of four sisters coming of age in mid-19th-century New England, dramatised by Laurie Graham.
The Civil War has ended, three years have passed and the March family are preparing for a wedding.
Pianist Chris O'Brien Director Viv Beeby Repeated from 10.45am
Sixty years afterthe death of Joe Kennedy Jr (the elder brother of the future President) in a US Navy bomber over Suffolk, Ivan Howlett uncovers the nature of the secret mission he was involved in, the target and the true motivation behind his involvement. Producer Nick Patrick
8/8. In France, Rosie Goldsmith meets one man who is suing his local casino after becoming addicted to slot machines. He says the casino should have prevented him from losing all his money and destroying his life. In Switzerland, by contrast, a government-sponsored scheme trains casino staff to identify problem gamblers and offer advice.
(Rptd from Thu)
3/8. Aubrey Manning does his best to hear like a barn owl and hunt using his ears, and learns how eavesdropping among garden birds is at the heart of their family lives.
Repeated from 9am
News and analysis, presented by Robin Lustig.
1/5. Jennifer Donnelly 's debut novel is the winner of this year's Cilip Carnegie Medal. In 1996, the body of a drowned woman is found in Big Moose Lake. As the story behind Grace Brown 's death unfolds, 17-year-old Mattie Gokey must choose between her desire to be a writer and the excitement of a first romance. Abridged by Penny Leicester and read by Vicki Simon. Producer Elizabeth Allard
Repeated from Saturday at 9am
1/5. Anne Enright 's memoir of early pregnancy. Repeated from 9.45am
