With Tony Bumham.
With Mark Holdstock.
With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Eleanor Oldroyd.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Dr Jeevan Singh Deol.
7/8. Pride. Jonathan Aitken , David Shayler and Julian Baggini discuss with Joan Bakewell the sin from which all Others arise. Producer Cathie Mahoney Repeated at 9.30pm
2/3. Continuing the series featuring Shetland entrepreneurs. Joanna Hunter is a textile designer who uses traditional Shetland knitting patterns and the island landscape for inspiration. Producer Lynne Mennie
Gerry Northam unearths the neglected story of the Bevin Boys the 50 000 young men who, dunngthe Second
World War, had no option but to go down the mines to provide the coal on which British industry relied Without their contribution, the country's war effort could have been seriously impaired, so why have these reluctant miners been overlooked for so long? Producer Mark Smalley
New series 1/4. The Stain on the Carpet In this semi-autobiographical story, set in the early 1950s, Poppy is the junior reporter on the Downingham Post where it is always herturn to make the tea. She takes lodgings with the formidable Mrs Goff and discovers something sinister under the bed. Written by Monica Dickens , adapted by Sheila Goff. s. hen Critchlow
Director David Hunter
Presented by Liz Barclay and Stuart Binders.
Presented by Nick Clarke.
4/6. Jay Rayner and his guests Clement Freud , restaurant critic Jennifer Sharp , Hugh Fearnley -
Whittingstall and food writer Roopa Gulati ponder such vexed questions as where the term offal comes from and what agnolini is. Producer PaulaMcGinley
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
The suicide of Major-General Sir Hector MacDonald in 1903 provoked a storm of controversy. Was he guilty of paedophilia or was he an innocent victim, caught up in a web of lies and class prejudice? David Gooderson play weaves together fact and fiction to create the most likely scenario, and attempts to solve the mystery
Director Jenny Stephens
Pippa Greenwood , Matthew Biggs and Bob Flowerdew answer questions posed by Suffolk gardeners. Gill Pyrah is in the chair. With Gardening Weather Forecast.
3/5. A Leg Full of Rubies. A phoenix comes between two sweethearts. By Joan Aiken. Fordetails see Monday
3/5. It's late spring in the mid-1700s and the pond is no longer a peaceful place. Fordetails see Monday
Whose City? Laurie Taylor concludes his tour of Amsterdam by asking to whom the city really belongs. Is it to the growing numbers of international corporations, the tourists who swamp the central districts or the residents who, since the revolutionary days of the 1960s, have gone on insisting this is theirtown? ProducerNatasha Maw
Dr Mark Porter goes in search of the latest treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing SpondylitiS and lupus. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm
News and analysis, presented by Carolyn Quinn.
Newseries 1/6. Return ofthe thrilling panel game in which someone stands a chance of leaving the studio 99p richer. Hosted by Sue Perkins and starring
Simon Pegg , Armando lannucci , Peter Baynham and Jon Holmes. Written by Kevin Cecil , Andy Riley , Jon Holmes and Tony Roche. Producer David Tyler Sue Perkins on radio Marmite: page 113
Jazzer bites off more than he can chew.
For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
John Wilson hosts the magazine arts programme. Producer Timothy Prosser
3/5. Captain Littlepage. Alec McCowen stars as a sea captain with a memory of meeting an ancient
Scots mariner who sailed into uncharted waters and discovered a strange land -with no place forthe living. By Sarah Orne Jewett.
For more details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
3/8. The Future of the Welfare State. If you asked
British people whether they wanted to pay less tax and reduce the amount of welfare for the unemployed the answer would probably be a resounding yes. Nick Ross asks if there is a radical way to reform or even dismantle the welfare state. Could we create a better welfare system without relying solely on work as a solution?
Producers Sara Nathan and Anne Reevell Repeated on Saturday at 10.15pm
3/3. The BBC's Paris correspondent, Allan Little , explores the political culture of France.
Producer Jane Beresford Repeated from Sunday at 10.45pm
1/3. Mark Stephen climbs Ben Nevis to find the remains of a Victorian mountain weather observatory. He discovers that pioneering meteorological research was carried out continuously for 20 years at the summit Of our highest mountain. Producer Louise Dalziel
Repeated from 9am
News and analysis, presented by Robin Lustig.
3/5. A Fellow Lodger. By Christopher Isherwood. William finds that Mr Norris lodges in the same apartment as himself. Fordetails see Monday
2/4. How to Go to a Party. "When you step into a party, everyone is locked into hugely enjoyable conversations with popular, attractive people who are waiting to hate you." Comedian Guy Browning continues to provide practical life-coaching in the challenges of life. Producer Jonquil Panting
2/6. Doing Rhyme. It's Conor's turn to take part in Sir Ralph's one-to-one sessions as poet-in-residence at the maximum security jail. By James Quinn.
Producer Graham Frost
1/3. John Nightingale dredges up the stories behind some of the more extraordinary shipwrecks, beginning with the bombing of the SS Thistlegorm in 1941. Producer Tim Malyon
of the Week: I'm a Teacher,
Get Me out of Here!
3/5. By Francis Gilbert. Repeated from 9.45am
