With the Rev Dr Gordon Gray.
Presented by Miriam O'Reilly.
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought forthe Day With the Rev Dr Alan Billings.
3/5. Ministers of Taste? In the 1960s. Britain's first arts minister, Jennie Lee , wanted to make high culture available to all levels of society. But have attitudes really changed towards what critics still call the "elitist" world of the publicly funded arts? John Wilson reports. Producer Matthew Dodd Repeated at 9.30pm
2/4. Joined by engineer Dave Milsom and physicist Jeff Odell, Len Fisher shows how to sharpen a chisel and reveals that a chisel acts as a wedge when used to split wood.
2/3. Chapelcross changed the future of nuclear energy in Britain when it opened in 1959. In doing so, it also changed the lives of the local community in Annan - the small Scottish town where it was built. Roisin McAuley explores the impact of its impending closure on those who live in the shadow of its cooling towers. Producer Sharon Mair
4/5. A month after the death of Hercule Poirot's dentist, a corpse has been found with its face horribly mutilated - yet another of his patients.
By Agatha Christie, dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
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Presented by Winifred Robinson and John Waite.
Presented by Nick Clarke from the Liberal Democrat Party conference in Bournemouth.
11/18. The first round continues with contestants from the West of England and Wales. Chaired by Russell Davies.
Producer Richard Edis Repeated on Saturday at 11pm
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
The story of the deep and difficult friendship between two women and of how much they have to learn from parh nthpr Rv Kathrvn Heyman.
Director Gaynor Macfarlane
Vincent Duggleby and guests answer listeners' personal finance questions.
PHONE: [number removed] Lines open from 1.30pm Producer Jennifer Clarke
1/5 The Handover Notes. Maureen Lipman reads the first story, by Kathryn Simmonds , in a showcase for unpublished writers. A secretary offers the low-down on office life forthe temp who will take overfrom her. Producers Chris Wallis and Jill Waters
1/5. How did great thinkers come up with their ideas? Historian Julian Putkowski goes for a real night out in the company of.... Darwin in Edinburgh -Dropping Out. As a medical student Darwin couldn't stomach anatomy, so he hung out with fishermen and a black taxidermist with some peculiar ideas about beaks. Producer Matt Thompson
Ethiopian Food. Sheila Dillon samples the delicious variety of foods available in a country usually associated With famine. 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
Presented by Eddie Mair.
10/10. Speaking without hesitation, deviation or repetition are panellists Paul Merton , Clement Freud , Liza Tarbuck and Julian Clary. This evening's show comes from London, with Nicholas Parsons in the chair. Producer Claire Jones Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
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Robert makes a radical suggestion. For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Mark Lawson presents the arts show and reports on Encounters, a new exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum charting 300 years of artistic exchange between Asia and Europe. Producer Timothy Prosser
6/20. Becky Sharp has gained a husband but lost the chance of a title; Amelia's father has lost all his money. Stephen Fry narrates William Makepeace Thackeray 's great comic novel. Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.
Producer/Director Claire Grove Repeated from 10.45am
4/5. Among the ranks of Hitler's armies were thousands of foreign soldiers from all over Europe, including Englishmen. But why would Indians fight for the racist Reich? Mike Thomson follows the paper trail that leads him across Germany, France and India in pursuit Of the Tiger Legion.
One day, we hope, it will come: a message from an alien civilisation. But what would we say in return to ET? First Impressions drafts a reply to whoever - whatever - is listening out for us across the vastness of space. Music by Ann Shenton Producer Jeremy Grange
New series 1/9. Red admiral butterflies are familiar to us, but other migrants, such as ladybirds, hawkmoths and hoverflies, are less well-known. With the help of a helium balloon, Lionel Kelleway explores the world of insect travellers and discovers why they travel to the British Isles.
Repeated from 9am
News and analysis, presented by Robin Lustig.
6/10. 1994. A whole new life in New York, utterly foreign to his parents' Bengali circles in Massachusetts, is Gogol's for the taking. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's lyrical and compelling new novel about fate, family and identity, abridged by Sally Marmion and read by Hari Dhillon. Producer Di Speirs
Repeated from Saturday at 9am
1/5. Written and read by Simon Barnes. Rptd from 9.45am
3.00 Listen and Play (ages 3-5) 3.15 Music Box (ages 4-5+)
3.30 Alphabet Time (ages 4-6) 3.40 Find Out with Auntie Mabel and Pippin (ages 4-5) 3.55 Reading Tree stories (ages 5-6)
4.10 Hopscotch: (ages 5-7) 4.25 Stop, Think, Wonder (ages 7-9)
4.40 Scottish Resources (ages 10-12)
