With Gordon Graham.
Presented by Mark Holdstock.
With James Naughtie and John Humphrys.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rt Rev Tom Butler.
4/6. Jonathan Freedland explores a moment in history that illuminates acontemporary debate. Producer Laurence Grissell Repeated at 9.30pm
5/5 TheBlob. MarcusDuSautoydiscoversthat.thanks to computer technology, cartoon characters, curvy cars and blobby buildings are related. producer Erika Wright
2/8. A sound safari through the Costa Rican rainforest reveals the extraordinary lengths that animals go to to make themselves heard. Aubrey Manning encounters some of the loudest insects and frogs in the world. ProducerGrantSonnex
Bill Pertwee tells the story of the Royal Command Performance from its origins in the days of the medieval court jester to today's star-studded extravaganzas. With reminiscences and performance excerpts from Bruce Forsyth, Tommy Trinder and Jimmy Jewell. Producer Stephen Garner
Presented by Winifred Robinson and Sheila McClennon. Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours. PHONE: [number removed] Lines open from 10am
Presented by Nick Clarke from the Labour Party conference in Brighton.
New series 1/3. An exploration of the changing sounds, styles and functions of music from the eve sounds, styles and functions of music from the eve of the French Revolution to the fall of Napoleon.
Presented by Alyn Shipton.
One Regime Falls. As the regime of Louis XVI falls from power, new songs are heard in the streets of Paris and on the battlefields of Europe. Opera composers find their arias adopted by both royalists and republicans, and there's a new spirit of participation in mass public musical events. With Antonia Fraser , Tim Blanning and Laura Mason. Producer Alan Hall
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
1/3. A trilogy of interlinked plays on contemporary values by Michael Duke.
Faith. Mairi has fallen in love with the man downstairs. The only trouble is, she's never actually met him - it's only his singing in the shower that's set her lonely heart pounding. Mairi never loses faith that he's the one for her. But her friends think she's losing the plot - and her friends may well be right.
Hope follows tomorrow and Charity on Wednesday at 2.15
Richard Daniel fields listeners' questions about the environment and the developing world.
ADDRESS: Home Planet, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN11PL Email: home.planet@bbc.co.uk Phone: [number removed] Producer Nick Patrick
2/5. The New. When refused membership of the exclusive Carnbeg Lawn Tennis Club, a local entrepreneur builds a club of his own. But even in the new world of the 1960s, respectability eludes him. Read by Michael Mackenzie. For details see yesterday
2/5. The lastthingShoba Tailor expected when she emigrated from Uganda in the 1960s was to become the managing director of her own company, manufacturing and distributing frozen Asian food. For details see yesterday
Shoes. With people opting for comfort over fashion, this programme asks if "comfort shoes" are good for our feet or if it is simply a marketing ploy. Producer Ben Crighton
New series 1/10. The intelligent guide to the wide world of learning with Libby Purves.
Producer Sukey Firth Repeated on Sunday at llpm
Presented by Eddie Mair.
Kenton feels his parental responsibility. For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Mark Lawson presents the arts show. Producer PhiiTiniine
12/20. Back in London, Becky and Rawdon face an uncertain financial future. But Becky has plans. ByWilliam Makepeace Thackeray.
For details and cast see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am
In the past five years the practice of gerrymandering
- redrawing electoral districts for political advantage - has run wild in America. It is now estimated that only five per cent of Congressional seats are seriously competitive. Presenter James Silver looks at why this is happening and what it means for democracy in America. Producer Sue Ellis Repeated on Sunday at 5pm
Peter White with news of interest to blind and partially Sighted people. Producer Cheryl Gabriel
2/6. Anna Ford looks at how scientists are trying to find out which complementary therapies are effective and hears from practitioners and patients who don't believe clinical trials are the answer.
Producer Rami Tzabar Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm
Repeated from 9am
With Claire Bolderson.
2/10. Rollo Martins is devastated at the news of the death of his old friend, Harry Lime. By Graham Greene.
(For details see yesterday)
6/6. The pathologists are invited to assist in the first radio autopsy. Black comedy by Laurence Howarth.
Music by Paul Mottram Voice by Stephanie Benavente Producer Dawn Ellis
The people we pass by every day share their thoughts as they sit and watch the world go by in England's second City, Birmingham. Producer Nicola Humphries
2/5. Norman Sherry 's biography. Repeatedfrom9.45am
3.00 Something to Think About (ages 5-7) 3.15 Let's Move
(ages 5-6) 3.35 Time to Movefages 6-8) 3.55 Stories and Rhymes (ages 5-7) 4.05 The Song Tree (ages 5-7) 4.25 Numbertime (ages 5-6) 4.40 Talking Points (ages 10-12)
