With Judy Merry.
Presented by Mark Holdstock.
With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague
6.25 7.25 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Angela Tilby.
5/5. Creative Accounting. John Wilson talks to film-makers David Puttnam and Alan Parker about how the notion of "culture" was pulled to the forefront of profit and expansion in the 1990s. Was this proof that the Government had finally made the nation cultural life one Of its priorities? Producer Matthew Dodd Repeated at 9.30pm
4/4. Tightening Up-Nuts, Bolts and Spanners
Physicist Len Fisher renovates an old bicycle with the help of practical experts Dave Milsom and Stuart Burgess. They reveal tips on howto undo a rusty bolt, how to tighten up a bolt without a spanner and how to hold your spanner properly.
Music by Tom Bancroft Producer Amanda Hargreaves
1/3. Ashford in Kent is about to double in size, the biggest single development since Milton Keynes. Kevin McCloud discovers how this ambitious project will affect the people, the ecosystem, and the surrounding villages. In this programme he tries to discover what actually lies behind the new buzz-phrase "sustainable housing".
1/4.The Two Ivans. In the sleepy Russian town of Mirgorod, next-door neighours Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich are best friends, "the like of whom the world has never seen", until one day, a careless insult t changes everything. Comic plays by Jim Poyser , set in 19th-century Russia and based on the absurdist short stories by Nikolai Gogol. Ann Rve
Producer Susan Roberts
Presented by Winifred Robinson and Peter White.
Presented by Nick Clarke at the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth.
13/18. The first semi-final begins with contestants from London and the Home Counties. Chaired by Russell Davies. Producer Richard Edis Repeated on Saturday at 11pm
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
In John Morrison 's comic fantasy, some of the minor characters in Shakespeare's canon have decided that they want bigger and better parts. A rebellion is led by Captain Macmorris from Henry V, the only Irish character in the whole body of Shakespeare's work.
Paul Lewis and guests answer listeners' personal finance questions.
PHONE: [number removed] Lines open from 1.30pm Producer Samantha Washington
1/5 New short stories by Ronald Frame , set in and around the small Perthshire spa town of Carnbeg.
Blind Shot In 1959, a Glasgow businessman with a holiday home in Carnbeg reaches his 50th birthday and decides it's time to choose a wife from among the local ladies. But Donald Walkinshaw 's method of selection is briskly unconventional. Read by Paul Young. Producer David Jackson Young
1/5 Room NIA, Nuffield Research Laboratory, Physics Building, Birmingham University. The first story behind significant events that happened in a particular room begins with Allan Beswick talking to nuclear historian
Lorna Arnold about how the Allies got the nuclear bomb before the Germans. producer SaraConkey
Honey. Sheila Dillon studies the art of apiary, meets the travelling beekeepers and explores the role of honey in developing countries. Extended repeat from yesterday at 12.30pm
New series 1/13. Gavin Esler returns with more international conversation on a diverse range of issues. Producer Suchitra Girish
News and analysis, with Eddie Mair.
2/10. Gerry Anderson , George Bain , Nuala McKeever and Anne Tannahill exchange quotations and anecdotes. Nigel Rees is in the chair and the reader is Sally Grace. Producer Carol Smith Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
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Kirsty has colleague trouble.
For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
John Wilson presents the arts show. Producer Stephen Hughes
16/20. Rawdon is released from debtors' prison. But his return home only leads to further trouble. Stephen Fry narrates Thackeray's comic novel. Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.
Producer/Director Marc Beeby Repeated from 10.45am
Fran Abrams investigates the mystery behind events on the Suffolk coast in 1940. Why do people still believe that the isolated beach at Shingle Street is at the centre of a government cover-up of an attempted German i nvasion? Producer David Lewis
Peter White sets off on a sonic journey along the path followed by a charge of electricity - from its generation in a Scottish power station to its consumption in London. He meets the generators, consumers and an electrophobic who lives in fear of this often-forgotten commodity. Producer Philip Sellars
3/9. The Overlooked Underfoot. Small, flowerless plants like mosses, liverworts and lichens are giving us important clues about our changing environment, as Paul Evans discovers. Producer Joanne Stevens
Repeated from 9am
Presented by Robin Lustig.
6/10. By Graham Greene. After a second death in Harry's neighbourhood, Rollo is no closerto uncovering the identity of the mysterious third man. Read by Mark Strong , abridged by Lisa Osborne. Producer Lisa Osborne
For various TV programmes celebrating Graham Greene 's centenary see BBC4's listings for yesterday and Saturday 2 October
Repeated from Saturday at 9am
Will In the World
1/5. By Stephen Greenblatt. Repeatedfrom9.45am
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)
