With the Rev Dr Bert Tosh.

Presented by Sarah Mukherjee.

With John Humphrys and Carolyn Quinn.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Dr Colin Morris.

Andrew Marr and guests set the cultural agenda for the week. Producer Alice Feinstein Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

Fancy holidaying on a canal, calmly gliding along its glassy surface with never a care in the world? Well, tread carefully. Boater David Akinsanya takes a trip up the Grand Union and discovers along the way that the rows between the people who live and work on it and those that manage it range from the deeply personal to the positively vitriolic. Producer Sue Davies
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1/6. Christopher Lee's comedy drama set in the Ministry of Defence returns as there's a general election in the wind and the Opposition is asking questions. Should Zelda and the "boys" provide both sides with the same answers? And what has all this to do with cheese?

Consumer issues, with Liz Barclay and John Waite.

Presented by Nick Clarke.

5/13. Another contest of general knowledge between two of the nation's amateur quiz teams. Hosted by Peter Snow. Producer Paul Bajoria Repeated on Saturday at 11pm

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

1/2. The first of two plays this week set in the Irish village of Kildargon, where the inhabitants are delighted to welcome the return of one of their most famous sons, the world-renowned poet Aiden Dooley. True, he's dead, but his grave is sure to give the local economy a much needed boost. But an unwelcome discovery presents the people with a delicate ethical dilemma. By Alan Butler. The sequel is broadcast tomorrow.
Producer/Director David Jackson Young

Vincent Duggleby and his guests answer listeners' personal finance questions.
PHONE: [number removed] Lines open from 1.30pm Producer Samantha Washington

"Katherine felt tired and cold. It was only nine o'clock. The dentist entered silently, breathing an antiseptic welcome." Dorothy K. Haynes was a prolific short-story writer who specialised in the supernatural and the unsettling. This selection is taken from her 1949 collection, which was illustrated by Mervyn Peake. Read by Tamara Kennedy.

1/5. Holiday Inn. A look at music in classic festive movies begins with a film that boasts a treasury of tunes and includes some surprising stories from behind the scenes. Producer Fiona Croall

Cookbooks. Sheila Dillon leafs through the best of the year's cookbooks.
Extended repeat from yesterday at 12.30pm

11/13. Gavin Esler and guests explore a diverse range of international issues. Producer Suchitra Girish

News and analysis, presented by Eddie Mair.

2/6. Linda Smith is joined by regulars Tim Brooke -Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden for a second batch of inspired nonsense from the Anvil Theatre in Basingstoke. Reluctantly chaired by Humphrey Lyttelton , with Colin Sell at the piano.
Producer Jon Naismith Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
BBC AUDIO: Selections from the award-winning quiz show, including the newly released I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Clue, are now available on CD and audio cassette from www.bbcshop.com and good retail outlets, or by calling [number removed]

Shula goes to ground.
For cast see page 42 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

Under scrutiny tonight in the arts show is the cinematic adaptation of Lemony Snicket's dark tales for children. Hosted by Mark Lawson. Producer Philippa Ritchie

1/5. Not So Silent Night. Millie Diamond is Walsall's favourite teenager, whom listeners last met when she was doing her GCSEs. Two years on, and she's back after a term at university. Her mother's moved up-market and acquired a terrifying dog, her best mate Teresa's gone off the rails, and Mrs O'Tickley 's expecting again, at the age of 47. Written by Claire Bennett and performed by Alex Kelly.
Producer/Director Peter Leslie Wild Repeated from 10.45am

Revolutionary ecologist Judi Bari was a leader on the front line of northern California's bitter "timber wars" in the 1980s and 90s. It was this struggle to save the last redwood forests from annihilation that pitched Bari into conflict with local loggers and the FBI. Then someone blew her up. Through Bari's story Alan Dein explores the ongoing fight for America's forests. Producer Mark Burman

It's night-time in the Plaza Garibaldi, Mexico City.
Neil McCarthy descends into the meaning, madness and music of mariachi - hustling troubadours in sequined suits whose songs of love and pain are inseparable from Mexican life. Producer Mark Burman

2/3. Continuing his journey through central America, Jeremy Bristow discovers that wildlife protection can't rely solely on reserves and national parks. He visits organic cacao farmers in Belize who produce fair-trade cocoa that guarantees a good price for the farmers as well as benefiting wildlife. And on the coast of Belize, local fishermen have campaigned for their waters to be protected by law and now patrol them to prevent poaching. Producer Joanne Stevens

Shortened repeat from 9am

News and analysis, with Claire Bolderson.

6/10. "I was a poor helpless, miserable wretch, and feeling pain invade me on all sides, I sat down and wept." David Rintoul continues reading Mary Shelley 's gothic romance. Producer David Jackson Young

Shortened repeat from Saturday at 9am

The start of the week's business in Westminster, with Becky Milligan.

1/5. By Kari Herbert. Repeated from 9.45am

, with a news update at 4.29

(7/10) by Valerie Martin, read by Finty Williams