With Father Wilfred McGreal.
Presented by Mark Holdstock.
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
With Robert Orchard and Alicia McCarthy.
With the Rt Rev Richard Harries.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament
The actress Kim Cattrall talks to Sue Lawley.
By Julia Darling.
5/5. The Woman's Hour drama.
For details see drama repeat at 7.45pm
A tribute to the Ernie machine, which inhabits a crumbling old theatre in Blackpool, Lancashire, drawing the weekly winning premium bond numbers with the same basic, white-hot technology it has used since the 1950s. The programme explores the strangely personal relationship between the machine and generations of modestly gambling Britons, and sheds light on the untold story of its fantastic design and those people who have tended and cared for it over the years. With Tom Standage. Producer Emily Williams
2/6. After another unexpected death, the college dons find themselves facing an internal election, and a financial crisis looms large. Comedy drama by Mark Tavener , set in a small Cambridge college, starring Geoffrey Palmer and Samuel West.
Producer Dawn Ellis
Consumer issues, with Winifred Robinson and Liz Barclay. Including today a look at the pros and cons Of joint house ownership. Series editor Andrew Smith PHONE: [number removed] email: youandyours@bbc.co.UK
National and international news and analysis, presented by Nick Clarke. Editor Colin Hancock
6/10. Roger Bolton selects listeners' comments from his mailbag and inbox and redirects them towards BBC radio programme and policy makers.
(Repeated on Sunday at 8pm)
Address: Feedback, [address removed]
Phone: [number removed] Fax: [number removed] email: [email address removed]
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
In 1970 three close friends at a girls' school - Miranda, Jenny and Sarah - are working together towards
- their examinations. They meet in the old Wendy house in Jenny's garden, revising and reading to one another from Chairman Mao's Little Red Book, imagining they are Communists plotting the overthrow of the grown-ups, On her 50th birthday in 2005, Miranda has to disinter painful memories of something that happened then to end the innocence of her childhood. By Tessa Hadley.
Producer/Director Tim Dee
: New series 1/5. Sheffield. Clare Balding walks with a sense of purpose as she explores some of the many
- reasons why people walk. Today she joins a group ot refugees and asylum seekers in Sheffield as they improve their English and discover more about their new homeland while walking with local residents through the city's many green spaces. Producer Lucy Lunt
5/5 Powder 2/2. When Ginny and Theo return home questions are asked about the bag of bags. Written by Matthew Kneale and read by Robert Bathurst. For further details see Monday
5/5. As spring approaches, the sea eagles chase eider ducks among the waves, fish for trout and engage in a deadly encounter with a golden eagle. For details see Monday
5/9 The programme that cross-examines the law and the legal system continues to unpick the complex world of international law and analyse the week's legal stones. Presented by Clive Coleman. Producer Jim Frank
Jenni Murray and guests discuss how current media trends affect our lives. Producer Cecile Wright
With Eddie Mair. Editor Peter Rippon
8/10. The finest topical comedy panel game known to radio. Presided over by Simon Hoggart.
Producer Katie Tyrrell Repeated tomorrow at 12.30pm
BBC AUDIO: A third selection from recent series of The News Quiz is available on audio cassette and CD from www.bbcshop.com and all good retail outlets, or by calling [number removed]
Jack finds himself in unfamiliar territory. For cast see page 44
Writer Paul Brodrick : Director Kate Oates : Editor Vanessa Whitburn ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send an SAE to [address removed]
John Wilson introduces the arts magazine programme, with news, interviews and reviews. Producer Robyn Read
5/5. Carla's Facial. Maureen's final appointment of the week is for a facial in the salon where her daughter Carla works. By Julia Darling.
For cast and details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
The writer Bea Campbell is a panellist in this week's discussion, which comes from St Anne's Church,
Newcastle, where the audience puts questions on issues of the week. Jonathan Dimbleby is in the chair. producer Anne Peacock Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm
Every week, an international broadcaster reflects on the latest developments in their part of the world. Producer Emma Rippon Repeated on Sunday at 8.50am
Just before he was executed for the Oklahoma bombing, Timothy McVeigh was in correspondence with writer and iconoclast Gore Vidal. In this play, novelist Edmund White imagines what would have happened had they ever met face to face in Terre Haute prison. Starring Ian McKellen.
With Stuart Milligan
Producer Marilyn Imrie ; Director Maria Aitken
News and analysis, with Shaun Ley. Editor Alistair Burnett
5/10. As Juliet Judd prepares to return to England after two years in an American prison, her father Charles is busy laying a ghost from the past. By Justin Cartwright and read by Nigel Anthony. For further details see Monday
6/10. Comedian and writer Arabella Weir , the novelist Louise Welsh and the critic Toby Young join
Matthew Parris to write and talk about the dangers of being "too Clever by half". Producer Isobel Eaton
Behind the scenes in Westminster, presented by MarkD'Arcy. Producer Peter Knowles
5/5. By Tim Jeal. Repeated from 9.45am
