With Clair Jaquiss.
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 Clifford Longley.
In 1964 two writers set out to understand the new phenomenon called the "teenager". They called their r subjects Generation X and within the book's pages was the voice of Britain's newly disaffected youth. Forty years on, Generation X are close to retirement. Alan Dein tracKs down the original participants and finds out how their lives have chanaed. Producer Matthew Dodd
6/6. Rupert and Charlie are distracted from a pleasant summer evening by the desperate cries of an old lady. But when she refuses to leave her subterranean cell, even the great Basil Grant is at a loss to solve this particular London crime. By GK Chesterton, dramatised by Simon Littlefield.
Consumer issues, with John Waite and Peter White.
News and analysis, presented by Nick Clarke.
New series 1/13. Aiming to prove their knowledge of everything from Franz Liszt to Franz Ferdinand are three new contestants in the quiz that covers all aspects of music. Ned Sherrin hosts. Producer Paul Bajoria Rptd Sat 11pm
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
It's the year 2020. Mary (played by Julia Watson has to travel to Sydney for her son's wedding and reluctant y decides to use the new Matter Transportation machines that have overtaken aeroplanes as the main form of global transport. But an error occurs during the process with terrifying consequences. By Matt Bloom.
Other parts are played by James Nickerscn. Emma Clarke , Ann Rye, Ne,l
Bell, Mark Chatterton and Stuart Richman. Director Jim poyser
Listeners' personal finance questions, answered by Vincent Duggleby and his guests.
Phone: [number removed] Lines open from 1.30pm
1/5. The Letter Writers. Two people who have written to each other for ten years face the crisis of meeting for the first time. Abridged by Richard Hamilton and read by Joanna David. Producer Emma Harding
1/5. The New York subway is now more than 100 years old. All this week Joe Oueenan celebrates last year s centenary by meeting some of the 37,000 employees who work in "the hole", including platform announcer
Millie Mendez , widely known as the "Ethel Merman of the underworld". Producer Miles Warde
As the debate about school meals in Britain continues,
Sheila Dillon travels to Sweden, where school meals are free to find out why MPs and nutritionists in Britain are calling for free school meals across the UK. Repeated from Sunday at 12.30pm
6/13 The discussion programme that debates issues that unite and divide people across the globe. Introduced by Gavin Esler. Producer Anne Brown
News and analysis, presented by Eddie Mair.
5/7, Exchanging favourite quotations and anecdotes this week are the novelist Rachel Billington , crime writer Stella Duffv poetry anthologist Daisy Goodwin and actress
Emma Kennedy. Hosted by Nigel Rees. The reader is William Franklyn.
Producer Tilusha Ghelani Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
BBC AUDIO: Highlights from over 21 years of this acclaimed Radio 4 panel aame selected and introduced by Nigel Rees , are available on audio cassette and CD from retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com, or by calling [number removed].
The feud deepens at Home Farm.
For cast see page 44 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Mark Lawson. presents the arts magazine programme, with news, interviews and reviews. Producer Thomas Morris
1/5. Marlena, a food journalist and cook from Missouri, is up to her knees in middle-age and wouldn't even dream that a trip to Venice could transform her life. So how does she end up with a Venetian in her bed? By Marlena de Riasi and dramatised by Penny Leicester
Repeated from 10.45am
Blackpool under Soviet control? It's not as far-fetched as it sounds. Why else did the Soviet Union produce a detailed map of the town, in Russian, clearly marked "secret"? Henry Dodds examines Cold War invasion plans, as revealed by hundreds of maps of major British cities, produced by Soviet intelligence, right up until 1989.
The glove strikes and blood flows. Your boxer is cut and their fate is in your hands. You have seconds to staunch the flow and save the fight. This is a journey into the dark arts and bag of tricks of "cut man" Mick Williamson. There is no course to complete to become a cut man - an expert at applying pressure under pressure. Take a seat ringside with John McDonald , Britain's leading boxing MC, and learn the secrets of the cut men.
Producers Mark Burman and Sara Jane Hall
Is the sex of your next baby a matter of chance or are there factors influencing the odds? Research on all manner of creatures suggests parents can exert control over the gender of their offspring. Andrew Luck-Baker untangles the birds from the bees to discover who or what controls the sex of your baby. Producer Fiona Roberts
Shortened repeat from 9am
National and international news and analysis, presented by Robin Lustig.
1/10. Angus Wilson 's novel of life in 1960s Britain. Sylvia Calvert takes early retirement from her job managing a seaside hotel, but though the elderly residents seem sad to see her go, they are not so sorry to see the back of her husband, Arthur. Read by Tim Pigott-Smith . Abridger/producer Jane Marshall
Repeated from Saturday at 9am
1/5. By Margaret AtwOOd. Repeated from 9.45
The Surgeon's Mate (2/10) by Patrick O'Brian
