With Tony Burnham.

With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Joel Edwards.

Diverse conversation with Libby Purves and her guests. Producer Chris Paling Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

3/4. 10 Guinea Street. Historian Madge Dresser introduces some of the characters who might have been seen at a house in Bristol, once owned by one of the biggest slave traders in the city. Producer Kate McAll

3/4. Back at Burgrove. Wentworth's joy at being asked to teach temporarily at his old school is dissipated when he discovers the identity of one of the pupils. By HF Ellis , adapted by Emma Kennedy.
Producer Elizabeth Freestone

With Sheila McClennon and Winifred Robinson.

With Nick Clarke.

2/6. James Walton presides over team captains
Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh for the literary quiz. This week's guests are Wendy Holden and Louise Doughty , The author and subject for sparkling pastiche is Noël Coward and the reader is Beth Chalmers. Producer Katie Marsden

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

Anita Sullivan 's play is inspired by the true stories of the people of Diego Garcia , who were removed from their island in the Indian Ocean in the 1970s. When her first love arrives in the country, Lisette Andre struggles to put tne past behind her. Allen Vincatassin Himself
Music by Silvio Lynx ; Producer/Director Claudine Toutoungi

Matthew Biggs , Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank answer questions put by the members of the Pulborougn
Garden Society. Eric Robson is in the chair. Including at
3.25 Gardening Weather Forecast. Shortened at 2pm

3/5. Bouvard and Pecuchet. By Gustave Flaubert.
Novelist Julian Barnes introduces and reads an extract from Flaubert's unfinished novel in which two retired
Parisian clerks embark on their adventures in gardening with great enthusiasm, an awful lot of books, and very little Skill. For details see Monday

2/4 Squash It. Brett Westwood looks at the plant collectors who travelled to the far-flung corners of the Earth in search of exotic plants, and discovers how their spoils formed the basis of our understanding of botany. For details see yesterday

While baseball is America's most popular sport, soccer is the world's most popular sport. Laurie Taylor looks at what these two sports reveal about the societies and economies that spawned them. And why do baseball clubs make money and soccer clubs don't? Producer Natasha Maw

1/8. Pregnancy. Most pregnant women enjoy a healthy gestation, but Dr Mark Porter hears about treatment for conditions that can harm the mother or the baby. Plus a report on a new way of preventing premature births, and how vitamins might hold the key to understanding pre-eclampsia. See Choice: page 128. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

News and analysis, presented by Eddie Mair.

4/6, Armando lannucci welcomes you to his radio drop-in centre where you can sample a variety of free comedy, chat and big, big fibs. With special guests. Producer David Tyler

Susan is a prisoner in her own home.
For cast see page 46 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

John Wilson introduces the arts magazine programme, with news, reviews and interviews. Producer Stephen Hughes

3/5. Surprise, Surprise! Inside a giant cardboard cake, Abi is about to leap out and surprise her partner Marcus on their joint 40th birthday. Full of uncertainty about the future, she is joined in the cake by an unexpected guest.
Producer Peter Leslie Wild
For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

1/3 A look at how certain key letters, published in the British press, have changed policy or influenced debate. producer Sally Spurring Repeated from Sunday at 10.45pm

3/3. Gabrielle Walker discovers how sex, death and even armed warfare allowed simple slime to develop into the complex animals we see around us today. Producer Jonathan Fildes

Another chance to hear this morning's programme, with Libby Purves and her guests. Shortened repeat from 9am

National and international news and analysis, introduced by Robin Lustig.

3/10. An unexpected request to translate The History of Love leads Alma to hope she might yet find happiness for her mother. And the third and vital thread in the history of The History of Love begins to reveal its secrets. Written by Nicole Krauss. Readers Vicki Simon and Sara Kestelman. For details see Monday

1/6. Brothers in Arms. The story of Tony de Blair and Gordon de Brown, who leave squire school and make for 10 Downing Street. A rock musical, set against the backdrop of medieval England. Starring Richie Webb ,
Dave Lamb , Mel Hudson and Alex Lowe. Written by Richie Webb , David Ouantick and Dave Cohen. Music by Richie Webb. Producer Katie Tyrrell

New series 1/6. From Cliff to Dale. In which Brian
\ppleton (Graham Fellows) charts five decades of British pop. Disgraced rock musicologist and media studies lecturer Brian Appleton delivers a series of unique and bizarre lectures, drawing on his own bitter memories of thwarted pop stardom. Comedy by Graham Fellows , with additional research by Rex Brough. Producer Dawn Ellis

Peter White discovers just what it is about the sounds of the siren that captivate and repel at the same time. Producer Philip Sellars

3/5. Read by Jane Fonda. Repeated from 9.45am

Memory (3/4)

The History of Tractors in Ukrainian (9/10) by Marina Lweycka