With the Rev Kevin Franz.
Presented by Anna Hill.
With Edward Stourton 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.
Andrew Marr and guests set the cultural agenda for the week. Producer Alice Feinstein Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
3/4. My Friend the President. In the 1950s and 60s, some
British people became close to the charismatic leaders of liberation movements in the colonies. After independence, they were rewarded with positions in the new governments.
Aidan Hartley talks to white men and women who held high office under black African presidents - and in some cases became disillusioned as the lofty ideals became tainted with corruption and violence. Producer joiyon Jenkins
4/4. Don Camillo Returns. Life in Mundo Piccolo is getting very exciting. With Don Camillo away recuperating, the Bishop is running the parish and Peppone is standing for parliament in this week's election. Can it all go right? By Giovanni Guareschi , dramatised by Peter Kerry.
Producer/Director Chris Wallis
Consumer issues, with Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.
News and analysis, with Nick Clarke.
7/13. More of the eclectic music quiz with Ned Sherrin in the Chair. Producer Paul Bajoria Repeated on Saturday at 11pm
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
It's Rome 1962 and the biggest, most expensive movie ever made, is in production - Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The film is terribly delayed hugely over-budget and the co-stars are causing a terrific scandal. Meanwhile, Gil, the production meteorologist, has his eye on Olivia, one of Cleopatra's handmaidens - but she's definitely not interested. By David Varea. Producer/Director Mary Peate
Listeners' personal finance questions, answered by Paul Lewis and guests. Producer Jessica Dunbar PHONE: [number removed]0444 Lines open from 1.30pm
1/5 The Coming of Archy. Written by Don Marquis. A collection of humorous verse written by a cockroach with the soul of a poet, whose friend is a cat who was once
Cleopatra. It all began with a message from Archy left in the typewriter of New York The Sun columnist
Don Marquis : "leave a piece of paper in your machine every night " With Greg Proops as Archy, Peri Gilpin as Mehitabel, and Don Fellows as Don Marquis. Abridged by Cathy Stewart. Producer Neil Cargill
1/5. Chris and Eddie Needham are the grandparents of toddler Ben Needham who went missing on the Island of Kos in 1991. They are the first couple
Melanie McFadyean talks to this week in five programmes about relationships that have survived the stresses and strains of a long-term partnership. Producer Bob Dickinson The love that weathers all storms: page 129
Sheila Dillon celebrates one of the staples of British summer and finds out what's happened to our traditional lettuce varieties. Repeated from Sunday at 12.30pm
12/13. 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.
4/6. The nation's favourite wireless entertainment pays a return visit to the Pavilion Theatre in Rhyl, where Tony Hawks and Sandi Toksvig join regulars Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor for more inspired nonsense under the reluctant chairmanship of Humphrey Lyttelton. With Denis King at the piano.
Producer Jon Naismith Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
BBC AUDIO: Highlights from more than 21 years of this award-winning quiz show, including I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Clue, are available on audio cassette and CD from retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com, or by calling [number removed].
Kenton faces a management crisis.
(For cast see page 52)
(Repeated tomorrow at 2pm)
Arts news, with John Wilson who reports on Evil, a film set in a Swedish boarding school that is dominated by brutal pupils. Producer Thomas Morris
6/10. The Cowards. Miss Mapp considers whether Major Flint is being quite as truthful as a gallant soldier should be. By EF Benson, dramatised by Ned Sherrin.
Producer/Director Celia de Wolff Repeated from 10.45am
1/2. The Return Ticket. In 1979, Blue Peter launched an appeal to buy a ferry for the people of Cambodia. Now, Simon Groom , a former Blue Peter presenter, returns to track down the fate of both the boat and the country, once ravaged by the Khmer Rouge. He finds a society that appears vibrant but the tragic legacy of that regime soon emerges. Producer jane Ray
3/8. Childcare. A rebellion against the legacy of Kinder, Kucher, Kircher (children, kitchen, church), whereby women were expected to stay at home, has left Germany with a childcare crisis. With Rosie Goldsmith. Rptd from Thu
6/8. A Raw Deal for Reptiles. Why are Britain's reptiles getting such a raw deal when it comes to conservation?
Brett Westwood sets out to answer this question with the help of an adder-lover who knows all her local snakes individually. Producer Grant Sonnex Repeated tomorrow at llam
Shortened repeat from 9am
News and analysis, with Shaun Ley.
6/10. Sheba has confided in Barbara about her affair with the 15-year-old student, Connolly. But she hasn't told her the whole truth. Written by Zoe Heller. Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths . Read by Barbara Flynn. Producer Mary Ward-Lowery
Shortened repeat from Saturday at 9am
The start of the week's business, with David Wilby.
1/5. By Jung Chang. Repeated from 9.45 am
My Life So Far (2/5) Jane Fonda reads from her new autobiography