With Mobeen Azhar.
Presented by Anna Hill.
With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
With Elaine Storkey.
Libby Purves and her guests engage in diverse and lively Conversation. Producer Chris Paling Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
By Charlotte Bronte.
8/10. The Woman's Hour drama.
For details see drama repeat at 7.45pm
Sixty years ago this month, Wireless World published an article "Extra-Terrestrial Relays" by the then relatively unknown Arthur C Clarke , predicting the coming of satellite communications. Today, he is famous for his science fiction and his fantasy writings. To mark the anniversary, Heather Couper travels to Clarke's home in Sri Lanka to hear his story. Producer Martin Redfern
2/6. In which Nigel and Michael win an award - and that's just the start of their problems. Written by Caroline and David Stafford.
Producer/Director Marc Beeby
Presented by Liz Barclay and Sheila McClennon.
National and international news and analysis, presented by Nick Clarke.
New series 1/6. The quiz show with scandal on its mind and slander at its heart is back for a third series. Writers
Penny Junor and Julian Fellowes join team captains Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip. Gyles Brandreth presides. Producer Victoria Lloyd
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
A moving play about the effects of alcoholism on a family. When Elsa goes on holiday with her mum it's meant to be a new beginning, but the past soon catches up with them. By Ewa Banasckiewicz.
Producer/Director Sally Avens
John Cushnie , Bunny Guinness and Carole Baxter are guests of Windermere St Anne's School in the Lake District. With Eric Robson in the chair. Including at 3.25 Gardening Weather Forecast.
3/5. Helping Heman and MoeOo to Understand. U Maung Aye is in pursuit of a quiet life, but he has an intractable problem in the shape of his four daughters. Drastic measures are called for. By Khin Swe Oo. Translated by John Okell. Read by Patience Tomlinson . For details see Monday
Human behaviour, institutions and conventions come under the microscope as Laurie Taylor leads the discussion on topical items and issues arising from the academic and research world. Producer Natasha Maw
5/8. Obesity. A quarter of UK adults are obese.
Dr Mark Porter explores the role of the medical profession in helping people to lose weight. Advice on diet and exercise will help, but there are also drugs that can play a significant role in reducing the risk of developing diabetes. And when all else fails, is surgery the only option? Repeated from yesterday at 9pm
News and analysis, presented by Eddie Mair.
2/4. Be Happy. The team has to devise a radical solution for Phil's Gyms to boost profits but their quest for management wisdom causes Ryan and Daisy to doubt themselves. It's left to Owen, the junk food-obsesssed IT guy, to save the team. By James Cary.
With Geoffrey McGivern , Martin Hyder and Marianne Levy Producer Adam Bromley
Tom's at the bottom of the food chain. For cast see page 37 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
More arts news and reviews, hosted by Kirsty Lang. Producer Jerome Weatherald
8/10. Turmoil. William begins to search the streets of Brussels, but will he find what he's looking for? By Charlotte Bronte.
For cast and details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
New series 1/11. Michael Buerk chairs a live debate in which Steven Rose , Ian Hargreaves , Claire Fox and Clifford Longley cross-examine expert witnesses on the moral issues behind the week's news.
Producer David Coomes Repeated on Saturday at 10.15pm
3/3. A series profiling six young MPs and eavesdropping on their understanding of constituency duty. Labour MP for Tooting Sadiq Khan has concentrated his efforts on behalf of his constituency, yet the media is only interested in his status as London's first Muslim MP. And there's Liberal Democrat Lynne Featherstone , whose highly successful "blog" has already engaged the attention of voters in Hornsey and Wood Green.
Producer Paul Vickers Repeated from Sunday at 10.45pm
New series 1/3. Discovering the hidden science at places taken for granted. Mark Stephen visits Sudbrook Pumping Station to reveal a truly heroic engineering story. The Severn Railway Tunnel took 13 years to build, employed 3,500 men at its busiest, and is lined with 76 million bricks. Producer Louise Dalziel
Shortened repeat from 9am
Presented by Robin Lustig.
3/5. Starhov rescues Brown from further interrogations and they strike up an interesting friendship based on the novels of Turgenyev. By Graham Greene. For details see Monday
New series 1/4. Arts. An aristocratic fish-out-of-water,
Miles Jupp directs his wicked upper-crust parody towards the arts. With Frankie Boyle , Finn Macarthur and Richie Webb. Producer Jane Berthoud
New series 1/6. Six chapters by six different authors: all of them imaginary, none of them very good. Literary spoof series written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell. You Suck Bush. Autobiographical account of radical campaigning film-maker Chuck Morris 's trip to the Hay-on-Wye literary festival. Starring Michael Brandon , Michael Fenton Stevens , Mel Hudson , Alex Lowe and Dan Tetsell.
Producer Lucy Armitage
In the early 1970s, a commune decided that their children would be raised collectively. To reinforce this idea, all the children were given the same surname: Wild. Gerry Kennedy tracks down the Wild kids to see how they turned out. Producer Nigel Acheson
3/5. Biography by Lynn Knight. Repeated from 9.45am
Frontiers
A Tale of Love and Darkness (4/5)
