Presented by the Rev Ruth Scott.

Presented by Mark Holdstock.

With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rabbi Lionel Blue.

Andrew Marr and guests set the cultural agenda for the Week. Producer Victoria Wakely Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

How does it feel to grow up alone? Presenter Julian Worricker, himself an only child, reveals the unique experience of growing up with no siblings and examines society's attitude to a growing phenomenon - the one-child family.

2/6. Our heroes Tom and Jerry visit a cockfight, try to buy a horse, meet a sporting legend and lay a wager on which is better, London or the West Country. Meanwhile, garrulous narrator Pierce Egan takes literary critic William Hazlitt to his first boxing match.
A dramatisation by Dan Tetsell of a 19th-century comic novel by Pierce Egan.
Other parts played by members of the cast

Consumer affairs, with Liz Barclay and John Waite.

Presented by Brian Hanrahan.

10/13. The first semi-final of the eclectic music quiz.
Chaired by Ned Sherrin. Producer Paul Bajoria Rptd on sat at 11pm

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

In John Morrison 's comic fantasy some of the minor characters in Shakespeare's canon have decided that they want bigger and better parts. A rebellion is led by Captain Macmorris from Henry V , the only Irish character in the whole body of Shakespeare's work.
Director Tanya Nash

Listeners' personal finance questions answered by Vincent Duggleby and his guests. Producer Jennifer Clarke PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than Bp per minute) Lines open from 1.30pm

1/5. A Dangerous Hobby 1/2. The first of a series of stories by crime writer Patricia Highsmith , in which a man dupes professional women out of their precious possessions, then hoards the booty for his own daughter to benefit. Read by Campbell Scott . The stories - here abridged by Neville Teller - were recently published for the first time in book form. Producer Duncan Minshull
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61/90. From Ireland to Ireland. Christopher Lee's ground-breaking narrative history of the British empire returns for its third and final series, picking up the story in the late 19th-century. Ireland, which had been the very first colony 700 years earlier, is once again the focus of imperial attention. Narrated by Juliet Stevenson. Readings by Joss Ackland and Jack Davenport. Producer Pete Atkin
BBC AUDIO: The first and second volumes of Empire are available on CD from www.bbcshop.com and from all good retail outlets, or by calling [number removed]

Repeated from yesterday at 12.30pm

6/13. Discussion programme with contributors from across the globe offering their perspectives on topical issues.
Hosted this week by Anne Mackenzie. Producer Mark Rickards

News and analysis, presented by Eddie Mair.

8/9. Exchanging favourite quotations and anecdotes this week are Anna Ford , The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's Arthur Dent , otherwise known as actor Simon Jones , Welsh national poet Gwyneth Lewis and comedian Mark Steel. Hosted by Nigel Rees , with reader William Franklyn. Producer Tilusha Ghelani Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm

Alistair builds bridges with Daniel.
For cast see page 30 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

With Mark Lawson , including an interview with American crime writer Elmore Leonard. Producer Martin Smith

1/5. This madcap comedy caper tells the story of five
80-year-olds struggling to keep their community farm alive when their founder member dies. By Claire Dowie.
Producer/Director Claudine Toutoungi Repeated from 10.45am

New series 1/4. Sierra Leone. Why do certain places seem to return to our news bulletins year after year, generation after generation? Allan Little analyses four parts of the world where the "tectonic plates" of history keep forcing the past into the present - and into the future. He begins with Sierra Leone, where he reported from in the 1990s, during the bleakest times of the conflict that engulfed the country. Now he returns to examine some of the reasons why a place that offered such promise at independence descended into such chaos and brutality. But he finds a new realism and determination too. Producer Jane Beresford

Highbury Stadium, the Arsenal, built in 1913 on holy ground amid corruption and uproar, was by the 1930s a world-famous and futuristic symbol of sporting modernity. Now, as the last ever crowds pour through the turnstiles, Radio 4 captures the spirit of Highbury in its final hours as a stadium - before it's handed over to property developers. Producer Mark Burman

What exactly is meant by biodiversity? Biologists say it's much more than just the numbers of plants and animals that fill our world and make it unique; it's also the range of genes, habitats and their multiple interactions. Sue
Broom attempts to untangle the definition and discovers why biodiversity is so important. Producer Fiona Roberts

Shortened repeat from 9am

With Julian Worricker.

6/10. By Martin Cruz Smith. Chief investigator Arkady Renko believes he finally knows the identity of the murder victims discovered in Gorky Park. But he's convinced that the KGB are setting him up to fail in cracking the case because it involves an American fur trader with whom they do business. Abridged by Jane Marshall. Read by Tim Pigott-Smith . Producer Jane Marshall
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Shortened repeat from Saturday at 9am

Rachel Hooper reports from Westminster.

1/5. Biography of playwright John Osborne. Rptd from 9.45am