Presented by the Rev Ruth Scott.

Presented by Anna Hill.

With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With David Wilby and Rachel Hooper.
7.48 Thought for the Day With John Bell.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament

Diverse and lively conversation with Peggy Reynolds and her guests. Producer Chris Paling Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

By 1916, drunken navvies and workers from a huge munitions factory were causing so much trouble in Carlisle that wartime licensing restrictions were deemed inadequate. Sterner measures were called for, so the city's pubs and breweries were nationalised. was an experiment that proved so successful it lasted another 55 years.
Allan Beswick tells the story of the Government's response to an earlier epidemic of binge drinking. producer Mike Hally

3/6. Misalliances. In spite of bitter past experiences.
Victoria is unwise enough to set up a family dinner party. Written by Simon Brett.
Producer Simon Brett

Presented by Liz Barclay and Sheila McClennon.

With Shaun Ley.

5/6. In a vintage edition, James Walton presides over team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh , with guests Tracey MacLeod and Jonathan Myerson. Author of the week is Franz Kafka and the reader is Beth Chalmers.
Producers Dawn Ellis and Katie Marsden

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

3/4. Last Call. Sara is head of PR at a company planning to expand in Africa. She's in line for a directorship if she can prove herself, but a problem with a contract in Uzbekistan leads her to suspect her firm could be involved in sinister uses of its technological knowhow. Suddenly, she must decide where her loyalties lie. By Mike Walker. Series continues tomorrow.
For further details see yesterday Producer/Director Mary Ward Lowery

Chris Beardshaw, Bob Flowerdew and Carol Klein answer questions posed by members of the Tutshill Women s Institute near Chepstow in Monmouthshire. With Eric Robson in the chair. Including at 3.25 Gardening Weather Forecast. Shortened

3/5. Variations on a Game 1/2. Working for the science-fiction writer puts him in a quandary, with the attentions of the beautiful wife ever present. He must escape the job. By Patricia Highsmith. Read by Campbell Scott . For further detaiis see Monday

63/90. Egypt, Sudan, and the Suez Canal. The opening of the Suez Canal made a huge difference to trade with the empire, and created a new set of strategic priorities.
Written by Christopher Lee. Narrated by Juliet Stevenson. For further details see Monday

How have the racialised politics of Britain had a devastating affect on succeeding generations of white and black Britons? Have black communities allowed themselves to be incorporated into arrangements that work against their collective interests? Professor Gus John joins Laurie Taylor to answer these questions and to discuss John's latest book, Taking a Stand, which calls for a radical evaluation of Government policies, structures and prescriptions. Editor Sharon Banoff

1/9. About 1.3 million paper prescriptions are issued every working day in England. By the end of next year they'll be obsolete, because the information will be sent electronically to the pharmacist. Dr Mark Porter reports on the progress of this new system. See Choice on page 126. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

News and analysis, presented by Eddie Mair.

New series 1/6. David Baddiel chairs a third series of the comic discussion programme that strives to tear apart our most deep-seated assumptions, such as "Men can't express their opinions" and "We are too Obsessed with celebrity". Producer Alison Vernon-Smith

Lilian gets creative with Ian. For cast see page 30 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

Mark Lawson presents the arts magazine.
Producer Rebecca Nicholson

3/5. Grace takes up the task of investigating Brian, the community's newest neighbour. By Claire Dowie.
For cast and further details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

1/2. What Is Left? The first of two debates exploring the apparently relentless trend of politics towards the centre asks whether left-wing ideologies still have any role in mainstream British political life. Recorded before an audience at the institute for Public Policy Research,
Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland asks a panel of self-proclaimed left-wing ideologues and Labour Party modernisers if there is anything left of the left. Producer Brian King Repeated on Saturday at 10.15pm

1/3. Dennis Sewell explores think tanks concerned with the environment. Producer Sheila Cook
Repeated from Sunday at 10.45pm; Repeated on Sunday 14 May at 5.45am

Diverse and lively conversation with Peggy Reynolds and her guests. Shortened repeat from 9am

News and analysis, presented by Julian Worricker.

8/10. Renko takes Irina to the cabin where her friends were hiding out, in order to shock her into revealing the business a rich American furrier had with three ordinary Siberians. For details see Monday

by Graham Duff
6/6. Is Professor Nebulous trapped in a time loop? Or maybe he's the victim of an alien scooping operation? Or could he be the unwitting star of the galaxy's highest-rating reality TV show?

Highlighting Prime Minister's Questions, with David Wilby.

3/5. Biography of playwright John Osborne. Rptd from9.45am