With Professor Gordon Graham.
Presented by Anna Hill.
With John Humphrys and Justin Webb
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Anne Atkins.
4/8. Prison Governors. The governors of Holloway and Bristol discuss the ins and outs of running a prison.
Presented by Olivia O'Leary. Producer Karen Gregor Rptd 9.30pm
3/5. A widespread misunderstanding persists in Britain about how the art world really works. Alvin Hall has collected art for 20 years. Here he debunks the myths of the art world as he takes a journey from the artist to me gallery, to the collector and the critic. Producer Richard Vadon
England v Pakistan .
Commentary on the fifth and final day's play in the Third
Test at Headingley. With News at 1.30pm and 3.40.
Producer Peter Baxter *approximate time
3/3. Whales. Grant Sonnex meets Roger Payne - the man who introduced the world to whale song - and joins him searching for sperm whales off the Maldives islands. Producer Grant Sonnex
3/3. Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker visits several of today s biggest British art schools and talks to some of the current crop of students. He explores possible ways in which artists will continue to have an impact on the pop industry, and the immense changes in music and sound production tnai are beginning to infiltrate art. producer Bob Dickinson
Consumer affairs, presented by Liz Barclay and Peter White. Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours. PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Lines open from 10am
With Shaun Ley.
3/3. The Coronation of George II (1727). For his Coronation, King George II decided on Handel, the famous composer of opera", as the best person to write four anthems for the service. The music included Tallis's s litany 0 God, the Father of Heaven, Purcell's I Was Glad, ana Handel's magnificent Zadok the Priest. Bridget Kendall concludes the series looking at the role played by music at significant political and royal events in history. Producer Johannah Smith Repeated on Saturday at 3.30pm
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
A poetic celebration of rural summertime, set against the revelation of a family secret, concealed until now by respectability, religion, embarrassment and fear. By Gillian Clarke. Starring Fiona Shaw as the voice of the Field. Producer/Director Kate McAII
4/13. Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners questions about the environment, producer Nick Patrick ADDRESS: [address removed] email: home.planetcabbc.co.uk Phone: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute)
2/5. Warress. A story describing the lives of a young girl and her grandmother, who is instructing her in the ways of the ancestors and their magic. By Cherie Jones. Read by Orlessa Altass. For further details see yesterday
2/4. Pontefract Cake. Sheila McClennon goes to the historic market town of Pontefract in Yorkshire to trace the origins Of its famous cakes. For further details see yesterday
1/8. Michael Rosen investigates the world of words and the way we speak. Repeated from Monday at 11pm
News and analysis, with Eddie Mair.
5/6. Sketch show written and performed by Susie Donkin , Charlotte McDougall , Oriane Messina and Fay Rusling , and featuring Ewan Bailey. Producer Carol smith
Clarrie confesses all.
For cast see page 34 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Kirsty Lang with arts news, interviews and the verdict on the film Nacho Libre, starring Jack Black as a monastery cook who dreams of success as a professional wrestler. Producer Jerome Weatherald
2/5. After her skirt ceremony, Namu has her own Flower Room, where she may receive lovers. By Shaun MacLoughlin. For cast and further details see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am
It's often claimed that palliative medicine has made such progress in recent years that everyone should be able to have a pain-free death. Yet thousands who see family members die tell a different story - a story of pain and misery as a result of inadequate pain control. Gerry Northam asks to what extent this is due to the Shipman Effect: has the fact that Britain's worst serial killer, Harold Shipman , murdered his patients with drugs that are normally used legitimately to alleviate pain at the end of life, left many doctors over-reluctant to prescribe and administer them? Producer Kristine Pommert Rptd Sunday 5pm
News of interest to blind and partially sighted people, presented by Peter White. Producer Cheryl Gabriel
2/3. Dr Mark Porter talks to researchers who are looking at the brains of people who experience the feeling of deja vu all the time, and asks what this could mean for our understanding of memory and consciousness. He also visits the laboratory that explores eye-witness testimonies, and discusses with scientists whether memories can always be made to stand up in a court of law. Producer Pamela Rutherford Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm
Repeated from 9am
2/5. By Truman Capote. With her parents finally on their way to France, Grady can spend the summer with her secret boyfriend, Clyde Manzer , a Jewish Second World War veteran. For further details see yesterday
1/6. Looking at the genesis and appeal of six key comic characters from radio and TV, each encapsulating the mood of a decade. Today Barry Cryer explores the character of Bebe Daniels , star of Hi, Gang! from the 1940s. Written by Mike Barf ield. Producer Angela Sherwin
2/5. By Andrew Greig. Repeated from 9.45am