With Dr Edward Kessler.

Presented by Mark Holdstock.

With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Angela Tilby.

6/10. Repeated from Sunday 17 September

4/4. Kicking the Oil Habit. Tom Mangold looks at the alternatives that might help the world break its addiction to Oil. Producers Anna Scott-Brown and Adam Fowler
Repeated at 9.30pm

4/4. The Skin We're in. Len Fisher confronts his own reflection, and dreams about what he could do to make his Skin more appealing. Producer Monise Durrani

Is it women elected to power, or women voters who've had the greater influence? Plus, the life of Phyllis Pearsall - the woman who invented the A-Z.

7/10. Repeated from Sunday 17 September

Presented by Jenni Murray.
10.45 Small Island 6/15. By Andrea Levy.
The Woman's Hour drama. For details seedrama repeat at7.45pm

4/6. Tempers in Bloom. The villagers of Luddenden are trying to track down the saboteurs who scuppered their chances of victory in the Royal Horticultural Society's Britain in Bloom competition. Producer Sue Mitchell

Consumer affairs, with John Waite and Winifred Robinson.

With Nick Clarke.

New series 1/5. Neil MacGregor with daily snapshots from his recent trip to Iran for his documentary Uncovering
Iran: Ancient and Modem. Today he admires the decor of a teahouse in Isfahan. Producer ZahidWarley Rptd on Wed at7.15pm Uncovering Iran: Ancient and Modern is broadcast on Wednesday at 11am

4/17. Four contestants from the Home Counties compete in the continuing first round of the nationwide general knowledge contest. The chairman is Robert Robinson. Producer Richard Edis Repeated on Saturday at 11pm

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

While moving house, two very different couples find that they have the other's belongings. They soon uncover some forgotten things about each other. By Alexandra Campbell.
Director Celia de Wolff

Listeners' personal finance questions answered by Vincent Duggleby and guests. Producer Samantha Washington PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Lines open from 1.30pm

11/5. The Shemiran Bus. The first of a week of stories from Iran. A young woman reflects on her childhood and remembers a secret and unlikely friendship. By Goli Taraghi. Translated by Kaveh Basmenji and abridged by Doreen Estall. Read by Nathalie Armin. Producer Elizabeth Allard

1/30. The Grave and the Cradle. The children's writer
Michael Morpurgo explores a thousand years of British childhood, beginning with the arrival of Christianity and the Norman Conquest. The readers are Timothy West, Adam Godley and Anna Maxwell Martin. Producer Beaty Ruben Growing pains: page 23 Book offer: page 24

Repeated from yesterday at 12.30pm

Ernie Rea and his guests explore the place of faith in today's world. Producer Janet McLarty

With Eddie Mair.

8/10. Repeated from Sunday 17 September

2/8. The quiz based on quotations, hosted by Nigel Rees. The reader is William Franklyn. Producer Ctaire Bartlett Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm

Joe shows an entrepreneurial streak.
For cast see page 34 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

5/5. Neil MacGregor tries to buy some grapes. For details see 1.30pm Repeated on Friday at 1.30pm

Mark Lawson with arts news. Producer Robyn Read

6/15. Hortense meets her landlady, Queenie Bligh , whose own story is unknowingly interwoven with Hortense's past. Dramatisation by Pat Cumper of Andrea Levy 's novel.
(Repeated from 10.45am)

Gordon Corera reveals the hidden story behind the tangled relationship between Iran and the United States since 9/11. Producer Mark Savage

3/9. Current education issues, explored by Liz Barclay. Producer Sukey Firth Repeated on Sunday at 11pm

3/9. What a Scorcher! - an Ecological Review of Summer 2006. Paul Evans investigates the effects of this remarkable summer on wildlife and habitats. He talks to conservationists about what they've learnt. Producer Paul Evans Repeated tomorrow at 11am

Repeated from 9am

With Robin Lustig.

6/10. Jamie Hall awakes with a hangover to discover his father is having a nervous breakdown, his sister has cancelled her wedding and his mother is having an affair. Tempers flare. By Mark Haddon. Abridged by Carolanne Lyme. Read by Nathaniel Parker. Producer Louise Armitage
RT DIRECT: A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon is available in hardback for E16.50 (RRP E17.99) including p&p. To order, send a cheque payable to RT Direct Book Offers to: [address removed]. Call [number removed] (land-line calls cost no more than 8p per minute), quoting RT, or visit www.rtdirect.sparkledirect.com. UK delivery only

8/8. Michael Rosen investigates words and the way we Speak. Producer Peter Everett Repeated tomorrow at 4pm

In the last years of his life, sci-fi author Philip K Dick encountered something so strange and troubling that he couldn't stop writing about it. Writer Ken Hollings asks: was it Dick's fault that God talked to him or was it God's?
Producer Mark Burman

1/5. By William Dalrymple. Repeated from 9.45am

(3/4) Allan Little talks to the builders of the EU