Presented by the Rev Mike Mair.

Presented by Anna Hill.

With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Angela Tilby.

New series Andrew Marr and guests, including playwright and novelist Michael Frayn , opera singer Amanda Roocroft and author Jonathan Franzen , set the cultural agenda tor the week. Producer Victoria Wakely Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

5/6. The Garden Square. Behind the ivy-clad railings of Notting Hill lie secret gardens, accessible only to residents with a key. A tennis court or a croquet lawn may be glimpsed: the distant laughter or a mower may be heard, but what really goes on inside the square? With acres of lawns and ancient plane trees this should be an urban
Utopia but, run by powerful and watchful committees, is this serene space really paradise after all? Producer Sarah Bowen

Consumer affairs, with John Waite and Winifred Robinson.

With Nick Clarke.

5/17 Four contestants from the south of England 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

Repeatedfromyesterdayat7pm

In July 1914 Joseph Conrad travelled to Poland with his wife Jessie and their two young sons. It was a country on the brink of war and one that held painful memories, including unexpected personal struggles and insights, for Conrad. By Zosia Wand.
Producer/Director Nadia Molinari

Listeners' personal finance questions answered by Paul Lewis and guests. Producer Chris A'Court
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1/5. The Nut House. The first of a week of quirky tales based on likely and unlikely interviews, Ian MacPherson reads his own story about a curious encounter between a restaurateur and a gunman. Producer Kirsty Williams

6/30. Learn to Die. How did the Puritan ethos affect children's lives after the Reformation of the 16th century? Michael Morpurgo continues his exploration of a thousand years of British childhood. The readers are Jack Blumenau , Adam Godley , Anna Maxwell Martin and Timothy West. Producer Beaty Ruben

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.

3/8. The quotations quiz, hosted by Nigel Rees. The reader is William Franklyn. Producer ClaireBartlett Rptd Sunday 12.04pm

Ed's talents come to the fore.
For cast see page 36 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

Michael Palin 's newly published diaries look back on his years as a member of the Monty Python team. He talks to Mark Lawson about his unexpected successes and the struggles behind the scenes. Producer Aasiya Lodhi

11/15. Bernard attempts to describe his time as a soldier in India, where Independence is spelling the end of the Empire. Dramatisation by Pat Cumper of Andrea Levy 's novel.
Other parts played by Trevor Cuthbertson , Paul Richard Biggin , Damian Lynch and Tracy Wiles
Music by Felix Cross : Producer/Director Sally Avens Repeated from 10.45am

1/2. Michael Gillard investigates the key role that London and other UK financial institutions have played in the rise and rise of Russia's oligarchs - the businessmen who have accrued such immense wealth and influence since the fall Of the Soviet Union. Editor David Ross ; Producer Jenny Chryss

4/9. Current education issues, explored by Libby Purves. Producer Lucinda Montefiore Repeated on Sunday at 11pm

4/9. The Sounds of Galapagos. The unique and spectacular wildlife of the Galapagos islands is captured in an evocative audio portrait by Joe Stevens and wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson. Travelling from the ocean floor to the rim of a volcanic crater they record grazing fish and snapping pistol shrimps, gobbling frigate birds and mating giant tortoises. Producer Sarah Blunt Repeated tomorrow at 11am See also Galapagos on Friday at 9pm on BBC2

Shortened repeat from 9am

With Claire Bolderson.

1/10. John le Carre 's latest novel begins with Salvo, a professional interpreter of African languages, finding his bi-cultural identity polarised to breaking point when he becomes involved in the planning stages of an operation to take over the Eastern Congo. Read by Paterson Joseph. Abridged by Katrin Williams. Producer David Biount
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1/2. Rags, Bones, Bishops and Silly Moos. Tim Brooke-Taylor remembers the BBC's Comedy Playhouse, the proving ground for some of the best-loved British sitcoms, including Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part and Meet the Wife. Producer Stephen Garner

1/3. Sleeping with the Fish. Andrew Smith experiences five days trying to adapt to the cramped physical and emotional world aboard the HMS Torbay nuclear submarine, and hears tales from veterans of her Second World War predecessor. Producer Mark Burman

1/5. By Kate Williams. Repeated from 9.45am

Allan Little talks to the builders of the EU