Presented by the Rev George Loane.

Presented by Mark Holdstock. Producer Clare Philips

With Sarah Montague and Edward Stourton.
6.25 725 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rabbi Lionel Blue.

Andrew Marr and his guests, including novelist Josephine Hart and poet James Fenton , set the cultural agenda for the week Producer Victoria Wakely Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

1/2 There is a worldwide boom in container shipping and Britain's foremost container terminal, Felixstowe in Suffolk, is soon to be expanded to accommodate a huge increase in trade with the Far East. Heather Payton looks at why this port in particular is so attractive to shipping Operators. Producer Jasper Bouverie

4/5 Eliza's husband appears to be in denial over the fact that he's going bald, and their new baby son has the unfortunate habit of being sick whenever his father speaks to him.
Written by Barry Pain and adapted by Jonathan Dryden Taylor.

Consumer affairs, with Winifred Robinson and John Waite.

News and analysis, presented by Nick Clarke.

9/17 Four contestants from the North 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

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

Nick depressed and haunted by dreams, is persuaded by Rachel to go camping in Wales. However, when they get to their destination, they find something that puts their relationship to the test. By Mike Akers.
Director Marc Beeby

Paul Lewis and guests are on hand to answer listeners' personal finance questions. Producer Jessica Laugharne.
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1/5. Boom 1/2. Five crime stories set in the city, beginning with Cath Staincliffe 's two-part tale, read by Wendy Kweh. A young detective investigates an explosion in a house. Producer Janet Graves

26/30. The Kiddy and the Pork Chop. Michael Morpurgo traces one of the most important changes in the history of childhood: how economic improvements in the second half of the 20th century meant that children no longer had to contribute to the family purse. The readers are Maxine Evans , Oscar James , Sara Kestelman , Anna Maxwell Martin and Timothy West. Producer Beaty Rubens

Repeated from yesterday at 12.30pm

Andrew Dilnot examines the ways in which numbers are used in the news, politics and everyday life. Producer Michael Blastland ; Editor Nicola Meyrick

News and analysis, presented by Eddie Mair.

7/8. The quiz based on quotations, hosted by Nigel Rees. The reader is William Franklyn. Producer Claire Bartlett Repeated on Sunday at 6.30pm

It's confession time for Ruth.
For cast see page 36 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and the verdict on the controversial film Borat, in which Sacha Baron Cohen plays a hapless Kazakh reporter in America. Producer Jerome Weatherald

1/5. 1913-Nightswimming. When Leonard Baker Eddy proposes emigrating to America, Alice can't contain her fear of the sea - brought on by the recent Titanic disaster, the numericals, and her unlucky red hair. Katie Hims 's drama follows the troubles of this seafaring family over the century following the introduction of the Morse code SOS distress signal in 1906. Producer Jessica Dromgoole Repeated from 10.45am

Tim Whewell examines the story of Polish officer Slavomir Rawicz , who claimed he escaped from the Soviet Gulag in 1956 and undertook a 4,000-mile journey on foot to India. The programme reveals the documentary evidence which decisively proves whether the account - which many commentators have doubted - is true.
Editor Nicola Meyrick ; Producer Hugh Levinson

8/9. A guide to the world of learning, with practical advice, features and listeners' views. Libby Purves presents. Producer Lucinda Montefiore Repeated on Sunday at 11pm

8/9. India's Blue Hills. Tessa McGregor travels to India's
Nilgiri Hills, which turn blue once every 12 years when the rare kurunji f lower is in bloom. She also meets the Nilgiri tahr: half-goat, half antelope and a symbol of wild mountain habitats across the globe.
Producer Brett Westwood Repeated tomorrow at 11am

Andrew Marr and his guests set the cultural agenda for the next seven days. Shortened repeat from 9am

With Claire Bolderson.

1/10. It's the early years of the Napoleonic Wars, and a company of dragoons brings disruption to a quiet Wessex village. By Thomas Hardy. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt . Abridged by Lisa Osborne. Producer Lisa Osborne
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1/3. Geoffrey Wheeler explores the American vaudeville tradition, which supplied family entertainment for new settlers and provided a living for a vast army of itinerant performers. Among those destined for higher things were Fred Astaire , Bob Hope , Jack Benny and jazz singer Ma Rainey. Producer Libby Cross

News, views and analysis of the day's developments in Westminster, presented by Susan Hulme.

1/5. Repeated from 9.45am

(1/3) Vera Frankl investigates children in prison