Presented by the Rev George Loane.

Presented by Anna Hill. Producer Clare Philips

With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Mark D'Arcy and Rachel Hooper.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Anne Atkins.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament

New series 1/3. John Humphrys has a hitherto unfulfilled desire to believe in God. He asks religious leaders how it is possible to have faith in this world of suffering, division and violence - especially when some of it arguably has a root in religious differences or extremism. Today he talks to the Rt Rev Rowan Williams , Archbishop of Canterbury.
Producer David Coomes Repeated at 9.30pm

5/5. Chris Bowlby learns about the importance of diplomatic dining today and the balance between the need to entertain and the pressure to get the job done.

Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

What links Fawlty Towers with Aristophanes and It Ain't
Half Hot Mum with Plautus? Comedian Natalie Haynes argues that today's stand-ups could learn a lot from the Classics. Producer Robyn Read

Consumer affairs, presented by Winifred Robinson and Peter White. Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours.
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News, with Nick Clark.

The English Hymnal was published in 1906 under the editorship of liturgist Percy Dearmer and composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams. Dr Ian Bradley celebrates its centenary and shows how, from the outset, it challenged the establishment by redefining congregational hymn music for the 20th century.
Producer Mark O'Brien Repeated on Saturday at 3.30pm

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

The compelling tale of one young woman s struggle to confront her past by reliving the day her mother decided to abandon her for her lover. By Judy Upton.
Director Claudine Toutoungi

3/10 Nick Baker and the team follow up more history questions from listeners and reveal further insights to the past. Producer Nick Patrick
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2/5. Boom 2/2. DC Lin Song's investigation into an explosion at a house in Chorlton uncovers yet more bodies - and there's a twist in the tale. Written by Cath Staincliffe and read by Wendy Kweh. For further details see yesterday

27/30. A Prison or a Garden. Michael Morpurgo traces the story of the fight for children's rights in the second half of the 20th century. The readers are Pax Baldwin , Adam Godley and Timothy West. For further details see yesterday

5/9. Clive Coleman cuts through the legal jargon in an examination of the latest issues in the law and in the legal system and how they affect our everyday lives. Editor Hugh Levinson : Producer Innes Bowen

5/10. Bestselling author Joanne Harris and former chairwoman of the Man Booker prize
Professor Lisa Jardine join Sue MacGregor to discuss three much loved paperbacks: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte , The
Deadly Space Between by Patricia Duncker and a thriller by Donna Leon. Producer Mark Smalley Repeated on Friday at 11pm

News and analysis, with Eddie Mair.

5/6. Duncan Stonebridge , the hapless backbencher MP, is desperate for a quiet weekend at his constituency, Rothershurst. But events conspire against him. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis 's topical sitcom.
Producer/Director Adam Bromley

Susan feels she's not alone.
For cast see page 36 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

Mark Lawson reports on a major exhibition of sculpture by David Smith , whose work includes pieces shaped from abandoned tools and scrap metal. Producer Timothy Prosser

2/5. 1942 - Blow the Wind Southerly. Submarine
Commander Joseph Winslet is at home at the bottom of the sea, far more than with his "mother", whose outrageously selfish act in 1913 denied him any true family. By Katie Hims.
For further details see yesterday Repeated from 10.45am

5/10. As deposed Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra begins a new life in London, Fran Abrams asks why Britain is still the destination of choice for controversial foreign politicians. Why do so many choose to live, do business or bank their money in the UK? And when questions are asked back home, how keen are the authorities to investigate? Editor David Ross ; Producer Rob Cave Repeated on Sunday at 5pm

News of interest to blind and partially sighted people, presented by Peter White. Producer Cheryl Gabriel

1/2. In 1981, doctors in the US were puzzled by cases of cancers and lung conditions they were seeing in young homosexual men: diseases that were extremely rare in this age group. They were to be the first patients in the West to be diagnosed with Aids, but it was not confined to the developed world. Soon it was realised that the disease known as "slim" in Africa was also Aids. Allan Little tells the story of the race to identify the cause of this new and devastating disease. Producer Geraldine Fitzgerald

Repeated from 9am

With Claire Bolderson.

2/10. Anne is bewitched by the glamour of the 19th
Dragoons, but not as bewitched as a certain trumpet-major is with her. By Thomas Hardy. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt . For further details see yesterday

4/4. Sketch show in which seemingly everyday situations unfold in bizarre and hilarious directions. Written and performed by David Armand , Rupert Russell , Sam Spedding and Nick Tanner , with Katy Brand. Producer Katie Marsden

With David Wilby.

2/5. Repeated from 9.45am

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt : the author talks to
Harriett Gilbert