A meditation for the beginning of a new day, with Margaret Martyn.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Tom Butler.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
With Libby Purves and guests. Producer Dymphna Rynn
The story of Britain from the Romans to the 20th century.
103: The Battle of Blenheim For details see Monday
Introduced by Jenni Murray. Serial: Lions and Liquorice (7) For details see Monday
Repeated from Sunday 2.00pm
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A six-part 18th-century sitcom written by Scott Cherry , starring Nicholas Le Prevost as Fenton Babblewick.
3: After a sermon from Parson Flinch on the dangers of worldly lusts, Fenton Babblewick finds himself smitten by the exquisite charms of Miss Lucinda Bluntstone. However, before any progress can be made, Fenton must satisfy the conditions of Lucinda's formidable mother. Music by Paul Mottram Producer Paul Schlesinger
With Sheena MacDonald.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
A three-part serial by Ted Moore.
1: Hanging the Monkey. According to local legend, a monkey was washed ashore on Hartlepool beach during the Napoleonic wars, and was tried and hung by villagers as a French spy. Schoolteacher Maisie Boyd stages a community play based on the event.
Director Michael Fox
Six authors recall recent trips abroad. 2: Budapest. Christopher Hope meets a man who runs a circus. Producer Duncan Minshull
With Daire Brehan. Martin Vincent describes the fallout when a rock 'n' roll legend descends from the sky.
Paul Gambaccini sees Peter Yates 's film The Run of The Country and Denzel Washington as a private detective in Devil in a Blue Dress. Producer Erika Wright. Rvsd rpt 9.30pm
By Rudyard Kipling.
"Once upon a time there was a man and his wife and a third party - all three were unwise, but the wife was the unwisest."
Read by Brian Gear.
With Nigel Wrench and Jon Sopel.
Joining Kit and the Widow for their last romp around the repertoire this series are Alan Titchmarsh , Ian McCaskill , Jan Leeming and Jeremy Nicholas. Producer Fiona Shelmerdine
Joe makes an offer.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
With John Waite and his team of investigators.
Editor Graham Ellis. Rptd tomorrow 9.05am WRITE TO: Face the Facts, BBC Broadcasting House. London W1A 1AA
Leila Badawi examines the prejudices and misconceptions faced by Muslims in Britain today, both outside and inside their communities. Producer Alison Bogle
Last of the series in which Caryl Phillips explores key moments in American history with prominent African-Americans. The Los Angeles Riots. Johnnie Cochran , the successful African-American lawyer, reflects on the riots of 1992 that followed the acquittal of four white policemen charged with assaulting Rodney King. Producer Tony Phillips
Professor John Durant looks back at the events that sparked off the great scientific ideas of our time.
2: How we realised that man-made chemicals are ruining the atmosphere. Producer Deborah Cohen. Rptd Sun 9.30pm
Revised repeat of 4.05pm
With Isabel Hilton.
By J L Carr. Part 8. For details see Monday
11.00 New series
The first of a five-part comedy drama series by Jenny Eclair and Julie Balloo. Three women living in the same street are about to discover the delights and dilemmas of new parenthood. With Keith Allen , Kathy Burke , Frances Barber , Graham Fellows ,
Caroline Hook , Tilly Vosburgh and Hugh Ross. Producer Jane Berthoud
Shelley Thompson reads the third part of Armistead Maupin's story. For details see Monday
