A meditation for the beginning of a new day with the Rev John Bell.
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Leslie Griffiths.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
With Libby Purves and guests. Producer Dymphna Rynn
The story of Britain from the Romans to the 20th century.
118: War, Pragmatism and the Final Charge of an English Monarch For details see Monday
Introduced by Jenni Murray. Serial: Mother of Pearl (10) For details see Monday
Repeated from Sunday 2.00pm.
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Final episode of the 18th-century sitcom written by Scott Cherry , starring Nicholas Le Prevost as Fenton Babblewick and Forbes Masson as Augustus Snipe. The downfall of Fenton and Babblewick Hall appears imminent.
With Sam Kelly and Gillian Bevan. Music by Paul Mottram. Producer Paul Schlesinger
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
JOURNEYS INTO SPACE
As the spaceship Venturer lifts off from Earth, few members of the crew are able to contemplate the perils of space as they will experience them.
Tom Watson and Finlay Welsh star in Ray Bradbury 's own adaptation of his short story from The Illustrated Man. with Neil Shackleton , John Adam Baker and Lynn Bains. Director Hamish Wilson Rpt
Six authors recall recent trips abroad. 5: Pescara. On a visit to the beach, under the sun, novelist Tim Parks has a glimpse of Italian family life. Producer Duncan Minshull
With Daire Brehan and guests.
Paul Gambaccini sees Love Life - a rare work by composer Kurt Weill - on stage in Leeds, and talks to Maureen Lipman who is rehearsing the role of Mrs Malaprop in The Rivals.
Producer Jackie Christie. Rvsd rpt 9.30pm
JOURNEYS INTO SPACE
Written and read by Bonnie Greer. November, 1963. The civil rights movement has reached Chicago, and Carla has her eyes on the stars. Producer Michelle Matherson Frederick
With Chris Lowe and Jackie Hardgrave.
Repeated from Monday 12.25pm
Nigel goes nutty.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
John Waite and his team of investigators follow up listeners' complaints.
Editor Graham Ellis. Rptd tomorrow 9.05am WRITE TO: Face the Facts, BBC Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA
Jeremy Paxman chairs six discussions in which people who have held the nation's top jobs share their experiences and debate both the lessons they learnt and how their successors could change things.
3: The Civil Service. With Tony Benn , John Biffen , Sir Peter Middleton , Sir Patrick Nairn , Sir James Dunnet and Sir Charles Powell.
A Barraclough Carey North production
A four-part series in which
Harry Thompson meets people still living in the house where they were born.
3: Ted. One of the eldest residents of New Town Road, Bedworth,
Warwickshire, Ted has for 63 years combined his love of figures and arithmetical good order with the bustle and glitter of amateur theatre. Producer Gaynor Vaughan Jones Rpt
Five conversations with scientists.
1: Richard Dawkins , Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at
Oxford University tells Barbara Myers about his life and work. Producer Ann McNaught Rpt
Revised repeat of 4.05pm
With Isabel Hilton.
By Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Part 13. For details see Monday
11.00
A five-part comedy drama series by Perrier Award-winning comedienne Jenny Eclair and Julie Balloo about three pregnant women living in the same street.
4: At the antenatal classes Ian disgraces himself, Kelly extols the virtues of Caesarians and Yvette runs out in embarrassment. With
Keith Allen , Frances Barber , Kathy Burke and Jenny Eclair as Mother Nature. Producer Jane Berthoud
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Nicholas Farrell reads the eighth episode of J G Ballard 's classic adventure.
For details see Monday
