With the Very Rev Gilleasbuig Macmillan.

With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Tony Burnham.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

With Nick Ross.
Producer Anne Peacock
LINES OPEN from 8.00am

The history of Britain reaches the 1750s. India and North America have an increasing influence on home affairs. 122: Clive of India
For details see yesterday

Introduced by Jenni Murray. Short story: Stopping at the Lights For details see yesterday

With Geoff Watts.
Producer Paula McGrath. Rptd Sun 10.15pm

Russell Davies presents a six-part series about words and the way we speak. 3: Oo-er,Missus. A long hard look at the language of the double entendre. Producer Jane Ray

With Nick Clarke.

Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
JOURNEYS INTO SPACE

Conquering Cyberspace. In the last of the series, Dr John Gribbin 's adventures move from outer space to cyberspace in the company of the writers who are mapping out this fictional frontier.
Producers Sara Davies and Sally Marmion

Until recently, all that was known of the 16th-century English composer Nicholas Ludford was his exquisite music. Then music historian David Skinner discovered Ludford's will, and other documents concerning his life. Christopher Page puts flesh on the bones of this elusive genius. Producer Helen Garrison Rpt

In the first of two reports,
Gabrielle Sanders explores community policing in Brighton's "gay village". Editor Sharon Banoff
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Paul Vaughan talks to the author Carl Hiaasen about his new book on crime and sees Athol Fugard's new play, Valley Song.
Producer John Goudie. Revised repeat at
9.30pm

By Bernadette Crosthwaite. A 78-year-old woman is determined to leave her street something to remember her by - and she picks a very colourful way of doing it. Read by Jean Alexander.
Producer Nandita Ghose. Repeated next Saturday

With Jon Sopel and Jackie Hardgrave.

Lucy Flannery 's six-part sitcom about local government.
4: Chesbury FC is in dire trouble, but their manager Frank Spanner and No 1 fan, the Lady Mayoress, have high hopes for its future. With Nelson David , John Duttine , James Grout , Rosy Fordham, Nick Hardy , Howard Lew Lewis , Toby Longworth ,
Jan Ravens , Vivienne Rochester and June Whitfield.
Producer Liz Anstee Rpt

Janet is put to the vote.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm

With reporter Jane Dodge.
Producer Lynne Jones. Rptd Sat at 5.00pm

Presented by Peter Evans. Producer Richard Aedy

A Web of Worries. Is our language sick? Complaints about language "disease" and "decay" are widespread. Yet language change is natural - even humpback whales alter their songs every year, and no-one complains. In the first of her five lectures, Professor Jean Aitchison clears away the "cobweb of old ideas" which ensnares people as they think about language, and argues that we need to understand language, not try to control it.
Producer Tessa Watt

Peter White with news, views and information for visually impaired people. Producer Karen Turner. PHONE: (0171) [number removed]. FACTSHEET: send large sae to [address removed]

Revised repeat from 4.05pm

With Isabel Hilton.

David Leitch reads his autobiography in eight parts. 2: Becky
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The week's events in the media. Repeated from Sunday 11.15am

By Romesh Gunesekera.
(For details see yesterday)