With the Rev Dr Nigel Wright.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Roy Jenkins.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
With Libby Purves and guests. Producer Dymphna Flynn
The history of Britain.
169: The Death of George IV and the First Reform Act
For details see Monday
Introduced by Jenni Murray. Acute exhaustion, loss of concentration, and severe muscle pain - familiar symptoms to sufferers from ME which now seem to be experienced by a growing number of children.
Karen Deco reports. Short story: The Garden of the Villa Mollini. Concluding part. For details see yesterday
Repeated from Sunday 2.00pm
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Presented by Lesley Riddoch.
Clive Coleman 's five-part sitcom about the questionable practices of a group of barristers.
2: The Right to Silence. Hostilities between John and Ruth have intensified. with Geoff McGivem and Peter Serafinowicz Producer Paul Schlesinger
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
By Guy Fithen. Christopher Cazenove stars as 1930s sleuth
Norman Conquest and Bonnie Langford as his partner Pixie in the first of a two-part crime-solving thriller. with Lyndam Gregory , Anthony Jackson and Gavin Muir. Music by Robert Rigby.
Director Adrian Bean. A Mr Punch production
Presented by Michael Rosen.
Jill Burridge traces the history of pop-up books and assesses their place in children's literature.
Producer Jill Burridge
WithDaireBrehan.
Paul Gambaccini sees Ian McKelten in the film of Richard III , set in the 1930s, and talks to Kevin Brownlow about his book on David Lean. Plus reviews of the new George Michael album.
Producer Mohit Bakaya. Rvsd rpt 9.30pm
By Gillian Tindall. A young novelist is chosen to represent her country in a competition. Read by Nina Wadia.
Producer Angela Daiton. Rptd next Sunday
With Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
Repeated from Monday 12.25pm
Herald the new arrival.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
A five-part series in which
Russell Stannard , Professor of Physics at the Open University, and a Christian, explores the worlds of science and faith. 4: WhatKind of God?What do scientists who are Christians believe about God's dealings with time and space? Producer Norman Winter
In the second of three programmes, Simon Cadell reads further extracts from Noël Coward's journals. With a commentary by Graham Payn. Edited and introduced by Tony Staveacre. Producer Susan Roberts
Following last week's personal memories of Stalin and Khrushchev in the first of three conversations with Alan Watson, diplomat Sir Frank Roberts now looks back on his time with Churchill, Ernest Bevin and others. Producer Nick Utechin
Absentee landlords, sporting estates and the shadow of history are all creating a Scottish desert, according to environmentalists who want to repopulate the Scottish Highlands with the rural Scot. Mark Whittaker asks whether a larger rural population would transform Scotland.
Producer Marie Helly. Rptd Sunday 9.30pm
Revised repeat of 4.05pm
With Isabel Hilton.
By A E Housman. Part 3. For details see Monday
A five-part comedy adventure by Gary Parker.
3: Simplexity. Jeremy thinks Omni Tec is responsible for making Seymour talk. with Robert Bathurst , Paul Bown. Nisha K Nayar, Julie Gibbs , Simon Greenall , Brian Bowles and Peter Serafinowicz. Producer Jo Clegg
A six-part comedy of connections by Ben Moor , in which Oliver Postdate talks the listener through a maze of events. 2: The Train. With Miriam Margolyes , Dan Strauss , Kerry Shale ,
Michael Troughton , Ben Moor and Neil Mullarkey. Producer Jon Naismith Rpt
By Aidan Mathews. Part 3. For details see Monday