With Professor Mary McAleese.
With James Naughtie and Sue MacGregor.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Repeated from Sunday l^.lbpm
First of four audio letters, in which two men describe their search for a fresh start in life. Simon and Andy were both high-flying middle managers with young families - Andy in Lanchester. a mining town near Durham, Simon in the Adelaide hills of Australia. Thirty-something and bored, they decided to pack in their jobs, swap houses and make a fresh start.
Producer Marc Jobst
On 24 July 1946, midwives are run off their feet with the postwar baby boom. For details see Monday
The Bekova Sisters piano trio play live and talk to Jenni Murray about music making and sisterly accord.
Serial: The Last Time I Saw Jane (3) For details see Monday
Repeated from Sunday 2.00pm
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With Lesley Riddoch.
A six-part comedy drama series about the lives of three sisters, starring
Rosemary Leach as Anna, Nicola Pagett as Victoria and Celia Imrie as Charlotte.
1: A Nip in the Air. When Charlotte uncharacteristically refuses to reveal why she is going into hospital, Anna and Victoria suspect the worst.
Written by Simon Brett. Producer Ann Jobson
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
A three-part play by Catherine Czerkawska.
In the 18th century, Henrietta has been kidnapped and taken to Garve.
In the fifth of six letters by Veronica Cecil reflecting a visit to Pakistan, where she grew up 50 years ago, she explores the myth of the Pathan warriors.
With Daire Brehan.
Paul Gambaccini reviews the week's film releases including Sean Penn's "The Crossing Guard", starring Jack Nicholson and Angelica Huston, and a production of "The Lights" at the Royal Court Theatre. Revised repeat 9.30pm
Now the dancing school was less fashionable and Lara was feeling her age should she pack away her ballet shoes for the last time? Written by Elizabeth Batory. Read by Zulema Dene. Producer Pam Fraser Solomon
With Chris Lowe and Jon Sopel.
Repeated from Monday 12.25pm
Sid will not budge.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
7.20 The Crisis
It is 40 years since President Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal, precipitating the Suez Crisis. In the first of two programmes, Nick Clarke re-examines why Britain, France and Israel fought with Egypt over a stretch of water.
8.00 The Consequences
There was a symmetry to Suez - as Britain's influence in the Arab world plummeted, so Egypt's soared. David Walter explores the aftermath through the eyes of the Egyptian people and the British who were expelled.
See also Friday 10.00am
A celebration of the life of writer Molly Keane who talked to Sean Rafferty just before her death. Including a special tribute by John Gielgud. Producer Eoin O'Callaghan
See Saturday 2.30pm next week
Mark Whittaker reports from Australia and America on the ability of indigenous people to understand how fire can be used to manage the natural world. Producer Sera Lefroy-Owen
Repeated Sunday at 9.30pm
Revised repeat of 4.05pm
With Isabel Hilton.
By Eric Linklater. Part 8. For details see Monday
11.00 By Edgar Wallace. A four-part comedy narrated by Freddie Jones.
Starring Roy Hudd as a self-styled 'sporting authority'. With Charles Collingwood, Simon Treves and Elizabeth Mansfield.
A six-part comedy show.
3: The Birthday Bench. Written and performed by Graham Fellows. Producer Paul Schlesinger. Repeat
By Joe O'Connor. Part 3. For details see Monday
