With Bishop Peter Firth.
With Alex Brodie and John Humphrys.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
Humourist Alan Coren reads from his book A Bit on the Side.
3: Away from it All
With historian Norman Stone. Repeated from Sunday 12.15pm
Four programmes in which distinguished Irish writers explore the theme of summer.
2: Author and broadcaster
Frank Delaney compares his childhood summers in County Tipperary with his current summers spent in Italy. Producer Judith Elliot
The news of 50 years ago today, with Geoffrey Wheeler.
Introduced by Diana Madill. Short story: Walker Brothers Cowboy by Alice Munro , read by Buffy Davis and abridged by Di Spiers.
Repeated from Sunday 2pm
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With Lesley Riddoch.
A six-part comedy drama by Kate Brooke and Sally Phillips.
2: Conservative MP George Dank climbs a tree in protest at the building of the new bypass, and Robbins tries to find something to smear Dank's good name with. with Brian Bowles , Kevin Eldon. Sally Phillips and Elliott Nicholls. Producer Jane Berthoud
WithGutoHarri.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
Martyn Wade 's three-part serial about the life of the founding father of Methodism, John Wesley.
1: The Holy Club. Wesley was a devout man, yet he was often tortured by doubts about the specific nature of his belief. Having developed his ideology while at Oxford, he and his brother then travelled to America to try to convert the immigrants there.
With Clive Francis as John Wesley and Michael Cochrane as Charles Wesley. with Jenny Lee , Alison Pettitt. Gerard McDermott , Christopher Wright , David Bannerman and Anthony Ofoegbu. Director Cherry Cookson
Ten views of life in this century.
6: Away from Home. Adhaf Soueif was born in Cairo in 1950 and spent her childhood moving between Britain and Egypt. Now living with her family in London, she reflects on the changes, particularly for women, she has seen in half a century.
Producer Piers Plowright
With Daire Brehan.
Paul Gambaccini sees the film version of Bean with Rowan Atkinson and Burt Reynolds.
Producer Nicki Paxman
Revised repeat at 9.30pm
By Tony Warren. Ida and Jean visit the ailing Pops in hospital and Ida makes a confession. Read by Arthur Smith. Producer Pauline Harris Repeat
With Jon Sopel and Nigel Wrench.
Repeated from Monday 12.25pm
Clive has hidden talents.
Repeated tomorrow 1.40pm
The remains of Jeremy Bentham reside in a discreet cloister at London
University. He died in 1832, having arranged to have his own corpse dissected. Historian Ruth Richardson explores the difficulties which beset 19th-century medical research and prompted his remarkable act. Producer Virginia Crompton
Six readings that explore the joys and woes of earning a daily crust. 2: Biting the Dust: the Joys of Housework by Margaret Horsfield. Read by Brenda Blethyn. Producer Lesley Allan
A series of six talks by journalists who have won the James Cameron
Memorial Prize. 2: Maggie O'Kane
The Guardian journalist draws on her coverage of the war in Bosnia. Producer Julian Wilkinson
Jeremy Cherfas presents an eight-part series on the environment.
3:Integrated Transport. This week
Jeremy Cherfas asks if people should be weaned from their dependency on the car for the sake of the planet. Producer Hugh O'Donnell Repeated Sunday 9.30pm
Revised repeat from 4.05pm
With Jeremy Harris.
ByJohnHadfield. Part 8.
For details see Monday Repeat
The Invisible Man. The last of a four-part comedy series written by and starring Nick Ball , with Louisa Rix as Mum. Nobody seems to pay Angus much attention these days. He tries to tell his problems to a psychiatrist but cannot seem to make himself heard over the cricket commentary.
With Robert Harley. Wayne Forester and Julie Gibbs. Producer Gareth Edwards
Ken Livingstone MP uncovers more tales of fraud, lies and deceit. Guests are Tony Hawks, Hattie Hayridge , Neil Mullarkey and Mark Steel. Producer Jon Naismith Repeat
By Banana Yoshimoto , read by Emily Woof. 3: Unexpected tragedy comes to the Tanabe household, and Mikage's new-found relationship is strained to the limit.
For details see Monday Repeat
