With Richard Sanders.
Producer Ashley Gethin
With John Barton , Archdeacon of Aston.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With Father Oliver McTernan.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
With Libby Purves and guests. Producer Ronni Davis
Geoffrey Wheeler looks at the news of 50 years ago today. The committee of the United Nations Organisation have voted for the partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. At home, everyone is talking about the Royal Command film performance.
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Serial: Hen's Teeth. Final part. For details see Monday
John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood visit Cranfield University School of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
With chairman Eric Robson. Repeated from Sunday 2pm
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With Margaret Collins.
The conclusion of Turan Ali 's six-part comedy drama series.
A Very Mixed Grilling. The dinner ladies' bid for the catering contract faces the final hurdle - the interview.
With Jack Smethurst , Bill Dean. Joyce Gibbs. Kaye Wragg. Debbie Chazen. Vinny Dhillon ,
Maxine Finch. Andrew Wincott , Stephen Hoyle and Sally Walsh. Director Turan Ali
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
By Michael Butt, based on a story by John Oxenham.
The last of three plays.
It is 1894, and each Tuesday evening on consecutive weeks, the District Line is the location for a brilliant murder.
With Michael Rosen. Award-winning illustrator and author Shirley Hughes celebrates her 70th birthday with teachers and librarians at King Alfred's College, Winchester. Producer Jill Burridge
With Daire Brehan.
Paul Gambaccini reviews Sigourney Weaver in Alien 4 and the Mike Figgis film One Night Stand. Plus a look at the work of director Douglas Sirk. Producer Jerome Weatherald Revised repeat at 9.30pm
By Elizabeth Buchan , read by Patience Tomlinson. Mimi is drowning within her demanding family. Producer Lizzie Hart
Repeated Sunday 12.30am
With Clare English and Charlie Lee-Potter .
Lionel Kelleway presents the fifth heat of the wildlife quiz from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Arundel. Repeated from Monday 12.25pm
Eddie is punchy.
Repeated tomorrow 1.40pm
Six-part series in which Libby Purves explores the legacy of a Christian millennium. 3: Church and State
Battling bishops, puritan politicos and the mysteries of House of Commons prayers. Producer Colin Parkes
Six people reflect on the significant part the night has played in their lives. 3: Crime writer Frances Fyfield chooses music and writing which evoke night-time for her. Producer Mary Harper
A six-part series in which
Melvyn Bragg talks to today's scientists and historians about the giants who have made scientific history. 3: Newton - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants The Astronomer Royal, Professor Sir Martin Rees , and science writer John Gribbin explain how Sir Isaac Newton shaped the whole subsequent history of modern science.
Producer Ruth Gardiner
A nine-part environmental series. In the second of two programmes on global climate change, Jeremy Cherfas looks at the factors shaping the political consensus around this issue.
Producer Hugh O'Donnell
Revised repeat from 4.05pm
With Isabel Hilton.
By Jessie Kesson. Part 3. For details see Monday
A three-part comedy adventure by Paul Lucas. 2: Big Fat Liars. Don finds out that smoking and hiding do not mix. with Bernard Cribbins , Rosemary Leach ,
Patsy Byrne , John Arthur. Sally Phillips. Kevin Eldon and Fred Harris. Producer Jo Clegg
ByJayMclnerney. Part 8. For details see Monday Repeat
