With Fr Paul Symonds.
With John Humphrys , James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Tom Butler.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
With Libby Purves and guests. Producer Ronni Davis
With Geoffrey Wheeler.
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Serial: Ladies of Letters. Part 5. For details see Monday
From Hardwick Gardening Club. Repeated from Sunday 2pm
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With John Waite.
Four-part comedy drama series by Christopher Fitz-Simon , set in Ballylenon, Co Donegal.
2: The death of Canon Friel has caused quite an upset among the faithful. with Aine McCartney. John Hewitt , Gerard McSorley and Gerard Murphy. Music
Stephanie Hughes. Director Eoin O'Callaghan
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
Three plays about real-life individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary courage. 2: Under Siege by Melissa Murray. Dr Pauline Cutting, an English volunteer surgeon, worked day and night in primitive conditions operating on those caught in the crossfire of war in eighties Lebanon. with John Rowe , David Bannerman , Jonathan Keeble , Alison Pettitt and Rachel Atkins Director Cherry Cookson
With Michael Rosen. Is it just escapism, or do children today need to retreat to another world? Helen Cresswell and Diana Wynne-Jones join a voyage through fantastic fiction. Producer Jill Burridge
With Daire Brehan.
Paul Gambaccini reviews the new Bond film starring Pierce Brosnan - Tomorrow Never Dies and a new thriller, Persons Unknown.
(Revised repeat at 9.30pm)
By Elizabeth Buchan, read by Mark Bonnar. A young man's trust of a mountain turns to tragedy when he takes the woman he loves to see it.
Repeated Sunday 12.30am
With Clare English and Charlie Lee-Potter .
Lionel Kelleway presents first semi-final of the natural history quiz. From Mere Sands Wood, Lancashire. Repeated from Monday 12.25pm
Kathy wants to cancel. Repeated tomorrow 1.40pm
Six-part series in which Libby Purves explores the legacy of a Christian millennium. 5: Education and the Status of Women
A look at the Church's long monopoly on learning and its role in the oppression of women.
Producers Colin Parkes and Anne Hinds
Six people reflect on the significant part the night has played in their lives. 5: Singer Lesley Garrett recalls some of her experiences of night, from memories of childhood to nights at the opera. She introduces poetry, prose and music which evoke the night for her.
Producer Natasha Maw
Six-part series in which Melvyn Bragg talks to today's great scientists and historians about the giants who have made scientific history.
5: Faraday- the Gentleman Chemist Michael Faraday was a blacksmith's son who rose to become the most eminent scientist of his day. With
Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas. Producer Ruth Gardiner
A nine-part environmental series. City life is becoming more of a strain - not only on people, but on the environment as well. The programme takes New York as its case study.
Revised repeat from 4.05pm
With Isabel Hilton.
By Voltaire. Part 3. For details see Monday
The first programme in John Eggleston's six-part comedy adventure series.
Two friends are thrown into a mad and mysterious world by the wry narrator, Diana, played by June Whitfield.
A six-part darkly comic tale by first-time writer Keith Lawes.
1: Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
Starring Timothy West , Maggie Steed , Jonathan Coy and Harry Capehorn. Producer Phil Bowker
By Julian Barnes. Part 8.
For details see Monday Repeat
