With John Humphrys , James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
With Libby Purves and birthday guest Rosemary Verey. Producer Ronni Davis
With Geoffrey Wheeler.
Introduced by Jenni Murray. Short story: Niamh Cusack reads The Spirit of the Tree by Clare Boylan , from The Woman's Hour Christmas Collection.
John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood answer questions sent in by post. With Eric Robson. Repeated from Sunday 2pm
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With John Waite.
Four-part comedy drama series by Christopher Frtz-Simon , set in Co Donegal. 3: While Phonsie wrestles to gain possession of a church property, a rumour that the Hawthornes may not go to Scotland becomes a real possibility. with Stella McCusker. Aine McCartney. Gerard Murphy , Tim Loane and Cathy White. Music
Stephanie Hughes. Director Eoin O'Callaghan
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
by Bonnie Greer
Last of three plays about individuals who demonstrated extraordinary courage.
On 1 December 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks boarded a bus and refused to give up her seat. Her arrest gave birth to the American Civil Rights Movement.
With Michael Rosen. The results of the tenth birthday poll to find the nation's favourite modern children's author are announced from Tyneside, in the company of some of the top ten authors. Producer Jill Burridge
With Daire Brehan.
Paul Gambaccini sees two films based on cartoon characters -
George of the Jungle and Prince Valiant. Plus reviews of a stage comedy about newspapers - The
Front Page, starring Griff Rhys Jones and Alun Armstrong. Producer Erin Riley
Revised repeat at 9.30pm
By Penelope Lively , read by Brigit Forsyth.
Producer Pauline Harris
Repeated Sunday 12.30am
With Charlie Lee-Potter and Jon Sopel.
Lionel Kelleway presents the second semi-final of the natural history quiz from the home of the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol.
Repeated from Monday 12.25pm
Kenton comes to the rescue. Repeated tomorrow 1.40pm
The last of a six-part series in which Libby Purves explores the legacy of a Christian millennium. Belief. From the rock-like faith of the Middle Ages to the rapidly .changing, cree&of the new age. Producers Colin Parkes and Jane Ray
In the last of the series, Irish singer and mother-of-five Mary Coughlan reflects on her experiences of the night and chooses the music and reading which evoke night-time for her. Producer Beaty Rubens
The last of the series in which Melvyn Bragg talks to today's great scientists and historians about the giants who have made scientific history.
Darwin - the Comfortable Revolutionary Stephen Jay Gould , Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins talk about their hero, revealing why Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection remains as fiercely controversial today as it was when he first thought of it. Producer Ruth Gardiner
A nine-part environmental series.
5: A look at the environmental cost of industrial agriculture. Is the drive to produce more food destroying the very land it depends on? Producer Hugh O'Donnell
Revised 9.30pm
Revised repeat from 4.05pm
With Robin Lustig.
By Voltaire. Final part. For details see Monday
John Eggleston's six-part comedy adventure series in which 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 Keith Lawes. 2: Blast from the Past
Starring Timothy West , Maggie Steed , Jonathan Coy and Harry Capehorn. Producer Phil Bowker
By Rob Long. Part 3. For details see Monday
