With Richard Sanders. Producer David Street
From Aberdeen with the Rev Bob Brown.
With Sue MacGregor, James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Clive Lawton.
2: Gilbert White , Tortoise Man For details see yesterday
Your chance to talk to Robin Lustig and his guest on an issue of the moment. Producer Jane O'Rourke LINES OPEN from 8am
Kate Adie continues her look at 30 years of BBC local radio.
(LW only)
Joel Ryan is Melbourne's most successful heterosexual male prostitute and makes L85,000 a year. Today he talks to Jenni Murray. Serial: Shadow Baby. Part 2. For details see yesterday
Geoff Watts spends a day in the special baby care unit at University College Hospital, London.
Repeated from Sunday 10.15pm
With Mark Whittaker.
Russell Davies returns with six
Programmes exploring language and the way we speak. 1: A Fresh Start A search for new love among the abbreviations of the lonely hearts columns and an attempt to decode the names of nursery schools. Producer Beaty Rubens
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
By Steve May.
At the end of a night of jazz, only the drummer and the bar manager remain, packing up and picking over the ruins of their lives.
lain Burnside visits four houses with strong literary connections and plays song settings of texts by the writers featured. The last programme of the series focuses on Lissadell, a house famously visited by WB Yeats in County Sligo, Ireland. Producer Adam Gatehouse
With Daire Brehan.
Paul Vaughan reads Kenzaburo Oe 's new novel, A Quiet Life, the tale of a young woman with a famous novelist as a father and a composer as a brother. Plus an assessment of the life and work of VS Pritchett. Producer Adrian Washbourne
By Martin Sorrell , read by John Branwell. A journey back home brings a middle-aged man face to face with his outrageously rebellious childhood. Producer Melanie Harris
With Chris Lowe and Jon Sopel.
The last episode of Peter Kerry 's six-part comedy series.
Joseph finds a relic - a piece of the Cross - and pilgrims come from miles around to Paradise Island.
Marcia, meanwhile, is praying for a miracle when Clem comes to visit. with James Garbutt , Sammy Johnson , Jean Southern. Stephen Thirkeld and Niall Ashdown Producer Kathy Smith Repeat
"Tomorrow" is the wrong answer. Repeated tomorrow 1.40pm
The new series begins with the first of a two-part investigation of fraud and waste within the European Union. As Britain takes over the EU presidency, how accountable are the Union's institutions, and why have they been unable to prevent the loss of hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money? With Richard Watson. Producer Kim Barrington Repeated Saturday 5pm
Peter Evans finds out the answers to your scientific questions.
Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm
The Mermaid and the Drunks
1979. Paola, aged six, and her family flee Chile for the safety of Scotland. But local youths and playground bullies soon shatter the little girl's dreams. With Kim Normanton.
Producer Cathy Drysdale Repeat
Peter White with news, views and information for visually impaired people. Producer Karen Turner
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Revised repeat from 4pm
With Isabel Hilton.
2: Stealing Bananas For details see yesterday
The week's events in the media.
Repeated from Sunday 11.15am
An Actress and Her Time
Irene Worth has been a leading actress on the international stage for over 50 years. Her career stretches from TS Eliot's The Cocktail Party to a one-woman show about Lillian Gish.
In a series of three conversations, she talks to John Miller about her rich life in the theatre.
Producer Lore Windemuth Repeat
Part 2.
For details see yesterday
