With the Rev Ernest Rea.

With Anna Hill.
Producer David Street

With John Humphrys , James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With Paul Johns , management consultant and Methodist lay preacher
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Lively interviews and features.
Postcards: Shifting the Leaves. Part 3. For details see Monday
Postcards repeated at 7.45pm

Four programmes in which Roisin McAuley experiences a typical day inside Salford Magistrates' Court. 1: / Should Have Worn My Overalls
Wayne hopes the magistrates will not send him to prison for handling stolen towels. The duty probation officer seeks accommodation for a homeless arsonist. Julie and Larry, who hope to become magistrates, face cross-examination themselves. Producer Julia Shaw

A five-part exploration of political satire. 1: Journals and Papers. Has the Political sketch replaced the more serious political report? Why are broadsheets reporting less about straightforward political business and more about the comedy? Presented by Simon Hoggart.
Producer Margaret Renn

With Mark Whittaker.

With Nick Clarke.

Barry Took presents a revised version of the popular radio parlour game of Twenty Questions. Regular team member Geoffrey Durham is joined by Sir Jeremy Hanley and Helen Atkinson Wood.
Written by Michael Dines. Producer Andy Aliffe

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

By Georgia Pritchett. The second of four comedies celebrating mothers follows the fortunes of a darts team whose players are all pregnant. with Juliet Cowan , John Quinn , Shirley Dixon. Robert Harper. Jenny Lee , Carolyn Jones and Anthony Ofoegbu. Director David Blount

With Eric Robson.
Repeated from Sunday 2pm
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3: The Doctors
For details see Monday

Glass (The First Paid Holidays, France 1936) by Adam Thorpe. Read by Nigel Anthony. For details see yesterday.
Producer Jill Waters. Repeated Sunday

With Graham Easton.
Repeated from yesterday 9pm

Rituals, traditions and conventions are under threat in three programmes in which Laurie Taylor invites his guests to think the unthinkable about society and the ideas that shape it. Producer Tom Alban

With Clare English and Charlie Lee-Potter .

A six-part comedy guide to surviving the millennium. Presented by Gordon Kennedy , with Philip Pope and a team of comic performers and satirists. 1: Supporting a Football Team
Written by John Langdon , Dan Gaster. Will Ing, Debbie Barham and Bruce Hyman. Producer Rosemary McGowan. Series editor Bruce Hyman

It is the day of the inquest. Repeated tomorrow 2pm

Mark Lawson reassesses the reputation of Noël Coward, whose music is reworked by today's stars. Producer Anthony Denselow

Part 3.
For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

The 50th season of Reith Lectures begins with the first of five lectures,
War and Our World, by military historian John Keegan. Melvyn Bragg introduces the event and chairs questions from an audience in the Faraday Lecture Theatre at the Royal Institution, London.
Producer Keith Jones. For further details. PHONE [number removed]. WEB SITE: www.bbc.co.uk. Repeated Saturday

Bell Mooney is the last of seven writers to reflect on themes drawn from the story of Christ's Passion. Producer Rosemary Dawson

The first of six programmes in which
Peter Evans explores how science can help to answer the big questions facing the world. This week the issue is nuclear waste disposal. Producer Jim Clarke

Revised repeat from 9am

By Joanna Trollope. Part 3. For details see Monday

John Morton 's award-winning drama in four parts, about a tenacious but unlucky broadcaster.
1: The Mother. Mallard meets Lynne Turner , who does one of the most complex and influential jobs.
Starring Chris Langham as Roy Mallard. with Matilda Ziegler , Sue Johnston. Geoffrey Whitehead. Peter Gunn , Linda Polan , Rachel Atkins and Tracy Ann Oberman
Producer Paul Schlesinger Repeat

By William Boyd. Part 3. For details see Monday