With Canon Noel Battye.
With Anna Hill.
Producer David Street
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With the Rt Rev Tom Butler , Bishop of Leicester.
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament
With Jenni Murray.
Postcards: Spring Tide. 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.
3: There's a Lot of Poverty in Salford Experienced magistrate and retired head teacher May is mentoring a trainee magistrate. Andrew pleads guilty to stealing two stew-and- dumpling Puddings and two watches. Helen fears custody for being drunk and disorderly, while Carol, who is agoraphobic, waits in the cafe. Producer Julia Shaw
A five-part exploration of political satire.
Certainly from TW3 onwards through Not the Nine O'clock News, Week Ending, Spitting Image, Saturday Live and many others, radio and television have kept the satirical torch burning.
Harry Thompson remembers the boom times and the bad times, and wonders where the right-wing satirists are now.
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 last of four plays celebrating mothers.
When Sheila Martin welcomes back into the family the son she gave up for adoption, she does not guess the home truths his reappearance will uncover. with Caroline Strong , Peter Kenny and Jenny Lee. Director Marilyn Imrie
With Nigel Colborn , John Cushnie and Geoffrey Smith. Chairman EricRobson.
Repeated from Sunday 2pm
3: In the City of Few Dogs For details see Monday
The third of four Chinese short stories.
By Su Tong , translated by Carolyn Choa , read by Alastair Danson. Producer Elizabeth Davies Repeated Sunday
With Graham Easton.
Repeated from yesterday 9pm
Rituals, traditions and conventions are under threat. Laurie Taylor invites his guests to think the unthinkable about society and the ideas that shape it. Producer Tom Alban
E-MAIL: thinking.allowed@bbc.co.uk
With Charlie Lee-Potter and Chris Lowe.
A six-part comedy guide to surviving the millennium. Presented by Gordon Kennedy , with Philip Pope and a team of regular and guest comic performers and satirists. 3: Conquering the Internet
Written by John Langdon. Dan Gaster , Will Ing, Debbie Barham and Bruce Hyman Producer Rosemary McGowan Series editor Bruce Hyman
Tommy hopes for selection. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Francine Stock looks at the films of the Coen brothers, from Blood Simple to their new release, The Big Lebowski. Producer Anthony Denselow
Repeated from 10.45am For details see Monday
The 50th season of Reith Lectures continues with the third of five lectures, War and the State, by military historian John Keegan. Melvyn Bragg introduces the event and chairs questions from an audience in the Great Hall, King's College, London. Producer Keith Jones. Repeated Saturday PHONE [number removed] for further details. WEB SITE: www.bbc.co.uk
2: Volcanologist Hazel Rymer writes home from the crater of a volcano. Repeated from Saturday 7.45pm
Peter Evans finds out if earthquakes can be predicted. Producer Jim Clarke
E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
Repeated from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
By Elizabeth Smart. Part 3. For details see Monday
John Morton 's award-winning drama in four parts, about a tenacious but unlucky broadcaster. 3: The Pilot
Roy Mallard finds himself flying with Richard Humphries , who joined a commercial airline as a cadet entry pilot. With Chris Langham as Roy Mallard. Also starring Hugh Bonneville , Jonathan Coy , Cathy Sara , Joanna Brookes , Fiona Allen and Kim Wall. Producer Paul Schlesinger Repeat
Written and read by Ted Hughes. Part 3 For details see Monday
