With the Rev Dr Mary Cotes.
With Anna Hill.
Producer David Street
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With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With Professor Russell Stannard.
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament
Libby Purves is joined by birthday guest Therese Lawson. Producer Ronni Davis
Repeated at 9.30pm
With Jenni Murray and guests. Drama: Letters from a Lost Generation. Part 8. Drama repeated at 7.45pm For details see Monday
A four-part fly-on-the-wall series focusing on the lot of animals - and the staff who look after them - as they pass through Heathrow Airport. 1: Welcome to the Hotel ... Asuspicious shipment of parrots is seized, customs officers learn how to spot elephant ivory, and a dog is found dead on arrival.
Producer Edward Odim
Magnus Magnusson takes a trip back in time to the days of the Glasgow
Empire, the notorious theatre that was a graveyard for English comics. Producer Henry Eagles
With Liz Barclay and Mark Whittaker.
With Nick Clarke.
The popular panel game which explores words and language. Today, chairman Peter Hobday welcomes guests Fi Glover , David Aaronovitch ,
Jeremy Nicholas and Peter Serafinowicz. Writer Ged Parsons
Producer Mark Tonderai Repeat
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
"PC Ainsley said this was the strangest trail he'd ever followed Using poetry and prose,
Amanda Dalton 's poignant story tells of how a jilted woman, 70, is found dead in a room full of leaves, with supermarket eggs clustered in the grass of her garden and pink ribbon everywhere. with Ann Rye , Amanda Dalton , Andy Cryer , Melissa Sinden , Alan Halsall and Victoria Connett. Music composed and performed by Gary Yershon. Director Susan Roberts
Carole Baxter , Nigel Colborn and John Cushnie answer questions posed by gardeners from Dunoon, Scotland. With chairman Eric Robson. Repeated from Sunday 2pm
3: The Soloists' Tale For details see Monday
3: The Cry of a Violin by Seymour Shubin , read by Ed Bishop. A solo violin performance by a child prodigy leads to two brutal killings. For details see Monday
As the world's population ages and infectious diseases are brought under control, cancer is on the up. Graham Easton looks at new strategies to tackle this worldwide killer. Repeated from yesterday 9pm
Laurie Taylor visits Belfast to meet three people who are putting the city on the larger map. Producer Jane Jeffes
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With Charlie Lee-Potter and Chris Lowe.
With the help of Richard Thomas and guests, Rainer Hersch finally reveals why organ music is so boring, how to play instruments without practising, and how to clap in the wrong places at concerts and look like you did it on purpose. This week, a look at the orchestra, with Thomas Hull ,
Susanna Candlin , Laurence Davies , Jeremy Comes and Andy Horrell. Producer Richard Edis
Happiness is a warm gun. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Director William Friedkin and novelist
Peter Blatty talk to Mark Lawson as The Exorcist is re-released. Producer Jerome Weatherald
Based on Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain. Part 8 of 15. Repeated from 10.45am For details see Monday
Michael Buerk , Janet Daley ,
Ian Hargreaves , David Starkey and David Cook cross-examine guests on the moral and ethical issues behind one of the week's controversies. Producer David Coomes
Repeated Saturday 10.15pm
The undertaker and poet reflects on the preoccupations offiftysomethings. 3: Mixed Blessings
Repeated from Saturday 7.45pm
The Science That Dare Not Speak Its Name. In the series which unravels some of evolutionary biology's knottier problems, John Gribbin asks if there is a genetic basis for marriage, religion and war. Producer Louise Dalziel
Repeated from 9am
With Isabel Hilton.
By Louis de Bernieres. Part 8 of 15. For details see Monday Repeat
LATE NIGHT ON 4
Offbeat comedy sketches and poems written and performed by Claire Caiman , Julia Davis , Maria McErlane , Meera Syal and Arabella Weir. Producer Liz Anstee
Rabbi Lionel Blue reads from his spiritual autobiography. Part 3. For details see Monday Repeat
