With the Rev Johnston McKay.
With Anna Hill.
Producer Steve Peacock
With James Naughtie and Winifred Robinson.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With the Rev Dr Colin Morris.
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament
Libby Purves and guests engage in lively conversation.
Producer Ronni Davis. Repeated at 9.30pm
With Jenni Murray and guests. Drama: Lady Susan by Jane Austen. Drama repeated at 7.45pm For details see Monday
Dr Michael O'Donnell 's exploration of the herbal and historical roots of modern drugs and medicine. 1: Kill or Cure. Curare, used on the arrow tips of Amazonian hunters to stop prey dead in its tracks, is also used by western medicine in anaesthesia.
Producer Jeremy Grange
Maureen Lipman reinterprets the monologues, letters and songs of comedian Joyce Grenfell.
Music Richard Addinsell. Piano playing by Denis King. Director Alan Strachan
With Mark Whittaker and Trixie Rawlinson.
With Nick Clarke.
Lionel Kelleway chairs the final of the wildlife quiz looking for the best naturalist in Britain. Producer Simon Roberts
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
A poetic journey through themes in evolution and creation, written by Clare Seal , narrated by Fenella Fielding.
As Captain Robert Fitzroy prepares to sail around the world on HMS Beagle, he recruits a young naturalist called Charles Darwin. This decision leads to tragedy for Fitzroy and fame for Darwin.
Music Geoff Proudley
Producer Louise Dalziel
John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank answer questions posed by gardeners from north Comwall. Repeated from Sunday 2pm
The religion of Legion Maria mixes Catholicism with ancient beliefs. For details see Monday
8: The Conquest
For details see Monday
The ideal contraceptive has yet to be invented. Tracey Logan explores how science will change fertility in the future.
Repeated from yesterday 9pm
Rituals, traditions and conventions are all under threat as Laurie Taylor invites his guests to think the unthinkable about society and the ideas that shape it. Producer John Watkins
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With Clare English and Eddie Mair.
A comedy by Mike Coleman. Roy Hudd and June Whitfield star as Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr , a showbiz couple who find themselves famous again. But nobody said there would be a stripper. With Pat Coombs , Julian Eardley , Joshua Henderson ,
Edward Halsted , Chris Pavlo and Rachel Smith. Music Frido Ruth
Producer Steve Doherty Repeat
Third time unlucky.
Repeated tomorrow 2pm
John Wilson chairs the arts programme, including a look at the work of Julian Schnabel , one of New York's most talked about painters, in light of a new British exhibition. Producer Mohit Bakaya
By Jane Austen.
For details see Monday
Diana Madill presents the last in a three-part series of I ively debates about the major issues of the day.
This week, speakers in Weston-super-Mare discuss the proposition: "We have become a society where illegal drugs are accepted." Producer Anna Parkinson
Repeated Saturday 10.15pm
Gerry Anderson reflects on life in Ireland. Opening Time
Repeated from Saturday 7.45pm
In his exploration of some of the many antisocial activities of wildlife around the globe, Mark Carwardine asks why jungle fowl and crickets fight to the death and why male lions kill the cubs of females with whom they mate.
Producers Sarah Blunt and Brett Westwood
Repeated from 9am
With Anne McKenzie.
By Emile Zola.
For details see Monday
Sean Lock , winner of the Time Out
Comedy Award, presents a comic view of life from his tower block flat. With
Kevin Eldon and Hattie Hayridge. Producer Dan Freedman
A hilarious account of a boy's transition into adulthood in 1970s
Cambridgeshire. Written and performed by Peter Bradshaw in five parts. 2: A rendezvous with a girl bearing an uncanny likeness to himself leaves our hero delirious.
Producer Jon Naismith
By Alison Lurie , read by Kate Harper. For details see Monday
