With the Rev Roger Hutchings.
With Anna Hill.
Producer Steve Peacock
With John Humphrys , James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Anne Atkins.
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 continues his exploration of the herbal and historical roots of modern drugs and medicine.
For centuries, apothecaries determined what medicinal effect a plant might have by what part of the human body it resembled. Eighty per cent of the world's population still relies on folk remedies, and most of the pills and potions produced by pharmaceutical companies have natural origins.
Perhaps herbalism has more to teach us than we thought?
Maureen Lipman reinterprets the monologues, letters and songs of comedian Joyce Grenfell.
Music Richard Addinsell. Piano playing by Denis King. Director Alan Strachan
With Trixie Rawlinson , Mark Whittaker.
With Nick Clarke.
Nigel Cassidy chairs the business quiz, with panellists Peter Day , Howard Hogson , Alastair Ross Goobey and Janette Rutterford.
Producer Neil Koenig
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
A black comedy by Jennie Buckman.
As London swelters in a heatwave, Moses Perkes, a Trinidadian ghost turned detective, embarks upon a quest to find his killers.
Nigel Colborn , Pippa Greenwood and Roy Lancaster answer questions posed by academics, students and staff at Queen's College, Cambridge. Repeated from Sunday 2pm
2: Eileen and Lynne have an uphill struggle and a trail of clues to follow when they try to rescue a fox. For details see yesterday
13: Justice, Power and the Death of Henry.
For details see Monday Repeat
Professor Anthony Clare explores the potential and limits of the human mind. Producer Jane O'Rourke
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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 Eddie Mair and Nigel Wrench.
A comedy by Mike Coleman. Roy Hudd and June Whitfield star as Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr , a showbiz couple who find themselves famous all over again. Will the mysterious Mr Elstein get his wicked way? With
Pat Coombs , Julian Eardley ,
Joshua Henderson , Edward Halsted , Rachel Smith and Jenny Lee. Music Frido Ruth
Producer Steve Doherty Repeat
Clarrie ends up in tears. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson with the arts programme, including the verdict on a controversial new film dramatising the life of the cellist Jacqueline du Pre. Producer Robert Ketteridge
By Jane Austen.
For details see Monday. Rptd from 10.45am
Diana Madill presents a series which lets you have your say on the current topics of the day. Tonight's motion: "Cars are ruining our city centres." Producer Zareer Masani
Repeated Saturday 10.15pm
Gerry Anderson with further reflections on the spice of life. 2: Ego and the Tube
Repeated from Saturday 7.45pm
Out of Sight ... into Mind. Peter Evans investigates the phenomenon known as blindsight, in which an unsighted person reacts accurately to events before their eyes even though they insist they did not see a thing. Producer Anne Mcnaught
Repeated from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
By Emile Zola.
For details see Monday
LATE NIGHT ON 4
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 and disturbing account of a boy's transition into adulthood in 1970s Cambridgeshire at the hands of an eccentric father. Written and performed by Peter Bradshaw in five parts. 3: Our hero receives a sexual initiation at the wheel of a Ford Anglia. Producer Jon Naismith
By Alison Lurie , read by Kate Harper. For details see Monday
