With Father Wilfred McGreal.
With Ashley Gething. Producer Steve Peacock
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With the Rt Rev Jim Thompson.
8.35 Yesterday In Parliament
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas and events which have influenced our time.
Producer Olivia Seligman. Repeated at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg discusses the enduring popular and academic appeal of Shakespeare and examines whether literary criticism and the academic institution ruins the pleasure of reading. Show more
Fancy a new nose, better buttocks, physical perfection? Jez Nelson reveals the power science has given us to mould and improve the human form.
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Serial: Zarafa
Who Can Sound the Depths of Sorrow; Luke 19, w41-46; Lachrymosa; Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem (St Fulbert). Director of music Darius Battiwalla.
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Woman's Hour
Soul-singing legend Dusty Springfield on her career.
Reports on the stories that matter to people around the world. Julian Pettifer travels to Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country that until recently was tolerant and open-minded in its religion. Now Islam has become the main form of political expression following the fall of President Suharto and the collapse of the economy. Islam risks becoming a target for extremists. Producer Hugh Levinson
By Jenny McDade. Secrets and Lies Graham has an audition as a Blue
Peter presenter, while the rest of the slimming club learns a bit more about Soo. Part 4. with Michael Troughton , Anne Reid. Julia Deakin , Tilly Gaunt , Harry Myers and Frances Jeater Producer Sally Avens. Repeated Sunday 8pm
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
Richard Uridge digs up more stories from the British countryside. 6.10am
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
by David Pownall.
The second in a series of plays exploring the hearts and minds of three of history's most celebrated killers. In May 1812, as Napoleon's armies massed on the Russian borders, the aggrieved John Bellingham, a Liverpool timber merchant, entered the House of Commons and shot dead the then prime minister Spencer Perceval.
With David Horovitch as John Bellingham.
With Peter White. Editor Chris Burns
4: Yesterday's Sergeant. The retirement party of Brian, a policeman for 30 years. For details see Monday Repeat
44: Richard III , the Princes in the Tower and Bosworth
For details see Monday Repeat
Alison Mitchell presents the series that explores the rapidly changing world of work and the issues that affect our working lives.
Producers Marcia Hughes and Sandra Kanthall Repeated Sunday 8.30pm
Computer technology is revolutionising film production. Trevor Phillips visits a visual effects department and looks at state-of-the-art techniques used for making movie magic. Producer John Watkins
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With Chris Lowe and Nigel Wrench.
Vintage sitcom by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn , starring Paul Eddington as Jim Hacker and Nigel Hawthorne as Sir Humphrey. The Economy Drive. Economy begins at home and ends outside the French Embassy. With Bill Nighy, Peter Cellier, Valerie Murray. Milton Johns and Carole Boyd Producer Pete Atkin Repeat
Tommy cops a packet. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Francine Stock with the arts programme. Producer Robyn Read
.By Tim Jackson. Part 14
Repeated from 10.45am For details see Monday
Mark Jenner explores the historical significance of water. 3: Drops to
Drink. The Victorians created a system which provided every citizen with good-quality drinking water, but their legacy may create problems well into the water-conscious next millennium. Producer Beaty Rubens
Jonathan Freedland of The Guardian takes a look behind the scenes at
Westminster.
Editor Martin Rosenbaum
As the teams prepare for the first
Formula One Grand Prix in Australia,
Vanessa Collingridge looks at the technology which could make any car a potential winner.
Producers Roland Pease and Sally Braben E-MAIL: [address removed]
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Melvyn Bragg - in Our Time
Melvyn Bragg discusses the enduring popular and academic appeal of Shakespeare and examines whether literary criticism and the academic institution ruins the pleasure of reading. Show more
With Robin Lustig.
Part 4.
For details see Monday
LATE NIGHT ON 4
Satire, sketches and a hard look behind the week's media events.
Starring Simon Evans ,
Tracy-Ann Oberman , Dave Lamb and Chris Pavlo. Producer Anil Gupta
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Today in Parliament
Thomas Sutcliffe and guests novelist Deborah Moggach and broadcaster Trevor Phillips discuss three favourite paperbacks. Producer Viv Beeby Repeat
Another story by Anton Chekhov. For details see Monday Repeat