With Dave Kitchen.

With Rachel Morgan. Producer David Street

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 and guests discuss whether history should be considered a science, and examines the importance of geography and ecology in determining world history since civilisation began. Show more

Are We Alone? Do life forms exist elsewhere in the universe? Jez Nelson asks why we haven't heard from them yet and what will happen if we do. Producer Ruth Linton
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With Jenni Murray and guests. Drama: The Cry of the Bittern. Part 19. Drama repeated at 7.45pm For details see Monday

Reports on the stories that matter to people around the world.
Caroline Wyatt travels to Belgium as it prepares to co-host Euro 2000, Europe's premier football tournament. But a murkier side to football is emerging- the trade in young African players, many of whom end up as illegal immigrants with little chance of kicking a ball. Producer Leonida Krushelnycky

Final episode of Jenny McDade 's bittersweet comedy series about a slimming club. 5: Better Wed Than Dead. It is Kelly's wedding day, and the rest of the slimming club rally round to give her a day she will never forget - though she may want to. 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.

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

The last in a series of plays exploring the minds of three of history's most celebrated killers.
David Pownall recreates the events of 14 April 1865, when 30 minutes into the performance of Our American Cousin, in the Ford Theatre, Washington, John Wilkes Booth entered President Abraham Lincoln's state box, and shot him dead. With Nathan Osgood as John Wilkes Booth and Carlos Antonion as Davey Herold.

With Peter White.
Editor Chris Burns

3: Shell Damage
For details see Monday Repeat

49: The Auld Alliance and the Death of Henry VIII
For details see Monday Repeat

Alison Mitchell 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

Beauty might really be in the eye of the beholder. Trevor Phillips investigates new research that suggests a genetic basis for our appreciation of beauty. 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 Right to Know. The significance of "significant" is signified most signally. with Gerry Cowper , Peter Cellier and Carole Boyd. Producer Pete Atkin Repeat

Tim noses round Honeysuckle Cottage. Repeated tomorrow 2pm

With Francine Stock. Including an investigation into Hollywood healers. Producer Matthew Dodd

By Tim Jackson. Part 19. Repeated from 10.45am For details see Monday

The first of four programmes in which Professor Christopher Andrew and his guests rewrite history by imagining how events from the past could have been different. 1: The Fire of London What if someone had a small blaze one Sunday morning in 1666 in a bakery in London's Pudding Lane and had thrown a damp cloth over it? Producer Ian Bell

Peter Riddell of The Times takes a look behind the scenes at
Westminster.
Editor Jane Ashley

Vanessa Collingridge visits Silicon
Valley, south of San Francisco, to find out what makes it the hottest hotbed of new technology in the world. Producer Roland Pease
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With Robin Lustig.

Part 9.
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 Pavio. Producer Anil Gupta

Part 3.
For details see Monday Repeat