With the Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.
With Charlotte Smith. Producer David Street
Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Gabrielle Cox.
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament L W only
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas and events which have influenced our time.
Producer Olivia Seligman. Repeated at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg discusses the place of animals in our society and examines whether their role in our search for knowledge is morally unacceptable in the light of new research into animal consciousness. Show more
No Place Left for the Soul to Hide? If scientists can watch the brain in action and literally see our thoughts, where does that leave the human spirit? Jez Nelson investigates. Producer Ruth Linton
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With Jenni Murray and guests. Drama: The Cry of the Bittern. Part 24. Drama repeated at 7.45pm For details see Monday
Reports on the stories that matter to people around the world. In politically correct Nicaragua, sexual equality was a cornerstone of the left-wing
Sandinista revolution. Today, the statistics on domestic violence and sexual abuse are horrifying. Isabel Hilton asks what has gone wrong. Producer Rosie Goldsmith
Return of the award-winning six-part comedy about a boy and his uncle, set in Tyneside in the 1930s. It is
Christmas and Lecky's one desire is to see Charlotte dance in the panto. But first he must get a ticket. with Gareth Brown. Charlie Hardwick , Colin MacLachlan , Janine Birkett , Donald McBride and Adam Pearson. Music by Jane Holman Director Melanie Harris
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
Editor Chris Burns. PHONE: [number removed]5145 to raise issues for investigation
With Nick Clarke.
Richard Uridge visits Lincolnshire. Repeated from Saturday 6.10am
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Lesley Glaister. The man in the cravat says the girl who missed the flight can stop the train by thought power. The vacuum-cleaner salesman is taking his dog to a conference and the guard has become a poet. with Crawford Logan. Gerda Stevenson , Sheila Donald. Gayanne Potter. Simon Tait and Robin Thomson. Music Bruce Fraser , performed by Whitburn Band. Producer David Batchelor
With Peter White.
Editor Chris Burns
Repeated from Sunday 7.55am
4: Faro and the Rainforest. In Belem, carnival encompasses music parades and political theatre about the rainforest and land ownership. For details see Monday
54: Trading, Slaving, Piracy and the Spanish Armada
For details see Monday Repeat
Alison Mitchell explores the issues that change and shape your working life. Producers Marcia Hughes and Sandra Kanthall. Repeated Sunday 8.30pm
Following the recent Royal Society conference on science, technology and social responsibility,
Trevor Phillips asks whether it is fair to hold scientists personally responsible for their discoveries.
Producer John Watkins
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With Clare English and Chris Lowe.
A tribute to John Wells , a key member of the group of sixties satirists and author of Private Eye's 's "Dear Bill" letters.
Producer Helen Williams Repeat
Ruth turns it up.
Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Francine Stock with the arts programme. Producer Mohit Bakaya
By Tim Jackson. Part 24. Repeated from 10.45am For details see Monday
Four programmes in which Professor Christopher Andrew and guests rewrite history by imagining how past events could have been different. 2: Alfred the Great. Alfred the Great's victory over the Vikings at Edington in 878 was a turning point in British history. Among other things, it led to the unification of England and the growth of a literate Christian tradition. But what if he had been defeated? Producer Ian Bell
Steve Richards of the New Statesman takes a look behind the scenes at
Westminster.
Editor Martin Rosenbaum
From understanding the nature of the cosmos to the latest thinking on the origin of life, Geoff Watts reports on the very latest from the cutting edge of science.
Producer Paul Arnold
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With Robin Lustig.
By Andre Gide. 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
4: False Heroic: Hitler as Supreme Commander
For details see Monday
