With the Rev Gillean MacLean.
With Anna Hill.
Producer Steve Peacock
John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Sister Lavinia Byrne.
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament
Libby Purves and guests engage in lively and diverse conversation.
Producer Ronni Davis. Repeated at 9.30pm
With Jenni Murray and guests.
Reading: High Days, Holy Days. Part 3. Reading repeated at 7.45pm For details see Monday
Tales from Little India. The Asian community in Southall is entering its third generation. While its influence on mainstream British culture is growing, there are also signs of a re-emergence of old ethnic and religious identities. Naresh Puri reflects on the increasing tension between traditional and modernising forces. Part 2 of 2. Producer Rozina Dewshsi
A four-part comedy by Bill Matthews. 4: it is 1948, and Eric Halliday is working as a sports commentator for the BBC, but now arch-rival Gordon McKay has discovered his secret. with John Salthouse. Dax O'Callaghan , Jeremy Child , Jane wnittenshaw and Melanie Hudson Director Sally Avens Repeat
With Trixie Rawlinson and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
Chris Stuart and a celebrity panel explore the world of discoveries, innovations and inventions. With Adam Hart-Davis , Lewis Wolpert , David Martill and Tim Radford. Producer Carol Smith
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
3: The Red Room. Glyn Hughes explains how in 1846, Charlotte Bronte accompanied her father, the Rev Patrick Bronte , to Manchester where he was to undergo a cataract operation. They stayed in a room in a boarding house, where Patrick had to remain absolutely still for several weeks. In that room, in virtual darkness, Charlotte wrote the bulk of her masterpiece Jane Eyre.
Dramatised passages written by Lucy Gough For details see Monday
Anne Swithinbank , Roy Lancaster and Bob Flowerdew answer questions posed by gardeners from Dorset. With chairman Eric Robson. Repeated from Sunday 2pm
2: The Auchmithie Cure.
Graeme Rigby crosses the Tay and brings back Arbroath smokies for chef Alastair Little to try.
For details see yesterday Repeat
63: The Rise and Rise of Oliver Cromwell
For details see Monday Repeat
Jonathan Glancey explores our living and work spaces. 3: Remember the Old School Yard. How are our places of education built and designed? Producer Emma Kingsley
Laurie Taylor invites his guests to think the unthinkable about society and the ideas that shape it. Producer Tony Phillips
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With Clare English and Nigel Wrench.
Jim Eldridge 's six-part comedy stars Karl Howman as Mr Sims , and James Grout as Mr Beeston , the head teacher. 1: Proposals. Are congratulations in order at the start of a new school year? with Vivienne Martin, Deirdre Costello ,
Tom Watson. Paul Copley , Jacqueline Beatty and Ritu Jutla. Producer John Fawcett Wilson Repeat
Pat is heavy going.
Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson with the arts programme. Producer Robyn Read
From the paschal egg to the Faberge egg. As related by Katherine Mansfield and Pope Pius V among others.
(For details see Monday)
Michael Buerk and regulars
Janet Daley , David Starkey , Ian Hargreaves and David Cook investigate the moral questions behind the week's news. To celebrate the 200th edition, tonight's programme features an audience of former witnesses. Producer David Coomes
Repeated Saturday 10.15pm
The Dove Descending. Writers from a variety of religious perspectives offer their views on the Easter story. In the last of the series, novelist Rhidian Brook relates how a sun-drenched, drug-hazed trip to Trinidad caused him to question accounts of the Resurrection. Producer Liz Leonard
Pop star turned particle physicist Brian Cox struggles to finish his experiments before a big conference. Are his bits of atoms real or just a figment of his imagination? Producer Julia Durbin
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Repeated from 9am
With Justin Webb.
By Colette. Part 3.
For details see Monday Repeat
LATE NIGHT ON 4
Andy Hamilton's award-winning six-part comedy series, set in hell.
The Professor is convinced that societies evolve and mature. Then Satan introduced him to Bill Clinton.
3: Snoek Piquante. Susan Cooper recreates the grim and farcical world of food rationing.
For details see Monday
