With the Rev Joel Edwards.
With Anna Hill.
James Naughtie and Sue MacGregor.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Mona Siddiqui.
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss events which have influenced our time. Producer Olivia Seligman. Repeated at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg discusses the origins, manifestations and possibilities of intelligence, and examines whether we are born with it, or if it is something we develop as we grow. Show more
Simon Fanshawe investigates the histories of great reference books. 1: Whitaker's Almanack. Joseph Whitaker founded the Bookseller magazine and wrote religious tracts for pisoners. Then, 130 years ago, he turned a newspaper column into a bumper book of facts that has been published every year since. Producer Paul Dodgson
With Jenni Murray and guests.
Drama: "Stories for Olga" by Anton Chekhov. Part 9.
(Drama repeated at 7.45pm)
(For details see Monday)
Award-winning children's writer and illustrator Shirley Hughes chooses her favourite pieces of writing. She includes Kenneth Clarke 's Civilisation, and a piece written and read by her son, Guardian correspondent Ed Vulliamy. Other readers are Bill Wallis and Josie Lawrence. Producer Mary Ward Lowery Repeated Wednesday 11.30pm
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With James Cox.
Repeated from Saturday 6.10am
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Michael Punter. What to do about Dad? He talks to his pigeons more than he does to his daughters and he has some very odd ideas about his dog. with Nathalie Armin and Simon Scardifield Director Jane Morgan
[number removed]0444 FMon/y With John Waite. Editor Chris Burns
Repeated from Sunday 7.55am
4: Kate Saunders samples one of the free Sikh meals served daily at a Southall gurdwara. For details see Monday
129: Revolution and War with the French For details see Monday
Marcel Berlins investigates how the law works and where it goes wrong. Producer Charles Sigler. Rptd Sunday 8.30pm
With the millennium's last solar eclipse only a few weeks away, Trevor Phillips discusses what scientists hope to learn about the sun's fiery secrets. Producer John Watkins E-MAIL: [address removed]
Clare English and Charlie Lee-Potter .
John Sullivan 's comedy series.
3: No Greater Love. When Rodney falls in love, he does not appreciate Del's brotherly helping hand. with Lennard Pearce , Gaye Brown. Julie La Rousse , Steve Fletcher , Raj Patel ,
David Rhule , David Daker and Lisa Price. Originally produced and directed for television by Ray Butt. Producer Richard Edis Repeat
William spins a line. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson investigates the career of American music collector Harry Smith. Producer Stephen Hughes
The comic stories of Anton Chekhov , dramatised by Olwen Wymark. Part 9. Repeated from 10.45am For details see Monday
BBC foreign correspondent Allan Little returns to the land of his birth to size up the political situation in the run-up to the opening of the new Scottish Parliament. In this concluding programme he offers a clear-eyed view of Scotland's prospects. Producer Dennis Sewell
Boris Johnson of The Daily Telegraph takes a look behind the scenes at
Westminster.
Editor Jane Ashley
Fisher Dilke examines the ways mathematics pops up in our lives. A new theory about personal contacts reveals that a few well connected individuals can make the world seem a smaller place and speed up the spread of information - or disease. Producer Roland Pease
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With Robin Lustig.
By Adam Nicholson. Part 4. For details see Monday
Valerie Singleton gives people the chance to make their extraordinary wishes come true. With Mike Fenton-Stevens , Jessica Martin and Andy Taylor. Director Bruce Hyman
4: Brokeback Mountain. Part 1.
For details see Monday
