With the Rev Stephen Shipley.
With Anna Hill.
John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Dr Mona Siddiqui.
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas and events which have influenced our time.
Repeated at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg discusses the roots of Africa's current political, economic and social crises and explores likely outcomes. Are western ideas of democracy at odds with Africa's patriarchal structures? Show more
Simon Fanshawe investigates the histories of great reference books.
2: Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion and Film Guide. In his youth,
Leslie Halliwell visited all 47 cinemas within reach of his home in Bolton. His obsession with film led him to write the first encyclopedia of the cinema. Producer Paul Dodgson
With Jenni Murray and guests.
Drama: If Only. Part 4. Ellie's Ringby Sheila Barrett.
Drama rptd at 7.45pm. For details see Monday
Why would a a woman who wants a son kill a baby girl? Because that was the advice given by pirs - "living saints' who hold sway over millions of Pakistanis. Now tales of sexual abuse by pirs are coming out into the open. Meriel Beattie investigates.
(Repeated Monday 11.30pm)
Writer and critic Marina Warner traces her life through literature with extracts from the Bible, Shakespeare and Homer, and fairytales by Italo Calvino and Angela Carter. Readers Alan Howard and Estelle Kohler. 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 Joe Dunlop. A dramatisation of the life of Robert K Andrews , who sat in the House of Commons every day from 1963 until just before Christmas 1997. He was not an MP, nor was he a Lord; his seat was in the central lobby and by night he lived on the streets of London, which is where he died on Christmas
Day. With Tony Benn , Peter Bottomley , Emma Nicholson and Bernard Weatherill. with Carolyn Jones. David Jarvis ,
Stephen Critchlow , Colin Fisher. Wayne Jackman and Debbie Garvey. Director Alastair Wilson Repeat
With John Waite.
Editor Chris Burns
Repeated from Sunday 7.55am
4: Watching the Detectives. Why does the medium of television find police dramas so appealing?
For details see Monday Repeat
134: Death of Canning and Wellington in Downing Street
For details see Monday Revised repeat
Marcel Berlins investigates how the law works and where it goes wrong.
Producer Charles Sigler. Rptd Sunday 8.30pm
Chernobyl and Melissa were just two of the computer viruses that threatened our computers this year. Trevor Phillips discusses how these electronic pathogens work and how they can be stopped. Producer John Watkins
E-MAIL: [address removed]
Clare English and Charlie Lee-Potter .
John Sullivan 's four-part comedy stars David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst. 4: The Yellow Peril. Del can never resist the temptation to make a quick profit, but this time a shady deal becomes clear for all to see. with Rex Wei and Roger Lloyd Pack. Originally produced and directed for television by Ray Butt Producer Richard Edis Repeat
Hayley tries it on. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson investigates Chekhov's skills as a short story writer, in light of a new edition of his work. Producer Rebecca Stratford
4: Ellie's Ring by Sheila Barrett There is a new craze at school - eloping to Oklahoma to get married.
Sixteen-year-old Jane-Anne will do this on Saturday.
Rptd from 10.45am. For details see Monday
Chris Bowlby reveals four post-war recipes for policy blunder. 1: Bring on the Bulldozers. A look at how slum clearance careered out of control into the mass demolition of housing. Producer Smita Patel
Don Macintyre of The Independent looks behind the scenes at Westminster.
Editor Martin Rosenbaum
In the last of the present series,
Fisher Dilke investigates how modern maths affects us all.
Producer Jim Clarke. E-MAIL: [address removed]
With Robin Lustig.
By Adam Nicholson. Part 9. For details see Monday
Valerie Singleton gives people the opportunity to make some of their extraordinary wishes come true. With Mike Fenton-Stevens , Jessica Martin and Andy Taylor.
Director Bruce Hyman
By Nick Hornby. Part 4.
For details see Monday Repeat
