With Sister Lavinia Byrne.
With Anna Hill.
John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Rabbi Lionel Blue.
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament
Melvyn Bragg and his guests Patrick Wall and Semir Zeki discuss ideas and events which have influenced our time.
Repeated at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg discusses our mechanisms of coping with pain and examines whether we all experience it in the same way. What can our experience of pain tell us about ourselves and human consciousness? Show more
Simon Fanshawe investigates the histories of great reference books. 4: Fowler's Modem English Usage Producer Paul Dodgson
With Jenni Murray and guests. Drama: Silk by Alessandro Baricco. Part 9.
Drama rptd at 7.45pm. For details see Monday
Simon Townley examines the relationship between sport and music in two programmes and asks why the bond between the two is so strong.
1: He covers the sweep from ancient Greece to the Olympian revival of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain and the songs that accompanied it.
Producer Tom Alban. Rptd Wednesday 11.30pm
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from Saturday 6.10am
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Michael Allen. In his day, Algernon Charles Swinburne was a famous poet - but left to his own devices he would undoubtedly have drunk himselfto death. His lawyer and close friend, Theodore Watts-Dunton , was determined this would not happen. with Tracy Wiles , James Taylor and Melinda Walker. Director Tracey Neale
With John Waite.
Editor Chris Burns
Repeated from Sunday 7.55am
4: Simon Parkes discusses religious and celebratory loaves. For details see Monday
144: The Coming of Disraeli and the Death of Peel
For details see Monday Revised repeat
Michael Rosen returns for the series about English and the way we speak. 1: Past, Present and Fast Forward
Including poet laureate Andrew Motion on 1,000 years of English, the vogue for voice-training workshops, and superfluous jargon for the 21st century. Producer Jane Ray. Repeated Sunday 8.30pm
Trevor Phillips explores the micro-world of nanotubes and buckyballs with Professor Harold Kroto. Producer John Watkins
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Eddie Mair and Charlie Lee-Potter .
A compilation of alternative views and satirical comments from Steve Punt , Hugh Dennis and the team. Producer Chris Neill
Siobhan is poker-faced. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson chairs the arts show live from Manhattan.
Producer Tanya Hudson
By Alessandro Baricco. Part 9.
Rptd from 10.45am. For details see Monday
The ingredients of four post-war recipes for policy blunder. 3: Tartan Steel. Chris Bowlby looks back at the policy of regional development and discovers how London's idea of Scottish industry left thousands of Scots economically stranded. Producer Smita Patel
Steve Richards of the New Statesman takes a look behind the scenes at
Westminster.
Editor Martin Rosenbaum
How far will people go for precious minerals and raw materials? In the second of two programmes, Alun Lewis discovers that if the price is right, the technology exists to start mining at the bottom of the oceans or out in space. Producer Alison Ayres
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With Robin Lustig.
By HG Wells. Part 4. For details see Monday
The comedy series in which a Radio 4 contributor reminisces and entertains, starting with Ned Sherrin. Producer Claire Jones Repeat
4: Beatlemania. The returning heroes embark on a gruelling series of tours. For details see Monday
