With the Rev Dr Mary Cotes.
With Anna Hill
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.45 Thought for the Day the Rt Rev Richard Harries
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
A four-part series exploring the changing character of British birdsong over the course of a year as a backdrop to the life of field naturalist Edward Grey.
The song of the mistle thrush and the curlew anticipate spring and the young Grey enters politics. Narrated by Anthony Hyde. Readers Julian Glover and Maureen O'Brien.
A four-part comedy by Barry Grossman about the collision between the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield.
A single phone call turns the comfortable world of Rabbi Fine upside down.
PM With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
Editor Chris Burns. PHONE: [number removed]44 E-MAIL: [address removed]
Editor Kevin Marsh
Back with a new series, Roger Bolton airs your views on BBC radio programmes.
Write to: Feedback, [address removed]. Fax: [number removed]. Phone: [number removed]. E-Mail: [address removed] (Repeated Sunday 8pm)
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
The Diaries of William Holland , dramatised by Eric Pringle , with Ronald Pickup as William Holland and Rowena Cooper as Mary. 3: The Year of the Cuckoo. Life is transformed at Overstowey
Parsonage when Robert resolves to give up the booze and the girls. But will it last? with David Collings , Stephen Critchlow , Giles Fagan and Tilly Gaunt Director Cherry Cookson
Through Artists' Eyes. In the first of his five-part new series, Howard Stableford discovers how at Eye in rural Suffolk and in the urban fringe of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, the arts are focusing local communities on the environment.
Producer Sandra Sykes. PHONE: [number removed]044 for a free booklet E-MAIL: [address removed]
5: Romania - Kitchen Dramas. Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu either destroyed the gracious villas and art deco blocks that had made Bucharest famous as the "Paris of the Balkans', or forced the owners to take in tenants of his choosing. Now former owners are fighting to reclaim and restore their property. Petru Clej tells the story of his family's house.
Producer Tim Whewell. For details see Monday
55: 1962- TW3, the Death of Marilyn Monroe and the Cuban Missile Crisis Fordetails see Monday
1,000 Years of Spoken English
Melvyn Bragg presents a history celebrating
1,000 years of the spoken language of Britain, from the first to the second millennium.
5: The Power of English. Bragg discusses the flowering of English during the Renaissance. With the Protestant church preachingin English, and Shakespeare at the height of his powers, this was a golden age for the mother tongue. With Derrick J McClure and Dr Kathryn Lowe. Producer Simon Elmes. Repeated Tuesday 1.30pm
Alex Brodie and his guests engage in lively conversation about how current media trends affect our lives. Producer Lindsay Leonard
With Clare English and Nigel Wrench.
Editor Kevin Marsh
David Aaronovitch invites celebrity guests to re-spin the week's news in the satirical panel game that delves into the shadowy world of spin doctors and media manipulation.
Producer Anthoy Lee. Repeated tomorrow 12.30pm
Give a dog a bad name.
Written by Mary Cutler. Director Louise Gifford. Editor Vanessa Whitburn. ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send sae to [address removed]
Mark Lawson chairs the arts programme and meets writer Frederick Forsyth , best known for books such as The Day of the Jackal sn6 The Odessa File, who has just published a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. Producer Robyn Read
By Charles Dickens , dramatised by Mike Walker. Part 15. For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am
Jonathan Dimbleby is joined at the University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, by panellists including Margo McDonough MSP, Alan Milburn MP and Melanie Phillips.
Producer Lisa Jenkinson. Repeated tomorrow 1.15pm
By Alistair Cooke. Insight, anecdote and history from the doyen of commentators.
Producer Tony Grant. Repeated Sunday 8.45am
With Robin Lustig.
By Honore de Balzac. Juliet Stevenson reads a classic tale of the power of avarice and the pity of unrequited passion in provincial France. Part 5. For details see Monday
Charles Lambert presents entertaining sports diSCUSSion. Producer Ian Bent
By Lynne Truss , read by Josie Lawrence. Part 5.
For details see Monday
