With Fr Oliver McTernan.
With Helen Mark. Producer Sarah Tempest
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.45 Thought for the Day the Rev Roy Jenkins
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas and events which have influenced our time. Repeated at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg examines whether while mankind has grown in years and knowledge, it has also progressed in terms of happiness and a truer understanding of the human condition. Show more
In a new five-part series Nigel Cassidy traces the curious histories of products and services which shape our lives. 1: Press One for More OptionsAn investigation into one of the most hated features of modern business life-voicemail. Producer Neil Koenig
Jenni Murray presents the latest news, views and culture from a female perspective. Drama:
Nicholas Nicklebyby Charles Dickens. Part 19. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Julian Pettifer investigates the legacy of the Vietnam War, and especially of Agent Orange.
This highly toxic defoliant, say the Vietnamese, has caused environmental damage, poverty and birth defects. Will the Vietnamese force the USto pay up? Producer Arlene Gregorius
From Beethoven's Eroica Symphony to Abba's Waterloo, Patricia Duncker looks at the fascination with the myth of Napoleon Bonaparte through the range of songs and poems that have been written about "Old Boney". Producer Matthew Dodd
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
Richard Uridge explores the British countryside.
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Sean Hughes and Owen O'Neill.
After the death of their mother, Boru summons his brother Wolfe back to Ireland for the funeral. There they discover that they share a passion for Aunty Eileen.
With Peter White.
Editor Chris Burns
Shortened repeat from Sunday 7.55am
4: Fowler's Modem English Usage. Henry Fowler was a schoolmaster who abandoned teaching for scholarly work. Intended to encourage the clear use of words, his book has informed language students ever since. For details see Monday
59: 1966 - Another Labour Victory For details see Monday
Marcel Berlins takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment.
Producers Sallie Davies and Charles Sigler Repeated Sunday 8.30pm
Quentin Cooper gets mechanical with the latest in robot technology. He looks at everything from machines with a head full of goo, to robots that evolve just as Charles Darwin would have predicted. Producer John Watkins. E-MAIL: [address removed]
With Clare English and Charlie Lee-Potter .
Mark Tavener 's new six-part satirical comedy thriller stars Michael Williams as George Cragge and Barry Foster as Superintendent Frank Jefferson. George Cragge attends the funeral of an old journalist friend who has supposedly committed suicide. Shortly after, a second journalist dies - and this time it is unquestionably murder. George and his old friend Superintendent Jefferson are back in harness with a serial killer on their hands. with Peter Woodthorpe , Hugh Parker. Neil McCaul. Chris Pavlo and Beth Chalmers. Music Paul Mottram. Producer Dawn Ellis Executive producer Paul Schlesinger
Jolene: leotard. Sid: pants. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Francine Stock meets actor Ralph Fiennes, who achieved worldwide recognition in films such as "Schindler's List", "Quiz Show" and "The English Patient", and who now takes the title role in a new screen version of Pushkin's "Eugene Onegin".
By Charles Dickens , dramatised by Georgia Pritchett. Part 19.
For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am
Two swords' lengths is all that separates the Opposition from the Government front bench in the House of Commons. But few distances mean quite so much. Anthony Howard presents three programmes on the art of opposition, charting its evolution from Churchill's once-a-week lunches to the media-sawy political machines of the 1990s. 1: 1945 to 1963. Featuring interviews with Lord Callaghan, Edward Heath and Lord Healey. Producer Richard Vadon
Public Virtue. Doctors, teachers and civil servants are under attack as "forces of conservatism". Tony Blair wants them to be more like the private sector. David Walker asks if the public is at risk of losing its servants' prized professionalism.
Producer Zareer Masani. Repeated Sunday 9.30pm
Mechanical timekeeping has been transforming our lives for centuries, but time discipline has been a constant human battleground. In the first of three programmes Chris Bowlby traces the struggle fortime control, from the medieval clock via the Victorian timetable to computer-driven acceleration. Producer Chris Bowlby
With Robin Lustig.
By Honore de Balzac, read by Juliet Stevenson. Part9. For details see Monday
By Bill Matthews. 1: Shipton Green is a village divided between the villagers and the weekenders. with Tom George and Fiona Clarke. Directed by Paul Miller
By Lynne Truss , read by Josie Lawrence. Part 9.
For details see Monday
