With the Rev Ermal Kirby
With Anna Hill.
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 With 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 why the elusiveness and impenetrability of consciousness continues to fascinate both philosophers and scientists. Is the human mind just not built to understand its own basis? Show more
Nigel Cassidy traces the curious histories of products and services which shape our lives. 2: Cappuccino Crazy. Cassidy overdoses on caffeine as he tries to discover why frothy coffee has seemingly become the official drink of New Britain. Producer Neil Koenig
Jenni Murray presents the latest news, views and culture from a female perspective. Drama: Nicholas Nicklebyby
Charles Dickens. Part 24. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Reports on the stories that matter to people around the world. Nine hundred and fifty-three murders were committed in Jamaica last year - a shocking statistic in a country of 2.5 million. Now Jamaicans have had enough. Tim Whewell talks to Jamaicans who are determined to bring about a change, from former politicians who admit to their part in creating a culture of violence, to the Citizens for a Civil Society.
Mary Allen is joined by her guests Julian Joseph, Horace Silver and Stan Tracey who try to persuade her - and each other - of the finest example of a jazz piano number.
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With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke
Richard Uridge on the British countryside. Shortened 6.10am
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Jeremy Front. With Henry Goodman and Suzanne Bertish. For Joe and Ruthie, a cafe table in Venice is full of memories.
Director Sally Avens
With PeterWhite. Editor Chris Burns
Shortened repeat from Sunday 7.55am
Lisa Jardine meets acclaimed cutting-edge artists. 4: Installation artist Jan Fabre and the meaning of flies and beetles. For details see Monday
64: 1971 Decimalisation and Ulster in Flames
For details see Monday
Marcel Berlins takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment.
Producers Sallie Davies and Charles Sigler. Rptd Sunday8.30pm
There are more than 200 viruses that are responsible for the common cold, but a third of them remain unidentified. Quentin Cooper meets the scientiststryingtofind a vaccine to protect
US. Producer John Watkins. E-MAIL: [address removed]
With Clare English and Charlie Lee-Potter .
Jonathan Agnew brings the news and views on the first day's play of the First Test between South Africa and England at the Wanderers Stadium. Live from Johannesburg.
MarkTavener's satirical comedy thriller stars Michael Williams and Barry Foster.
2: Cragge and Jefferson look forthe murderer among the people who have been victims of major exposes by journalists. Meanwhile, the PM's depression is lifting, thanks to the return of his chief spin doctor, Marcia Mallon. And Lord
Crichton, chairman of the BBC, decides to rid the corporation of unnecessary managers. with Peter Woodthorpe. Hugh Parker. Neil McCaul. Chris Pavlo and Beth Chalmers. Music Paul Mottram. Producer Dawn Ellis Executive producer Paul Schlesinger
Phil offers some rare advice. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson investigates the art and craft of storytelling in Hollywood. Producer Tony O'Shaugnessy
By Charles Dickens , dramatised by Georgia Pritchett. Part 24.
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. Few distances mean quite so much. Anthony Howard presents a series of programmes on the art of opposition, charting its evolution from Churchill's weekly lunches to the media-sawy political machines of the current decade.
2: 1963-75. Featuring interviews with Edward Heath , Lord Jenkins and Lady Williams. Producer Richard Vadon
Roland White : Radio Review, page 62
Going Grey. Britain's population is ageing. The costs are well known, but economics aside, what will an older Britain be like? Paul Wallace asks how our politics, values and behaviour will change. Producer Michael Blastland. Repeated Sunday 9.30pm
Chris Bowlby on how time measurement changed the world. As railways, telegraphs and submarine cables made the 19th-century dream of international timetabled uniformity seem possible, plans were developed to abolish everything from deviant local clocks to excessive sleep. Producer Chris Bowlby
With Robin Lustig.
A Provengal love story by Jean Giono , read by Stephen Critchlow. Part 4. For details see Monday
By Bill Matthews.
The latest battleground of Shipton Green is the village shop.
By Ivan Klima. Part 4. For details see Monday
