With Clive Lawton
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.45 Thought for the Day With Terry Waite.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
At some point most of us are faced with a single choice that irrevocably changes our lives.
Michael Buerk looks at how people make life-altering decisions and takes them through the whole process, from the initial dilemma to living with the consequences.
Producer Rosemary Dawson. Repeated at 9.30pm
It is easy to thinkthat a classic springs fully formed from the mind of its creator, but even the most distinguished literary lion needs the service of a range of people before a masterpiece can be published. In two programmes, RickGekoski looks forthe unsung heroes behind the great books of the 20th century. 1: Poems, 1919 by TS Eliot. Hand-set, hand-printed, hand-sewn and hand-bound by Virginia Woolf. Producer Lisa Osborne
Martha Kearney presents topical interviews and discussion from a woman's point of view.
Drama: Herlnfinite Varietyby Juliet Ace. Part 2. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
The last of three programmes looking at hunting around the world. Killing for Cash. Kangaroos are hunted for pet food, seals for their penises and fish for your dinner plate. Gerry Northam examines the consequences for animals and people when commerce and hunting mix. Repeated from yesterday 9pm
National stereotypes are sustained, perhaps created, by jokes. Simon Fanshawe presents a series on the comedy of national identity. 3: An IrishmanProducer Paul Dodgson
With Trixie Rawlinson and Mark Whittaker.
Nick Baker examines the international trade in vintage guitars built to play popular music and searches forthe first instrument worth a million dollars. Producer Tess Bed
A Shout in the Distance by Maurice Leitch. A comedy of Irish manners is the last thing young Winston expects when he is uprooted from
Northern Ireland and transplanted to London. But there is more than rhyming slang that he must learn to understand.
Director Ned Chaillet
Call Wendy Austin for an exchange of experiences and views on today's topical issues. Producer Sukey Firth. LINES OPEN from 1.30pm
The significance of this haunting portrait is in the life-size reproduction of the head. Her work changed portraiture for ever, asking not just who, but what am I?
(For details see yesterday)
7 2: 19 79 - Prime Minister Thatcher and the IRA
For details see yesterday
Heather Payton and guests with conversation about the world of business, money and technology. Producer Simon Crow
Bonnie Greer and her guests Sir Jeremy Isaacs and anthropologist Professor Mary Douglas discuss three of their favourite paperbacks. Producer VivBeeby. Repeated Sunday llpm
With Clare English and Nigel Wrench
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Elizabeth goes further. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson presents the arts programme, including the verdict on Sharon Stone 's latest film The Muse, in which she provides inspiration to a screenwriter who finds that he is no longer hot property in Hollywood. Producer Robert Ketteridge
By Juliet Ace. 2: Talking to My Shrink. Confronted by the increasingly maddening (and mad) behaviour of her boyfriend, a nineties Ophelia discusses the nature of insanity with her psychotherapist.
Director Sarah Brown
For details see yesterday. Repeated from 10.45am
In three programmes Mark Tully explores how eastern thought might help solve the problems of the west. 1: The God of Money. He examines how the East's approach to economics and ecology could restore balance to a western society obsessed by profit and loss.
Producer Mohit Bakaya. Repeated Sunday 5pm
Peter White with news for visually impaired people. Producer Cheryl Gabriel
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Care in the Community. Dr Graham Easton investigates an innovative home treatment for people with severe mental health problems in Yorkshire which has virtually halved hospital admissions.
Producer Paula McGrath
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By Anita Desai , read by Sudha Bhuchar. Part 2. For details see yesterday
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis host the comedy show, with sketches, songs and stand-up with a subversive twist. With regulars Bert Tyler-Moor , George Jeffrie , Mitch Benn , Simon Munneryand Emma Clarke. Repeated from Saturday6.15pm
By Alessandro Baricco. Part2.
For details see yesterday
