With Father John McCullagh.
With Anna Hill. Producer Hugh O'Donnell
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 Angela Tilby.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Libby Purves and guests engage in lively and diverse conversation.
Producer Alison Hughes. Repeated at 9.30pm
With Jenni Murray. Zoe Wanamakertalks about her role as Caroline of Brunswick in a new play that charts a fascinating chapter in the history of the British monarchy. Drama: Georgiana,
Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman. Part 3. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Deborah Bull, principal dancer of the Royal Ballet, leads a farewell to the building on the Talgarth Road where the company has grown up, and to the ghosts of its founders who linger in the corridors of No 155. With contributions from
Anthony Dowell , Darcey Bussell , Monica Mason , Wayne Sleep , Jan Francis , Sarah Wildor , Anya Sainsbury and other former dancers. Producer Frances Byrnes
Last in a four-part comedy series based on Frank Dickens 's classic cartoon. The Girl in the Yellow Overcoat. It is the office party and Jones thinks all his Christmases have come at once. with Jon Glover. Anna Mountford. KatyOdey. Simon Schatzberger. Peter Kelly and Zeena Eate. Music John Whitehall Director Neil Cargill
With Liz Barclay and Mark Whittaker.
Steve Richards hosts the panel game about politics and politicians, with team captains Roy Hattersley and Sir Patrick Cormack MP.
This week's guests are journalists Anthony Howard and Michael Gove.
Written by Hugh Rycroft and David Spicer. Producer Steve Doherty
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
by Rib Davis
Helena Kennedy QC presents a second series of four dramatised features about legal cases which led to a change in the law.
A young Jehovah's Witness dies after being stabbed. She has refused a blood transfusion and the question is whether or not she contributed to her own death or whether it was a straight case of murder.
John Cushnie , Bob Rowerdew and Anne Swithinbank are guests ofTameside
Metropolitan Borough Council in Ashton-under-Lyne. With chairman Eric Robson. Repeated from Sunday 2pm
2: How pop was brought to the masses, and how one Welsh Methodist used pop in the battle against the demon drink. For details see yesterday(R)
78: 1985 - Gorbachev and the Anglo-Irish Agreement For details see Monday
Laurie Taylor speaks to professors Ken Plummer and Jeffrey Weeks about sexuality in modern society. Their new research examines the changing roles of intimacy and individuality in today's relationships.
Producer Tony Phillips. E-MAIL: thinking.allowed@bbc.co.uk
Dr Graham Easton hears all about doctors and their communication skills.
Repeated from yesterday 9pm
With Chris Lowe and Eddie Mair
A six-part comedy by Simon Brett following the fortunes of three fortysomething sisters. 5:
Spreading Wings. Emily gets her A-level results, which prompts a flurry of varied reactions from Victoria, Roger and Charlotte.
Producer Maria Esposito (R)
Joe remembers the royal male. Repeatedtomorrow2pm
Francine Stock chairs the arts programme, including a review of Cotton Mary, a new film set in post-colonial India, directed by one half of the famed Merchant-Ivory partnership- Ismail Merchant. Producer Rebecca Stratford
By Amanda Foreman , dramatised by Jennifer Curry. 3: Fashion 's Favourite, 1775 For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am
Michael Buerk chairs an investigation of the moral questions behind the week's news.
Witnesses face a tough cross-examination from David Starkey , Janet Daley , Professor Robert Winston and Ian Hargreaves.
Producer David Coomes. Repeated Saturday 10.15pm
A new series of four programmes in which historian Niall Ferguson explores the details of the most critical days of the 20th century
1: The crucial cabinet meeting of 2 August 1914 that led to Britain's entry into the First World War. On this day, the decision was made to commit
Britain to the European war that soon became the first global conflict, lasting four-and-a-half years and costing the lives of around ten million people. Repeated from Sunday 5.40pm
A series in which John Gribbin explores the strange subatomic world of quantum physics.
3: Einstein's Nightmare. Einstein hated what he called "spooky action at a distance" so much that he decided to use it to prove quantum theory wrong. The experiments have now been completed and Einstein's nightmare has become a reality. Reader Paul Birchard. Producer Louise Daiziei
Shortened repeat of 9am
With Robin Lustig
By Anita Desai , read by Paul Bhattacharjee. The story moves to Massachusetts and Lima's younger brother's experiences of a new culture. Part 8. For details see Monday
A comedy by Sean Lock and Martin Trenaman.
4: Could the detritus of Sean's domestic life have artistic worth previously unappreciated? Starring Sean Lock , Tracy-Ann Oberman , Chris Pavlo , Peter Serafinowicz and Martin Trenaman. Producer chrisNeiii
The new novel by bestselling author
Alessandro Baricco read by Sean Barrett and Joanna Monro. Part8. For details see Monday
