With the Rev Sister Una Kroll.
With Helen Mark.
With John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.45 Thought for the Day
With Charles Handy.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas and events which have influenced our time.
(Repeated at 9.30pm)
Melvyn Bragg discusses whether the information technology revolution will radically alter society by empowering the individual, or damage family life, the work-place and even democracy. Show more
A series examining whether men and women see, smell, hear, feel and taste things differently. Claudia Hammond explores why more women than men are "super tasters" and asks whether men's taste buds are more able to deal with spicy food.
Jenni Murray presents the latest news, views and interviews from a woman's point of view.
Drama: Chapters and Verses: Treasures of the British Library - the Marie Stopes Story told by Maggie Allen. Part 9.
(Drama repeated at 7.45pm)
Kate Adie with insight and analysis from correspondents worldwide.
Double bass player and former King's Singer Alaistair Hume goes in search of those who spend their working hours deep down at the bottom end of the musical stave. He explores the historic importance of the bass line to all forms of music and asks if bass players are miscast as the leaden oompah providers of accompaniment and whether, given half a chance, they would all like to burst into the melodic limelight.
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke
Richard Uridge uncovers more stories and characters from the British countryside.
(Shortened repeat from Saturday 6.10am)
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Char March.
When the colour drains out of the world and all you can see is grey, how do you rekindle the rainbow? Two old friends lose their colours - Pam is blind and Jess has a broken heart. Together they help to paint each other back to life.
With Peter White.
Dr Raj Persaud speaks on behalf of a charity which provides care and rehabilitation services to those suffering from mental illness in developing countries.
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A new scholarship boy at an illustrious public school finds there is more to its traditions than he at first suspects.
(For details see Monday)
The school struggles to cope with air raids and evacuee children.
(For details see Monday)
Michael Rosen presents the last of the series of programmes about words and the way we speak.
To keep warm there are beavers, Phrygians, fedoras and calpacs: words for articles you wear on the head to make a statement. Plus a look at German idioms used in English to express the Zeitgeist.
(Repeated Sunday 8.30pm)
Space syntax is a mathematical theory that predicts how traffic and people will move within conurbations. Quentin Cooper learns why the busiest street in any town will always be the least number of turns from everywhere else. Is space syntax the key to safer and more enterprising cities?
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With Claire English and Charlie Lee-Potter.
"This house would trust Mohamed Al Fayed further than they could throw Jeffrey Archer. " The comic debating show returns to tackle the weighty issues of the day. Dr Phil Hammond referees a clash of titans, including Tony Hawks and guests.
Betty says thanks, but no thanks.
(Repeated tomorrow 2pm)
Mark Lawson with arts news and reviews.
Told by Maggie Allen.
(For details see Monday)
(Repeated from 10.45am)
In two programmes Michael Portillo explores the history of the Spanish Civil War and the years of General Franco's dictatorship.
An examination of the growth of extremism on the right and the left, and a look at the social and cultural tensions which led Spain into such a savage conflict.
Tom Peters is still the best known management guru in the world. He talks to Peter Day about work - past, present and future.
(Repeated Sunday 9.30pm)
The control of the Panama Canal was handed over to Panama on 31 December 1999. In the first of a new series, Alun Lewis looks at the major programme of modernisation aimed at re-engineering the canal for the 21st century. It took 60 years for the canal to be completed, with early attempts thwarted by tropical disease and rugged terrain. Lewis goes on site to meet the Panamanians who have taken responsibility for the maintenance, modernisation and smooth running of one of the world's most vital trade routes.
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By Stan Barstow.
(For details see Monday)
A satirical look at the week's news and events with Simon Evans, Dave Lamb, Chris Pavlo and Laura Shavin.
By Andrew Miller.
Dyer's life changes for ever on the road to St Petersburg.
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