With Angela Woods
With James Naughtie and Winifred Robinson.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With the Rev Dr Colin Morris.
Jeremy Paxman and guests set the cultural agenda for the week.
(Repeated at 9.30pm)
Martha Kearney with interviews and discussions from a woman's point of view.
Drama: Elizabeth and Essex
Selected and compiled by Lisa Osborne. Part 1 of 5.
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(Drama repeated at 7.45pm)
Archaeologist Julian Richards presents the programme that shows you how to discover your town's past through the streets and buildings of today.
Richards discovers how the church laid out the street plan, and why war with the English and the support of the wrong pope led to the founding of Scotland's first university.
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By Miss Read, dramatised in six parts by Lesley Bruce.
The church sexton finds unexpected romance in the peaceful Cotswolds village.
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With Trixie Rawlinson and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke
Lionel Kelleway presents the wildlife quiz which aims to find Britain's top naturalist. First semi-final.
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
Six murder mysteries set in Dublin.
By Simon Brett. Created by Barry Devlin.
Paolo Baldi , priest, philosophy lecturer and accidental sleuth, is caught up in solving the murder of a leading academic. He follows a trail leading into the past of one of Ireland's most cherished literary figures.
Vincent Duggleby takes your calls on tax and self-assessment.
Lines Open from 1.30pm
By Fiona Kidman, read by Susan Curnow.
The first of five short stories about clothes.
With all the frantic arrangements taking place for a family wedding, the only burning question seems to be Whether to wear a hat or not.
Andrew Jefford presents a five-part exploration of the world of tea as he prepares for his first Japanese "Way of Tea" ceremony.
With Derek Cooper.
(Extended repeat from yesterday 12.30pm)
Jenni Murray and guests from around the world dissect topical international issues.
With Clare English and Chris Lowe.
Jonathan Agnew looks back at the fourth day of the final Test between South Africa and England.
Nicholas Parsons is joined by Peter Jones, Paul Merton, Maria McErlane and Stephen Fry.
(Rptd Sunday 12 noon)
Julia has become an expert.
(Repeated tomorrow 2pm)
Mark Lawson chairs the arts programme.
Selected and compiled in five parts by Lisa Osborne. For ten years the young Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, was deemed a favourite of the aging Queen Elizabeth I, as his letters - recently acquired by the British Library -
confirm. But Elizabeth had a former favourite whom Essex could never quite replace.
(Repeated from 10.45am)
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In the last of three programmes Gavin Esler explores the nature and the future of British national identity.
One old glue that held Britain together - empire, war, religion, the monarchy, the welfare state - is weakening. Esler asks what can strengthen the emotional bond of Britishness.
Rory MacLean and guests consider the dilemmas facing today's traveller.
This week how some of the world's most spectacular sites are being threatened by our presence in them - from the peaks of Mount Everest to the icy wastes of Antarctica.
Scientists warn that the hurricanes and cyclones of 1999 were a mild warning of storms to come. Adverse weather conditions have killed thousands in India and caused billions of dollars of damage in the USA. Alex Kirby talks to people most at risk from extreme weather and finds out what science can do to protect them.
Shortened repeat of 9am
Colin Thubron's new book, read by John Rowe, shows us the soul of this country. It is not about the Gulag but about buildings and peoples and amazing quirks of nature. Abridged in ten parts by Andrew Simpson.
Shortened repeated from Saturday 9am
A transatlantic icon and a household name, Alistair Cooke has come a long way from his working-class roots in northern England. Nick Clarke's biography Alistair Cooke - a Life traces this journey.
Read in five parts by Ian Richardson.
Abridged and produced by Pat McLoughlin
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