With Dave Kitchen.
With Anna Hill.
With Winifred Robinson and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.45 Thought for the Day
With Lavinia Byrne.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Clive Anderson, former barrister and grand inquisitor of the stars cuts through the legal jargon and gets to the heart of an issue which affects anyone who uses or will have cause to use the legal system.
(Repeated at 9.30pm)
A four-part series of personal diaries by black and Asian police officers recording their experiences in the year following the publication of the report on the Stephen Lawrence inquiry.
One of the Met's longest-serving black detectives laments the pace of change.
Martha Kearney hosts topical debates and conversation from a woman's point of view.
Drama: The Hours by Michael Cunningham. Part 7.
(Drama repeated at 7.45pm)
Film-maker Huw Cordey witnesses one of the Amazon's great wildlife spectacles - the arribada or mass nesting of the rare giant river turtle. In a period of two weeks, thousands of female turtles haul themselves up on to the sand bars in the middle of the River Xingu, but whether the eggs hatch is a lottery.
(Repeated from yesterday 9pm)
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With Trixie Rawlinson and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
In the first of six programmes about conscience and musical creativity, Peter Ainsworth, music lover and Tory spokesman on culture, explores the plight of Thomas Tallis and other English composers under the religious repression of the Reformation.
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Ted Moore.
Merchant seaman Danny is certain that his wife Beth has been having an affair with her professional dancing partner. The battle to save his marriage leads him into uncharted waters.
Call Eddie Mair for an exchange of experiences and views on today's topical issues.
Lines Open from 1.30pm
by Marianne Carey, read by Monica Gibb.
Two neighbours find themselves thrown together by the dramatic events of this particular dark and Stormy night.
(For details see yesterday)
Rick Gekoski looks for the unsung heroes behind the great books of the 20th century.
Legend has it that William Golding submitted his first novel to nearly two dozen publishers before a far-sighted editor at Faber and Faber recognised the merit of the future Nobel laureate.
(For details see yesterday)
Heather Payton and guests with conversation about the world of business, money and technology.
Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning, with practical advice, features and your views.
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(Repeated Sunday 11pm)
With Clare English.
Simon Fanshawe chairs the irreverent writing game.
This week Carmen is interviewed for the job of London cabbie, Andy McNab writes the Queen's Christmas message, and Puff Daddy delivers Alastair Cooke's Letter from America.
With Mark Steel, Dillie Keane, David Stafford and Linda Smith.
Shula goes to Mark's parents.
(Repeated tomorrow 2pm)
Francine Stock meets American writer Douglas Coupland, who sprang to fame with Generation X and who now unpicks the worlds of the beauty pageant and the Hollywood producer in his new book Miss Wyoming.
By Michael Cunningham.
Virginia is left alone again, and Clarissa has a visitor.
(For details see yesterday)
(Repeated from 10.45am)
Jolyon Jenkins with major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad.
(Repeated Sunday 5pm)
Peter White with news for visually impaired people.
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Why do the passing years bring wisdom to some and wrinkles to others? Is there anything you can do to stop the ravages of time? In a new four-part series Barbara Myers explores the latest research in one of the most challenging areas of medicine.
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Repeated from 9am
Reporting on the day's events.
By Francine Stock.
(For details see yesterday)
The second of four sketch shows that take a swipe at the human condition.
At Dis-FM Hospital Radio, Bob Davies introduces new boy-band sensation Musical Chairs. And there is a new poem from one-armed performance poet Dalston Kingsland.
Starring Rob Brydon, Simon Greenall, Daryl Beeton, Mat Fraser, Leila Hackett and Emma Kennedy.
By Carol Shields.
Read by Laurence Bouvard.
"My grandmother, as everyone knows, was the inventor of the steering-wheel muff."
(For details see yesterday)
