With Dave Kitchen.
With Anna Hill.
With John Humphrys.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.45 Thought for the Day
With Russell Stannard.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas and events which have influenced our time. Repeated at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg explores the enduring appeal of the Roman poet Ovid’s masterpiece Metamorphoses, examining its wide sweep through Roman and Greek mythology and its influence on subsequent writers. Show more
Nick Baker looks at newspapers and magazines whose readers have strong ties abroad.
Although only the size of Surrey, the island of Mauritius has the most diverse population on earth and a special newspaper for its community living in Britain.
Jenni Murray is joined by guests for the latest news, views and debate from a woman's perspective.
Drama: The Hours by Michael Cunningham. Part 9.
(Drama repeated at 7.45pm)
Tim Whewell investigates the growing debate over an ancient rite in Mali, one of Africa's oldest countries. Female circumcision has been practised for centuries here by many of the country's ethnic groups, and Mali is now the only West African country that has not introduced legislation against it.
(Repeated Monday 8.30pm)
In the second of a three-part series Alistair McGowan looks at how we have manipulated our voices across the ages for purposes ranging from the devotional to the recreational.
With Liz Barclay and Mark Whittaker.
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 Jennifer Curry.
The Lebanese poet Khalil Gibran was best known for his seminal work The Prophet. This extraordinary and moving poem about love was inspired by his relationship with an older American woman.
With Peter White.
Jenni Murray speaks on behalf of a charity which seeks to provide advice, advocacy, support and education to enhance understanding of adoption.
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(Repeated from Sunday 7.55am)
by Shirley Hughes, read by Vivienne Dixon.
Four children find themselves trapped on a small island where the traffic never ceases.
(For details see Monday)
What makes the perfect small ad? The programme takes a look at the more unusual ways small ads are used and what effects they have had on the lives of people who have placed them.
Marcel Berlins takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment.
(Repeated Sunday 8.30pm)
Hospital infections are costing the NHS up to one billion pounds a year. That figure is set to increase if scientists fail to combat the superbugs MRSA and VRE, both of which are resistant to antibiotics. Quentin Cooper talks to Professors William Donachie and Jeff Errington about the search for the ultimate antibiotic.
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With Charlie Lee-Potter and Eddie Mair.
The semi-detached world of aspiring singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth comes direct from his front room in Sheffield. Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
This week John hopes Richard Whiteley will host a special Shuttleworth edition of Countdown with wife Mary acting as Carol Vorderman - but only after he has helped with the washing up!
John Shuttleworth's Questionnaire: page 13
Joe Grundy harrows a field for grassland.
(Repeated tomorrow 2pm)
Mark Lawson chairs the arts programme.
By Michael Cunningham, winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize.
(For details see Monday)
(Repeated from 10.45am)
Peter White presents a three-part chronicle of the movement which has transformed the expectations of disabled people in Britain over the past 100 years.
Many disabled people in the 1900s were confined to Victorian-style institutions. Were there no attempts to find a better way of relating to their needs in the years before the First World War?
Peter Day wants to be an internet, dot-com millionaire. How does he go about it?
(Repeated Sunday 9.30pm)
The stories behind the best in cutting-edge science. Have you ever wondered why the temperature soars when you are attacked by a disease-causing bug? Geoff Watts examines Darwin's views on disease.
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With Robin Lustig.
By Francine Stock.
(For details see Monday)
A six-part comedy by Sudha Bhuchar and Shaheen Khan.
Girl-talking, male-baiting, booze-drinking, fun-loving, gossip-making, baby-waking, tear-jerking-girlies.
Five feisty, foxy, fighting females go to Paris for the weekend.
By Carol Shields, read by Colin Stinton.
What secrets do keys hold to hidden lives?
(For details see Monday)
