With the Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.
With Anna Hill.
With John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Rev Dr Johnston McMaster.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
(LW only)
Have we classified the animal kingdom in the right way? Is the method we use for the naming of natural species inaccurate and out of date? Do the families in which we place plants and animals reflect the reality of their evolutionary paths?
Melvyn Bragg wades into the dog-eat-dog world of cladistics with Colin Tudge, Henry Gee and the Natural History Museum's botanical taxonomist Sandy Knapp.
Shortened rpt at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg discusses the science of taxonomy; the intricate organisation of Phyllum, Genus and Species, and examines the values that underpin the natural order. Show more
Jenni Murray hosts interviews and discussions addressing women's issues.
Drama: Bound Feet and Western Dress by Pang-Wei Natasha Chang. Part 9.
(Drama repeated at 7.45pm)
The gypsies have been hitting the headlines in Britain as asylum seekers, but most of them - between three and five million - still live in eastern Europe. Olenka Frenkiel hears from gypsies across the region, from the victims of racist attacks to the curator of a museum in Poland and teachers and pupils at an experimental school in Romania.
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(Repeated Monday 8.30pm)
Glyn Houston tells the amazing story of the Tower Colliery Opera as it faces its sternest test - opening night in a theatre only a mile away from a mine in the South Wales Valleys. The heroic battle of the miners to save the last deep mine in Wales is put to music in a unique marriage of heavy industry and high art.
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
With Richard Uridge.
(Shortened repeat from Saturday 6.10am)
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Jenny Mitchell.
London, late August 1958. Crooner Rose Tremaine has her first hit record. But a few miles away the streets of Notting Hill are beginning to burn with racial tension. And the fire is closer than she thinks.
With Peter White.
John Sergeant speaks on behalf of a charity which helps prevent blindness and restores sight to people in the UK and in the developing world.
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(Shortened repeat from Sunday 7.55am)
by Andrea Barrett, read by Emma Fielding.
In an English country house in 1762 an educated unmarried woman believes, contrary to scientific opinion, that in the winter swallows migrate, rather than living underwater. She discovers a way of pursuing her theories despite the restrictions of the age.
(For details see Monday)
A third of all middle-age women in Britain have undergone the procedure which involves the lining of the womb being scraped. Evidence questioning its use emerged in the 1970s, but it was not until the 1990s that the rates of surgery declined.
(For details see Monday)
Michael Rosen presents the series about words and the way we speak.
From Tripaxseptalice to Old Joe, who decides what the stars are called? Plus a chance to name your own asteroid.
(Repeated Sunday 8.30pm)
Quentin Cooper investigates the supergoo that is the secret to some of our most useful products. Most slimes are tangles of long-chain polymer molecules. By understanding their properties, scientists are able to create artificial slimes with everyday uses ranging from hair-care products to sticking plasters that really stick.
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With Charlie Lee Potter and Eddie Mair.
In a new six-part series, BBC controller of entertainment Paul Jackson chats to comedy writers and performers about their lives and work.
Caroline is a first-class friend.
(Repeated tomorrow 2pm)
Francine Stock with the verdict on the opening night of The Graduate, starring Kathleen Turner in a stage version of the acclaimed 1967 film.
By Pang-Mei Natasha Chang.
Yu-i returns to China and is reunited with her son after five years apart.
(For details see Monday)
(Repeated from 10.45am)
A counterfactual history programme showing how differently major events from the past could have turned out.
The 1947 Agriculture Act, which guaranteed prices to farmers, ignited a period of huge growth in production. But what if Parliament had followed the advice of Stafford Cripps and decided against it? Professor Christopher Andrew examines how the industry might have developed after the war.
Despite the claims made for them, 20th century revolutions failed to witness the long-forecast death of God. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto asks whether the coming decades will see a reviving religiosity and investigates the likely consequences of such a resurgence.
(Repeated Sunday 9.30pm)
The stories behind the best in cutting-edge science. This week Geoff Watts hangs from an Italian suspension bridge and tries to push over a four-storey building in order to predict the damage caused by earthquakes.
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By Francois Mauria, read by Juliet Aubrey.
There is no forgiveness for Therese.
(For details see Monday)
The last in a comedy series by Sudha Bhuchar and Shaheen Khan.
Girl-talk, male-baiting, boozing, fun-loving, gossiping, baby-waking... girlies.
Five feisty, foxy, fighting females forgive and forget.
By Kazuo Ishiguro.
Christopher's father has been kidnapped, but Uncle Philip is taking charge.
(For details see Monday)
