With the Most Rev. Dr. George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury.
With Anna Hill.
With Sue MacGregor and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day
With Rabbi Lionel Blue.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Jenni Murray is joined by guests for lively and topical interviews and conversation from a woman's point of view.
Drama: Daughters of Britannia. Part 8.
(Drama repeated at 7.45pm)
What really goes on inside the silent world of the public library? Ian McMillan, with the help of volunteers from the Mass Observation Archive, unlocks the secrets of this institution, now in its 150th year.
A comedy written by Lynne Ferguson.
Irene fears the worst when a famous restaurant critic books a table at the Ritz Cafe - the reputation of Millport will be printed for the whole world to see. Is he really coming to sample Alberto's food or does he have a secret agenda?
With Liz Barclay and Mark Whittaker.
With Nick Clarke.
Chris Stuart hosts the quiz about scientific discoveries. Joining him are Lewis Wolpert, Johnny Ball, Adam Hart-Davis and Kevin Warwick.
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
Martyn Wade's comedy is based on the real-life story of an 18th-Century forger. In order to convince his father that he has great literary skills, the forger provides him with a number of Shakespearean documents, including an exciting new and undiscovered play.
John Cushnie, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew answer questions posed by gardeners from south Oxfordshire. With chairman Eric Robson.
(Repeated from Sunday 2pm)
By Tony Harrison.
The trial before Pilate and the judgement of Jesus.
(For details see Monday)
In Britten's great operas and William Golding's Lord of the Flies, children become a troubling and desirable presence. How and why does the symbol of the child become an eerie force in 20th-century art?
(For details see Monday)
Historically we have tended to think of the House of Commons and the civil service as white, middle-class male enclaves. Even though both institutions have opened their doors to women and ethnic minorities, it is difficult to shake off that original perception. Nirmal Puwar from Northampton University tells Laurie Taylor how we link particular kinds of people with particular public spaces.
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Dr Graham Easton examines why drug availability differs around the country and why it can be so difficult to see the doctor when you want to. Plus new ways to provide a fast-track treatment when you are under the weather.
(Rptd from yesterday 9pm)
With Clare English and Charlie Lee-Potter.
Stephen Fry and John Bird star as spin doctors Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe in Mark Tavener's comedy series.
This week the specialists in government and media relations get involved in the race for London mayor.
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David has to tell the truth.
(Repeated tomorrow 2pm)
Mark Lawson gives the verdict on the much-anticipated new novel from Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow, now in his 85th year.
Four centuries of diplomatic life as experienced by wives and daughters.
Their privileged status allowed diplomatic women access to people and places denied to other travellers - from harem life in the 18th century to an audience with the dowager Empress of China at the end of the 19th century.
For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am
Five eminent thinkers speak from around the world on different aspects of the complex theme of sustainable development. At the end of the series the lecturers will come together for a final round-table discussion hosted by the Prince of Wales. Presented by Kate Adie.
Leading scientist Thomas E. Lovejoy, chief biodiversity adviser to the World Bank and councillor at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, tells an audience in Los Angeles: "We are in deep trouble biologically and already into a spasm of extinction of our own making unequalled since the one which took the dinosaurs."
(Repeated Saturday 10.15pm)
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Earth scientist Professor Bill McGuire looks at what has been learnt about the future from four catastrophes which have taken place in the last 100 years.
An examination of the eruption of Mount Pelee on the Caribbean island of Martinique which, on 8 May 1902, incinerated 30,000 people in seconds.
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Shortened repeat of 9am
With Robin Lustig.
By Isabel Allende.
"You're a real man."
(For details see Monday)
There are no holds barred when doctors Tony Gardner and Phil Hammond take an irreverent look at the current state of the NHS. Plus a sneak preview of the new 400-part fly-on-the-wall documentary series Lord Robert Winston Crosses the Road.
Fiona Shaw reads extracts from Ann Wroe's book.
(For details see Monday) (R)
