With the Rev Enid Morgan.

With Miriam O'Reilly. Producer Ashley Gething

With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Lavinia Byrne.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament LW only

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas and events which have influenced our age. Repeated at 9.30pm

Melvyn Bragg explores the history of chemistry, the role of the elements and examines chemistry's continuing mission to understand the behaviour and relationship of these irreducible substances. Show more

Jenni Murray hosts lively and topical interviews and discussions presented from a woman's point of view. Drama: Diary of a Provincial Lady by EM Delafield. Part 14. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant

In the first of a new series, JK Rowling, creator of the Harry Potter novels, chooses herfavourite pieces of poetry and prose -from Roddy Doyle to Vladimir Nabokov.
Producer Nicky Barranger. Repeated Sunday 12.15am

With Liz Barclay and John Waite.

With Nick Clarke.

Richard Uridge uncovers more stories and characters from the British countryside. Shortened repeat from Saturday6.10am

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

ByJimmieChinn. Following their mother's funeral, Joyce and Stan return to the old family home. Neither really liked their mother so, as they look through her belongings, old grievances resurface, new revelations are made, confidence is broken and accusations levelled. Doubts are also raised about their brother Charlie -they wonder if he really is family and if he should share in their inheritance
This is a real Oldhamplay-the writer is from there, the action takes place there, the two actors hail from there and it was where they started their careers.
Joyce Dora Bryan Stan Bernard Cribbins Director Martin Jenkins

With Peter White. Editor Chris Burns

Martyn Lewis speaks on behalf of a charity which supports the 230 or so local hospices throughout the UK.
DONATIONS: Help the Hospices, [address removed]
CREDIT CARDS: [number removed]. Repeated from Sunday 7.55am

Battleship Phyllis by Rachel Benthem , read by Geraldine Fitzgerald. Massage oils and a special prescription for herbal tea are the unconventional weapons of war against an irritating mother-in-law. For details see Monday

Today a look at trees in the future.
Elspeth Thompson visits a unique haven of ancient and new trees in the heart of Wolverhampton to meet tree enthusiast and environmental consultant
Chris Baines. It is a sanctuary for local birds and wildlife, and provides a solution to the 21st-century problem of air pollution and carbon emissions by acting as a highly efficient air-conditioning unit. For details see Monday

Marcel Berlins takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment.
Producer Charles Sigler. Repeated Sunday 8.30pm

Cosmologists have long puzzled overwhetherthe universe is flat or round. An international team of scientists has finally produced pictures which show the precise structure of the universe as it was 300,000 years afterthe Big Bang. Analysis has revealed that the universe is in fact as flat as a pancake. Quentin Coopertalks to Professor
Peter Ade at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, about what this revelation means and how a hot-air balloon and a robotic telescope called Boomerang provided all the answers. Producer John Watkins. E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk

With Eddie Mair and Charlie Lee-Potter .

Last in the series in which BBC controller of entertainment Paul Jackson chats to comedy writers and performers about their lives and work. 8: Sandi Toksvig. Producer Jo Clegg

Daniel says, "Meetmy Daddy". Repeated tomorrow 2pm

Mark Lawson presents the arts programme, with news, reviews and interviews. Producer Nicki Paxman

By EM Delafield , dramatised by Mike Harris. Part 14. For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am

Chris Bowlby presents a history series that reveals why some of the most controversial policies, fashions and fads became the orthodoxies of their time.

How the miracle cure of the day became one of the most contentious treatments in mental health care.

Clash Management. International company rows can cost millions and take years to resolve in the courts. Peter Day finds there is a better way of tackling a crisis.
Producer Ingrid Hassler. Repeated Sunday 9.30pm

Chemical Cocktails. Scientists have uncovered disturbing new evidence of major risks to health from the cocktail effect of thousands of synthetic chemicals in our environment. Only a small percentage of these chemicals are tested for their individual toxic impact- and none are tested in combination. Alex Kirby investigates. Producer Brian King

Robin Lustig.

By Michael Ondaatje. 4: Anil has her skeleton, but Who was he? For details see Monday

A four-part comedy serial by Simon Warne.
Penny and Dave are getting married, but there are a few hiccups - Penny's hair beingjust one of them. She wanted the Julia Roberts look but has ended up with a Mrs Merton instead.
Director Tracey Neale

By Patrick Leigh Fermor , read by Samuel West.
The poetic and award-winnning writings of Fermor's travels to Hungary in 1933. Part 4. For details see Monday