With Mary Elizabeth Kirke.
With Anna Hill. Producer Sarah Tempest
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Indarjit it Singh.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament L W only
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas and events which have influenced our age. Producer Charlie Taylor. Repeated at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg explores the veracity of modern claims about the Renaissance and whether our current perceptions about its role in cultural history stem from a 19th century historian. Show more
Jenni Murray hosts lively and topical interviews and features presented from a woman's point of view. Drama: Music and Silence by Rose Tremain. Part 4. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
Ex-SAS member turned novelist Andy McNab chooses his favourite literary and poetic pieces. After surviving horrific experiences during the Gulf War, he wrote his memoir Bravo Two Zero.
His choices reflect a lingering taste for adventure as well as humour in the face of adversity. 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
By Stephen Wyatt. How far did a passionate quarrel with Horace Walpole , son of the famous prime minister, influence Thomas Gray 's much-loved poem, Elegy Written in a Country
Churchyard, first published nearly 250 years ago? The argument occurred on a grand
European tourthe two were taking- but what was the quarrel really about and did the relationship with Walpole deeply affect Gray's thinking?
Director Martin Jenkins
With Peter White. Editor Chris Burns
Michael Aspel speaks on behalf of a charity which provides education, care and independence training for young people with severe physical disabilities.
Donations: Treloar Trust, [address removed]
Credit Cards: [number removed].
(Repeated from Sunday 7.55am)
4: The No 12 Bus by Jenny McLeod , read by Rudolph Walker. Edgar and his wife met on a bridge in Jamaica, so they both believe that his new job in England, which involves crossing
Westminster Bridge several times a day on the No 12 bus, will bring them luck. For details see Monday
4: Saturday Night at the Greyhound by John Hampson (1931). A mining village, a run-down pub and a desperate family tragedy. Why did it strike such a chord in the public's mind? For details see Monday
Marcel Berlins takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment.
Producer Charles Sigler. Repeated Sunday 8.30pm
As Hippocrates, the famous Greek physician of the 5th century BC, once said, "Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food." This advice seems particularly apt today in light of the barrage of scientific reports that say certain foods, consumed regularly, can promote health and even prevent chronic diseases. Quentin Cooper talks to Dr Gary Williamson from the Institute of Food Research - he and his team have created a "super broccoli" with higher levels of anti-carcinogen components-about the phytochemicals in our diet and the mechanisms by which they fight illnesses such as cancer and heart disease. Producer John Watkins. E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk
With Eddie Mair and Charlie Lee-Potter .
A comedy by David and Carolyn Stafford.
2: It is presidential election time and Klepke stands against Boris the Warlord.
Music David Stafford. Producer Dirk Maggs
There is no early reprieve forthe Grundys. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Francine Stock discovers why the next few weeks may prove rather fallow for British cinema-goers. Producer Katie Hunter
By Rose Tremain.
Emilia's arrival in Rosenborg has affected Kirsten. She might re-discover that she is good.
(For details see Monday)
Chris Bowlby concludes a history series investigating how some of the most controversial policies, fashions and fads became the orthodoxies of their time.
How a fashionable, heavily marketed building material turned out to be a killer.
Crisis Currency. The strength of the pound has been battering manufacturing industry in Britain for at least five years. Peter Day asks if there may be a silver lining to all the gloom.
Producer Sue Davies. Repeated Sunday 9.30pm
From outer space to the inner workings of the atom, Geoff Watts presents the latest in scientific endeavour. This week he examines what happens when scientists and politicians clash over one of the world's most urgent and controversial health problems - Aids. In a report from South Africa, he explores what is generally seen as a ridiculous conspiracy theory, claiming Aids is nothing to do with the HIV virus. The antivirus campaigners now have a powerful ally in South African president Thabo Mbeki , however. Producer Jim Clarke. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
With Robin Lustig.
By Charles Webb , read by William Hope.
4: "Mrs Robinson - 1 think you're the most attractive woman of all my parents' friends. I mean that. " For details see Monday
A comedy serial by Simon Warne.
3: Kate's cottage is now in ruins thanks to an over-enthusiastic builder. And is that really Michael Caine in the local Croydon nick?
Director Tracey Neale
Rebecca Front reads Judith Thurman 's biography of Colette. Part 4. For details see Monday(R)
