With Andrew Graystone.
With Alex Kirby.
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 Indarjit Singh.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas and events which have influenced our age. Producer Charlie Taylor. Repeated at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg examines the true meaning of genius and whether it is born or made. What circumstances are necessary for the great leaps of consciousness that inspire the development of science and art? 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 9. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
England v West Indies
Commentary on the first day's play of the First
Cornhill Test at Edgbaston. With Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld, Tony Cozier and Donna Symmonds. Expert comment from Vic Marks, Viv Richards and Mike Selvey. Scorer Bill Frindall. Including at
1.15 and 3.45 News and at 1.18* County Talk. *Approximatetimes
Jonathan Agnew and Three Uons radio hat offer -Sport: page 45
BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
South African editor Donald Woods fled the apartheid regime of his homeland in order to write the biography of black activist Steve Biko - immortalised in the film Cry Freedom. Today he reflects on some of the writers who have given him inspiration. Producer Nicky Barranger. Rptd 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 Saturday 6.10am
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Sarah LeFanu. In 1947 writer Rose Macaulay was a curiosity - an elderly Englishwoman driving alone down the coast of Spain in her ancient Morris. Stopping to indulge in her passion for swimming, she encounters the mysterious Senor Simon , one of the many ghosts who haunt her iournev. Producer Sara Davies. Director Felicity Goodall
With Peter White. Editor Chris Burns
Sir Christopher Mallaby speaks on behalf of a charity which supports people with inherited disorders of the immune system. DONATIONS: Primary Immunodeficiency Association, [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: [number removed]. Repeated from Sunday 7.55am
4: Night Vision. A Donegal night in the 1820s and Frances Brown waits beside her sleeping brothers and sisters for her father to come home and tell her what is to become of her. Reader Flora Montgomery. For details see Monday
Lionel Kelleway continues his exploration of the uninvited wildlife guests that lodge in our homes. 4: The Lounge. For details see Monday (R)
Marcel Berlins takes a look at the legal affairs of the moment. Producer Charles Sigler. Repeated Sunday8.30pm
SNAP-1 is a tiny spacecraft weighing only six kilos. Constructed by engineers at Surrey University, it is the latest in a line of nanosatellites which are set to have a dramatic impact on our ability to explore and utilise space. Quentin Coopertalks to Dr Craig U nderwood and Dr Andrew Coates about the engineering of these machines and the future of nanosatellite technology. Producer John Watkins. E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk
With Clare English and Charlie Lee-Potter .
A six-part comedy by David and Carolyn Stafford. 3: New revelations about Klepke, Lottie, Lovac, Ignatz and Salome threaten the fragile, alcohol-fuelled equilibrium.
Music David Stafford. Producer Dirk Maggs
Ed develops an unhealthy interest. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson investigates the varied political interpretations of Shakespeare's "Coriolanus," which has just been revived in a new production starring Ralph Fiennes.
Tales from Little India. Another chance to hearthe first of two programmes in which Naresh Puri discovers how Asian settlers have transformed this west London town. Producer Rozina Dewshi (R)
On the Knowledge. The so-called new economy needs new knowledge and new skills. Peter Day asks where they wi II come from.
Producer Rosamund Jones. Repeated Sunday 9.30pm
From outer space to the inner workings of the atom, the programme that highlights the latest in scientific endeavour. Bird strikes can cause aeroplanes to crash. But it is a rare event considering the number of birds and the number of aircraft that take off. Scientists have shown that most birds can calculate the time they should move out of the way to the last second. Geoff Watts investigates.
Producer Jim Clarke. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
With Claire Bolderson.
By Charles Web , read by William Hope.
9: "Mr Robinson -the point is I don't love your wife. I love your daughter, sir." For details see Monday
Last in a comedy serial by Simon Warne. Kate has not forgiven Penny for kissing public enemy number one - Andythe builder. Bob gets a call from Down Under which sets him thinking- a dangerous occupation!
Director Tracey Neale
By Deborah Moggach , read by Emma Fielding and William Gaminara. Part4. For details see Monday (R)
