WithDrMonaSiddiqui.

With Alex Kirby. Producer Karen Gregor

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 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 why the literary studies of often long dead characters make such popular books and whether the role of the biographer is truthful chronicler or inevitably biased re-inventor. Show more

Author Wendy Perriam talks to Jenni Murray about her latest novel, Lying. Drama: Music and Silence by Rose Tremain. Part 14. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

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

This week's guest presenter is Canadian novelist Carol Shields - perhaps best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Stone Diaries.

The favourite pieces of literature she introduces include: Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, a puzzling fairy tale from childhood with a moral; an unusual love poem from Philip Larkin, An Arundel Tomb (Shields describes the tomb itself and a trip she made on Valentine's Day earlier this year); a poem from her own daughter and one from Sylvia Plath; and a comical extract from Angela Carter's novel Wise Children.

Readings by Anthony Hyde and Eleanor Bron.
(Repeated Sunday 12.15am)

Part of Radio 4's Time Bank Week. 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 Paul Celeste. O'Toole is a philosophy professor teetering on retirement but still giving emeritus lectures at King's in London; Amanda Mace is a psychotherapist with a bit of time to kill between appointments. They could be cruising cosily towards their dotage - instead they find themselves suddenly in demand to solve a mystery of adultery, sexual blackmail and a particularly dodgy brand of whisky.
Director John Taylor

Part of Radio 4'sTime Bank Week. With Peter White. Editor Chris Burns. To contact TimeBank PHONE: [number removed]

Brian Rix speaks on behalf of the largest charity in Britain working with people who have learning disabilities, theirfamilies and carers.
DONATIONS: Mencap. [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: [number removed]
Shortened repeat from Sunday 7.55am

4: You've Never Heard My Music by Donna Franceschild and Simon Little. For details see Monday (R)

The first festival goers arrive at Glastonbury and choose a place to camp that is not to far from, and more importantly, not too near the toilets. The security fence has already been breached, and Glen Tillbrook hears from one attendee who has used every possible trick in the book to evade the entrance fee.Â

(For details see Monday)

Marcel Berlins takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment.
Producer Charles Sigler. Repeated Sunday8.30pm

Since the earliest times it has been used to flavour and preserve food. The chemical industry uses it to make chlorine and caustic soda.
Quentin Coopertalks to
Professor Graham MacGregor and DrJim Thomas about the physics and chemistry of salt. Championed for preventing iodine deficiency disorders and cited as a cause of high blood pressure, salt remains a controversial but indispensable part of our lives. Producer John Watkins. E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk

With Eddie Mairand Charlie Lee-Potter.

A comedy by David and Caroline Stafford.
4: It all starts with Lovac's impression ofYassir Arafat and the computer Salome has borrowed.
Music David Stafford. Producer Dirk Maggs

Jolene offers her ear. Repeated tomorrow 2pm

Mark Lawson chairs the arts programme, including a look at how rain has proved a useful dramatic device forfilm-makers. Producer Lawrence Pollard

By Rose Tremain. 14: The king's secret is finally brought to light.
For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am

Tales from Little India. In the second of two programmes, Naresh Puri reflects on the increasing tension between traditional and modernising forces among the third generation of young adults in Southall. ProducerRozina Dewshi (R)

At Your Service. Companies are spending more and more on service, but customer satisfaction is plummeting. Peter Day looks at how to narrow the gap. Producer Sandra Kanthal. Repeated Sunday9.30pm

From outer space to the inner workings of the atom, the programme that highlights the latest in scientific endeavour. Off the coast of the Isle of Wight, 12 metres below the western Solent, lies an underwater forest, once home to early humans before rising sea levels swept away their land. Geoff Watts discovers how a team of diving archaeologists are excavating the site and building up a picture of how Stone Age humans lived in Britain over 8,000 years ago. Producer Rami Tzabar. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

With Robin Lustig.

By Barbara Anderson , read by Nicolette McKenzie and Julia Morton. Part 4. Fordetails see Monday

An exciting new comedy panel game hosted by Sue Perkins in which someone stands to win 99p live on air! With Peter Baynham , Jack Docherty , Armando lannucci and Simon Pegg. Producers David Tyler and Sarah Smith

By Deborah Moggach , read by Emma Fielding and William Gaminara. Part 9. For details see Monday (R)