With Father Paul Clayton-Lea .
Producer Gordon Swindlehurst
With Sue McGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Indarjit Singh.
1,000 Years of Spoken English
Melvyn Bragg continues his exploration of the history of the spoken language of Britain.
11: Freezing the River. Changing incessantly, shifting styles and phraseology, the English language has often been compared to an onrushing river. Yet for at least 350 years people have been trying to fix its grammar and pronunciation. Bragg follows the trail of the language fixers and their opponents. ProducerTom Alban. Repeated at9.30pm (R)
Three of Britain's greatest athletes - Brendan Foster, Liz McColgan and Tanni Grey - give a unique insight into the mental battle that put them ahead of the field.
With Jenni Murray and guests. Drama: Feelings Under Siege by Bridie Canning. Part 4. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
Crime writer Michael Dibdin uses fact and his fictional character, Venetian detective Aurelio Zen, on a journey to unravel the past, the present and the future of the most beautiful opera house in Europe, La Fenice. The neo-classical theatre was destroyed when a fire swept through the building in 1996. As dawn broke over the charred remains, rumours began to circulate: was it arson or was it just an accident? The theatre where Verdi's Rigoletto and La Traviata were first performed was loved the world over by musicians, celebrities and tourists. And they all came forward to pledge money and support for its reconstruction. But today, La Fenice is still a building site and the company is performing operas in a large tent.
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
Shortened repeat from Saturday 6.10am
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Jennie Buckman. Hannah and Martin are trying for a baby. Unfortunately Hannah is trying rather harder than Martin whose behaviour becomes ever more strange the further down the road to fertility treatment the couple goes.
With Peter White. EditorChris Burns
Sir Ranuiph Fiennes speaks on behalf of a charity which offers courses of adventurous outdoor activities to people with disabilities.
DONATIONS: The Calvert Trust. [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: [number removed]
Repeated from Sunday 7.55am
Niamh Cusack reads Maeve Binchy's novel.
9: Maud and Simon run away and Cathy and Tom discover the identity of the burglar. For details see Monday
For Sikhs, spiritual purity is achieved through prayer and through service in the community. Kate Saunders samples one of the free meals served daily at a Southall gurdwara and is invited byParsan Singh into her special prayer room. For details see Monday (R)
Michael Rosen presents the programme about words and the way we speak. 7: What's Cooking? After a summer of smoky sausages and smouldering burgers, the origins of the word
"barbecue" get a grilling. Plus a report on how bilingual families operate.
Producer Elizabeth Abrahams. Repeated Sunday 8. 30pm
The Mary Rose sank in 1545, taking 500 sailors with her. The wreck ofthe ship was raised in 1971 and since then, archaeologists and scientists have been trying to find out why the flagship of Henry Vlll 's royal fleet sank. Quentin Cooper talks to two scientists who have been studying the tree rings in the ship's timbers in an effort to discover the reasons forthe vessel's mysterious sinking. Producer John Watkins. E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk Quentin Cooper 's webwatch: page 43
With Eddie Mair and Carolyn Quinn.
A comedy series by Karl Minns. 4:Killing TimePike was an M15-trained assassin, though he calls himself a contract disposal expert. But the Cold War is over, times are hard and due to his bizarre working practices the job centre has suspended his benefit for six months. Producer Julian Mayers
Tom is hoist on his own petard. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson with the arts programme. Producer Katie Hunter
By Bridie Canning. 4: Mistakes and Misdemeanors. Bridie has a crash course in the traditions of rugby and cricket with unpredictable results. Fordetails see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am
Mark Whittaker concludes a look at the origins of the Olympic games. He examines why a 19th-century French aristocrat wanted to re-invent the ancient Greek Games and explores the influence of French nationalism, British public schools and social Darwinism on the modern games.
The Bill for Rights. The new Human Rights Act has been hailed as a major step forward in Britain's largely unwritten constitution. But might there be a price to pay in encouraging individual litigation and promoting rights at the expense of responsibilities? David Walker asks if the government's latest constitutional reform could undermine its own capacity for effective, collective action. Producer Ingrid Hassler. Repeated Sunday9.30pm
As the search for new oil sites across the globe becomes increasingly challenging, Alun Lewis visits the Gulf of Mexico where a new floating rig is leading the way.
Producer Dee Palmer. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
Repeated from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
By Muriel Spark. Part 9. For details see Monday
A satirical look at the week's news and media events. With Simon Evans , Dave Lamb , Chris Pavlo and Laurin Shavin. Producer Alex Walsh-Taylor
Mark Steel presents a series of humorous lectures covering historical figures who shaped their era. With Melanie Hudson and Martin Hyder. Producer Phil Clarke (R)
Read by Seamus Heaney. 9: Beowulf, who has ruled the Geats for 50 winters, fights the dragon. Fordetails see Monday(R)
