With the Rev Johnston McKay.
Producer Gordon Swindlehurst
With John Humph rys 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.
8.45 Yesterday in Parliament
The history and character of London is explored in the first of a new series of the discussion programme. Melvyn Bragg is joined by three guests - including Peter Ackroyd, author of the much anticipated account of the capital, London: the Biography. (Repeated at 9.30am)
Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of London from its beginnings in the late Neolithic period, to the international, digitalised capital city of today, examining its past glories and darker times. Show more
With Jenni Murray and guests. Drama: My Career Goes Bungby Miles Franklin. Part 9. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
LA A newthree part series in which journalist
Richard Evans joins people at summer schools. 1: Music Their Holiday. Postmen do it, tree surgeons do it, even management consultants do it ... they all make music at the Workers Music Association summer SChOOl. Producer Geoff Ballinger
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton.
Richard Uridge presents more stories and characters from the British countryside. Shortened repeat from Saturday6.10am
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
A four-part drama by Robin Brooks, starring Jack Klaff as George Lewis, the famous 19th century lawyer who defended the indefensible and never lost.
Several impressionable women have been robbed and defrauded at Madame Rachel's fashionable "bathing house". Lewis takes the case and discovers a network of deceit, depravity and debauchery.
With Peter White. Editor Chris Burns
Nick Ross speaks on behalf of a charity which is raising funds to set up the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science.
Donations: The Jill Dando Fund, [address removed].
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(Repeated from Sunday 7.55am)
4: The House of Peace by Gohar Kordi , read by Souad Faress. Zarrin escaped from political tyranny and arrived in the UK as a refugee.
Through her marriage she hopes to find peace, but instead she rediscovers fear. For details see Monday
Moving the Masses. The self-drive car, the automated train and the flying village-designers are working to streamline the mass movement of people. Final part. For details see Monday
Michael Rosen presents the programme about words and the way we speak.
Singing for their supper and the lucrative world of the after-dinner speaker - a guide to delivering easily digestible words of wisdom. And saying sorry - how to apologise.
(Repeated Sunday 8.30pm)
Scientists often look to nature fortheir inspiration. Now computer and artificial life experts are using natural selection to design a new wave of robots that evolve - like living organisms-to produce the machine best suited to the task at hand.
Quentin Cooper talks to two leading scientists who are creating smarter robots using genetic principles.
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Quentin Cooper's webwatch: page 42
With Clare English and Eddie Mair.
The concluding episode of a comedy series by Karl Minns. 6: Norwich. Intheircouncil penthouse in Norfolk's fashionable Norwich, the Nimmo twins, Karl and Owen, put the finishing touches to their series. But no matter how many infinite number of monkeys and typewriters they can lay their hands on, the one thing they cannot find is inspiration.
Producer Julian Mayers
Tom cannot believe his ears. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson with the arts programme. Producer Rebecca Stratford
By Miles Franklin. 9: It's time to go back to the farm. But before Sybylla leaves, there are several loose ends that need tying.
Fordetails see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am
- Uniting Europe is a modern ideal, but it has ancient historical roots. In the first of a newthree-part series, David Sells visits Aachen in Germany to show how Charlemagne began the drive to Unity 1,200 years ago. Producer Chris Bowlby
A few brave pioneers are trying to rekindle mankind's interest in space travel.... only this time it would be private enterprise, not government-funded. Peter Day reports from Las Vegas on a new business frontier.
Exploring the issues which affect all our lives. 2: The Dark Side of Light. A neon blaze of light spreads across the country turning night into day - Alex Kirby investigates how light pollution is driving people from their homes, creating hazards for motorists and even threatening our long-term health. Producer Brian King
With Robin Lustig.
By Joanna Trollope. Read by Barbara Flynn. 9: Simon reaches breaking point. For details see Monday (R)
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
Nick Utechin explores the history and art of the Parliamentary sketch-writer- a tradition which goes back to the the 1850s. 2. Prime Ministers. (R)
By Toby Litt , read by Stephen Tompkinson. Part 9.
Fordetails see Monday
