With the Rev Andrew Jones.

Producer Gordon Swindlehurst

6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday In Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Christina Rees.
8.45 Yesterday In Parliament

Jonathan Freedland concludes the series which finds the past behind the present. This week he goes in search of the real Macbeth, the 11th-century Scottish king and the source of our most potent myth of power and corruption. Producer Virginia Crompton. Repeated at 9.30pm

Marcel Berlins presents a series about puzzles which have been used throughout history as instruments of pleasure, pain and gain.
3: This week a look at the enigmatic world of the crossword puzzle, an Anglo-Saxon preoccupation that is as British as the bowler hat - or is it? Producer Anna Parkinson
The third clue in the RT puzzle is on page 128

Juliet Barkerjoins Martha Kearneyto discuss her biography of Wordsworth. Drama: La Grande Therese by Hilary Spurling. Part 7. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Hornet Juice. If Japanese long-distance athletes perform well it might be because they are fuelled on "hornetjuice", a fizzy drink containing a chemical solution fed to the enslaved parents by giant Japanese hornets' maggots. The grub spit which propels the adults on marathon flying missions in search of meat to bring back to their offspring is one of life's natural performance enhancers. Mary Colwell investigates from Japan. Repeated from yesterday 9pm

Russell Davies continues his series lookingback at the early careers of some of the country's most popular performers - before they were famous. 2: Hattie Jacques Producer Richard Edis

With Trixie Rawlinson and Mark Whittaker.

With Nick Clarke.

Richard Coles concludes his series exploring the music of non-Christian faiths.
Hinduism. Music and dance in the Hindu tradition is considered a form of worship. Special scales and rhythmic modes are associated with different deities. Musical celebration is a key factor in both worship and daily life.
Producer Helen Garrison. Repeated Sunday 12.15am

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

By Peter Tinniswood.
The acerbic wit and seething resentment involved in a relationship in which a wife has always supported her football manager husband in his successful career, while loathing both him and the game.

Call Wendy Austin for an exchange of experiences and views on today's topical issues. Producer Sukey Firth. LINES OPEN from 1.30pm

2: Learningto Fly by Jane Gardam. A new story set in South Africa by one of Britain's finest
Writers Of short fiction. For details see yesterday

2: Barking, Bonging and Begging. If you thought London would have been quieter 400 years ago, think again. The city was alive with church bells ringing, hawkers shouting and ballad sellers singing the latest tabloid news. For details see yesterday(R)

Heather Payton and guests discuss how business and technology shape the world around us. Producer Simon Crow

Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning, with advice, features and your views. Producer Anne Freeman. Action Line: [number removed]
E-MAIL: the.learning.curve@bbc.co.uk Repeated Sunday 11pm

With Clare English and Eddie Mair.

The comedy series in which, each week, a well-known comedy name will reminisce, entertain and amuse. This week Clement Freud , Just a Minute regular, gourmet and raconteur, entertains an Edinburgh Fringe audience with a banquet of reminiscence and anecdote. Producer Claire Jones

Kathy's life develops organically. Repeated tomorrow 2pm

Mark Lawson reports from London's Hayward
Gallery where Spectacular Bodies aims to reveal the art and science of the human form.
Producer Rob Ketteridge

By Hilary Spurling.
Therese's father Papa D'Aurignacdies and is buried with great pomp. Anxiety begins to be expressed over the contents of the D'Aurignac strong box.
Romain Nick Wearing
For details see yesterday. Further cast details across the week (Repeated from 10.45am)

With hostage-taking on the increase,
Nick Hawton investigates the abduction and murder of four British engineers in Chechnya two years ago. As the families prepare to sue the company which employed them, is enough being done to protect workers sent into the world's trouble spots? Producer David Lewis. Repeated Sunday 5pm

PeterWhitewith news for visually impaired people. Producer Cheryl Gabriel. PHONE: [number removed] for more information. FACTSHEET: send a large sae to [address removed]

A new three-part series. How can you help your unborn baby? What should you eat and ought you to drink alcohol, for example? In the first of three programmes, Connie St Louis investigates the mysterious time in the womb which influences the whole of our lives.
Producer Julia Durbin. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk Repeated tomorrow 4.30pm

Repeated from 9am

With Robin Lustig.

By Charles Dickens , read by Ian McDiarmid. Part 7. For details see yesterday

A comedy series by David and Caroline Stafford. 5: In which Ignatz finds his mother, and Salome regresses.
Music David Stafford. Producer Dirk Maggs (R)

Ian Hargreaves continues his four-part examination of how political interviewing has changed over the decades. Part 2. Producer Martin Rosenbaum (R)

By Giles Milton , read by Ben Onwukwe. 2:
Francis Drake 's successful voyage to the East Indies. For details see yesterday (R)