With Denis Nowlan.
Producer Sarah Tempest
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Russell Stannard.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Libby Purves and guests engage in lively and diverse conversation.
Producer Alison Hughes. Shortened rpt at 9.30pm
Sheila Kitzinger tells Jenni Murray how doctors have reduced birth to a medical process in which the mother is degraded. Drama: The Weight of Waterby Anita Shreve. Part 3. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Concluding a series designed to help us make sense of the digital world. This week Adams reveals his personal vision of the way in which technology may co-evolve with us. Producer Mark Rickards
By Damian Lanigan and Jim Poyser. A comedy series following the lives of a family living in Stockport. 4: Siege. Michael accepts the toughest night shift in Manchester.
Music Big George. Producer Neil Mossey
With Liz Barclay and Mark Whittaker.
With Nick Clarke.
Martin Young hosts a six-part biographical quiz show, with team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego. They are joined by special guests Jonathan Meads and Vivienne Parry. producer Adam Bromley
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
Nisha. the waitress at the Four Seasons
Services, starts to feel scared by the eerie nature of some of the tales she has heard. The Teacher's Tale
By Glyn Maxwell. A class is disturbed by the arrival of a strange supply teacher who forces the children to confess to a crime they did not commit. With Joseph Rennes.
The Quiet Gentleman's Barber's Tale
By Jeremy Front. Jazz musician Laurence tells of a quiet barber whose gangster friends save his business from the clutches of a greedy aristocrat. With Warren Mitchell. The Slapper's Tale
By Sarah Daniels. Angela tells the story of how she was knocked for six by the revelation that her mother had an illegitimate child duringthe war. With Lesley Manville. Director Mary Peate. Fordetails see Monday
John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood are guests of Carbrooke Village Millennium Green Trust. With chairman Eric Robson.
Repeated from Sunday 2pm
By Jeremy Dyson.
The tide goes out for George and Tessa on a trip to Cornwall, in more ways than one.
(For details see Monday)
3: Philip Sweeney continues his exploration of the Metro with stories of resistance and political Struggle. For details see Monday (R)
Laurie Taylortalks to Bhikhu Parekh , professor of political theory at the University of Hull, about his new book which analyses one of the most difficult ideas in contemporay politics -multiculturalism. Producer Tony Phillips. E-MAIL: thinking.allowed@bbc.co.uk
Repeated from yesterday 9pm
With Clare English and Eddie Mair.
A comedy series by Sean Lock and Martin Trenaman. 3: Thwarted by inertia, Sean has never allowed his dreams and ambitions to come true - until the local supermarket shows him the way. Starring Sean Lock, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Peter Serafinowicz and Martin Trenaman.
Producer Chris Neill (R)
A black eye causes trouble for Sid and Kathy. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson examines a new book revealing the secrets of the Lord Chamberlain, Britain's theatrical censor until the sixties, whose blue pencil rewrote manyfamous plays. Producer Sally Spurring
By Anita Shreve , dramatised in ten parts by Beatrice Colin. Part 3.
For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am
Concluding the series, Nick Ross invites a panel of public figures to hear evidence and offer solutions to an issue of current concern. Doctors in the Dock. An examination of cover-ups in the medical profession. With commissioners Sheila McKechnie , John Monks and Gerald Butler. Producer Helen Wilson. Repeated Saturday 10.15pm
Anthony Howard looks at the often turbulent domestic lives of prime ministers over the last 100 years. Producer Mark Savage. Repeated from Sunday 10.45pm
The Shape of Things to Come. What causes the origin of species? Darwin believed it was the gradual accumulation of tiny mutations. The fossil record, however, shows something completely different-the sudden emergence of whole new species with no apparent ancestors. By studying the genes that control whether an organism develops into a fruit fly or a mouse, a new branch of science is trying to answer evolution's biggest puzzle. Peter Evans reports. Producer Paul Arnold. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
Shortened repeat from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
By Charles Dickens , read by Ian McDiarmid. Part 13. For details see Monday
A series that taps into the radio archive of a bygone age, written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke , Claire Downes , Stuart Lane , Al Holloway , Danny Robbins and Dan Tetsell.
2: Dark Age FM. It is AD 500, history's most miserable time, when Britain was invaded twice a week and the country was run by a bloke called Arthur. But there was always Steve in the Afternoon to help Britons through these difficult times. Producers Paul Dodgson and Sean Grundy
Lady Margaret Oswick entertains visitors at Winsley Towers, her historic pile, for a soiree of songs and cultural banter. Written and performed by Ralph Oswick and Christopher Dickins, with members of the Natural Theatre Company.
Featuring songs about flight attendants and exchange students, a report from the Winsley Naturist Club and a telephone link with a Colombian baron.
Phone: [number removed] E-Mail: [email address removed]
By Francis Gary Powers. 3: After months of interrogation, Powers finally faces his trial for Spying. For details see Monday (R)
