With Anna Hill.
Producer Steve Peacock
With John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day WithDrMonaSiddiqui.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas and events which have influenced our time.
Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what inspired the 18th century anti-enlightenment Gothic movement, and examines how it has managed to secure itself a permanent position in popular culture even today. Show more
Jenni Murray and guests with the latest news, views and culture from a woman's point of view.
Drama: The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine dePizan. Part 4.
Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Kate Adie takes an in-depth, colourful and often witty look behind the headlines. Producer Tony Grant
Rim director Alex Cox tells of how the X certificate first came to British cinemas and helped create a screen revolution in the fifties. Directors J Lee Thompson and Michael Winner , Hammer screenwriter Jimmy Sangster , and former censor Ken Penry recall the effects on films and film-going when the X certificate arrived in a haze of publicity in 1951. Producer Matthew Dodd
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
A look back at the brightest and best from the British countryside in 2000. Shortened repeat from Saturday 30 December 6.10am
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
A four-part detective story by David Ashton , set in Victorian Edinburgh. 3: The Second Shadow
Counterfeiters are at work in the city, and McLevy is under pressure to secure rapid convictions. But his mind is more on the deliciously immoral Jean Brash - surely McLevy is not becoming jealous of the male company she keeps?
Director Patrick Rayner
With Peter White.
Editor Chris Burns. LINES OPEN at 12.30pm
Repeated from New Year's Eve 7.55am
3: The Radar Angel. Ruth Padel 's modern version of La Traviata, features the Lady of the Camellias - a young Japanese girl - working her way around the world, until she meets a young Kerry man. For details see Tuesday 2 January
3: The Bakers' Benevolent Society
Established in 1832 this society looks after retired bakers in Epping. But will its future be as illustrious as its past as supermarkets kill off the independent baker?
For details see Tuesday 2 January
Michael Rosen presents the programme about words and the way we speak.
Quentin Cooper visits Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry to discuss some of the dilemmas facing science museums. With the help of the museum's director, Patrick Green , and Andrew Scott from the National Railway Museum in York, he hears about the historical and educational importance of science museums. Producer John Watkins. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.ac.uk
With Clare English and Eddie Mair.
Simon Bligh hosts the stand-up programme, featuring the pick of the current comedy circuit and future talent. This week's programme includes Radio 4 favourite Steve Gribbin , newcomer Ian Moore and the mercurial magic of Paul Thome. Producer Mario Stylianides
Someone is less than loyal. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson chairs the arts programme. Producer Lawrence Pollard
By Christine de Pizan. 4: Having proved that women are neither weak nor stupid, Christine and her guides look to the female virtues of loyalty and faithfulness.
For details see New Year's Day. Repeated from 10.45am Further cast details across the week
r Thinking Russia. Tim Whewell travels through
Russia to seek the roots of the country's identity. Can it find a new role for itself after Communism? Producer Teresa Cherfas
Tales of the Unexpected?Governments, companies and individuals tend increasingly to plan theirfinancial decisions on the basis of economic forecasts. But is economic prediction an exact science, an art, or little more than crystal-ball gazing? Andrew Diinot asks whether we take too much notice of forecasts.
Producer Zareer Masani. Repeated Sunday 9.30pm
Exploring issues which affect all our lives.
Breaking the Food Barrier. An alarming percentage of the meat, fruit, vegetables and processed foods imported into Britain contains dangerous bacteria or potentially deadly toxins. Alex Kirby meets those responsible for identifying the contaminated food before it reaches ourdinner tables and asks if enough is being done to protect us. Producer Brian King
With Robin Lustig.
By Arthur C Clarke , read by William Roberts. Part 4. For details see New Year's Day
A six-part series by Sudha Bhuchar and Shaheen Khan. 1: Self made "pioneer of Balti" Yahsin Anwar suffers a heart attack. His youngest son is called back from his studies to help save their ailing restaurant. Ruthless competitors who undercut prices present Shahab with quite a dilemma.
Director Kristine Landon-Smith
Burt Caesar investigates the curtain call -the ulterior motives of Shakespeare's jigs, the politics of the panto walk-down, even the agitprop refusal to take a bow. Directors Peter Brook and Jatinder Verma , actors Josette Bushell-Mingo , Roy Hudd and Richard Wilson , designers, historians and critics explore the moment when we move from performance back to our own lives, and what it means to take and receive a bow. Producer Julian May (R)
4: Return Trip to Nirvana (1967) by Arthur Koestler , read by John Shrapnel. Using first-hand experience Koestler challenges the cult of mind-altering drugs as advocated by his friend Timothy Leary. For details see New Year's Day (R)
