With Amanda Russell-Jones .
With Anna Hill.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Elaine Storkey.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Libby Purves and guests engage in lively and diverse conversation.
(Shortened repeat at 9.30pm)
Jenni Murray hosts lively and topical interviews and discussion from a woman's point of view.
Drama: The Mind Teacherby Alex Ferguson. Part 3. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
In the first of two programmes, Sue Armstrong measures the impact of stress on our bodies and minds. As stress-related complaints spiral upwards, scientists are discovering that the toll taken by stress can last a lifetime. New research reveals that stress is a major influence on our health from before birth to old age. Producer Louise Dalziel (R)
A four-part comedy series by Don Howarth.
2:Bill Bosun - Speedily to School.
Bill Bosun is the highly popular driver of the country school bus whose speed at the wheel makes school journeys a hazard and an adventure.The big, jolly man's weakness is his unwillingness to see anyone in a jam. Against instruction, he waits for late pupils and gives lifts to all kinds of people and their dogs, ducks and hens. To the children, he is a loved and admired friend. The school governors and local councillors have a different view and his future is in their hands.
With Liz Barclay and Mark Whittaker.
With Nick Clarke.
Steve Richards hosts the panel game about politics and politicians. Team captains Roy Hattersley and Sir Patrick Cormack MP are joined by guests journalist John Cole and novelist and former MP Rupert Allason. Written by Hugh Rycroft and David Spicer. Producer Steve Doherty
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
by Annie Caulfield.
The second drama in the Peacemakers series. In Belfast in the summer of 1976 an IRA gunman was shot by British soldiers. His car smashed into a mother, killing her three children. Thousands of women took to the streets.
John Cushnie , Pippa Greenwood and Roy Lancaster are guests of the Medieval Hall in Salisbury. With chairman Eric Robson. Shortened repeat from Sunday 2pm
By Jhumpa Lahiri, read by Indira Varma.
3: Interpreter of Maladies.
(For details see Monday)
Today Charlotte Smith visits a car park in Acton, London to find out about the grand old house that Stood there until 1985.
(For details see Monday)
Laurie Taylor visits windswept South End out of season to talk to the movers and shakers who are keeping it alive during the winter months.
Dr Graham Easton looks at the cost of working long hours and has practical advice on how to stay sane under pressure.
(Repeated from yesterday 9pm)
With Clare English.
Simon Brett 's comedy follows the trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event management company. 3: Positive Thinking
This week In Any Event arrange the Brighton leg of the lecture tour by Californian positive-thinking guru Lyndon Merchant. Starring Prunella Scales , Arabella Weir , Rebecca Callard , Duncan Preston , Annette Badland , Alison Skilbeck and Kerry Shale. Producer Maria Esposito (R)
Robert has trouble with his neighbours. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Francine Stock presents the arts programme.
By Alex Ferguson. 3: Annie makes home visits to two families who have appealed against the schools their children have been offered.
For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am Further cast details across the week
Edward Stourton chairs three debates, this week focusing on the proposition that: "Rural people suffer because they have no control over the levers of power." Set in Grantham, Lincolnshire, one of the most rural counties in England, regional chiefs, community groups and landowners argue over who really has political control in rural areas - local people or townies.
(Repeated Saturday 10.15pm)
Dinah Lammiman concludes four discussions with high-ranking women politicians around the world about what it means to be a woman in Parliament.
(Repeated from Sunday 10.45pm)
Three drama-documentaries exploring the metaphors of illness. 2: The Wrong Target - Multiple Sclerosis. A drama written by Nicholas McInerny, with documentary from
Dr Giles Ellrington and Wendy Tindell-Shepherd . Agent 1 is debriefing Agent 3 after a seemingly successful assignment. So why is Agent 2 behind the mirror watching? Producers Rosie Boulton and Sara Conkey
Shortened repeat from 9am
With Claire Bolderson.
By Arthur C Clarke, read by William Roberts. Part 8.
(For details see Monday)
A new six-part series by Annie Caulfield. 1: A nervous Helen sets off on what she hopes will be a life-changingjourney - a budget safari to East Africa with her bubbly flatmate Perry.
Other parts played by members of the cast. Director Toby Smith
Roger McGough presents a six-part series looking at life. love, happiness, heroes, villains and embarrassing relations. 1: This week, some poetic reflections on the business of poetry. Producer Sara Davies (R)
Written and read by Barry Cryer. Part 3. For details see Monday
