With Pastor L!ndsayA!!en.
With Miriam O'Reiiiy. Producer Hugh O'Dohne !)
With Sue MacGregor and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day
With Dr Lavinia Byrne.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
LW only
To what extent should the law stop us from doing what we want? Increasingly the courts are required to intervene in deciding matters of conscience and personal liberty. Should judges perform such a role, should Parliament decide for us, or should we be free to make our own decisions in matters of conscience and belief? With Clive Anderson.
(Repeated at 9.30pm)
The first of two programmes looking at the designers whose ideas could radically influence the way we live.
James Dyson meets the team who think they can meet the need for well-designed. affordable and efficient housing. They can even grow a lettuce on an interior wall. Producer Mary Price (R)
Author Anita Shreve talks to Jenni Murray about her latest nove! and her previous work, 7'ne Weight of tVater, which has recently been adapted forthe cinema. Drama: NotE/tneran 6(per/menfa/ DO//. Part 2. Drama repeated at7.45pm
Peter France discovers how biologists' hidden prejudices have shaped our attitudes to animals and the interpretation of animal behaviour.
Science seems to reflect changes in our own society, from Victorian values to the rise of feminism. Before the rise of feminism, big showy males were always the centre of attention. Now it is the study of females that is pushing science forward. So can scientists ever be truly objective?
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Does our image of the dominant-male stag need to be revised in the light of feminist ideas? In olden times, the elephant was notable for its modesty (it was believed to took the other way during intercourse) while the pig was a symbol of lust. In Sex and the Scientist (11.00am R4), Peter France investigates the many, sometimes ludicrous ways in which even apparently objective scientists describe animal sexual behaviour, often using metaphors that reflect whatever philosophy happens to be in vogue. (SG)
Professor Alison Oddey talks to Sheila Hancock about her career as a woman performer and about the people who have influenced her a!ong the way, including Frankie Howerd, Kenneth Williams and Beryl Reid.
With Winifred Robinson and Mark Whittaker.
With Nick Ciarke.
Composer Gerard McBurney tells the story of four different kinds of musical patron, looking at who pays for new music.
In this concluding programme McBurney considers the patrons of new music in Britain today, such as Sound investors who buy £100 shares in pieces of new music which are then performed by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.
McBurney hears from beneficiaries Judith Weir, Colin Matthews and conductor Sir Simon Rattle, and their investors. Producer Frances Byrnes
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Angela Turvey. Shiriey has waited 40 years to return to Jamaica. Herson anticipates herarriva!, but he has changed and so has her home.
D!rectorC!a! re Grove
Cat) Wendy Austin for an exchange of experiences and views on today's topical issues. ProducerChhs Burns. UNES OPEN from 1.30pm
2: Dear Mr Atlas by Angharad Jones, read by Elry Thomas. A chance encounter with a hunk makes Elen reassess her weedy boyfriend. For details see yesterday
Kate Saunders discovers the importance to Muslim parents of the first words a baby hears.
(For details see yesterday)
Baby Rites (3.45pm R4) is a three-part series concerning the rituals surrounding pregnancy and childbirth indifferent cultures. Today Kate Saunders talks to Muslim parents. As soon as a child is born, the father will gently whisper the call to prayer in the baby's ear, then a date is softened and rubbed along the tiny gums. so that the infant's first taste is of sweetness. (SG)
Heather Payton and guests with conversation about the world of business, money and technology.
LibbyPurves presents the intelligent guide to the wide world of learning.
Producer An ne Freeman. ACTiON UNE: [number removed]
E-MAtL: the.<earning.curve@bbc.co.uk. Repeated Sunday llpm
With Ciare English and Carolyn Quinn.
Mark Stee ! presents a series of comedy lectures de!ving into the lives of passionate men and women whose ideas shaped their generation. This week's subject isthe Greek ph!!osopherAhstotie. Producer Lucy Armitage
Jii! discusses the birds and bees.
Repeated tomorrow 2pm
A moving collection of letters from fifties South Africa, dramatised by Rosemary Kay.
2: Lily is elated when Mabel agrees to pay for her to attend Adams College. The two women finally meet, but the meeting is not a success.
MrGrant Conn !eM'Gadzah Woman on train Trish Cooke
Further cast details across the week. For details see yesterday
Repeated from 10.45am
Joiyon Jenkins with major issues, changing attitudes and important events at home and abroad.
Producer Liz Carney. Editor Davfd Ross. Repeated Sunday 5pm
Peter White with news, issues and information of interest to blind and partially sighted people. Producer Chery! Gabnef
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Speoa/;stEyes. DrGihian Rice presents a series expioringthe eye. with a focus on vision, colour perception and the different visua! capacities of humans and animals. This week, Rice looks at the eyes of our animal neighbours and reveals how verydifferenttheirviewofthe world is. She uncovers amazing adaptations for seeing in the dark, underwater and in a technicoiour world that we humans can only dream of. Producer Sarah B!unt . E-MA)L: scirad@bbc.co.uk
WEBS!TE: www.bbc.co.uk/nature
Repeated from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
John Sessions relates the story of Dante's epic journey through Hell. Part 2. For details see yesterday
Matt Lucas and David Walliams's sketch show examines ordinary life in Britain as lived by some less than ordinary British folk. This week ex-Olympic athlete Denver Mills is at a school sports day and Sir Bernard Chumley goes to the theatre. With Jean Ainslie, Tom Baker, Samantha Power and Paul Putner.
Producer Ashley Baker. Music David Arnold
By Lucasta Miner, read by Samantha Bond. Part 2.
Repeated from 9.45am. For details see yesterday 9.45am
