With Denis Nowlan.

With Miriam O'Reilly.

With John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Rev Dr Johnston McMaster.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas and events which have influenced our time. Shortened repeat 9.30pm

Melvyn Bragg discusses the philosophy of love, a search for a completeness in human nature. Show more

Lively and topical interviews and discussion from a woman's point of view, presented by Jenni Murray. Drama: Manuscripts Don't Burn by Yelena Bulgakova. Part 4. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Cape Town. What's a funny joke and what's a racist joke? That is the question for South Africa's new generation of stand-up comics as Tim Whewell discovers in Cape Town. People of all racial backgrounds are now laughing at jokes that expose prejudice. But have race relations improved all that much? Plus a look at the white family that has adopted a black Aids orphan in what is still one of the most segregated cities in the country. Producer Arlene Gregorius. Editor Maria Balinska

The first of two programmes charting the history of the classical recording industry through the archives of Gramophone magazine, the oldest music magazine in the world. David Owen Norris follows Gramophone's founder, Compton Mackenzie, as he grapples with the earliest gramophones and takes the magazine to the dawn Of the LP. (R)

With Liz Barclay and Mark Whittaker.

With Nick Clarke.
1.30 Open Country
Shortened repeat from Saturday 6.10am

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

Mina Anwar stars in Ajum Malik's drama about "kitchen fire deaths". Fahmeeda and her mother-in-law have only two things in common - arrogance and naked ambition. Their collision of personalities can only end in victory or tragedy.

With Peter White.
Editor Chris Burns. LINES OPEN from 12.30pm

John Simpson speaks on behalf of a charity which helps those persecuted for their political or religious beliefs or ethnic background.
Donations: [address removed]
Credit Cards: Freephone [number removed]
(Repeated from Sunday 7.55am)

4: Weatherby Julia Widows , read by Ruth Linnett. A married couple with one child has for years received regular postcards from around the world. Who is this person and what does he want? For details see Monday

Examining a red blood cell as ittravels from the heart, through the lungs and round the body inside a top athlete running in an international event. The cell has to deliver oxygen and nutrients to muscles but is diverted when the athlete's skin is broken. For details see Monday(R)

Home - but Not Alone. Two years ago five families built "earth homes" in Hockerton, Nottinghamshire, in order to live sustainable lives within a community. Their successes include cheaper bills, low-cost transport and a boating lake. Howard Stableford visits the project with a group of "self builders" who hope to embark on a similar project in Bristol.
Producer Sandra Sykes.

Although the allosaurus was one of the fiercest dinosaurs, scientists have found it hard to explain how it hunted and killed. Twelve metres long and weighing up to two tons, the creature had huge jaws, but teeth which were surprisingly slender and narrow. Quentin Cooper talks to Emily Ray and Dr David Norman about allosaurus's feeding habits. Producer John Watkins. E-MAIL: [email address removed]
Quentin Cooper on websites with help for parents - Webwatch: page 53

With Clare English and Eddie Mair.

Galton and Simpson have written over 600 shows, so finding something to talk about was never really on the agenda. The creators of Steptoe and Sontell Paul Jackson of their experiences writing for Hancock and Frankie Howerd , and how they met as a result of tuberculosis. Producer Mario Stylianides

Jennifer does not tell the whole truth.
Repeated tomorrow 2pm

Arts interviews, news and reviews, presented by Mark Lawson. Producer ErinRiley

The diaries of Yelena Bulgakova. 4: As Stalin's terror reaches a crescendo and more and more colleagues and friends are arrested, the pressure on Yelena and Mikhail becomes acute. For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am

Yasser Arafat ? In 1968 a bomb was delivered into the hands of the leader of the Palestinian Liberation
Organisation, Yasser Arafat , but it failed to go off. What if the device had exploded and he had been killed? In the last of the current series Professor
Christopher Andrew looks at how differently Middle Eastern politics might have turned out if Arafat had been assassinated. Would his absence have made peace more likely or might his death have sparked off an all-out war? Producerian Bell

Taming the Globe. People travelled from all over the world to protest in Seattle and Prague, demanding greater participation in decisions that affect life in the globalised economy. Mary Kaldor asks if these demonstrations were a two-day wonder, or signs of an emerging global society. Producer Ingrid Hassler. Repeated Sunday 9.30pm

This year sees the 100th anniversary of the British Psychological Society. This week top psychologists from around the country gather in Edinburgh for its annual conference and to celebrate its centenary. The latest research in the field will be discussed, and GeoffWatts takes a look at what psychologists have on their mind.
Producer Alexandra Feachem. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

With Robin Lustig.

By Erma Bombeck. 4: Teenagers. Fordetaiis see Monday

Andy Hamilton's new six-part comedy series set in hell.

Satan punishes a feng shui expert who tells him his lake of fire is pointing in the wrong direction, and debates with the Professor whether knowledge is always better than ignorance.

Matters Repeated from 9.45am. Fordetails see Monday 9.45am