With Judy Merry.
With Miriam O'Reilly.
With James Naughtie and Sue MacGregor.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.45 Thought for the Day
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Another in a series of interviews with people who have faced a life-changing decision. With Michael Buerk. Producer Liz Leonard. Repeated at 9.30pm
A new series presented by Mark Whitaker telling the stories of four computer pioneers.
Fifty years ago the catering company J Lyons, best known for its teashops and "nippy" waitresses, ran the world's first real business computer programme and developed and built their own computer, named Leo.
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Former Dallas star Larry Hagman talks to
Jenni Murray about playingJR, his battle with alcoholism and his views on ageing. Drama: Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell. Part 12. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
A new four-part series in which Aubrey Manning discovers what the body of an early man, found on the Gower Peninsula in 1823, reveals of how homo sapiens succeeded the Neanderthals.
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The Red Lady of Paviland. In 1823, the Rev William Buckland discovered a body in a cave in the Gower Peninsula. At first it was thought to be the body of a woman who entertained the Roman soldiers at the camp in Paviland. Nearly a century later it was re-examined and found to be the body of a man, around 26,000 years old. With technology making archaeology more and more precise, the site and the body have been revisited yet again. Producer Helen Sharp
Last in a series in which Mark Thomas looks at the work of comedians who used humour to undermine authority in fifties America. 3: Lenny Bruce - How to Talk Dirty and Influence People
A tribute to America's most subversive stand-up comic, who riled the US establishment during the Cold War. Producer Paul Bajoria
With Peter White and Winifred Robinson.
Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours. PHONE: [number removed]. LINES OPEN from 10am
With Nick Clarke.
Concluding a two-part series in which Humphrey Carpenter investigates the attraction
Shakespeare's work has for composers and musicians. The bard has inspired over 20,000 pieces of music, including operas, musicals, ballets, songs, theatre music and film scores. Contributors include the RSC's artistic director Adrian Noble , director of theatre music at
Shakespeare's Globe Claire Van Kampen and composer Stephen Warbeck. Producer David Corser
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
In November 1979 Anthony Blunt had his knighthood revoked. Writer and actor
Corin Redgrave 's personal portrait speculates on the hopes, fears and regrets of the art historian and fourth member of the Cambridge circle of spies.
Director Keith Slade
Sue Cook investigates listeners' historical queries. Producers Ivan Howlett and Nick Patrick LETTERS: [address removed] E-MAIL: Making.History@bbc.co.uk
2: Maxim makes an offer and returnsto his beloved
Manderley with a new bride on his arm. Producer Di Speirs
The second of two programmes celebrating the centenary of the garden city movement. The first garden city, Letchworth, was established in 1903. Was it a blueprint for healthier living, or were critics closertothe mark when they described its houses as cramped and jerry-built? Presented by Allan Beswick. For details see yesterday
Heather Payton and guests with conversation about the world of business, money and technology. Producer Simon Crow
A weekly guide to education with Libby Purves.
Producer Penelope Gibbs. TELEPHONE: [number removed]. E-MAIL: the.learning.curve@bbc.co.uk. Repeated Sunday llpm
With Clare English and Eddie Mair.
A five-part comedy series by James Cary. 3:
Ailing high street retailer Moore and Burman desperately needs help. They must be desperate to enlist the services of Unthinkable Solutions. Ryan persuades the managing director to go for a radical publicity campaign, Daisy facilitates his nervous breakdown and Sophie decides to take charge of her love life with some decisive action.
Producer Adam Bromley
Usha pleads mitigation. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Francine Stock with arts interviews, news and reviews. Producer Tom Prosser
Elizabeth Gaskell 's frank portrayal of Manchester life is dramatised in 20 parts by Lavinia Murray.
12: Negotiations between mill owners and workers break down. The workers plot their next move. For details see yesterday. Repeated from 10.45am
Current affairs series. After a succession of bungled prosecutions, Gerry Northam asks whether HM Customs can be trusted to handle major drugs cases. Producer Ian Muir-Cochrane . Repeated Sunday 5pm
News, issues and information of interest to blind and partially sighted people, with Peter White.
Producer Simon Clancy. PHONE: [number removed] for more information
A four-part series in which Dr Michael O'Donnell explores the role animals play in a variety of medical experiments. 3: Sweet Cures and Stings. Honey has always been a staple of folk medicine and its use in healing goes back to the ancient Egyptians. Yet only now are modern surgeons and nurses rediscovering its value. More controversially, many people swear by bee stings to relieve the pain and symptoms of such conditions as multiple sclerosis and arthritis. Could it be that every beehive is a potential pharmacy? Producer Jeremy Grange. (R)
Repeated from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
7: Caithleen and Eugene are living happily now, until jealousy rears its poisonous head. Fordetails see yesterday
Asix-part series from comedians Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding. 3: Jazz. Vince can't make the porpoise derby because his band's on New Faces of Pop and Howard can't relax because he's constantly being visited by the spirit of jazz. With
Rich Fulcher and Simon Evans. Producer Danny Wallace
in the World Repeated from 9.45am
