With Canon Noel Battye.
With Miriam O'Reilly.
With James Naughtie and John Humphrys.
6.25, 7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the events and inspirations that have influenced our age. Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg discusses the British Empire, what drove Britain to follow the imperial road and what was its legacy? Show more
Jenni Murray hosts lively and topical interviews and discussions from a woman's point of view. Drama: Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell. Part 19. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Third in a ten-part series of the international current affairs programme. With Argentina in the grip of an economic crisis, Julian Pettifer spends 24 hours in its capital, Buenos Aires, findingout how belt-tightening measures have affected the city's population. With bartering now commonplace and public workers being paid in coupons, he discovers how Argentines are coping with such dramatic changes in theirfortunes. Producer sue Ellis
Richards Holmes explores the history of the march and marching music and examines the emotional effects it has had on people from all walks of life. Producer Martin Kurzik
Consumer news and views.
With Nick Clarke.
Shortened repeat from Saturday6.10am
Repeated from yesterday7pm
By Neil Brand. In 1924 Siegfried Sassoon was in mourning for friends lost in the First World War and unable to find new inspiration for his poetry. Then a gift of a spanking-new Gwynne eight horse power roadster changed his fortunes. He immediately embarked on an 800-mile trip to see friends Thomas Hardy, TE Lawrence and others. His journey would become a tour of postwar Britain and a road to personal and artistic salvation.
The health phone-in with Barbara Myers is about autism, a lifelong developmental disabilitythat affects the way a person communicates and relates to people around them. If you have a question about diagnosis, cause, or living with people with autism and its related conditions, such as Asperger syndrome, call today's guest expert.
Producer Andrew Luck-Baker
Phone: [number removed]. E-MAIL: Checkup@bbc.co.uk
Patricia Greene appeals on behalf of a charity which provides support and advice for parents whose children have fragile X, a genetic syndrome which causes learning difficulties.
Producer Laurence Grissell. Repeated from Sunday at 7.55am. DONATIONS: The Fragile X Society. [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed].
9: The verdict is questioned. Can Maxim survive? For details see Monday
Five weekday programmes in which Mary Kenny invites brothers and sisters to reveal what makes their relationship unique. 4: The Roux brothers, chefs Albert and Michel discuss sibling rivalry. Producers Liz Senior and Simon Clancy
Repeated from Sunday 4pm
Science series. Are ants better at running telecommunication networks than humans? Quentin Coopertalks to Marco Dorigo and Rob Shipman about designing control programmes for computers based on the foraging behaviour of ants. Can these social insects provide a template that will keep data networks running more efficiently and cope with congestion betterthan many human alternatives? Producer Fiona Roberts. E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk
With Nigel Wrench and Carolyn Quinn.
A lover of gadgets and ideas, the author Douglas Adams, who died in May, went on to create a cult classic in The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Geoffrey Perkins pays tribute with the help of some of Adams's friends and colleagues, including actors Stephen Fry and Griff Rhys Jones, and producer Simon Brett. Producers Jayne Gibson and John Pidgeon (R)
The Strain is Showing. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
With Mark Lawson. Producer Robyn Read
19: Jem's trial begins. His mother isforced to give evidence against him and there is still no sign of Jem's alibi. For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am
On 11 January 2000, one of the most important libel trials in English legal history began at the High Court. The plaintiff, historian David Irving, lost his case and three subsequent appeals. The Irving Trial features contributions from all the protagonists in this extraordinary case, including an interview with the judge himself. The unprecedented access gained for this programme produces a vivid, and often moving, account of the trial.
(Repeated on Saturday at 10.15pm)
The Skip. It's ugly, usually painted yellow and will cost you over f 100 a time to hire one. Nigel Cassidy goes on his most rubbishy assignment to date and meets a man who has practically furnished his entire home with things he's found in Skips. Producer Neil Koenig (R)
Topical science magazine. Washington state, in the north west of America, is home to one of the most bizarre scientific experiments in the world. In the middle of a landscape that comes straight out of a cowboy movie, there's a long metal structure that stretches as far as the eye can see. This is Ligo, an incredibly precise instrument that's searching for some of the faintest signals in the universe, gravitational waves. Geoff Watts meet the physicists who are searching for these cosmological needles in a haystack.
With Robin Lustig.
The final part of Dashiell Hammett's story, abridged by Neville Teller and read by Stuart Milligan. Steve Threefall finally uncovers the town's dark mystery, but not before encountering more danger and intrigue. For details see Monday.
(Hammett's "The Man Who Killed Dan Odams" is read tomorrow at 10.45pm)
A four-part comedy series by Andrew McGibbon in which John Bird interviews remarkable, deceased people. 3: This week's guests are Adam and Eve, with a surprise appearance by Michelangelo. With Fiona Allen , John Sessions and Tony Slattery. Producers Robert Chandler and Alison Vernon-Smith
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Repeated from 9.45am
