With the Rev Roy Jenkins.
Presented by Sarah Mukherjee.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie. 625725,8.25 Sports News
7 48 Thought for the Day With Antonia Swmson.
6.45,8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Melvyn Bragg and his guests explore the history of ideas as they discuss the events and inspirations that have influenced our age.
Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg discusses the controversial 20th century scientific breakthrough and development of nuclear physics, which harnesses the enigmatic qualities of the atom’s core to create nuclear power. Show more
Presented by Jenni Murray.
Drama: Les Misérables. By Victor Hugo. Part 9. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Les Misérables available from monday 7 January on audio cassette from all good retailers and from www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]
BBC correspondents take a revealing, colourful and often witty look behind the world headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
This week acclaimed theatre director Richard Eyre makes his selection of favourite extracts from poetry and prose. He has hand-picked his actors to read DH Lawrence, John Donne and Alan Bennett , namely Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent
Producer Nicola Barranger. Repeated Sunday 12.15pm
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Sheena McDonald.
Helen Mark is out exploring the countryside of the Kentish Weald.
Producer Moira Hickey.
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Naylah Ahmed.
It's the night before the wedding in a West Midlands household. Aunty Humera from Pakistan has lost her luggage, forcing Jaswant and Farah to drive through the night to Manchester; the elderly neighbour dispenses wisdom and advice to everyone; and another neighbour boasts of her perfect marriage. But through it all, the mother of the bride is harbouring a secret she can't reveal until tomorrow. A touching, funny and heart-warming portrayal of Asian women in Britain today.
The discussion programme in which listeners are invited to phone in to take issue with a guest columnist, who advances a controversial view on a topical subject. With David Jessel.
Producer Nick Utechin. PHONE: [number removed]
Rabbi Lionel Blue appeals on behalf of a charity which funds research into the causes and prevention of epilepsy.
Producer Laurence Grissell. DONATIONS: Epilepsy Research Foundation. [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed]. Repeated from Sunday 7.55am
4: Some useful but rather intimidating advice is on offer in Helen Lamb 's story Letters from a Wellwisher, read by Vivienne Dixon. Producer Bruce Young
Rick Stein 's portrait of the fishing communities of Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.
4: Stein heads for Galway and weighs up the pros and cons of salmon farming. He also visits a world-famous oyster pub. Producer Viv Beeby
Science series. Cosmologists have come to believe that a mysterious force is stretching the very fabric of space - a type of quantum field opposing gravity that fills all space. Simon Singh talks to professors Laurence Krauss and Ed Copeland about this "dark energy", "quintessence" or "fifth force". Is this the unknown ingredient that makes up most of the Universe?
Producer Andrew Luck Baker. E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk
With Eddie Mair and Carolyn Quinn.
Another night out at London's unofficial national theatre of comedy, the Comedy Store, hosted by Simon Bligh and featuring Ian Stone , Ronnie Golden and Jo Caulfield.
Producer Helen Williams
Worrying news from overseas. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Francine Stock chairs the arts show.
Producer Nicki Paxman
By Victor Hugo. Dramatised by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. 9: When a young law student learns of his father's bravery on the battlefield of Waterloo he is forced to reassess his whole life.
For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Les Misérables is available from Monday 7 January on audio cassette from all good retailers and from www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]
Mark Halliley reveals the inside story of Britain's disastrous military intervention in Russia in the closing stages of the First World War- a campaign which ended in humiliating defeat and which coloured Anglo-Soviet relations for decades.
Why Do Things Go Wrong?Technology promises irresistible benefits. Why does it so often fail to deliverthem? Peter Day asks the people who know. Editor Sandra Kanthal. Repeated on Sunday 9.30pm
4: Liquid Gold: Alaska, Part2. The last part of Tom Feilden 's report on the controversial plan to drill for oil in the Alaskan Arctic, which has divided opinion between indigenous peoples and politicians alike.
But how much oil is there, and is it worth exploiting? Environmentalists claim there is, at most, a six-month supply, while the pro-drillers say there's enough to last 25 years. Will the economic benefits outweigh any environmental damage that may be caused if oil is raised from the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge? Tom Feilden examines the issues. Producer Karen Gregor.
With Claire Bolderson.
By Barbara Pym. 4: A visit to the Learned Society proves interesting, but it doesn't beat the bus journey with Dora. For details see Monday
Another episode in Niall Ashdown and Luke Sorba 's sitcom (strictly non-autobiographical) about two men in their forties who don't know what to do with themselves. Producer Martin Dempsey
Repeated from 9.45am
