With writer and broadcaster Joy Mead.
Presented by Sarah Mukherjee.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day
With the Rev Dr Johnston McMaster.
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 shape, size and topology of the universe and examines theories about its expansion. If it is already infinite, how can it be getting any bigger? And is there really only one? Show more
Jenni Murray presents the programme from Manchester. Drama: Degrees of Distance. 4: Matthewby Catrin Clarke. Drama
BBC correspondents take a revealing, colourful and often witty look behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
Ruth Deech, head of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, chooses prose and poetry which reflect her family origins, her passion for the law and her interest in fertility, including Theodor Herzl's Zionist novel Old New Land, a crisp extract from Lord Denning's Profumo Inquiry, and The Story of Hannah by Martha C Nussbaum. With readers Henry Goodman and Marlene Sidaway.
(Repeated Sunday 12.15am)
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
Extended repeat from Saturday6.10am
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
A comedy by Alison Joseph with serious intent about female desire, the pharmaceutical industry and the crucial question of hydraulics. Erica, played by Phyllis Logan , works in a university, researching Victorian sexology. Chris (Darren Boyd ) works in a lab trying to develop a sex drug for women. Can they possibly have a future together?
Director Gaynor Macfarlane
Barbara Myers is back with a new series of the health phone-in that puts you in touch with the experts. In this series everything from hip replacements to phobias will be tackled. Producer Paula McGrath
On the day of the programme, phone in your queries and comments to [number removed], or send your e-mails now to checkup@bbc.co.uk
Sue Torr appeals on behalf of a a charity that recruits and trains volunteers to help primary school children who lack confidence with reading.
Producer Laurence Grissell.
Repeated from Sunday7.55am
DONATIONS: Volunteer Reading Help, [address removed]CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed]
By Chris Powell , read by Josephine Woodford. Life at a down-at-heel hotel is seen through the eyes of an elderly woman as she takes her daily swim in the hotel pool. For details see Monday
4: Chalet Club. If you still have that tiny gold and red enamelled pin then you were probably a member of the original Chalet Club. Fans of Elinor Brent-Dyer 's Chalet School books travel to Herefordshire to rhapsodise on a world gone by. And you can still get a badge from the two flourishing successor clubs. Producer Kim Normanton
Repeated from Sunday 4pm
Quentin Cooper and his expert guests discuss latest developments in the world of science and technology. Today the new field of proteomics - the next step on from the human genome project - which aims to catalogue and understand the job of every protein in the body. Its practitioners argue that such a broad and detailed understanding of these biochemical movers and shakers will transform medicine during this century. Producer Andrew Luck Baker. E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk
With Eddie Mair and Carolyn Quinn.
David Hatch chairs the radio quiz about radio. This week Nick Clarke and Natalie Wheen battle against Phill Jupitus and Johnny Walker. Will they recognize the former Conservative chairman singing Streets of London? And did John Humphrys ever sing the blues On Radio 4?
Mother and daughter united. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson with arts interviews and news. Producer Sally Spurring
Five plays examining the impact on a Welsh community when a local woman disappears. 4: Matthew by Catrin Clarke.
An ex-lover knows more than he can reveal without threatening his own marriage.
Producer Alison Hindell. Repeated from 10.45am
A new four-part series in which Allan Little looks at some national liberation movements who use terror to get what they want. How should they be dealt with? Producer Zina Rohan
Meetings all over the world are now dominated by computer-driven Powerpoint presentations. Peter Day asks Robert Gaskins, the inventor of Powerpoint, if what started off as a useful tool has now become a management tyrant.
(Repeated Sunday 9.30)
U Today Geoff Watts presents an investigation into the miracle properties of garlic. It's notjustvampires that need to be wary of the pungent bulb. Scientists in Israel have found that garlic has a striking effect on a huge variety of medical conditions ranging from athlete's foot to diabetes and cancer. The ancient Romans and Chinese certainly believed in garlic's healing properties, but is it of any use in today's hospitals and medical centres? Plus a look at the week's top science stories.
Producer Alexandra Feachem. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
With Claire Bolderson.
By Robert Graves. Read by John le Carre. 9: Marriage. For details see Monday
by Lucius Shepard.
Dramatised by Mike Walker.
A country boy exorcises his demons in Vietnam by making late-night broadcasts to phantom military units - until one of the phantoms, Delta Sly Honey, answers his call. In the worlds of Lucius Shepard, the living and the dead are co-habitants, and the magic that seeps into daily life comes from the human heart of darkness.
Repeated from 9.45am
