Moderator of the Free Churches.
Presented by Miriam O'Reilly.
With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought forthe Day With Anne Atkins.
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 what self-examination through philosophy can teach us about living our lives, and where it ranks in our quest for self-knowledge alongside science, the arts and religion. Show more
Radio's longest running magazine programme, with Jenni Murray in Manchester. Drama: Turnoverthe Paper and Start. Part 4. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
the Kate Adie presents the stories behind the world's headlines. Producer Tony Grant
David Stafford embarks upon a blues odyssey.
Spurning the well-trodden route from New Orleans to Chicago, he chooses the road from Bradford to
Halifax, and reminisces with those who remember the black American bluesmen who made Yorkshire their home in the fifites and sixties, including barrelhouse pianist Champion Jack Dupree , and harmonica maestro Curtis Jones. Producer David Prest
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
Helen Mark meets the people and wildlife of the British countryside.
Shortened
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Gwyneth Powell, adapted from the writings of E.M. Delafield.
The play, based on Delafield's own experience, is set in Edwardian England and is the story of Monica Ingram who is under enormous pressure to find a husband. As her contemporaries race ahead of her to the goal of matrimony, Monica feels hopeless and enters a nunnery.
Each week a columnist advances a controversial view on a topical subject, then listeners can take issue by telephone. Presented by David Jessel. Producer Nick Utechin PHONE: [number removed]
Today's appeal is for an organisation which gives real, sustainable livelihoods to people in developing countries through credit rather than charity. Producer Laurence Grissell
DONATIONS: Opportunity International UK, [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed] .
Hugh Laurie reads Jerome K Jerome 's comic classic which takes three men on a cycling tour of Germany. Abridged by Peter Everett. Part 4. Producer Sara Davies
4:Messing about in Boats. What is the real difference between Ratty and Mole? This episode reveals similar pathologies in people who live life at the water's edge.
For details see Monday
Repeated from Sunday 4pm
With spring in the air, a good gardener's thoughts turn to mulching and potting on. Sacks of peat compost will be bought and used. But the mining of peat bogs is both unsustainable and ecologically destructive. So what can a gardener do? The answer is to use green waste-derived compost. Quentin Cooper finds out how to grow a greener garden. Producer Jonathan Rides E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk
With Eddie Mair and Carolyn Quinn.
A sketch show about life, written and performed by people who've lived a bit of it. With Eleanor Bron ,
Graeme Garden , Neil Innes , Clive Swift , Roger Blake and Paula Wilcox , with music from Ronnie and the Rex. Producer Helen Williams
Helen is cheesed off. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Arts programmes, including discussion, reviews and previews with Francine Stock. Producer Robyn Read
By Claire Bennett.
4: Thursday - History. There's probably more to learn on a trip to the swimming baths than sitting at home with books. Millie learns enough skills to put down "trained negotiator" as one of her career options. A disastrous trip to Gran's and disillusionment with Dad interrupt her GCSE revision. For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
Forty days after Easter, Christians celebrate the completion of Christ's work on Earth and his heavenly coronation. Live from St Martin in the Fields in London, the Archbishop of Westminster,
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O 'Connor, gives the homily, and the celebrant is the Vicar, the Rev
Nicholas Holtam. The Daily Service Singers and His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, directed by Christopher Stokes , perform Palestrina's sumptuous Missa Ascendo ad Patrem.
Producer Philip Billson
Progress and Pelicans. Western taxpayers are paying for motorways, bridges and railways that are plunging through delicate environments from
Slovakia to Poland. One motorway, the E-79, is planned to cut through the Kresna Gorge in Bulgaria, home to 23 endangered species of bird and several rare reptiles and bats. Alex Kirby travels to the Gorge to meet local naturalists dismayed that alternative routes for the road have not been explored. Producer Alasdair Cross
With Claire Bolderson.
By Michael Frayn. Part 9. For details see Monday
The award-winning take-off of the round-table discussion programme returns with an edition devoted to "the family". Griff Rhys Jones plays host Ainsley Elliot with Melanie Hudson as his side-kick, Jude Prentiss. Guests include a controversial Italian gynaecologist (Simon Greenall ); a hard-bitten journalist (Felicity Montagu ); the bronze medal-winning captain of the British Olympic snowballing team (Graeme Garden ); and an impoverished aristocrat (Michael Gambon ). Producer jon Naismith
Bollywood Part 4. Repeated from 9.45am
