With the Rev Stephen Wigley.
Presented by Miriam O'Reilly.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Indarjit Singh.
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 role narcotics and stimulants have played in the history of medicine and their use as both a creative and a destructive force on the lives and work of writers and artists. Show more
With Martha Kearney. Drama: The Frederica
Quartet: Still Life. Part 9. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
The stories and the colour behind the world s headlines with Kate Adie. Producer TonyGrant
In 1959, Detroit Ford motorworker Berry Gordy switched careers and began working on his first love
- music production. His Motown company of black artists became a giant force in the history of popular music and a weapon in the American racial struggle. In the first of two programmes, Stephen Evans travels to the"Motor City", Detroit, to meet the likes of Gladys Knight and Martha Reeves who were involved with the company's early success. Producer Paul Evans
With Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.
With Nick Clarke.
Helen Mark meets the people and wildlife of the British countryside.
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
It is eight months since Gary was stabbed by one of his ten-year-old pupils with a sharpened plastic ruler. His wife Anne thinks he should be over it by now but then nerves are stretched to breaking point when younger brother Mark brings Beulah, his new girlfriend, round to dinner. A L Kennedy's first play for radio is a darkly comic tale of mid-life crisis and sibling rivalry.
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]
Miriam Margolyes appeals on behalf of a charity which provides free legal advice and support to refugees seeking safety in the UK from persecution. Producer Laurence Grissell
DONATIONS: Asylum Aid, [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed]
By Joanna Trollope. Read by Emilia Fox. Part 9. For details see Monday
Rory Maclean celebrates the wonder, frustration and audacity of building his own plane in Crete. 4: Powering Icarus. For details see Monday
As five out of six of the books on the shortlist for the ArthurC Clarke prize are British, Charlie Lee -Potter celebrates our science-fiction writing. And
Jonathan Tulloch , author of The Bonny Lad, makes his pick of the paperbacks. Repeated from Sunday 4pm
Coming live from the first Cheltenham Festival of Science where the theme is the pleasure of science. From the chemistry of chocolate to the physics of music, Quentin Cooperjoins the scientists who will be stimulating the senses and exploring the prevalence of pleasure.
Producer Jonathan Rides E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk
With Eddie Mair and Carolyn Quinn.
Music. A new series of Simon Fanshawe 's cornucopia of comedy, quotations, literature and laughter.
Tonight, assisted by Bill Wallis , and with contributions from Spike Milligan , Billy Connolly and Victor Borge , Fanshawe tunes up and gets to the bottom of music. Producer Paul Dodgson
Tough competition for Mrs Noah. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson reviews the paintings of musician Paul McCartney as the first comprehensive exhibition of his artwork in Britain opens at the Walker Gallery in Liverpool. Producer Robyn Read
By AS Byatt. Dramatised in 15 parts by John Harvey.
Start of the second book in the quartet.
Frederica's ambitions - both academic and sexual - come to fruition.
(For details see Monday) (Repeated from 10.45am)
A series that explores why controversial policies, fashions and fads take hold.
2: Cod Economics. North Sea cod, once Britain's plentiful national dish, has become in recent decades an endangered species. Chris Bowlby reveals how European politicians, scientists, and overfishing trawlers became enmeshed in a maritime disaster. Editor Nicola Meyrick
Who Done It? The mysterious case of the economy that went on booming. Peter Day dons his Sherlock Holmes deerstalker and puts Britain under the magnifying glass to solve the riddle of why we are prospering when (apparently) nobody else in the world is? Editor Stephen Chilcott
Ever since humans could crane their necks upward to peer at the stars they've dreamt about going there. We're closer to that dream than we've ever been. Now Nasa has brought together a team of anthropologists, linguists and engineers to discuss not just how to reach another planet but how many people should go. They're also wondering what will happen to language on such a longjourney. Geoff Watts reports.
Producer Martin Redfern E-MAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk
With Robin Lustig.
Teresa Gallagher reads Mary Lawson 's new and compelling novel about families and misconceptions. 4: Failingto deal with her past is putting Kate's present happiness at risk. For details see Monday
The antidote to the round table discussion this week takes "age" as its subject. Griff Rhys Jones plays reactionary host Ainsley Elliot with Melanie Hudson as his belligerent side-kick, Jude Prentiss. Guests include elderly Hollywood actress Minette Dooley (Sandra Dickinson ), a teenage dotcom millionaire (Melanie Hudson ) and herfather
(Simon Greenall ), a former British badger-baiter who's worked his way up to the bullring (Perry
Benson) and acclaimed author of the bestselling Terry Bumpkin Trilogy, Michael Martin (Graeme Garden ). Producer Jon Naismith
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament and behind the scenes in committee.
Repeated from 9.45am
