With Sheikh Najeh Bkirat , lecturer at the El-Aksa Mosque and Al-Quds University.

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 Huw Spanner.
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.
Producer Alice Feinstein Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

Melvyn Bragg discusses the interconnections between heritage culture and the study of history, and the role they have both played in the formation of the British national identity. Show more

Presented by Jenni Murray.
10.45 Drama Anna Karenin Part 9. Drama rptd at 7.45pm

Lucy Ash investigates the greatest movement of people in human history: the 100 million Chinese who have moved from the country to the booming cities over the last 15 years. She meets a self-taught lawyer who fights for the rights of migrant workers mutilated by industrial injuries. His clients often wait years to claim compensation from ruthless sweatshop owners who know how to bend the rules. And she visits a remarkable school for the children of migrant workers, who face discrimination in the public school system.
(Repeated Monday 8.30 pm)

Deborah Bull dances her way through four centuries, from the Renaissance to Romanticism.

Fashion-conscious Europe in the 16th century rejected the floor-bound steps of the previous era in favour of more earthy, lively dances, such as the branle - a kind of line-dancing - the five-step galliard and a shocking dance called La Volta. It's all too much for one critic, who admonished the dancers for "kissing, smooching, slabbering and filthie groping."

With Liz Barclay and John Waite.

With James Cox.

Helen Mark meets the people and wildlife or tne British countryside. Extended 6.10am

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

by David and Caroline Stafford

Trish and Phil have the perfect relationship. They've done every self-help manual, tape, CD, video and CD-Rom available. Now Trish is recording her own self-help manual. Her own perfect life is the core, and her closest friends' dysfunctional existences - which ooze self-hatred are the subjects. As she says, it's "time to snap on the rubber gloves and do some emotional housekeeping."
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Stewart Henderson helps to answer more or tnose irritating questions from everyday life.
Producer David Prest LETTERS: [address removed]
E-MAIL: questions.questions@bbc.co.uk PHONE: 087001004UU

Trevor Baylis appeals on behalf of a charity that disadvantaged people in Africa gain self-sufficiency.
DONATIONS: Africa Now. [address removed]
CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed] Repeat of SundaY 7.55am

9: Marion meets a mysterious American for the second time. For details see Monday

4: Joe Kerr makes his final investigation into the story of neighbouring buildings that define a squabble or competition between the builders that built them. For details see Monday

Repeated from Sunday 4pm

According to current estimates, oil production will peak worldwide somewhere between 2010 and 2020 neverto rise again. The oil industry is therefore having to search further afield to satisfy our demand for crude oil. Quentin Cooper speaks to geologists about the possibilities of exploiting the riches of the very deep sea. How do you drill for oil two miles beneath the ocean, and where are these ultradeep reserves? Producer Jonathan Fildes E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk

With Eddie Mair and Nigel Wrench.

Graeme Garden hosts the comedy debating series. Gyles Brandreth , Harriet Hayridge , Bernard Ingham , Steve Punt and Arthur Smith compete to prove their arguments for and againstthe resolutions before them. Producer Jane Berthoud

Kathy's enjoying the attention. Repeated tomorrow 2pm

Mark Lawson chairs the arts show and investigates howto go about creating a low-cost costume drama. Producer Belette Holt-Fente

By Leo Toistoy. Dramatised by Robert Forrest.
9: Karenin considers divorce proceedings; and Levin bids a sad farewell to his brother.
Director Patrick Rayner Repeat of 10.45am

A unique set of churchwardens' accounts reveal the traumatic impact that the Reformation had on the life of a Devon village as its altars were abolished and icons removed. In the final programme in his investigation into the roots of spirituality in Britain, William Dalrymple is joined by novelist AS Byatt, who assesses how the shift of emphasis from the image to the word led to the birth of the English novel.

Cells, Souls and Scientists. Some biotechnologists claim techniques like cloning will allow them to manipulate human cells to create better and healthier individuals. Their opponents say that scientists now threaten the essence of human identity. Kenan Malik assesses the extent of the biotechnological revolution. Editor Nicola Meyrick Repeated Sunday

Geoff Watts reports on the latest developments in the world of science.
Producer Martin Redfern E-MAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk

With Robin Lustig.

By Christopher Hope. Part 4. For details see Monday

By Gerard Foster. A new four-part series of this popular comedy drama starring Geoffrey Palmer and Angela Thorne as the parents of a stereotypical middle-class, middle-England family. George and Beverly feign their deaths to see how their children will cope with theirgrief-George wants material for a new book and Beverly hopes that the family will be reunited when the children realise how much they would miss their parents. But is this plan as foolproof as it sounds?
Producer Jane Berthoud

Part 4. Repeated from 9.45am