With Father Paul Clayton-Lea .

With 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 Rt Rev Tom Butler.
8.32 L W only Yesterday in Parliament

Sue MacGregor presents a series of six interviews in which eminent personalities look back over the past 50 years and reflect how they and Britain have changed 2: Jonathan Miller.Doctor, satirist, opera director and broadcaster. Jonathan Miller compares the stuffy, formal Britain of the 1950s with the less deferential Britain of today.
Producer Sarah Peters Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

Presented by Jenni Murray.
10.45 Drama Anna Karenin Part 13. Drama rptd 7.45pm

In the first of a two-part programme on how American high schools mould young adults, students from two typical schools talk about the rituals that have defined their year: Jenna wants to be a homecoming queen, star football player Bryson explains how he doesn't relish his place in the spotlight, Alan is a self-confessed loner who hates all cliques and Kristina is trying to become a cheerleader to boost her popularity. Narrated by British teacher Veronica White, who has spent a year working in one of the schools.

By Mike Coleman.
June Whitfield and Roy Hudd star as the showbusiness couple Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr, who get a second stab at fame, despite the hindrance of their agent, Lewis Elstein. In the final show in this series it's Tommy and Sheila's anniversary - 40 years in showbiz. Lewis is hoping it'll pass quietly and relatively cheaply. But will a short stay in hospital force Tommy to start taking life easier?

With Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.

With Nick Clarke.

The parliamentary panel game, revealing the lighter side of life around the despatch box. Joining Steve Richards , Roy Hattersley and Sir Patrick Cormack this week are Frank Dobson and Tony Howard. Producer Simon Nicholls

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

By Margaret Wilkinson. It's summer, 1956. and things are hotting up in Brooklyn. In the oppressive heat of the Goldfarb household, Ernie is concocting a plan to do away with his brother-in-law Arthur before Arthur spills the beans. But what is Ernie's secret and why is Arthur sweating so much? Three characters voice their version of events in three sharply contrasting short plays exploring secrets and lies, temptation and desire.
Director Nadia Molinari

shortened rpt of Sunday 2pm

3: Dr Johnson at the House ofShaws. By
Allan Massie. En route to the Hebrides, the great man of 18th-century English letters stops off fordinnerwith the heroes of Robert Louis Stevenson 's Kidnapped.
Read by Paul Young. For details see Monday

3: Slips of Action. Controlling even the most mundane tasks can seriously go awry. How do we tread that fine line between conscious awareness and "running on automatic" for everydaytasks? For details see Monday

Laurie Taylortalks to Fran Abrams about bottling pickles and living below the minimum wage.
Producer Jacqueline Smith E-MAIL: thinking.allowed@bbc.co.uk

Beds. Hospitals are built around the number of beds they have. and keeping them fully occupied is an art. In the first of a new series. Dr Graham Easton meets the bed managers who spend their time matching patients to beds and finds out how the design of beds and mattresses has revolutionised nursing. ProducerPaula McGrath Repeat ofyesterday9pm The hospital bed lottery: page 30

With Clare English and Eddie Mair.

In the first of a five-part comedy series, Robin Ince , Helen Moon. Smug Roberts and Kate Ward are the strange personalities that make up the In Crowd. There's the travel agent who won't let anyone go further than Lowestoft, the army officer who can't wait to offer himself up as the first to be eaten in a crisis, the cultural hooligans who smash beautiful things, and Wendy Clapper who thinks a trip to see the Northern Lights means a weekend in Blackpool. Producer Graham Frost

Neighbours at war. Repeated tomorrow 2pm

John Wilson Chairs the arts Show. Producer Kirsty Pope

By Leo Toistoy. Dramatised by Robert Forrest.
13: Anna gives way to jealousy, and Kitty gives birth to her first child.
Director Patrick Rayner Repeat of 10.45am

Michael Buerk chairs a live debate on the moral conundrums behind one of the week's news stories. Claire Fox , Michael Gove. Ian Hargreaves and Melanie Phillips cross-examine witnesses who hold passionate but conflicting views.
Producer David Coomes Repeated Saturday 10.15pm

Three novelists whose work is firmly rooted in their nations' captial cities reflect on the effects of devolution. 1: Boomtown Cardiff. According to John Williams , five years after its founding the Welsh
Assembly remains more soap opera than powerhouse. Repeated from Sunday 10.45pm

3: One in a Billion. Frank Close pushes his investigation of asymmetry in the universe into the realms of particle physics as he discovers a fundamental asymmetry that is responsible for the galaxies, the planets and even the people who now ponder the questions about how the universe came to be asymmetric. Producer Louise Dalziel

Shortened repeat from 9am

With Robin Lustig.

By Christopher Hope. Part8. For details see Monday

A new series of poetry, jokes and music from
Matthew Harvey and Rory Motion. This week they experience anxiety, depression and balloons. Producer Viv Beeby

3: Normal Love. Cartoonist Steven Appleby finds his weekly quest to define everyday life taking an unexpectedly personal turn when he discovers his wife is having an affair.... with a kettle. With Paul McCrink as Steven Appleby and featuring
Rachel Atkins. Ewan Bailey , Nigel Betts and Rosalind Paul. DirectorToby Swift

of the Week: Rosalind Franklin -
AM the Dark Lady of DNA
Part3. Repeated from 9.45am