With Mark Oakley.

With Miriam O'Reilly.

With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought forthe Day With Anne Atkins.

In the last programme of the series, Sue MacGregor talks to the Right Reverend DrJohn Sentamu, Bishop of Stepney, who's also Bishop Elect of Birmingham. Since leaving his native Uganda three decades ago, Sentamu has been an observer and a participant in Britain's transformation into a diverse, multicultural Society. Producer Sarah Peters Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

Presented by Sheila McLennon.
10.45 Mothers of Invention Part 3 of this week's drama. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Hypnotism is widely used for entertainment and therapeutic purposes but how much do we really understand about how it works? DrAric Sigman explores what happens to our brains during hypnosis, why it appears to "cure" certain illnesses and whether anyone can be hypnotised and made to do anything the hypnotist desires. Producer Amanda Hancox

By Simon Brett. 4: Leading a Merry Dance. Rosie's not much of an expert on Russian folk music but when she's asked to promote the Gulbekistan Dance Ensemble she's sure she'll be equal to the challenge.
Producer Simon Brett

With Liz Barclay and Peter White.

With Nick Clarke.

The parliamentary panel game revealingthe lighter side of life around the despatch box. Joining Steve Richards , Roy Hattersley and Sir Patrick Cormack this week are Channel 4's political editor
Elinor Goodman and Sir David Steel MP. Producer Simon Nicholis

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

A three-part detective series by Sue Rodwell.
1: Talking Poison. A controversial American preacher and men's rights advocate comes to the UK to take part in a television debate, but threats have been made against him and it's up to Gwen to protect him.
Director Rosemary Watts

Pippa Greenwood , Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew are guests of the Radyr and Morganstown Community Association, near Cardiff. The chairman is Eric Robson.

3: Last NightbyTessa Hadley. Gemma gets a part in a production of Twelfth Night, where she learns her first lesson in love. Read by Siriol Jenkins . For details see Monday

3: Tea in History. Andrew Jefford traces the journey of tea through time, from its legendary Chinese origins to international prominence. For details see Monday

In 1920s Chicago a strong and influential tradition of sociological research was kick-started by Robert Park , who encouraged his students to engage with the society they were studying. Laurie Taylor presents the third of five programmes from Chicago, where he has gone to find out if the research tradition is still flourishing. 3: Trading Places. Asocial anthropologist guides Laurie Taylorthrough the trading floors of the Chicago mercantile exchange, where the tradition of open outcrytrading is being challenged by the Silence Of e-trading. Producer Tony Phillips

Repeat of yesterday 9pm

With Clare English and Eddie Mair.

Afinal dose of advice from the last show in this series. This week, how to obtain a privatised Christian name, howto use advertising slogans as part of everyday speech, and the darkest secrets behind those people who walk up and down the beach with a metal detector. With Robin Ince , Helen Moon , Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. Producer Graham Frost

Siobhan is in heaven. Rptd tomorrow 2pm

With John Wilson from the Edinburgh Festival. Producer Kirsty Pope

3: Annie Jameson. Guglielmo Marconi might have invented radio but it was his mother, Annie Jameson , who ensured that it became a commercial reality.
Director David Blount For details see Monday Repeat oflO.45am

Boozing for Britain - Should We Have a National
Alcohol Policy?N\ck Ross returns to chair a new series with a panel of leading thinkers and decision-makers who cast a critical eye over matters of public policy.
This week they look at British drinking habits and ask if it's time to make drinking as socially unacceptable as smoking. Producer Sara Nathan Repeated Saturday 10.15pm

Matthew Parris continues his examination of the fringes of politics with a look at single-issue candidates. Commander Bill Boakes stood in elections for 30 years and never came remotely close to saving his deposit. In 1997 Sir James Goldsmith founded a political party in his quest for referendum on Europe. Dr Richard Taylor wanted to save his local hospital so he stood against the local MP, a government ministerwith a big majority. DrTaylor's now the MP forWyre Forest, a West Midlands seat containing Kidderminster, Bewdley and rural woodland. Producer Chris Bond Rpt of Sunday 10.45pm

Libraries today are not just about borrowing books. Over the past decade they have developed into sophisticated centres for education and learning, and are fast becoming the focal point in many a city worldwide. Quentin Cooper investigates how science and technology is being used to help reform an institution that has been with us for 150 years. Along the way he also discovers how different strategies are helping to turn libraries into vital and relevant centres of help, advice and information.

Shortened repeat from 9am

With Robin Lustig.

By Andrew Miller. 3: Images oftorture in the Balkans are faxed to a Hungarian exile in Paris. Fordetails see Mon

Sketch show with Olivia Colman , Sally Hawkins , Steven Kynman , Chris Pavio and Robert Webb. Producer Adam Bromley

Fish out of Water. Essex is the county with the longest coastline of any in Britain. At West Mersea and Leigh-on-Sea, Essex fishermen reflect on the special relationship they have with the sea. For details see Monday Producer Anton Jarvis

Part 3. Repeated from 9.45am