With Nigel McCulloch.

With Anna Hill.

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 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.
ProducerSarah Peters Shortened repeat 9.30pm

Melvyn Bragg discusses Victorian realism and its focus on the ordinariness of life which contained a complexity and depth previously unseen. Show more

Presented from Manchester by Jenni Murray.
10.45 Evelina Part 4. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Latvia. The small Baltic state of Latvia leads Europe in the proportion of young people it puts behind bars. And, as Meriel Beattie finds out, the state is struggling to cope. She goes to the capital Riga to meet the young people who are stepping into the breach - the ex-prisonerwho is single-handedly re-habilitating young offenders, and the film-maker couple who are using painting to help children off the Streets. Producer Ingrid Hassler Repeated Monday8.30pm

What would a life without music really be like? For Terry Waite , being deprived of music for the five years of his captivity was a punishment feW people have suffered. And so, 11 years on, he sets out to meet others who have had to lead a music-less life, including refugees from the harsh regime of the Afghan Taliban, the Malawian poet Jack Mapanje , and participants in a remarkable music therapy project for the deaf. Producer Michael Surcombe

With Liz Barclay and Diana Madhill.

With Tim Franks.

Extended repeat of Saturday at 6.10am

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

By Simon Brett. Fortyish sloane Miggy, dumped by her boyfriend for a younger model, contemplates the meaning of life, betrayal by men and mothers, and the practicalities of saving the planet in an afternoon. With Felicity Goodson as Miggy. Producer Izzy Mant

A columnist advances a controversial view on a topical subject. Listeners can then take issue by telephone. Presented by David Jessel. PHONE: [number removed] LINES OPEN from 1.30pm Producer Nick Utechin

Zoe Wanamaker appeals for a charity which supports those suffering from prostate cancer.
DONATIONS: The Prostate Cancer Charity, [address removed] Credit-card donations: Freephone [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman
Rpt of Sun 7.55am

4: Nauscopy by Robert Dodds. In an isolated house, by a barren, sun-beaten shore, a man waits with his family. Far out to sea, something is approaching. The reader is Michael Perceval Maxwell.
For details see Monday

4: Nick Sanders. In just 31 days Nick crossed
Europe, South East Asia, Australia and the United
States to claim the world record for circumnavigating the globe on a motorbike. It involved gruelling physical endurance, lack of sleep and personal danger. This is the story of what it did to his head. For details see Monday

Rosie Goldsmith explores the world of books. Repeated from Sunday at 4pm

Rats and waste are just about all we associate with sewers - science doesn't often come to mind.
Researchers at King's College, London, however, have applied science to the problem of sewer inspection and come up with a solution.
Quentin Cooper speaks to the scientists who have developed a device that can monitor the condition of sewers and feed the data back to computers electronically. Producer Sarah Empey EMAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk

With Eddie Mair and Carolyn Quinn.

The award-winning sitcom about management consultants who transform companies in ways they barely understand. Starring Marcus Brigstocke , Catherine Shepherd , Emma Kennedy and David Mitchell. Written by James Cary. Producer Adam Bromley

Message for Mr Aldridge. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

Mark Lawson with the arts magazine. Producer Martin Smith

4: The Highwaymen. Evelina is an unwitting participant in a mischievous trick played on her grandmother, and a reluctant recipient of a declaration of love. Fordetails see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Chris Gunness reports on one of the most vicious colonisations in history: Japanese rule in Korea.

Japan annexed Korea in 1910 - with the approval of Britain and other western powers - and ruled it for 35 years. Japan attempted a cultural genocide. Many Koreans collaborated with their colonial masters, covering up their record after independence. Half a century on, the two countries are on a path of reconciliation. Chris Gunness meets Koreans with vivid memories of the colonial period to find out whether the psychological scars have yet begun to heal.

What About the Children? Following a series of murders of children and teenagers, public anxiety about how we protect the young has reached fever pitch. But has this panic obscured other questions about how we really view children in this country? How best do we resolve the tension between child protection and an agenda of increasing children's rights? David Walker analyses the place of children in society and asks whether we can ever treat them in an unambiguous and consistent way. Editor Nicola Meyrick
Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm

To most of us, a battery conjures up the image of a small metal cylinder used to power a torch or radio. But scientists have discovered how to harness electrical energy from the world's largest battery-the seabed and its resident microbes. Geoff Watts reports from a salt marsh off the coast of New Jersey, the site of the experiments.
Producer Beth Eastwood EMAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk

With Claire Bolderson.

9: A second visit by a stranger. Dermot Crowley continues to read William Trevor 's heart-piercing novel. For details see Monday

Fantasy sitcom set in the world of Gravy. 4: Captain Chapel and the Crabs. Things are beginning to take on an altogether more serious nature for Milford and Parker. They find themselves bound for the Golga in order to rescue the Crab Prince, and it is here that a dramatic event takes place that will change Milford for ever.... Producer Mario Stylianides

Part 4. Repeated from 9.45am