With Canon Noel Vincent.
With Miriam O'Reilly.
With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With John Bell.
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 modern times.
Repeated at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of the epic form, from it's creation by Homer to its more modern incarnations in the hands of James Joyce, J R R Tolkien and Philip Pullman. Show more
Presented from Manchester by Jenni Murray.
10.45 Thea's Diary
Part 9. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
BBC correspondents around the world look behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
Michael Grade introduces some of his favourite pieces of prose and poetry, reflecting his varied interests. With readers William Hope and Juliet Stevenson.
Producer Viv Beeby Repeated on Sunday 12.15am
With Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.
With Nick Clarke.
Extended repeat of Saturday at 6.10am
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
By Colin Hough. Donna is a 16-year-old Scottish schoolgirl with big plans - to be a big country-and-western star. But it looks as though her future is in the family ice-cream business. Worse still, she lacks even the basic prerequisite for genuine Nashville-style superstardom: a troubled and tragic private life. It's time to seek out a little unhappiness.
Director David Jackson Young
A new series of the health phone-ins begins with your questions on Parkinson's Disease. What are the early symptoms? Does it run in the family and what are the alternative therapy options? Presented by Barbara Myers with a guest expert. Phone
[number removed] or email checkup@bbc.co.uk. Producer Geraldine Fitzgerald
An appeal on behalfofthe Post-adoption Centre.
DONATIONS: Post-adoption Centre. [address removed] Credit-card donations: [number removed] Producer Sally Flatman 7.55am
Tales of Welsh travellers, settlers and adventurers abroad. 4: Pioneers, Oh Pioneers by Jean Rhys.
Ex-pat communities in the Caribbean have their own rules - and to break them can prove fatal. Read by Laurence Allan. Producer Geni Hall-Kenny
4: Dai Le returns to Ho Chi Minh City, which she remembers as Saigon. Having escaped with her family in 1975, she now meets others likeherwho have chosen to return to Vietnam. For details see Monday
Mariella Frostrup talks to Tracy Chevalier , author of Girl with a Pearl Earring, and discovers the best
Websites for book buyers. Repeated from Sunday at 4pm
How can we look under Antarctic ice sheets 1,000 metres thick? Autosub, an unmanned science research vehicle could hold the key. Quentin Cooper speaks to the scientists who have been developing Autosub - a long range, deep diving, autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), which can provide scientists with the capability of monitoring the oceans in ways not possible for conventional ships. Producer Pam Rutherford EMAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk
With Carolyn Quinn and Eddie Mair.
More observational comedy from comedian Bobby Graffoe and his guests Art Malik and Steve Frost , with music from Richard Holgarth. Producer Jane Berthoud
Tony and Pat are letoffthe hook. Rptd tomorrow at 2pm
Mark Lawson 's guests include Russell T Davies , writer of Queer as Folk. He discusses his new TV drama Second Coming, a two-part thriller about Salford man who believes he is the son of God. Producer Ekene Akalawu
9: Faith, Hope and Purpose. Theajoins Philip at Slyne Lodge to work as a teacher. Will their relationship develop into something more permanent? For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
The Focus of Evil. In the first of three programmes chartingthe key issues in CIA history, Tom Mangold focuses on the Soviet Union. Why did the Agency find the Kremlin such a formidable adversary? And how, despite the Agency's technology, large staff and generous budgets, did the US nearly sleepwalk into nuclear war in the early 1980s? Producer Simon coates
Battle of Hastings. What does it take to turn around a town in decline? Peter Day reports from Sussex on a community that is trying to dojust that. Editor Stephen Chilcott Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm
Psychologists have come up with a name forthe strong association between smell and memory - it's known as the Proust phenomenon, after the French writer's description of childhood memories evoked by the smell of tea-soaked Madeleines.
Claudia Hammond talks to researchers who are trying to find outwhat is going on in the brain when a memory is formed using smell. Producer Alexandra Feachem
With Clare Bolderson.
By Shiva Naipaul. 4: The Dolly House. In the first of a two-part story, Roderick introduces his child bride to the neighbours. For details see Monday
More tragi-comic tales of Creighton Wheeler , a victim of the unfortunate affliction Splicer's Disease, in which letters, words and phrases are removed from speech. 4: Renaissance Man. Creighton falls in love with Cathy, the producer of the late-night arts review show which he co-presents with Brian Sewell. She has the ability to fill in the gaps between his splices. Also featuring Jon Snow , Toby Longworth and Jan Ravens. Written and performed by Andrew McGibbon with additional material by David Quantick. Producers Andrew McGibbon and Jonathan Ruffle
The final episode in the series of carefully selected, not-very-good bits from fictional bestsellers looks at Chapter 2 from Ensign Mandalay's Hat, the story of one man's struggle to solve the greatest scientific mystery of his time: male-pattern baldness. Starring Michael Fenton Stevens , Rebecca Front , Mel Hudson , Alex Lowe and Dan Tetsell.
Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell. Producer Lucy Armitage
Part 4. Repeated from 9.45am
