With Dr Lavinia Byrne.

With Miriam O'Reilly. Producer Maggie Ayre

With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day

Melvyn Bragg and his guests explore the history of ideas as they discuss the events and inspirations that have influenced modern times.
Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

Melvyn Bragg discusses the life and achievements of French novelist Marcel Proust whose 3000 page work À La Recherche du Temps Perdu has been called the definitive modern novel. Show more

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

Spain. More than 60 years afterthe event, mass graves from the Spanish Civil War are being excavated. Mariusa Reyes finds out why it's taken
Spain this long to start confronting an ugly side of its past. She also has a dip in the first Moorish bath house for 500 years, and she finds out why the Spanish smoke more than anyone else in the EU.
Producer Arlene Gregorius Editor Hugh Levinson Rptd Mon 8.30pm

Growing up in the court of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I acquired a love of music that would inspire her to create a musical establishment reflecting the splendour of her own international court.

Terry Edwards investigates the sacred and secular music surrounding Elizabeth in the light of the cultural, political and religious upheavals of her reign.

With Liz Barclay and John Waite. Including an investigation into the growth of "blue-badge theft". Thieves steal the disabled parking passes and sell them on the black market to unauthorised drivers who then avoid parking and London's congestion charges. The report kicks off a series on the economics of parking, including a search for the most expensive car park in Britain. Producer Paraic O'Brien

With Nick Clarke.

Richard Uridge explores the former county of Westmorland in Cumbria.

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

By Jane Cassidy. A retired judge decides he has little time left for happiness, so when he falls in love with a retired teacher he leaves his wife of 50 years, much to the disapproval of his children. nirprtnrPam Rriphtnn (RI

Stewart Henderson presents the problem-solving show that helps provide some answers to those irritating questions from everyday life. Phone [number removed] or email questions.questions@bbc.co.uk. Producer Joanne Coombs

Repeat of Sunday 7.55am

4: The Wife and a Half. By Angela Huth. A woman's solid marriage is threatened when she falls passionately and hopelessly for her husband's colleague. Read by Susannah York. Producer Pam Fraser Solomon

4: Reykjavik. David Aaronovitch visits the city in which evidence of local elf activity can make all the difference when buying a home. Producer Rebecca Nicholson

Mariella Frostrup talks to the writer Ruth L Ozeki , whose new novel is a family saga of love, betrayal and genetically modified crops. And three writers explain why the King James Bible inspires them. Repeated from Sunday at 4pm

rThis week's programme is a special edition in which the listeners decide the topic of scientific enquiry. Quentin Cooper chooses some of the weirdest, most interesting and trickiest questions to put to a panel of experts in the studio.
Producer Fiona Roberts EMAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk

With Carolyn Quinn and Eddie Mair.

The sketch show about life, written and performed by people who've lived it a bit. Starring Eleanor Bron , Clive Swift , Graeme Garden , Roger Blake , Neil Innes and Paula Wilcox. With music from Neil Innes and Ronnie and the Rex. Producer Claire Jones

Adam's on the case. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

Mark Lawson presents the arts magazine. Producer Ekene Akalawu

By EF Benson, adapted by Ned Sherrin. 4: Un Po di Musica. The arrival of prima donna Olga Bracely threatens Lucia's position forthe cultural throne of Riseholme. For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

... George Washington Had Lost the American War of Independence? Professor Chris Andrew and guests come up with some surprising insights into what might have happened if the American Revolution had failed. Could a British victory have affected the events in France that led to the execution of Louis XVI? Producer Mark Smalley

Great Expectations. The Government claims that record amounts of cash are already being pumped into schools and hospitals. But is the money doing any good? Julian Le Grand asks whether Labour's promise to improve public services is on track and whether we overestimate the power of politicians to deliver. Editor NicolaMeyrick Repeated on Sunday at9.30pm

L Nature Fights Back. Was last year's Spanish oil spill really the disaster it seemed? How quickly can nature recover from humanity's stupidity?
Producer Martin Poyntz-Roberts

With Claire Bolderson.

Part 4. For details see Monday

Comedy by Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero about a man who can't stop breaking into song, starring Suggs, Bob Monkhouse and Bill Nighy.
4: After falling over and knocking himself out, Tom - and the band in his head - awakes to find himself in a strange world where castrati singers are all the rage. Tom Suggs
Music by Andrew McGibbon. Nick Romero and Suggs Producers Andrew McGibbon and Dawn Ellis

3: Rainer Hersch explores the musical comedy of soprano and comedian Anna Russell , of Peter Schickele (creator of PDQ Bach, the unrecognised genius of the Bach family), of Spike Jones , and of Morecambe and Wise. For details see Tuesday

of the Week: Power and Glory
Part 4. Repeated from 9.45am