With Clair Jacquiss.

With Miriam O'Reilly.

With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With John Bel
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.
Producer Sarah Peters Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

Melvyn Bragg discusses the sacred allure of the Holy Grail which has fascinated writers for a thousand years. Show more

Presented from Manchester by Jenni Murray.
10.45 Where Angels Fear to Tread Part 9. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

The return of this long-running radio programme in which BBC correspondents all around the world take a look behind the week's news headlines. Their despatches from foreign parts can be incisive, informative, moving, colourful and, at times, even humorous. Presented by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant

A four-part series looking at the passion and history of dance. 3: Line Dancing. Born out of the disco days line dancing owes far more of its origins to the slick moves of Saturday Night Fever than to the gingham-trimmed Wild West. With thousands joining the Lines across the globe, line dancing has never been more popular and Maurice the Caribbean Cowboy will tell you Why. Producer Nicola Humphries

With Liz Barclay and John Waite.

With Nick Clarke.

Helen Mark experiences the Gower Peninsula - from a spectacular sunset to a blustery dawn chorus.

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

By Louise Oliver. Alison Steadman and George Costigan star as a husband and wife who re-ignite their relationship with a little help from a parrot called Cupid. Music by Clive Bell Director Nadia Molinari

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

Maureen Lipman appeals on behalf of Contact the Elderly, a charity which runs a network of support groups across the country, countering the loneliness often felt by isolated older people.
DONATIONS: [address removed] Credit-card donations: [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman

4: Three Tears for Mr Soup. Written and read by SaraBanerji.
A retired Indian policeman prepares to meet his new daughter-in-law in England. For details see Monday

4: How wide should the pavement be? For details see Monday

Mariella Frostrup talks to celebrated crime writer Val McDermid and considers whether computer games represent a new form of storytelling. Repeated from Sunday at 4pm

Quentin Cooper investigates the Isis pulsed neutron and muon source-the most powerful in the world. Scientists use this Oxford-based research tool to probe and investigate the molecular and atomic structure of all types of materials, gaining a better understanding of the world about us.
Producer Sarah Empey EMAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk

With Eddie Mair and Carolyn Quinn.

2: The internet can prove a dangerous place as Mel and Vicki discover when a psychotic loon from school tracks them down. Thankfully, light relief can be found in the oddest places, in this case in the form of EdieTrinder, the Second World War forces' sweetheart of the comedy world. Starring
Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine with Martin Hyder ,
Lewis MacLeod and Jim North. Written by the cast with Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell , and edited by Graeme Garden. Music by Richie Webb Producer Chris Neill

Onyerbike, Nigel! Repeatedtomorrowat2pm

Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and a re-assessment of the American photographer
Walker Evans , who made his name in the 1930s with his portraits of sharecropping families living in the American South during the Depression. Producer Ekene Akalawu

By EM Forster. 9: Night Flight. Caroline having failed to rescue the baby, Philip is content to leave it where it is loved. Harriet has other plans.
For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Sixty years ago, a group of undercover Norwegian saboteurs destroyed the precious heavy-water supplies at a production plant in western Norway and ended Germany's chances of developing the atom bomb during the Second World War. Julian Pettifertravelsto Norwayto meet the surviving members of that operation, who became known as the Telemark heroes. Producer David Prest

Talking Turkey. What's it like doing business in an enormously promising country with an economy that is often on the edge of plunging into chaos?
Peter Day finds out in Turkey: a place that is on the edge of the European Union, the new Eastern Europe, the Middle East and, of course, the recent war in Iraq. Producer Richard Berenger Editor Stephen Chilcott Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm

Geoff Watts reports on the latest stories from the world of science and technology.
Producer Adrian Washbourne email: radioscience@bbc.co.uk

With Claire Bolderson.

4: Arthur has an appointment with his girlfriend Brenda, a tin bath and a bottle of gin. Fordetails see Monday

A new four-part series of comedy travelogues from comedian Ross Noble.

This week Ross is in Belgium, land of the... well, dull? Ross thinks not and sets about proving it, with the help of chocolate, odd statues and the legacy of Jean-Claude Van Damme.

News, views and features on today's stories as well as a look behind the scenes in committee.

Part 4. Repeated from 9.45am