With Canon Noel Vincent.
With Mark Holdstock. Producer Julie Owen
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With Martin Palmer.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the events and inspirations that have influenced modern times. Producer Sarah Peters Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of man’s attempt to define nature, including the Ancient Greek’s quest to demonstrate the wrath of the gods and the Romantics who set out to philosophise it. Show more
Presented from Manchester by Jenni Murray.
10.45 Learning to Talk Part 4. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Zimbabwe v South Africa
From the Rose Bowl, Southampton. The last qualifying match in the NatWest series. With commentary by Peter Baxter , Christopher Martin -
Jenkins and Simon Mann. Including News at 2.20pm. Producer Peter Baxter Approximate time
Often found in Central Africa, Ebola kills 80 percent of its victims. For the first in a new series, Pascale Harter goes to a remote village in the Republic of Congo where World Health Organisation doctors are trying to contain an Ebola epidemic. On herwayback to the capital, Brazzaville, she begins to feel unwell. Producer Geoff Adams-Spink
The Woody Guthrie Archive in New York holds his writings - in notebooks, even on paper bags and cigarette packets. His daughter Nora, who acts as both protector and caretaker of his work, presents her latest project, which brings together Guthrie's most intimate diaries and an unlikely group of famous musicians and artists. Producer Kay Ritchie
With Diana Madill and Carolyn Atkinson.
With Tim Franks.
Explorations in the British countryside. at 6. 10am
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
Using a mixture of drama and interviews with children who have lost a parent, poet and novelist Lavinia Greenlaw 's play is an exploration of how it feels to children when a parent dies. Director Jeremy Howe
The magazine series devoted to the world of numbers. With Andrew Dilnot. Producer Michael Blastland
Gayle Westcott , mother of nine-year-old Eleanor, appeals on behalf of the Foundation for Conductive Education, which helps disabled people achieve independence. Donations: [address removed]Credit-card donations: [number removed] Rpt of Sun 7.55am
4: Bonfires. An elderly woman disposes of some old letters and papers by burning them in the garden. But among the ashes her daughter discovers some surprising clues to her mother's past. Read by Tamara Kennedy. For details see Monday
4: Ann Alexandra and Viv Brown. Two good friends dissect their relationship and mull over how their friendship has affected their lives. For details see Monday
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to TC Boyle about his novel, The Tortilla Curtain. Repeated from Sunday at 4pm
Ten million years afterthe dinosaurs disappeared, the Earth emitted a spectacular burp, releasing millions of tons of methane gas into the atmosphere. The result was an incidence of global warming yetto be matched. Quentin Cooper finds out what the effects of that belch could tell us about modern-day climate change. Producer Jonathan Fildes EMAIL: material.world@boc.co.uk
With Eddie Mair and Ritula Shah.
Comedian Rob Brydon , star of Marion and Geoff and Human Remains, is interviewed by Paul Jackson. Produced by Mario Stylianides and Katie Marsden
Potential disaster at Brookfield.
Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Mark Lawson presents the arts magazine. Producer Angharad Law
By Hilary Mantel. 4: Learning to Talk. Theresa Miller is now in her teens. With a new father, in a new town she tentatively feels herwaytowards adult life.
For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
The United Nations weapons inspectors talk exclusively about their time in Iraq, when their every move was being watched both by the Iraqis and by the rest of the world.
n Only Human. This new series begins by asking if there is anything unique about humans. Studies of apes and other primates have shown that we are not the only beings capable of morality and altruism. So how does society justify giving rights to all humans that are not extended to animals? Felipe Fernandez -Armesto investigates what it is to be human. Producer Innes Bowen 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 Sheena McDonald.
By Mark Haddon. 9: Christopher manages to make his wayto his mother's house in London. For details see Monday
By Laurence Howarth.
Dr Webster is looking after his 13-year-old daughter for the weekend but can't fathom why she isn't thrilled at the prospect of an evening in the pathology lab.
A roundup of today's events in session and behind the scenes in committee.
of the Week: The Miraculous
Fever Tree Part 4. Repeated from 9.45am
