With Canon Ralph Godsall.
With Miriam O'Reilly.
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament With Sean Curran.
7.48 Thought for the Day
With Michael Symmons Roberts.
8.51 Yesterday in Parliament
Melvyn Bragg and his guests explore the idea of Bohemianism. From Victor Hugo to Virginia Woolf, from the Left Bank to the heart of Bloomsbury, what does it mean to lead an artistic life? With Hermione Lee and Virginia Nicholson.
Producer Charlie Taylor Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg discusses how a 19th century Parisian artistic philosophy re-emerged in the 20th century in the drawing rooms of Bloomsbury and Chelsea, as a lifestyle choice for a middle-class clique. Show more
Presented from Manchester by Jenni Murray.
10.45 Our Kath Part 9. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
BBC correspondents offer more reports from background behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
if you think British postwarcinema means Elstree,
Ealing and Pinewood, you may not have heard of "the Hollywood of the North" in Manchester where a stream of Lancashire comedies were produced over six years from 1948 to 1953. John E Blakeley 's
Mancunian Film Corporation made screen stars of George Formby , Frank Randle , Josef Locke ,
Sandy Powell , Diana Dors , Jimmy Clitheroe and a host of others. Presented by CP Lee , with contributions from
Jollywood historians Philip and David Williams ,
Mancunian Film Corporation veterans Wynne and ArthurMerze, former child actress Joyanne Bracewell and others. Producer Mike Hally
With John Waite and Winifred Robinson.
With Nick Clarke at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool.
Helen Mark explores rural life across the UK. producerGabi Fisher
Repeated from yesteraay at i pm
By Louis MacNeice, read by Samuel West.
MacNeice's poetic masterpiece, written in the fall of 1938, describes the poet's thoughts and feelings at the time, with echoes of the First World War and foreshadowed by the looming Second World War. It contains reportage, ethics, love poems and politics. With original music by Gary Yershon.
Stewart Henderson presents the problem-solving programme and helps to provide some answers to those intriguing Questions from everyday life.
PHONE: [number removed] email: questions.questions@bbc.co.uk Producer Joanne Coombs
Eamonn Holmes appeals on behalf of the Northern Ireland Memorial Fund.
Donations: [address removed]Credit Cards [number removed] Producer Sally Flatman
4: The Antidote. Read by Paul Bhattacharjee. A film director is convinced that a character must die in his film; however, the actor playing the role has a very different idea. For details see Monday
4: Mallorca. Brett Westwood finds one of Europe s biggest and rarest birds soaring over the busy resorts of Mallorca. For details see Monday
Controversial children's writer Melvin Burgessjoins James Naughtie and a group of younger readers to discuss Junk- his hard-hitting novel about teenage runaways and heroin. Repeated from Sunday at 4pm
Quentin Cooper untangles the science of string and discovers that the stringy nature of molecules in our bodies and our plastics is also found in the Sun, giving it some of the properties of a cheesy pizza. Producer Martin Redfern
With Carolyn Quinn and Eddie Mair.
New series Trains, Planes and Automobiles. Simon and his chauffeur Bill Wallis try to reach the end ofthe programme using all available means of transport.
Their futile quest is assisted by selections from Alan Davies , Rhona Cameron and Flanders and Swann. Producer Paul Dodgson
TheGrundys' cider making gets underway. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Mark Lawson presents the arts magazine. Producer Philippa Ritchie
By Claire Luckham. 9: Kathleen is at the height of her career when illness strikes. She is only 39.
For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
Today is National Poetry Day and the theme this year is Britain, so Ian McMillan travels the country in a personal, poetic journey, hearing poems and visiting the landmarks that inspired them -from an iron-age village near Land's End to a one-teacher school in Shetland. He sits on Railton Road with Linton Kwesi Johnson, crosses the silvery Tay with WN Herbert and goes to bingo with Swansea rapper Nobsta Nutts , sharing their poetry with some of his own. Producer Julian May
Daisy Goodwin on National Poetry Day: page 27
Metal content in stars could help predict whether a star is likely to harbour planets nearby - providing a new tool for pinpointing candidate stars. The discovery also helps to explain how and why planets form in the first place. Geoff Watts finds out about these latest planet-hunting tactics.
Producer Beth Eastwood EMAILradioscience@bbc.co.uk
By Michel Faber. 4: "United in theirdislike of the composer, the Courage Consort devoted the next weekto getting on top of Partitum Mutante. Read by Irene MacDougall. For details see Monday
Comedy dramas written by and starring Mark and Daniel Maier.
Clem is a man who has three wives. He finds he can no longer keep up his treble life and resorts to faking his own death.
Richard Collins continues his survey of inexpensive musical instruments. 3: The kazoo.
For details see Tuesday
Sean Curran with a roundup of today's business at Westminster.
AMPart4. Repeated from 9.45am
3.00 The Machine Gunners: 9-113.15 Maths Challenge: Mental Maths 3; 9-113.30 Children of Winter: 9-11
3.45 Word Games 3:9-114.00 Drama Workshop: 9-11
4.20 Dance Workshop: 9-114.40 Music Workshop: 9-11
