With the Rev Dr Mary Cotes.
With Miriam O'Reilly.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
6.25,7.25 and 8.25Sports News
With David Wilby and Sean Curran.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Dom Antony Sutch.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Melvyn Bragg grapples with the mysteries of infinity, with Robert Kaplan and Brian Clegg.
Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg discusses a core concept in modern maths which philosophers and mathematicians have continued to grapple with; what is mathematical infinity and does it exist in nature? Show more
Presented from Manchester by Jenni Murray.
10.45 The Eye of the Day: the Story of Mata Hari Part 4. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
BBC correspondents offer more reports from around the world, looking at the news, colour and background behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie. Producer TonyGrant
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the engineering genius of the Victorian age who designed, among other engineering feats, the Rotherhithe Tunnel, the Tamar Bridge and the SS Great Eastern. Now work has begun on an "industrial opera" based on his life.
Fiona Talkington follows the composers,
Matthew King and Nye Parry , as they tackle the task of depicting such a huge personality. Producer Lyndon Jones
With Winifred Robinson and John Waite.
Richard Uridge explores rural life across the UK.
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
The true story of one of the most intriguing controversies of Edwardian Britain. In 1903 a dog was cruelly experimented on in University College, London Thanks to Louise Lind-Af-Hageby, a Swedish woman medical student, this led to libel trials and eight years of riots, and gave a kick-start to Britain's animal rights movement. Dramatised for radio by Tony Coult from The Brown Dog Affair by Peter Mason.
Director Turan Ali
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
Martin Bell appeals on behalf of Street Child Africa.
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Today's story is by Tobias Hill , who travelled to
Mexico for his inspiration. 4: Mexican Journey Read by Tobias Hill. Fordetails see Monday
Inspired by Arthur Ransome's Winter Holiday, the four young fans try to find an igloo, visit the author's writing room and, using Ransome's own codes, try to signal to Mars. For details see Monday
Mariella Frostrup meets J Robert Lennon , the author of the blackly comic Mailman, which features a neurotic postal worker in small-town America. And what to read when you've suffered a bereavement. Repeated from Sunday at 4pm
The Black Death and other plagues that ravaged medieval Europe were all thought to be bubonic plague, spread by rats. But according to modern epidemiologists, the evidencejust doesn't add up and no trace of the disease can be found in the bones of victims. So what was the Black Death and could it happen again? Quentin Cooper investigates. Producer Martin Redfern
With Carolyn Quinn and Eddie Mair.
Getting Older. Simon Fanshawe 's cornucopia of comedy, quotations and literature. Simon and his elderly vizier Bill Wallis spend half an hour ageing together. Those helping them let nature take its course include Jasper Carrott , Tom Lehrer and Peter Sellers. Producer PaulDodgson
Elizabeth has advice for Usha. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
John Wilson with arts news, interviews and reviews. Producer Kirsty Pope
By Michael Butt. 4: Margarethe finds a powerful ally in Paris.
Fordetails see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
New series In the first of three documentaries about social workers, Jenny Cuffe reports from the London borough of Haringey on the struggle to prevent a repeat of the murder of Victoria Climbie. Producer Sheila Cook
Not Made in Britain. Is this country really the place to manufacture goods when India and China are poised to take over as global production giants?
Peter Day reports on a battle for survival happening all over industrial Britain.
Editor Stephen Chilcott Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm
Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter, is similarto Earth, in that it has a surface made of ice and has volcanoes. Some scientists think it could contain life. Geoff Watts meets researchers who are trying to understand the ice on Europa in the lab with the help of a tray of candle wax.
Producer Andrew Luck-Baker EMAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk
With Claire Bolderson.
By Boris Akunin. 9: Fandorin has an important chance meeting on the overnight St Petersburg to Moscow express. Read by David Troughton. Fordetails see Monday
By Karl Minns. Series about a man who has a company of actors in his head who perform his nightly dreams. 2. In the Heat of the Nightie
Chester has a cold and his girlfriend has persuaded him to take a herbal remedy, resulting in discomfort forthe actors in his head.
Music by the Neutrinos Producer Dawn Ellis
Today's business at Westminster, with Sean Curran.
Part 4. Repeated from 9.45am
3.00 The Machine Gunners: 9-11 3.15 Maths Challenge: Mental Maths 3:9-11 3.30 Children of Winter: 9-11
3.45 Word Games 3: 9-11 4.00 Drama Workshop: 9-11
4.20 Dance Workshop: 9-11 4.40 Music Workshop: 9-11
