With the Rev Mark Oakley.
With Miriam O'Reilly.
Producer Steve Peacock
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Mark D'Arcy and Sean Curran.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Anne Atkins.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Lively conversation with Libby Purves and her guests. Producer Chris Paling Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Presented by Jenni Murray.
10.45 Why Don't You Stop Talking Part 3. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
The Norwegians are the subject of Paul Henley's quirky, one-off documentary. He challenges them in their kitchens and in their wooden huts, delving deep into their psyche and motivation to discover what makes them tick.
(R)
By Jonathan Coe, adapted by Simon Littlefield.
Continuing the four-part tale of musical, political and sexual passion in 1970s Birmingham.
Presented by Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
Gyles Brandreth chairs the quiz show celebrating gossip, scandal and controversy. Team captains
Anthony Holden and Stella Duffy are joined by writer JennyColgan and broadcaster Rosie Millard. Producer Elizabeth Freestone
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
3: A Question of Class. The two female detectives return to their Covent Garden office early one morning to discover an Oxford undergraduate slumped on the doorstep wanting them to find the wallet he left in a Soho house of ill repute. Daunt s knowledge of his past makes her very suspicious of later accusations that he has beaten a woman up.
Director Cherry Cookson
Carole Baxter , Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs answer questions posed by gardeners in Scotland. Eric Robson is in the chair.
Producer Trevor Taylor
Patrick Stewart reads a selection of JB Priestley's s short talks originally broadcast on the BBC in 1940. Today he compares what was then the current war with his experiences of the previous world war. Producer Emma Harding For further details see Monday
At the French seaside town of Port la Nouvelle, the artist and film-maker Andrew Kotting contemplates the differences between French and British beach
Culture. For details see Monday
Laurie Taylortalks to anthropologist Dhooleka S Raj about how uniquely "difference" is experienced in different places and the extent to which nation-states influence people's identification. Producer Jacqueline Smith
Dr Raj Persaud concludes a special examination into the way African and Caribbean people are treated in the mental health system. In the late 70s, research showed that African and Caribbean people suffered severe disadvantage in the mental health system: they were more likely to be diagnosed as schizophrenic, more likely to be forcibly taken to hospital by the police and more likely to be given drugs than counselling. Dr Persaud asks why so many black people are still facing discrimination and what the Government and Royal College of Psychiatrists are doing about it. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm
With Eddie Mair.
By Marcus Brigstocke and Jeremy Salsby , with additional material by Graeme Garden.
Giles Wemmbley Hogg , traveller, backpacker, fearless investigator of cultural diversity and upper middle-class student ponce from Budleigh Salterton. This week, Giles goes off to ... New Zealand.
Producer David Tyler
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Oliver and Caroline face Social Services.
Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Another edition of the arts magazine programme, with news, interviews and reviews. Producer Kirsty Pope
By Jackie Kay. 3: Why Don't You Stop Talking?
Thelmajust can't seem to hold her tongue. At the end of one long, difficult day she decides her tongue has got her into trouble. So what is she going to do about it?
For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
Michael Buerk chairs another debate in which Ian Hargreaves , Steven Rose , Melanie Philips and Claire Fox cross-examine witnesses with conflicting views on the moral complexities behind one of the week's headlines.
Producer David Coomes Repeated on Saturday at 10.15pm
Simon Hoggart. political sketch writer of The
Guardian, takes a sideways look at the week's events in the Westminster village. Repeated from Sunday at 10.45pm
Galaxy Formation. Giant assemblies of stars, such as our own Milky Way, are the building blocks of the universe, yettheirformation remains a mystery.
Peter Evans joins astronomers for a night's viewing in the quest to understand how our Milky Way has taken on the distinctive appearance we see today. Producer Adrian Washbourne
Shortened repeat from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
By Erskine Childers. 8: The Germans are suspicious. Can Carruthers and Davies persuade them of their innocence? For details see Monday
The last in the peculiar comedy series that is the notional and irrational home of the terminally strange. Written and performed by Johnny Daukes and Hils Barker. Producers Johnny Daukes and Katie Marsden
With Mark D'Arcy.
Part 3. Repeated from 9.45am
Digital only
3.00 Together: Age 7-11 3.15 Time and Tune: Age 7-9
3.35 Words Alive: Age 7-9 3.50 Listen and Write: Age 9-11
4.10 Megamaths: Age 7-9 4.25 First Steps in Drama: Age 7-9
4.45 World Writing: Age 7-11
