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 Sean Curran and Robert Orchard.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rev Joel Edwards.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Melvyn Bragg and his guests explore the history of ideas. Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Age of the Earth, and how to make sense of four and half billions years of time. Show more
Presented from Manchester by Jenni Murray.
10.45 Why Don't You Stop Talking Part 4. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Tim Whewell investigates Uganda involvement in the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Conga He sees how one of the world's most abused countnes is still being despoiled byforeigners and asks whether Britain has used its influence to restrain the appetites of some of Uganda's most powerful figures.
Producer Caroline Pare Repeated on Monday at 8.30pm
Novelist Louise Welsh concludes her examination of what Gothic- really means, and why gothic literature still captures our imagination.
2: Graveyards, Glamour and Celluloid Ghosts Producer Jane Greenwood
With Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.
With Nick Clarke.
Richard Uridge explores rural life across the UK.
Producer Gabi Fisher
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
Daunt and Dervish are called in on a sporting assignment when they are asked to do a 24-hour watch on a young East End boy who is about to fight for a place in the 1948 Olympic boxing team. The local Catholic priest has been taking a special interest in the boy's progress, but why?
On this week's health phone-in show Barbara Myers answers listeners' questions about the skin condition psoriasis, with the help of an expert. Telephone: [number removed] or email checkup@bbc.co.uk Producer Erika Wright
Billy Connolly makes an appeal on behalf of vetaid.
Donations: [address removed] Credit Cards [number removed]
Patrick Stewart reads from JB Priestley's short talks originally broadcast on the BBC in 1940. Today, he looks back to the first day of the Second World War. Producer Emma Harding Forfurther details see Monday
The poet Gwyneth Lewis , a passionate sailor, visits a beach near her native Cardiff to consider how sailors view beaches from the sea, and why beaches are so closely linked to Our happiness. For details see Monday
As Helen Fielding's new novel Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination is published, Mariella Frostrup talks to the author about plucky female spies, how to plot a thriller and novel-writing before and after the BridgetJones phenomenon. Repeated from Sunday at 4pm
Scientists are now discovering that sound waves can control the temperature and structure of individual molecules. Quentin Cooper investigates the surprising science behind sound healing and diagnosis. From controlling brainwave activityto exploding cancer cells, there is far more to sound than meets the ear. Producer Martin Redfern
With Eddie Mair.
New series The award-winning comedy returns for a second series, which harks back to a gentler age of radio when Archie Strutz and His Swinging Nuts were a Home Service favourite and folk tales sang of rustic careers "where the tales are our seed and the sod is your ears". With Neil Edmond , Justin Edwards and James Rawlings. ProducerWill Saunders
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: The first series of this programme is available on CD from retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]
Brian has a birthday.
Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Presented by Mark Lawson. Producer Robyn Read
By Jackie Kay. 4: Married Women
Doctor Winters (Kathryn Hunt ) has had a string of affairs with married women while studying for a PhD on fish diseases. She thinks marriage is one big con, and enjoys her life - unti I Isabel comes along. Director Susan Roberts For further details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
In another programme about who wields power in Britain today, Simon Cox looks at the cosy club of non-executives atthetopof UK business. Recent research suggsts that only one per cent of non-executives get their jobs through an advertisment and only four per cent had to go through a formal interview. Cox investigates how the non-executive system works. Is it fair, open and independent or is it a fat cat culture that thrives in ourtop companies? Producer Richard Vadon
The Trust Game. In the wake of the Hutton inquiry, talk is rife about a "trust deficit" in politics. But how much trust does a democracy really need, and should politicians also be able to trust the public? David Walker asks if we are in danger of confusing healthy scepticism with system failure. Producer Zareer Masani Editor Nicola Meyrick Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm
Norfolk Under Water. Global warming will affect the Norfolk Broads harder and faster than anywhere else in the UK. Tom Feilden finds out what's being done to protect ourwettest national park.
Producer Alasdair Cross EMAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk
With Robin Lustig.
By Erskine Childers. 9: Carruthers becomes a stowaway and discovers the extent of the German plot. For details see Monday
By Karl Minns. 6: Coma
Lone Chester has fallen asleep on the beginnings of an idea, but the doors to his unconscious were accidentally left open at the time and it's dropped through into his REM. Unfortunately, it has manifested itself in the form of a baby.
Music by the Neutrinos Producer Dawn Ellis
With Sean Curran.
Part 4. Repeated from 9.45am
Digital only
3.00 The Machine Gunners: Age 9-11 3.15 Maths Challenge: Mental Maths 3: Age 9-11 3.30 Children of Winter: Age 9-11
3.45 Word Games 3: Age 9-114.00 Drama Workshop: Age 9-11
4.20 Dance Workshop: Age 9-114.40 Music Workshop: Age 9-11
