With Father James Hanvey.
With Miriam O'Reilly.
With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With John Bell.
With Jenni Murray , presented from Manchester.
4/5.
Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Insight and colour from BBC correspondents around the world, With Kate Adie. Producer TonyGrant
From writing gags for Bob Hope to creating the tragicomic world of MASH, Larry Gelbart has kept us laughing for years. Mark Lawson looks back at the long career of one of Hollywood's finest writers. With contributions from Mel Brooks, Barry Levinson and Sid Caesar.
Predicting the Unpredictable. As we become increasingly litigious, what does the future hold for insurance ? Presented by Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
Richard Uridge explores rural life across the UK. Extended repeat from Saturday at 6.10am
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
By Juliet Ace. It is 1953 and 15-year-old Mattie has to spend her Saturdays cooking for her grandfather and her blind aunt. Catherine Jane. But making pastry is not the only challenge she has to face. A new episode of Mattie's childhood in South Wales is broadcast tomorrow at the same time.
OirectorGilly Adams
Newseries 1/6. Noses. Blocked or runny noses, polyps inside the nasal passages and painful sinuses cause miseryto many. Barbara Myers invites listeners to call in to the medical phone-in about the best treatments for nasal problems. Her guest will be consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon Mr David Roberts , producer Anna Buckley Phone: [number removed] email checkup@bbc.co.uk
Alan Titchmarsh appeals on behalf of the Telephones forthe Blind Fund.
Donations: [address removed] Credit cards: [number removed] Producer Sally Ratman
4/5. Reshuffle of the Vanities by John Cole.
"Cabinet reshuffle days were among the more entertaining of a lobby reporter's year- particularly if he or she had a sadistic streak." Read by James Bryce. For more details see Monday
4/5. Wiz Clift cooks lunch forthe guru of edible flowers, Kathy Brown. For details see Monday
Mariella Frostrup finds out about the person who was the inspiration for Madame Bovary and considers how banned books remain in circulation in Oppressive regimes. Repeated from Sunday at 4pm
The dream of energy producers and environmentalists alike is clean, safe and cheap energy. Nuclear fusion has always promised these things but has so far remained no more than an idle and expensive fantasy. Now, a global project may bring this dream one step closer. In this week's programme, Quentin Cooper asks why nuclear fusion has always remained so elusive and whether it can ever live up to its promises. Producer Pam Rutherford
With Eddie Mair.
3/4. Stephen Fry and John Bird star as those Machiavellian masters of spin, Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe. When Martin persuades Charles to accompany him to Devon, Clive is left in charge of the government's Healthy Eating campaign. Will the company survive with Clive in charge and, more importantly, will Charles survive without the cut and thrust of London?
Music by Matthew Scott Producer Dawn Ellis
Peggy gets match-making.
Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
John Wilson presents the arts magazine. Producer Nicola Holloway
4/5. By Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman.
Vera has a hip replacement at the Royal College of Quadrupeds, thanks to the shortage of hospital beds, while Irene turns to lonely versifying when deserted by her daughter in Australia.
For more details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
John Waite talks to the police, probation officers, paedophiles and their victims about the multi-agency partnership (Map) aimed at keeping tabs on Britain's most dangerous sex offenders.
Baltic Frontier. Three Baltic nations are lining up with rare enthusiasm and some striking entrepreneurial zeal to join the European Union in May. Peter Day visits Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to ask what they can do for Europe, and what Europe can do for them. Editor Stephen Chilcott Producer Caroline Bayley Repeated Sunday
Geoff Watts reports on the latest stories from the world of science and technology.
Producer Andrew Luck-Baker EMAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk
With Claire Bolderson.
4/5. Care. By Julie Orringer. "There's a right way to take care of a child, she knows, and a wrong way. What you do not do: take the drugs that are in your pocket." As Tessa looks after her niece for a day in San Francisco, who is the one who really needs looking after? Read by Teresa Gallagher. Fordetails see Monday
New series 1/4. Ajourney through the showbiz glitz and backstage litter of pop music by The Now Show stalwart Mitch Benn.
Fans. Fans -who needs them? Pop stars do for one, if they want to be, er, pop stars. With Robin Ince , Alfie Joey , Tash Baylis and Kirsty Newton. Producer Adam Bromley
Buckfast Tonic Wine is lovingly made by the monks of Buckfastleigh in Devon and drunk in huge quantities on the streets of Scottish towns. It has been blamed for all kinds of social ills but are the young people of Glasgow and Coatbridge really driven to mischief and crime by this "tonic"? And should the monks take any responsibility for where their product ends Up? Producer Adam Fowler
4/5. Repeated from 9.45am
