With Canon Noel Vincent.
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Sean Curran and David Wilby.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Dr Alan Billings.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament
Diverse, lively conversation with Libby Purves and her guests. Producer Chris Paling Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Presented by Jenni Murray.
10.45 After Happy Ever Written by Lynn Ferguson. 3/5. The Woman's Hour drama. For details see drama repeat at 7.45pm
In September 2002, archaeologists stumbled across an incredibly important and equally controversial biblical find. A limestone coffin with the words "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus" was found in Jerusalem.
But is this an elaborate fake or the oldest archaeological link to Jesus? Biblical archaeologist Jerome Murphy-O'Connor picks through the evidence in a journey that takes him from the Wailing Wall to the bowels of the Sorbonne and asks whether we really are one step closer to proving that Jesus of Nazareth existed.
New series 1/4. Comedy series by Caroline and David Stafford. Acouple of years ago brothers Nigel and Michael gave up respectable careers to set up a website-design company. That was their first mistake ...
Producer/Director Marc Beeby
Presented by Sheila McClennon and Winifred Robinson.
Introduced by Nick Clarke.
5/9. Richmal Crompton is the "Author of the Week" as James Walton quizzes team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh , with guests Miles Kington and novelist Harry Ritchie on all things literary. The reader is Beth Chalmers. Producer Katie Marsden
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
One brother prepares marvellous starters in an Indian family restaurant on Leicester's culinary golden mile. The other does main courses. Then they fall out and open different establishments. Now customers start eating in one and troop over to the other. Disaster! But can their families cure the rift? Written by Amit Gupta
Siddiqua Akhtar Director
Peter Kavanagh
Matthew Biggs , Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank answer questions posed by gardeners in Derbyshire.
Including Gardening Weather Forecast. Eric Robson is in the Chair.
3/5. The Chemist, the Hypnotist, His Wife and the Cook, or Mary Jane 's Mishap. George Albert Smith , one of the pioneers of British cinema, awaits his cast and crew on the first day of shooting a new film. Written by Carole Hayman and read by David Collings. For details see Monday
3/5. Aladdin. Robert Irwin reveals the mystery of the best known of the Arabian Nights stories, even though it may not have been part of the original collection. Fordetails see Monday
Laurie Taylor invites his guests to think about society and the ideas that shape it. Producer Rebecca Asher
7/9. Oral Health. Presenter Dr Mark Porter and the team look at the information revealed about the body's overall health by the state of the gums and teeth.
With Eddie Mair.
3/4. Doug is furious when he discovers Molly plans to take in a lodger. Meanwhile, their best friends are having an anniversary drinks party, but it could be awkward if both Doug and Molly are invited. By Paul Mendelson. producer David Ian Neville
Helping hands from Phil. For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
John Wilson reports on the National Theatre's opening night of Alan Bennett 's new play The History Boys, set among the unruly sixth-formers and staff-room rivalries of a boys' school. Producer Erin Riley
3/5. Snow White makes her way back to the forest.
Written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as Snow White.
With Philip Fox , John Rowe , Jon Glover and Bertie Carvel. For details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
2/3. Some of our best-known institutions are put to the test in a series of debates.
Devolution. It's claimed devolution has given the Scots and Welsh a new confidence and the freedom to pursue new policies. On the other hand, the new Scottish parliament building has haemorrhaged money and there are no visible improvements to the Scottish Health
Service. So is devolution working, or is it a waste of time and money? Diana Madill chairs a debate from the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, between
Dr John Tomaney of Newcastle University and the Daily Telegraph's Scottish editor, Alan Cochrane , and a forum of experts. Producer Jim Frank RepeatedonSaturdayatl0.15pm
Newseries 1/3. Television documentary-maker
Michael Cockerell tells the behind-the-scenes story of his television encounters with colourful figures who lit up the political scene over six decades. He begins this series with a programme devoted to Margaret Thatcher. Producer Dennis Sewell Repeated from Sunday at 10.45pm
The scientist and former Luftwaffe pilot
Dr Gernot Zippe was kidnapped by the Russians afterthe Second World War and forced to invent an efficient method for enriching uranium so it could be used to power a nuclear bomb. Now aged 86 and living in southern Germany, Dr Zippe talks to Matthew Chapman about how he went on to develop his so called "Zippe Type" centrifuge in the West. He believed it would help fuel countless power stations, but instead his blueprints were stolen by Pakistan, Iraq, North Korea, Iran and Libya. Producer Matthew Chapman
Shortened repeat from 9am
News and analysis, presented by Robin Lustig.
8/10. By Jean Rhys. Rochester accuses Antoinette of betrayal and their ravaged Eden falls apart. Fordetails see Monday
6/6. Graeme Garden chairs the comedy panel game inspired by the worst of Ask the Family and the best of Trisha as he poses dilemmas to four family members played by Barry Cryer (dad), Sheila Hancock (mum), Fred MacAulay (son) and Helen Atkinson Wood (daughter-in-law). Producer Lucy Armitage
The day's business in Westminster, highlighting Prime Minister's Questions. Presented by David Wilby.
3/5. Written by Miranda Seymour. Repeated from 9.45am
3.00 Together (ages 7-11) 3.15 Time and Tune (ages 7-9)
3.35 Come to Kochi (ages 7-9) 3.50 Listen and Write (ages 9-11)
4.10 First Steps in Drama (ages 7-9)
