With the Rev Mike Mair.

With Miriam O'Reilly.

With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Christina Rees.

3/5. Adam Hart-Davis visits Europe's largest construction site, Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. Producer Sarah Taylor Repeated at 9.30pm
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Presented by Brother Guy Consolmagno.
2/4. If the Big Bang threw everything outwards, will gravity pull it all back in again? Egyptian religion and some modern scientific theory hint that the universe will end in devastation.

England v West Indies
From Old Trafford, the first day of the Third Test. With commentary by Jonathan Agnew , Henry Blofeld , Tony Cozier and Christopher Martin-Jenkins , and expert comments from Graham Gooch , Vic Marks and Viv Richards. Including at 12.35 News; County Talk.
Producer Peter Baxter - *Approximate time

New series 1/9. Insight from BBC correspondents around the world. With Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant

Newseries 1/5. Comedy writer and actor Pauline McLynn best-known as Mrs Doyle in Father Ted, entertains an audience with a witty and poignant choice of some favourite prose and poetry. She's joined by actors David Bamber and William Hope at the Ways with Words festival at Dartington Hall in Devon. Producer Viv Beeby Repeated on Sunday at 12.15am

Presented by Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.

With Nick Clarke.

A weekly report on rural life across the UK. Extended repeatfrom Saturday at 6.10am

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

Dorothy a cultured and erudite woman in her late 60s, feels abandoned by her son, who has emigrated to America He has paid for a home help, Maddy, and a computer so that he can keep in touch. But Dot is self-sufficient and a Luddite and will have nothingto do with either However, when Maddy accidentally switches on the computer, everything changes. A comic tale of manipulation in the internet age by Neil Monaghan. Director Izzy Mant

2/6 Exercise for the Over-50s Fitness expert Judith Holpinjoins Barbara Myers in the studio to answer listeners' questions about gettingand stayingfitfortheolderperson. PHONE: [number removed] from 1.30pm Producer Paula McGrath

Repeated from Sunday at 7.55am

4/5 Breast Meat. A widow, recently bereaved after a lifetime of putting herself second, takes a trip to Las Vegas. paid for by her late husband's secret hobby. Written by Ann Gander and read by Eileen Ryan. For details see Monday

4/5. Building strong communities is a 250th-anniversary ambition forthe Royal Society of Arts. Griff Rhys Jones finds out more. For details see Monday

Repeated from Sunday at 4pm

All Earthly matterwas once born in the nuclearfurnace of an ancient star. How do chemicals that were once part of this stellar factory disperse into space and eventually turn into the molecules of life after a star's violent death? The answer may lie in the new science of astrochemistry. Sue Nelson talks to Helen Fraser from Leiden University in the Netherlands, who is part of a team using new techniques to look into the void of space to find the birth of stars, planets and life itself. Producer Pamela Rutherford

With Eddie Mair. until 5.30pm

6/6. The sketch show about life, written and performed by people who've lived a bit. Starring Dudley Sutton ,
Roger Blake , Eleanor Bron and Paula Wilcox. With music by Ronnie and the Rex and Pierre Hollins. Producer Katie Marsden

Sid swallows his pride. For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

John Wilson hosts the arts show. Producer Aasiya Lodhi

9/10. By Louisa May Alcott. Jo feels all alone in the world, when, out of the blue, an old friend arrives from New York. For cast and details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

1/2. Alex Kirby meets the Church of England's new recruits as they take their first tentative steps into a demanding and sometimes hostile world. He reveals how new priests are selected and follows successful applicants as they complete their training and prepare to put on their dog-collars. Are they ready? Producer Brian King

6/9. The Appliance of Violence. The modern state has traditionally been defined by its monopoly of violence. Is this being eroded in Britain and elsewhere as private security firms take over work from the police and the prison service? And why is Government moving into new areas of control, such as smacking of children? Andrew Brown asks where the balance of legitimate force lies and how it's shifting.
Producer Zareer Masani Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm

4/6. Modified Medicine. Antibodies used in the fight against Aids and TB may soon be grown in British fields. Tom Heap investigates. Producer AlasdairCross

Repeated from 9am

News and analysis, presented by Claire Bolderson.

4/5. By Jennifer Donnelly. Revelations about her teacher, Miss Wilcox, astonish Mattie and give her food forthought. Fordetailssee Monday

4/6. Laurie Anderson. Andrew Clover asks the performance artist to improvise a story. From the studio she shares with her boyfriend Lou Reed. Producer Gary Reich

4/6. Normal Things. Steven Appleby employs an expert to declutter his house. With Paul McCrink as Appleby, and featuring Rachel Atkins , Ewan Bailey , Nigel Betts and Rosalind Paul. Producer Toby Swift

George Formby , Jimmie Clitheroe , Diana Dors ,
Frank Randle , Josef Locke and Sandy Powell all became stars of the silver screen by appearing in films made by John E Blakeley 's Mancunian Rim Corporation. CP Lee presents a history of the "Hollywood of the North", with contributions from historians Philip and David Williams , veterans of the corporaton Wynne and Arthur Merze , and former child star Joyanne Bracewell. Producer Mike Hally

of the Week: Making Babies-
Stumbling into Motherhood
4/5. Anne Enright 's memoir of childbirth and its aftermath. Repeated from 9.45am