With Andrew Graystone.
Presented by Mark Holdstock.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6-25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With David Wilby and Robert Orchard.
7.48 Thought for the Day With John Bell.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament
4ew series 1/8. Last November, Hollywood actor ind muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger became governor of California. He promised to shake things up in American's richest state. But almost a year on how much has his brand of Republicanism achieved?
Could he go all the way to the White House? Tim Whewell travels to California to find out. producer John Murphy
The name is famous, the songs are famous - but who was Georges Brassens ? Artist and illustrator
Quentin Blake gets behind the moustache to discover more about the great French singer and songwriter, with the help of his biographer
Jacques Vassal , rock writer Jean-Daniel Beauvallet and some of Brassens's British admirers, including
Posy Simmonds , Julian Barnes , Michael Rosen and Tim PigOtt-Smith Producer Chris Marshall
Presented by Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.
Presented by Nick Clarke.
A weekly report on rural life across the UK. Extended repeat from Saturday at 6.10am
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
The poet Andrea Porter 's life changed dramatically
27 years ago in a horrific car accident. This is the dramatised story of what happened, using the poet s own verse. By Andrea Porter and Fraser Grace
Producer Anastasia Tolstoy
5/10 Stewart Henderson presents the problem-solving programme that helps to provide some answers to those intriguing conundrums and puzzles from everyday life.
PHONE: [number removed] email questions.questions@bbc.co.uk Producer David Prest
Repeated from Sunday at 7.55am
4/5. A Red Petticoat. When there's not a bite left to eat in the house to feed her large family, Mrs Deignan stoops to desperate measures to secure them provisions. Written by Liam O'Flaherty and read by Marion O'Dwyer. For details see Monday
4/5 Michael Finnissy 's early career was with dance companies. His personal politics form the bedrock of his work today. Paul Driver asks him if there can be
SUCh a thing as homosexual music. For details see Monday
Repeated from Sunday at 4pm
Tiny magnetic particles that store huge amounts of data are essential to video, audio and computer technologies but now magnets on a nano scale could revolutionise medicine. By attaching magnetic particles to drugs, they can be guided to exactly where needed in the body. How do you make these perfectly engineered nano-scale magnets? Quentin Cooper talks to Professor Andrew Harrison from Edinburgh University, who is farming bacteria to make these particles for us. He also talks to Professor Jon Dobson from Keele
University to find out why finding microscopic magnets on meteorites could be signs of life from Mars. Producer Pamela Rutherford
Presented by Eddie Mair.
2/4. Comedian and long-time Graham Norton collaborator Jo Caulfield gets beneath the surface of life's little irritations with a brand-new mix of stand-up and sketches. This week, Jo tries to persuade her husband Sturt to get a job instead of arranging his records in alphabetical order. With Dave Mounfield , Vicki Pepperdine and Simon Greenall. Written by Jo Caulfield and Kevin Anderson. Producer Helen Williams
Susan steps into the breach.
For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and reviews. Producer Phil Tinline
4/5. Two mothers from different eras are confronted by the daughters they abandoned. By Margaret Forster. For details and cast see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
Last week, 87-year-old Ted Marcer revealed the contents of his audio diary, recorded undercover, of his time in a residential care home. In this follow-up programme, he and his wife, Vera, travel to Germany to sample other types of accommodation for the elderly and hear the experiences of their residents. Producer Sally Chesworth
6/9. Dates with Destiny. Without much oil wealth, tiny Dubai has been trying to turn itself into the business and tourist crossroads of the whole Middle East. Peter Day reports from an Arabian fantasy land where every new development is more extravagant than the last. Producer Richard Berenger Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm
7/10. Scientists at Florida University have shrunk the art of eavesdropping down to a miniature size - they've come up with a signalling device so minute that it's easily missed by the naked eye. With the aid of a microscope, Geoff Watts gets to grips with this tiny piece of engineering that could revolutionise the future Of covert listening. Producer Beth Eastwood
National and international news and analysis.
4/10. By Alison Lurie. Late one night Chuck arrives unannounced on Vinnie's doorstep for some whisky and sympathy and, as a result, she finds herself accepting a invitation to go to Covent Garden with him - after all he can afford the tickets! For details see Monday
The day's news from Westminster, presented by Robert Orchard.
4/5. By Joanna Lumley. Repeated from 9.45am
3.00 Street Child (ages 7-11) 3.20 Children of Winter (ages 9-11)
3.35 Maths Adventure (ages 9-10) 3.50 Maths Adventure (ages
10-11) 4.05 Drama Workshop (ages 9-11) 4.20 Dance Workshop (ages 9-11) 4.40 Music Workshop (ages 9-11)
