With Andrew Graystone.

Presented by Anna Hill.

With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Sean Curran and Robert Orchard.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Dr Alan Billings.
8.31 LW only Yesterday in Parliament

From Headingley, the first one-day match in the NatWest Challenge series. Commentary by Jonathan Agnew , Simon Mann and Jim Maxwell , with experts Graeme Fowler ,
Geoff Lawson and Mike Selvey. Including News at 2.20.
Producer Peter Baxter "approximate time

6/8. The Three Rs. In Britain, 20 per cent of adults are deemed to have problems with reading and writing. Yet, in Finland illiteracy is almost unknown, and Ireland has tackled its adult literacy problem by boosting spending on classes more than tenfold in eight years. Paul Henley explores the lessons that Ireland and Finland have to offer the UK. (This programme was originally scheduled for transmission on Thursday 9 June.) Producer John Murphy Repeated on Monday at 8.30pm

Anthony Powell 's 12-novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time is one of the great literary works of the 20th century. Covering a span of more than 70 years and with a cast of more than 300 characters, it's also one of the longest. To mark the centenary of Powell's birth in 1905, the geneticist Steve Jones , a lifelong fan, revisits the Dance novels and looks at the life of the man who wrote them. He talks to admirers, including the novelists Ian Rankin and AS Byatt, and the writer and activist Tariq Ali. Producer Thomas Morris Repeated on Sunday at 12.15am

Consumer affairs, with Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.

News and analysis, presented by Nick Clarke.

(Extended repeat of Saturday at 6.10am)

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

It's 1973. Liverpool. Kid, 16, and his best mate, Skeeter. crash through the city streets, bumping into its characters - a host of lost heroes, glimpsed through a toy kaleidoscope nicked from a shop. A funny and poignant portrait of a friendship, which may or may not stand the test of time. By Jeff Young. Kid Mark Rice-Oxley Skeeter Andrew Whyment Cocky watchman Vince Earl Dad Andrew Schofield Carol Katy Lamont Director Susan Roberts

3/5. The essential guide to numbers, risk, league tables, targets, budgets, measurement and quantification of every kind in the news, politics and in life. Presented by Andrew Dilnot. Producer Michael Blastland

Repeated from Sunday at 7.55am

4/5. Alien Abduction. When a boy, bored by classwork, idly imagines that an alien spaceship has landed in the park, all hell breaks loose as the news spreads. By Mick Jackson and read by James Fleet . For details see Monday

4/5. Michael Crick meets the members of the Eveshambased Simon de Montfort Society, who champion the 13th-century Parliamentarian. For details see Monday <R)

Repeated from Sunday at 4pm

Can science create the perfect musical instrument or is traditional craftsmanship the key to good music? For decades acoustic guitar manufacturers have searched for a synthetic material that gives the same sound as wood. A team of scientists based at Loughborough University have developed a range of guitars built from advanced plastics, which they reckon sound just as good as their wooden counterparts, but are cheaper to produce. Quentin Cooper asks Dr Eddie Norman whether science can really create superior sound, or if a certain something is lost in the mix. Producer Michelle Martin

News and analysis, with Carolyn Quinn.

1/6. The war on terror reaches Mel and Vicki's flat.

Written by and starring Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine, with Martin Hyder, Jim North, Dave Lamb and Jessica Martin.

Tom spends beyond his means.
For cast see page 41 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

Mark Lawson presents the arts magazine with news, reviews and interviews. Producer Thomas Morris

9/10. Anna makes her decision - but can she find the resolve to hold to it? By Edith Wharton.
For cast and details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

3/3. Peter White follows London's Olympic bid team as they fly to Singapore to enter the final phase of their campaign. In the week before the final vote on who will host the 2012 Games, the lobbying reaches fever pitch. With Paris still thought to be the favourite, can London Close the gap?

New series 1/9. Unscrambling Europe's Eggs?
Eurosceptics were exultant when the French and the Dutch rejected the EU constitution. So is this the moment to declare the whole project dead? In the first of two programmes about the future of Europe, Quentin Peel asks how we could reverse 50 years of integration. Producer Simon Coates Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm

8/10. Researchers in America have been using saliva instead of blood to detect certain medical conditions, including cancer, with surprising accuracy. Geoff Watts reports. Producer Alexandra Feachem

News and analysis, presented by Claire Bolderson.

9/10. Sel has fallen so far out of fashion that he comes back "in" as the new presenter of a daytime show - but when Cled joins him in Vegas he's concerned by his brother's appearance. By Laurie Graham. For details see Mon

2/6. In a world where presentation is at the wheel, and content is firmly bound and gagged in the back, Radio9 finds itself with so much to say but no idea how to say it.
Written and performed by Johnny Daukes and Hils Barker.
Producers Johnny Daukes and Claire Jones

A round-up of the day's news from Westminster, introduced by Robert Orchard .

4/5. By Trevor Norton. Repeated from 9.45am

Purple Hibiscus
(5/10) For details see Sunday