Presented by the Rev Stephen Shipley.

Presented by Sarah Mukherjee. Producer Sarah Swadling

With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Robert Orchard and Rachel Hooper.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Oliver McTernan.
8.31 L W only Yesterday in Parliament

A lively collection of dispatches from the BBC's foreign correspondents, who report on stories in their regions. Presented by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant

4/5. Sue Townsend, author of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mote , Aged 13 314 and its sequels, entertains an audience of friends and family at her home in Leicester with extracts from some of her favourite books, including the work of Iris Murdoch , George Orwell , Fyodor Dostoyevsky and John Lahr 's biography of local boy Joe Orton. Producer Viv Beeby Repeated Sunday 12.15am

Presented by Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.

News, with Brian Hanrahan.

Exploring rural life around Britain. Repeated from Saturday 6.07am

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

A man and a younger woman embark on an affair which they promise each other will not end in love - but they discover that life cannot be so simply constructed. By Nick McCarty.
Producer Nicholas Newton ; Director John Burgess

5/10. Stewart Henderson presents the popular interactive problem-solving series, in which he gets to the bottom of those intriguing questions from everyday life. Producer Sarah Cuddon
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Repeated from Sunday at 7.55am

4/5. Blind Billy 's Pride. In a small Highland coastal town the local paper has mistakenly published a revealing photo of Billy emerging from the sea after the annual sponsored swim. Billy is blind and doesn't know he's become the subject of titillating gossip. The paper sells out and the community conspire to hide the truth from Blind Billy himself. Written and read by Alan Warner. For further details see Monday

14/30. Babies, Dressed or Undressed, Jointed, Wax or Common. The 18th century saw the first British toy shops, hugely increased consumerism and the beginnings of "pester power": Michael Morpurgo traces their rise.
The readers are Philip Fox , Adam Godley , Sara Kestelman and Timothy West. For further details see Monday

Mariella Frostrup 's guests are Clive James and Margaret Drabble. Repeated from Sunday at 4pm

The poplar tree is sometimes unpopular because it can grow 90 feet in six years. But grow it by the fieldful and you have a potential fuel for the future. The clever bit is turning it into petrol. Quentin Cooper meets scientists who are attempting just that and think that, with a little genetic modification, they will be able to turn a single large tree into up to 100 gallons of carbon-neutral transport fuel.

News and analysis, with Eddie Mair.

6/6. Armando lannucci joins presenter Dave Gorman to chew the fat over the ridiculous, unworkable, but sometimes inspired inventions, schemes and policies dreamt up by the general public. Producer Simon Nicholls
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Eddie experiences some divine justice.
For cast see page 37 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

Kirsty Lang with arts news, reviews and an interview with the American artist James Turrell. Producer Nicola Holloway

4/5. Lucia witnesses a second violent death but finds unexpected reserves of courage.
For cast and further details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

Garry Richardson explores the world of the football manager, a job with a high risk of ending with the sack, if not stress-related heart problems. He looks at the job through the eyes of some of the past and present students on the certificate in applied management for football course at Warwick Business School, including Aidy Boothroyd, now at Watford FC, and Lee Richardson, assistant manager at Chesterfield FC. What does it take to make a good football manager?

6/9. Big Ideas. Nathan Myhrvold used to be the big bold brainiac at the software giant Microsoft. Now he has set up on his own, creating a new kind of company to exploit ideas and patents. From a trophy-lined office close to
Seattle, he explains to Peter Day what he's doing, why it is important, and why this new kind of business is kicking up a storm among his critics.
Producer Paul O'Keeffe Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm

5/10. The latest news from the world of science and technology, with Geoff Watts. Producer Pamela Rutherford

Presented by Robin Lustig.

9/10. By John le Carre. Hannah goes missing and Salvo realises he must give himself up. Read by Patterson Joseph. For further details see Monday

2/6. Whistleblower. Martin Christmas is reporter Adam Monk 's local-government whistleblower, so he's horrified to learn of the existence of a rival mystery whistleblower - one who has told Adam that it was none other than Martin who ordered the notorious "Dalek of Death" compost bins. suddenly, local government is a very threatening place. By Tony Bagley.
Producer Claire Bartlett

With Robert Orchard.

the Python Years 4/5. Repeated from 9.45am