With Dr Alison Elliot.
Presented by Anna Hill.
With James Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
With Steve May.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
With Rachel Hooper and Susan Hulme.
7.45 Thought for the Day
With Professor Mona Siddiqui.
8.31 Yesterday in Parliament
Diverse and lively conversation with Libby Purves and her guests. Producer Chris Paling Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Olivia O'Leary tells the hitherto untold story of Father Alec Reid , the priest who for 35 years acted as a secret negotiator between the IRA and the British and Irish governments. A picture of him taken as he administered the Last Rites to the two British army corporals became one of the enduring images of the Troubles. Now that the IRA has decommissioned its weapons (he was one of the appointed "overseers") his story can at last be told.
Producer Rachel Hooper
6/6. James follows Agatha to the village of Fryham, determined to win her back before the killer strikes again.
Producer Carol Smith
With Sheila McClennon and Winifred Robinson. Including an investigation into the Empty Dwelling Management
Order, which allows councils to take over privately owned, unoccupied homes to bring them into use but which has been described in the tabloid press as "home grabbing".
Presented by Shaun Ley.
Award-winning author Philip Pullman entertains an audience at the Pegasus Theatre in Oxford with poetry and prose that has inspired him in his work. Excerpts read by Jenny Coverack and Sean Barrett. Producer vivBeeby
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
By Colleen Muldoon-Taylor . Victimised at school because his parents are a lesbian couple, 14-year-old Sebastian secretly uses cut-outs from celebrity magazines to create a fantasy family for himself. He is increasingly drawn into fights at school because of taunts about his family, but his loving parents take different views of the warning signs.
Director/Producer Kate Chapman
Chris Beardshaw, Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank answer questions posed by gardeners in south Wales. In the first of a new series, three leading tree experts are invited to talk about their horticultural experiences.
Eric Robson is in the chair. Including at 3.25 Gardening Weather Forecast. Shortened repeat from Sunday at 2pm
3/5. Geoff is having sardine nightmares and Dimwit
Diomedes suffers a setback at the Pegasus training camp.
For further details see Monday
3/5. Its mid-August and the two Arctic terns set off on the first leg of their migration to Antarctica. Tragedy strikes when they stop off to rest and feed off the coast of Ghana. Paul Young follows their journey. For further details see Monday
Laurie Taylor talks to Janet Gruber ahead of World Aids
Day to learn more about her research into conflict, gender inequality and HIV infection. She also considers what happens to HIV infection rates when survivors are displaced and lose their homes and livelihoods as a result Of war or genocide. Producer Kevin Dawson
3/4. What is a normal metabolism? The thyroid controls our body temperature and, therefore, our metabolism. But it's quite common for things to go wrong with the thyroid, and determining what normal thyroid function should be is no easy task. Vivienne Parry explores how to tell if the thyroid is working normally and what happens if it isn't. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm
News and analysis, presented by Eddie Mair.
1/6. Talk radio DJ Gary Bellamy presents his own unique brand of broadcast journalism, helped by his enthusiastic production team and famous friends. Comedy with Rhys Thomas , Paul Whitehouse , Simon Day and Charlie Higson. Special guests: Amelia Bullmore , Felix Dexter and Harry
Enfield. Producers Lucy Armitage , Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse
Helen learns a tough lesson.
For cast see page 36 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
John Wilson presents a report on actors learning swordplay for Christmas stage productions. Producer Rebecca Nicholson
3/5. Catherine Linstrum 's play is set at the time in Dodie
Smith's career when she had lost credibility as a playwright. Having been the most performed author in the West End in the 1930s, 20 years later she was "critically bankrupt", and was yet to enjoy the success of 101 Dalmatians. Recorded on location at Smith's cottaqe in Essex.
For further details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
9/11. Michael Buerk chairs a live debate in which Claire Fox , Clifford Longley , Melanie Phillips and Steven Rose cross-examine expert witnesses on the moral issues behind the week's news. Repeated on Saturday at 10.15pm
3/3. The struggle to win compensation for the victims of thalidomide was one of the great campaigns of the 1960s and 70s. There was a settlement in 1973 but over the years its value was eroded by inflation - and the victims still had to pay tax. Although thalidomide disappeared from the headlines, another campaign was going on to achieve a more generous deal. Carolyn Quinn reports on the progress of this great lost cause. Repeated on Saturday at 5.45am
Shortened repeat from 9am
Presented by Robin Lustig.
3/10. Amir is ecstatic when he manages to win the neighbourhood kite-flying tournament. After taking his own kite home he hurries off to search for Hassan, who has promised to run the last kite for him. But what he witnesses in the deserted alley beyond the bazaar is to haunt him for the rest of his life. By Khaled Hosseini. Read by Kulvinder Ghir. For further details see Monday
4/6. Spoof European radio clips, including how French rock music's attempts to throw off its cultural stereotype have been hit by the shock return of the accordion. Producer Johnny Daukes
4/6. The country music sensation created by Christopher Green discovers the delights of Ireland. Director Claire Grove
The day's events in Westminster, with discussion of Prime Minister's Questions. Presented by Rachel Hooper.
: Point to Point
Navigation 3/5. By Gore Vidal. Repeated from 9.45am
