Book At Bedtime: Love Marriage

Monday-Friday, Radio 4, 10.45pm

After a break of

11 years, Monica

Ali (right) published her latest novel earlier this year.

Meera Syal reads her magnum opus, which focuses on two very different families reluctantly brought together by a wedding.

The Future Will Be Synthesised

(Monday-Friday, Radio 4, 1.45pm) is a fascinating five-part documentary about the legal, political and ethical implications of living in a society where anything can be faked by technology.

The ever-popular Just A Minute

(Radio 4, 6.30pm) begins its 89th series. Paul Merton, Pippa Evans, Tony Hawks and Suzi Ruffell take part.