A green-wellied dating agency, novel uses for linseed, bubbling optimism from farm students - and more. Producer Richard Sanders
with James Whitbourn in conversation with a special guest about a prayer which has inspired their life and faith.
Presented by John Humphrys and Peter Hobday.
7.20 Listeners' Letters
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rev
Dr Leslie Griffiths. Editor Philip Harding
Cliff Morgan with news, issues and conversation from the sporting world. Producer Bob Shennan
Presented by Ken Bruce with all the latest holiday and travel news.
Producer Sara Jane Hall
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Ned Sherrin hosts an hour of live interjections from the likes of Robert Elms, Victoria Mather and The Men Who Know.
Producer Ian Gardhouse. Stereo
What are the real choices on polling day? In a programme which promises no politicians, Robin Lustig asks the people of Britain which issues matter to them and why. Independent experts assess the parties' policies to see what is actually on offer to the electorate. The issue today is Economy.
Producer Gwyneth Williams
Presented by Gordon Clough.
Producer Rosie Goldsmith
with Heather Payton.
The latest news from the world of personal finance and impartial advice for those trying to make the most of their money.
Producer Frances Macdonald
Chairman Barry Took quizzes team captains Richard Ingrams and Alan Coren and their guests. Producer Colin Swash Stereo
with Nick Clarke in London, and James Naughtie reporting on the campaign across the UK.
The pros and cons of the greener global life. Presented by Roger Harrabin.
Producer Jeffrey Olstead. Stereo
The San Rocco Mob
Based upon actual events, Bruce Stewart 's play tells the story of an English priest who is sent incognito to discover whether a Franciscan monastery in Sicily has been taken over by the Mafia. Director Martin Jenkins Stereo
The last in the current series that links past and present.
As the country prepares for a General Election in a few days' time, Laurence Goldman , Fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford, tells Barry Cunliffe about the Great Reform Bill of 1832 and the long struggle for the right to vote in Britain.
And John Miller recalls Gladstone's famous
Midlothian campaign later in the century.
Producer John Knight
Birds sing, crickets chirp and elephants rumble, and together they produce a sonic fingerprint.
Peter Evans looks at how this complex of sounds could pinpoint environmental change. Producer Peter Croasdale
with Frank Partridge and Hugh Sykes.
and Sports Round-Up
A bracing ramble across the week's news with Bill Wallis ,
Sally Grace , David Tate and Brian Bowles.
Producer Gareth Edwards
Stereo
Presented by Robert Robinson.
Animated table talk inspired by current public and private preoccupations.
Producer Michael Ember
Stereo
Designing for Millions?
Up on the catwalk, models parade the latest work by leading international fashion designers.
But do these extravagant, ostentatious creations really bear any relevance to what is on offer in the high street shops?
Tim Marlow , with an eye for style but with a hole in his pocket, meets the designers, buyers and critics, and wonders whether the influence of the Westwoods and the Smiths extends beyond the walls of the fashion show. Producer Jerome weatherald
Stereo
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
A new three-part dramatisation of Thomas Hardy 's tragic love story. 2: A hot and hazy August in the Valley of the Great Dairies. Tess and Angel Clare fall in love but the past is full of shadows.
Music: John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris with Maire Ni Chathasaigh (harp)
Dramatised by Sally Hedges Director Nigel Bryant Stereo
Sue MacGregor meets Sir Ranulph Fiennes , explorer and writer, to talk about his life and work.
More favourite melodies presented by Brian Kay. Producer Sarah Devonald
Stereo
A reading, a hymn and a reflection led by Fr Oliver McTeman.
Stereo
with Robin Lustig. Stereo
The Post-Growth Society: How Will We Adapt?
A discussion chaired by Andrew Marr.
Producer Anna Parkinson
with Juan Martin and Tim Walker , who play the guitar in two very different ways - one flamenco, one classical. Stereo
Comedy from Maggie Fox. Sue Ryding and a host of relatives. This week: inflatable shoulder-pads, a hundred uses for a toaster and a message from the Queen.
With Denise Coffey and Malcolm Raebum.
Producer Lissa Evans
Stereo
