Richard Sanders examines what binds the French countryside together.

with James Whitboum.

with Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys.
7.20 Listeners' Letters
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Father John McDade
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

with Cliff Morgan. Producer Nick Mullins

Presented by Bill Oddie.
Producer Sara Jane Hall. Stereo

Ned Sherrin and the likes of John Walters ,
Emma Freud and Arthur Smith. Producer Ian Gardhouse. Stereo

with Michael White. Producer Dennis Sewell

with Alison Mitchell. Producer Virginia Eastman

with Nicholas Parsons and guests Clement Freud , Derek Nimmo , Wendy Richard and Alistair McGowan. Producer Sarah Smith.

Vivian White 's guests are Harriet Harman , MP,
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury;
Michael Forsyth , MP, Employment Minister; Sir Christopher Tugendhat , Chairman of the Abbey National
Building Society; and Melanie Phillips ,
Assistant Editor of The
Guardian. From Rudheath, Cheshire.

Producers Nick Utechin and Dymphna Flynn
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Oates After His Fingers Steve Walker 's play shows Captain "Titus" Oates in the year 2065 alive and thawing out in the Antarctic. What will our old-fashioned explorer think of an England laid waste by drought and famine, where everyone has an American accent?
Director Peter Kavanagh

Four talks in which novelist Joseph Hone visits communities in each of the four provinces of Ireland. 1: Leinster: Kilkenny
Producer Joy Hatwood

The trial of Florence Maybrick in 1889 was a sensational affair. What took place in the courtroom of St George's Hall in Liverpool helped to secure rights for the accused that we take for granted today. In this Age to Age special, starting a new series, Christopher Cook and David Foster recall the case of Florence Maybrick , which was responsible for the setting up of the Court of Criminal Appeal. With Gayle Hunnicut as Florence Maybrick. Producer John Knight

with Alun Lewis.
Producer Peter Croasdale

Before she died in August last year, distinguished actress Maxine Audley and her husband, actor Leo Maguire , shared memories theatrical, cinematic and personal with Carole Rosen.
Producer Piers Plowright. Stereo

Simon Hoggart and his band of correspondents return to unleash a fresh quiver of barbs into the airwaves. Producer Brian King

and Sports Round-Up

Mark Steyn invites three more opinionated guests into the BBC's studios on Fifth Avenue, New York, including psychosexual therapist and TV agony aunt Dr Ruth Westheimer. Producer Hamish Mykura. Stereo

King of the Z Movie
Roger Corman , film writer, producer and director, is famous for making films in two days, finding people like Jack Nicholson and creating the gothic style in films like House of Usher. Nigel Andrews talks to
Corman about his career. Producer John Boundy.

You Choose by Jonathan Myerson.
Encountering an old flame on the Tube, Zoe's comfortable life begins to disintegrate as Simon's dark vision starts to dominate her world.
Music: David Chiltern and Nick Russell-Pavier
Director Jonathan Myerson. Stereo

Presented by Brian Kay.
Producer Anthony Sellors. Stereo

led by Rev David Bridge. Stereo

The final: The Birmingham Evening Mail against The Liverpool Echo. Chairman John Humphrys.
Producer Viv Black.

In the last of the series,
John Walters fills his idle hours by thinking out loud "Who am I?"
Producer Cathie Mahoney

with Odaline de la Martinez and Ingrid
Culliford, joint founders of Lontano - one of the most versatile ensembles on the musical scene.

Death and the Afterlife.
Starring Richard Herring, Stewart Lee, Rebecca Front, Armando lannucci and the voice of Tom Baker.
Producer Sarah Smith.