Tim Finney presents an interview with the US Secretary of State for Agriculture, Mike Espy.
Producer Tim Finney

with James Whitbourn and his guest. Producer Christine Morgan

with Graham Leach and Sue MacGregor.

with David Winter.

with Cliff Morgan.
Producer Alison Rusted

Presented by Eddie Mair. Producer Jill Thomas
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with Ned Sherrin, guests and regulars.

Do the centuries of tradition weigh too heavily on the mother of Parliaments? Other institutions have had to sweep away outdated practices, why not Westminster, asks Sue Cameron.

BBC correspondents around the world take a sideways look at their host countries.

Vincent Duggleby has the latest news from the world of personal finance. Producer Sarah Pennells

Join Nicholas Parsons and his guests Peter Jones , Paul Merton , Stephen Fry and Pete McCarthy as they try to talk for a minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
Producer Sarah Smith

David Green , Director of VSO, and Charles Kennedy , MP, President of the Liberal Democrats, tackle the issues raised in Walsall, West Midlands. Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby.

Call Jonathan Dimbleby with your views on the issues raised this week.
Producers Nick Utechin and Eleanor Garland LINES OPEN from 12.30pm

A very individual history of Jack and the Beanstalk by John Peacock.
With Phillip Anthony , David Bannerman. Geraldine Fitzgerald , Jill Graham and David Thorpe Music by Stephen Warbeck Director Jane Morgan

I Fergus Keeling begins a four-part series on the natural history of Ireland with the birth of the country over 450 million years ago. Two ancient continents collided, and the result was a central flat limestone plate with a necklace of mountains around the rim.

Presented by Peter Evans.
Producer Myfanwy Vickers

Allan Beswick concludes the occasional series in which he has followed the lives of four mining families.

In the first of six talks, Phil Smith offers a perspective on life and current affairs from the fish queue. 1: Flying the Flog. Producer Gillian Hush (Revised rpt)

Tom Robinson keeps the controversy coming in the programme for men.

Erskine Childers 's classic story, with Laurence Kennedy as Carruthers and Charles Simpson as Davies.
Two young men go sailing for pleasure, unaware that they're sailing into the greatest danger they will ever know.
Dramatised by Roderick Graham Director Jane Morgan

Presented by Brian Kay. Producer Anthony Sellors

A hymn, a reading and a reflection led by the Rt Rev Richard Harries , Bishop of Oxford.

A discussion of everything in inverted commas, hosted by questionmaster Nigel Rees. With John Walsh , Peter Jones , Sian Phillips and Max Stafford-Clark . Producer Jon Naismith

In the last of the series, Jenni Mills talks to the man the papers called "The Man Who Fell to Earth". Noel Farrelly 's all-consuming passion was sky-diving. But in April 1977, while practising with some friends, both his chutes failed. He fell like a stone at 176 feet per second. Producer Sarah Rowlands

First of seven programmes in which Andrew Green invites musicians to choose music which reflects their native countries. Today the conductor and composer Odaline de la Martinez talks about Latin America and its music.

A series of eight stories introduced by Edward de Souza , the Man in Black.
2: The Next in Line, Ray Bradbury's classic story of fear and claustrophibia. Is it possible literally to frighten someone to death, especially after a visit to the catacombs?
With Ann Windsor , Jonathan Tafler , Siriol Jenkins and David Holt
Dramatised by Brian Sibley Director Martin Jenkins