Diversification with a difference steams ahead in Essex. Gill Powell reports. Producer Richard Sanders

with James Whitbourn and his guest. Producer Christine Morgan

with Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with David Winter.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

with Cliff Morgan. Producer Caj Sohal

Julian Pettifer goes on a voyage of discovery in the Caribbean, where he finds there is more than sun, sea and sand. Producer Jill Thomas
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with Ned Sherrin and guests. Producer Jayne K Morgan

Andrew Marr of The Independent, presents a personal view of a week in the life of MPs and peers.

Correspondents around the world reflect on their region's events and colour. Producer Tony Grant

Presented by Alison Mitchell. Producer Tim Bowler

The undisputed antidote to panel games returns, with Barry Cryer ,
Graeme Garden , Willie Rushton , Tim Brooke-Taylor and Humphrey Lyttelton in the chair. This week they come to you from the upholstered splendour of the Theatre Royal, Windsor. Producer Jon Naismith

Bea Campbell , author and columnist; Rt Hon Jack Cunningham , MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary; Baroness Hamwee, Liberal Democrat peer; and Rt Hon David Hunt , MP, Secretary of State for Employment, tackle the issues raised in Penrith, Cumbria.
Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby.

Producers Karen Turner and Nick Utechin LINES OPEN from 12.30pm

by Alison Leonard.
Maggie, her husband Keith, Gavin and Julie all want to be priests. But Gavin is gay, Maggie's a woman and Keith is dangerously attracted to Julie.
Director Jane Dauncey

Peter Harrison reflects on nature, in the last of the series about things he no longer believes in. Producer Gillian Hush

Roy Porter 's up-to-the-minute history magazine that explains some of the things that are going on around us today. Among this week's stories, Claire Rayner looks at the history of teenagers.
Producer Ian Bell

Genetics or the Cosmos? Neanderthals or dinosaurs? Peter Evans reports on the winners of this year's Rhone-Poulenc prizes for science books.
Producer Anne McNaught

Reporter Ian Breach.

Martin Wainwright concludes his celebration of individuals driven to carry out curious tasks.
The Wild Irish Girl. Lady Sydney Morgan , a popular romantic author with a pronounced squint, was a target for the Secret Services. Prod ucer Wendy Pilmer

This week's programme includes reports on male rape, why older men are attracted to younger women, and an international perspective on British men. Presented by Tom Robinson.
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Richard Wilson has many lives beyond Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave. Paul Allen talks to the actor, theatre and television director.
Producer Lore Windemuth

Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse is reluctant to take over an old missing persons case from a dead colleague, but murder is Morse's speciality and the case soon has complications.

Presented by Brian Kay. Producer Anthony Sellors

led by Rev Stephen Oliver.

Another chance to hear the late Brian Johnston
umpire a test of wit. Taking the crease are Tim Rice and Willie Rushton with Bernard Cribbins and Barry Cryer. Producer Jon Magnusson

Strange facts about the Fens. This week, Les Woodland reveals the lowest incidence of walnut coffee tables in Britain. Producer Wendy Pilmer

In the last of the series, Richard Baker marks the centenary of composer Peter Warlock with Malcolm Rudland and critic
Felix Aprahamian.

Henry Normal's encyclopaedia of stand-up poetry reaches Volume 2.
Courtship; COP-OFF. With guests Belinda Burton and John Hegley. Producer Diane Messias