Red Stars Into Ploughshares
In the first of two programmes, Oliver Walston meets the farmers of Eastern
Europe who have survived 50 years of upheaval.
Producer Alasdair Cross

With James Whitbourn and guest. Producer Janet McLarty

With John Humphrys and Alex Brodie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With David Winter.

With Cliff Morgan.
Producer Victoria Pennock

Holiday news with Sandy Gall. Producer Jill Thomas
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Ned Sherrin pops in to the Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, to kick off the new season with the pick of this year's festival.
Producer Jayne K Morgan

Politics around Britain.
The People and the Peace. As the people of Northern Ireland approach the first anniversary of the IRA ceasefire, Sheena McDonald visits the frontline communities of West Belfast.
Producer Dennis Sewell

Producer Tony Grant

The programme that brings the public face to face with decision-makers in the world of personal finance.
6: Unsafe as Houses. Roger White investigates predictions for further falls in the values of houses around the country.
Producer Kurt Barling. Rptd Mon 11.30am

Barry Took is joined by Alan Coren ,
Francis Wheen , Tony Hawks and Mark Lawson at the Edinburgh Festival for a satirical look back at the week's news. Producer Aled Evans. Rptd Mon 6.30pm

Sue Cameron chairs a topical debate from Scotland on the role of the media in modem society.
Repeated from yesterday

Bill Bryson scours American history in an attempt to find out why Americans talk and behave differently from us. 4: Street Paved with Gold. The immigrants who created Hollywood. Producer Brian King

Mike Walker 's thriller takes place on a remote Scottish island and in the rainforests of Brazil. with Patricia Gallimore , Deborah Berlin,
Cornelius Garrett , Tina Gray , Richard Fleming , Aled Jones , Rachel Oldfield and Anna Rose Director Shaun MacLoughlin Rpt

A six-part portrait of Northern Ireland. 4: Body and Soul. The political considerations which have overshadowed sport, health, welfare and the churches.
Producer Louis Edmondson
Repeated tomorrow at 8.30pm

Alun Lewis reports on new research which suggests that woad, the dye used by ancient Britons, could become a crop plant for the 21st century.
Producer Deborah Cohen. Rptd Tues 8.00pm

Mukti Jain Campion examines the argument for more public intervention in how parents raise the next generation. Repeated from Tuesday

The work of six imprisoned writers. 4: The Egyptian novelist Dr Nawal El
Sa'adawi reads from her Memoirs from the Women Prison.
Producer Neil Trevithick

Comic Mark Steel looks for a way to eliminate crime.
Repeated from yesterday

Joe Queenan presents more insiders' views of the big stories in America, as he and his three guests channel-surf through the week's news.
Producer Hamish Mykura. Rptd Thurs 11.30pm

"Art after Art goes out, and all Is Night" Alexander Pope 's The Dunciad is one of the most brilliant and witty satires in English and a savage attack on the hack writing of grub street, bad art and Philistinism. Valentine Cunningham tells its extraordinary story. With readings by Simon Russell-Beale .
Producer Abigail Appleton. Rptd Fri 9.30pm

By Carey Harrison. The faithful are flocking to Holy Glen, where the statue of Our Lady has been seen to move again. with Kate Minogue , Barbara McCaughey , Tara Rynn , Mark O'Regan , Gerry O'Brien ,
Ann Marie Horan , Kevin Rood , Gerry Ryan and Jim Reid. Musicians Paddy Glackin , John Regan , Mark McGrath and Neville Foster Director Shaun MacLoughlin Rpt

Presented by Brian Kay. Producer Patrick Lambert

Bishop Morris Wood DSC, Senior Command Chaplain, Far East
1945-6, reflects on the events surrounding VJ Day, 50 years on.

2: Simon Armitage takes a trip to Northern Ireland to talk to poets
Michael Longley , Ciaran Carson and Medbh McGuckian , and critic
Edna Longley , about the ceasefire's impact on the poetry scene in the Province. Producer Robert Ketteridge

A series mixing many voices to unlock the attitudes and ambiguities to be found in a single word. 2: Happiness Dreams and disappointments. Producer Martin Buckley

Paul Gambaccini invites Brian Eno and Mari Wilson to talk about their most passionate pieces on record. Repeated from Tuesday

Part two of the classic vampire story, dramatised in seven parts.

(Rpt)