The news and the issues of the week in rural Britain.
Producers Hugh O'Donnell and Steve Peacock
With Elizabeth Barr.
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Sister Lavinia Byrne.
Katharine Graham 's memoir, abridged in ten parts by Chris Wallis , covers some of the most turbulent events in recent American history. Part 6. Producer Paul Kent
Melvyn Bragg returns to present a new series of the discussion programme.
Producer Olivia Seligman
Geoffrey Wheeler looks back at some of the news of 50 years ago today.
A cinema chain announces that it is to sack its organists.
Producer Lynne McCadden
Actress Clare Skinner joins Jenni Murray to talk about her latest screen and stage roles.
Serial: Larry's Party, by Carol Shields , read by William Hope. Abridged in 13 parts by Doreen Estall. Part 10. Managing editor Nadine Grieve
E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
Vincent Duggleby takes calls on a topical issue that affects your personal finances.
Producer Frances Macdonald
LINES OPEN from 10am
With Mark Whittaker.
Teams from Scotland and the Midlands battle it out in another good-humoured contest of general knowledge. Nick Clarke is in the chair. Producer Paul Bajoria
Repeated Wednesday 6.30pm
With Alex Brodie.
Repeated from Friday
A two-part drama by Nick Warburton which follows the life of the Old
Testament's King David as he struggles with his private feelings and his public duties. 1: Bathsheba. with Jack Klaff , Tracy Ann Oberman.
David Brooks , Gerard McDermott. Iwan Thomas and Rachel Atkins. Director Sally Avens
Russell Davies with guests, topical discussion and lively features. Managing editor Nadine Grieve PHONE: [number removed]
E-MAIL: Afternoon.Shift@bbc.co.uk
Paul Vaughan talks to
Sir John Drummond about his biography of the impresario Diaghilev and considers the work of pianist Glenn Gould. Producer Jerome Weatheraid
Revised repeat at 9.30pm
By Alex Shearer , read by Brian Parr. When a person sees their life going the other way on the back of a lorry, what can they do?
Producer Pauline Stone. Rptd Saturday 12.30am
With Chris Lowe and Jon Sopel.
Simon Hoggart quizzes regular guests Alan Coren and Alan Hamilton on the week's events.
Repeated from Saturday 12.25pm
George is on the warpath. Repeated tomorrow 1.40pm
* See Roland White : page 125
Dick Hobbs presents an unpleasant journey into the place we all fear - our own boring selves. With a machine for sorting out who is suited to boringjobs; why fantasy is boring- a porn addict reveals something; and the ultimate bores - why they find the rest of us dull. Producer Matt Thompson Repeat
By Maxim Gorky , adapted by Alan Plater. The arrival of the vagrant Luka has unexpected consequences for the residents of a Moscow dosshouse. with Nia Davies , Lynn Farleigh ,
Charlie Hardwick , Simon Ludders , David Middleton , Sharon Morgan , Antony O'Donnell , Eiry Thomas and Bernard Wrigley Director Alison Hindell
Revised repeat from 4.05pm
With Isobel Hilton.
Eileen Atkins reads Virginia Woolf's 20th-century classic, abridged in ten parts by Yvonne Antrobus.
Mr and Mrs Ramsay holiday with their family in the Hebrides. Part 6. Producer John Theocharis Repeat
The first of four programmes in which Simon Parkes explores a very different side to America.
Producer Sheila Dillon Repeat
Peter Lovesey's royal historical whodunit, dramatised in four parts by Geoffrey M Matthews.
1: Bertie the Prince of Wales (and future Edward VII) turns amateur detective again to solve a murder at the Moulin Rouge, aided and abetted by the great Sarah Bernhardt. with Andrew Branch. Roger May and David Timson. Director Matthew Walters Repeat
Tim Pigott-Smith reads the memoirs and meditations of Tarquin Winot - would-be gourmet, snob and man of letters. Abridged in ten parts by Stewart Conn from John Lanchester 's comic novel.
1: "To be born in the caul, as I was, is a traditional indication of good luck ..." Producer David Jackson Young
