The news and the issues of the week in rural Britain.
Producers Hugh O'Donnell and Steve Peacock
With Canon Noel Vincent.
With Sue MacGregor, James Naughtie.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Sister Lavinia Byrne.
Martin Jarvis performs the first of five collections of new-fangled messages by Michael Frayn. Producer Pete Atkin
Melvyn Bragg and his guests engage in lively discussion. Producer Olivia Seligman
Producer Lynne McCadden
Series editor Lindsay Leonard * See Review: page 123
Ei leen Gray , founder of the Women's Cycle Racing Association, talks to Jenni Murray about her lifelong commitment to sport, and the progress women have made on two wheels. Serial: One by One in the Darkness by Deirdre Madden , read by Maggie Cronin. Abridged by Doreen Estall. Part 1. Managing editor Nadine Grieve
E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
Vincent Duggleby takes your calls on topical financial issues. Producer Frances Macdonald LINES OPEN from 10am
With Mark Whittaker.
Another good-humoured contest of general knowledge. Nick Clarke is in the chair.
Producer Paul Bajoria
Repeated Wednesday 6.30pm
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from Friday
Conclusion of 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.
Absalom David is in danger of losing control of the throne when he allows his love for his son to outweigh the needs of Israel. with Alan Cox , Tracy Ann Oberman , Gerard McDermott. David Bannerman , Christopher Wright , Anthony Ofoegbu , Alison Pettitt , John Rowe and Jillie Meers. Director Sally Avens
Laurie Taylor with guests, topical discussion and lively features. Managing editor Nadine Grieve. PHONE: (0171) [number removed]
E-MAIL: Afternoon.Shift@bbc.co.uk
Lynne Walker sees a new production of Lorca's The House of Bernards
Alba at Glasgow's Tramway, and hears the newly declared Booker shortlist. Producer Helen Garrison
Revised repeat at 9.30pm
By Gail Hughes , read by Carolyn Jones. After years of seeing herself as a wronged woman, Cleo decides it is time for revenge.
Producer Jocelyn Boxall
With Chris Lowe.
Simon Hoggart quizzes regular guests Alan Coren and Jeremy Hardy on the week's events. With Clive Anderson. Repeated from Saturday 12.25pm
Ruth is not short of visitors. Repeated tomorrow 1.40pm
The first of four programmes about the main points of the compass and what they mean to us. North
With contributions from Dr Robin Baker , David Broughton ,
Charles Burton , Dr Gloria Clifden , Ian McGaskill , Patrick Moore and Francis Spufford. Producer Susan Roberts Repeat
By Diane Samuels. A young Asian girl discovers that her local mosque has been desecrated and daubed with racist slogans. A rabbi finds her cemetery vandalised. Then both women inexplicably disappear. Muslim, Jewish and Christian lives become entwined in a common mission. with Joe McGann , Stephen Critchlow ,
Samantha Glenn , Jessica Hodson , Jamila Massey , Antony Zaki , Wazidui Hoque
Choudhury, Reza SM Ali, Roger May. Madhav Sharma , Pauline Letts , Zulema Dene ,
Barbara Dryhurst , Kim Wall , John Hartley , David Timson and Jane Whittenshaw.
Music by Ilona Sekacz. Percussionist Anthony Kerr. Director Tracey Neale Repeat
A four-part series examining issues of ethnicity and nationalism. 1: Letter from the South. Fergal Keane journeys through his native Ireland charting the changes of the past 30 years. Producer Tony Grant Repeat
Revised repeat from 4.05pm
With Robin Lustig.
Comedy star Kelsey Grammer reads five tales, abridged by Duncan Minshull. 1: A Day at Niagara. A visit to the Falls reveals a modern-day theme park. Producer Duncan Minshull
* Kelsey Grammer : page 12
The second of four programmes exploring an alternative side to America. Simon Parkes visits North Carolina and an African-American summer resort. Producer Sheila Dillon Repeat
Peter Lovesey's royal historical whodunit, dramatised in four parts by Geoffrey M Matthews. 2: Bertie is hot on the tail of the Moulin Rouge murderer. with Paul Jenkins , Tracy Wiles and Geoffrey Whitehead. Director Matthew Walters Repeat
By John Lanchester , abridged in ten parts, read by Tim Pigott-Smith .
5: "Nothing of importance can be accomplished without planning...." Producer David Jackson Young
