The news and the issues of the week in rural Britain.
Producers Hugh O'Donnell and Steve Peacock
With James Whitbourn and his guests.
With John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
Cliff Morgan presents a relaxed look at the sporting world. Producer Roy Calley
Pete McCarthy presents the insider's travel guide.
Producer Eleanor Garland
Repeated tomorrow 7.30pm
With Ned Sherrin and guests.
Julia Langdon of the Glasgow Herald takes a look behind the scenes at
Westminster.
Editor Jane Ashley
Olenka Frenkiel presents the last of eight programmes on Europe.
A special report on what Britain's presidency will mean to the European Union.
Producer Tim Whewell
Alison Mitchell with the latest news from the world of personal finance. Producer Sarah Pennells
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The final programme in the series of the antidote to panel games comes once more from the Almeida Theatre in Islington. Humphrey Lyttelton presides over Barry Cryer , Graeme Garden , Tim Brooke-Taylor and a special guest. Colin Sell is at the piano.
Producer Jon Naismith
Repeated Monday 6.30pm
Jonathan Dimbleby is joined in Carlisle, Cumbria, by guests including wine and food writer Jancis Robinson. Repeated from yesterday
Phone Jonathan Dimbleby with your views on the issues raised in this week's edition of Any Questions?
Producers Anne Peacock and Karen Turner
LINES OPEN from 12.30pm
By Rumer Godden , dramatised by April de Angelis. An old palace in the shadow of the Himalayas becomes home for an order of nuns. "This is no place for a nunnery," they are told, and the words seem to predict the sisters' tragic destiny. with David Rintoul , Ronny Jhutti , Susan Engel , Jenny Lee. Rachel Atkins. Sam Dastor , Indira Joshi , Carolyn Jones , Alastair Danson ,
Sumitra Bhagat and Dhiraj Prasai. Music by Elizabeth Parker. Director Sally Avens
A six-part series in which Bill Bryson delves into the history of Britain to reveal how English became the complex yet world-beating language it is. 1:The Angles and Saxons Have Landed.A language shaped by invasion and conquest.
Producer Brian King. Rptd Sunday 8.30pm
* Bill Bryson 's Kind of Day: page 146
A celebration of 50 years of the transistor. With Peter Evans. Producer Julia Durbin
E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk Repeated Tuesday 8pm
Julian O'Halloran reports on major issues at home and abroad. Repeated from Tuesday
Six-part series celebrating the previously uncelebrated. 3: The K6 Telephone Boxproducer David Prest
Satirical review of the week's news, with Sally Grace , Jon Glover , Dave Lamb and Sarah Parkinson. Repeated from yesterday llpm
Six people explain their ideas of Utopia. 3: Historian, journalist and committed Catholic Paul Johnson shares his vision of an ideal world with Michael O'Donnell. Producer Joanna Rahim
Repeated Thursday 11.30pm
Re-versioning
Nigel Floyd and Mark Kermode look at the phenomenon of "re-versioning" in film adaptations of books.
Producer Stephen Hughes. Rptd Friday 9.30pm
The news of 50 years ago this week.
Producers Laura Craig Gray and Adam Hoyland Series editor Lindsay Leonard
Steve Chambers 's four-part series set in Victoria Station, Bridgford.
3: Express Desire.Wednesday 11 Dec 1896, a day notable for ancient passion and modern excitement. with Sean Baker , Gavin Muir , John Hartley , Tom Bevan , Pauline Letts , Becky Hindley , Colleen Prendergast. Robert Harper.
Chris Pavlo , Keith Drinkel , Alex Lowe , James Taylor , Peter Gunn. loan Meredith. Tracy Wiles , Joanna Monro and Stephen Thorne Director David Hunter Repeat
Brian Kay takes a musical trip to Paris. Producer Brian Jackson
Further reflections for the season of Advent, with the Rev John L Bell. Producer Janet McLarty
Carey Harrison 's comedy is set in 12th-century Spain. The King and Queen are desperate to produce a son and heir.
With Geoffrey Palmer as Don Pedro and Philip Jackson as Rodrigo. with Ian Masters , Natasha Pyne ,
Derek Waring , Michael Tudor Barnes. Gavin Muir and Peter Yapp. Music by Ian Harker Director Cherry Cookson Repeat
The last of three programmes in which famous historical figures reveal insights into their lives and times when interviewed by Miles Kington . Simon Cadell plays Bonnie Prince Charlie. Producer Anne Marie Cole Repeat
Simon Armitage talks to and hears new poems from Lavinia Greenlaw , one of Britain's best poets under the age of 40. Producer Tim Dee
By Elizabeth Buchan , read by Mark Bonnar.
Repeated from Wednesday
