The news and the issues of the week in rural Britain. With Richard Uridge. Producer Ashley Gething

With Mgr James O'Keefe.

With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Leslie Griffiths.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Your chance to talk to Robin Lustig and his guest about an issue of the moment.
Producer Jane O'Rourke LINES OPEN from 8am

With Jenni Murray and guests. Serial: Madame Bovary. Part 7. For details see yesterday

With John Waite.

Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange of quotations and anecdotes.
With Paul Bailey , Lisa Jardine , Dillie Keane and Trevor McDonald. Reader Patricia Hughes. Producer Chris Neill Repeat

With Nick Clarke.

Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm

John Walsh presents the literary Magazine for writers and readers. Repeated from Sunday 11.45am

The second of four programmes about party-going since the Edwardian era. Party etiquette has changed over the century, just like society itself. But through it all - the Second World War, new fashions from America, new kinds of dance - people have been out to enjoy themselves. Producer Tony Sellors Repeat

With Chris Lowe from the heart of Westminster, Nick Clarke in the City and Clare English on the road in north east England. Chris Lowe is joined by Vincent Duggleby , the personal finance expert of Radio 4's Money
Box Live, BBC political correspondent Jon Sopel , BBC economics correspondent Ed Crooks and a panel of MPs. Cabinet and shadow Cabinet ministers and the Liberal Democrat
Treasury spokeman feature later in the programme.

Six part comedy series by Colin Swash. 4: The Old Age Paramilitaries have developed a secret weapon to destroy the Central Database Computer, and George Smith is the man to use it. With Lewis Macleod. Peter Serafinowicz and Dave Lamb. Producer Richard Wilson

The baby is out of bounds. Repeated tomorrow 1.40pm

Julian O'Halloran reports on major issues, changing attitudes and important events at home and abroad. Producer David Lewis
Repeated Saturday 5pm

Peter Evans and guests pick their favourite events for the public in National Science Week, and there are reports on fairground technology and genetically engineered food. Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

Leslie Forbes investigates six crime writers and explores the landscapes of their novels. 4: William Mcllvanney "My father was a Borderer whom the Borders displeased. He moved us from Selkirk to Hawick to Graithnock, working in mills. He was maybe following the work. He was maybe looking for Scotland." Mcllvanney's brooding Glasgow detective, Jack Laidlaw , sets out to investigate the death of his brother and uncovers serious crimes of compromise. Producer Nigel Acheson

Peter White with news, views and information for visually impaired people.
Producer Karen Turner
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Paul Vaughan reads Toni Morrison 's latest novel, about a black community based in a convent in seventies
Oklahoma, and John Grisham 's courtroom drama The Street Lawyer, whose first print run is 2.8 million copies. Producer Erin Riley

With Isabel Hilton.

By the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown.
Producer David Browne

Final part.
For details see yesterday

Roger Bolton reviews the week's events in the media.
Repeated from Sunday 11.15am

Sheena McDonald talks to six public figures about a childhood event which has had an effect on their adult lives.
5: Patrick Cox is shoemaker to the stars - Michael Jackson once faxed him the outline of his foot to order a pair of bespoke, chainmail-covered loafers. Cox was destined to become a medic until he saw a glam-rock LP cover depicting a pair of platform boots. Producer Beaty Rubens Repeat

Part 2.
For details see yesterday