With Canon Noel Vincent.
With Trixie Rawlinson.
Richard Uridge introduces a breath of fresh air for lovers of the countryside. Producer Karen Gregor
With Anna Ford and John Humphrys.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Canon David Winter.
John Peel takes another warts-and-all look at the British weekend. In this edition, Sue Elliot delves into the mysteries of the Turkish bath, and Tom Bussman explores another deadly sin - envy.
Producer Alison Hughes
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With Ned Sherrin and guests. Producer Julian Mayers
Derek Cooper investigates farmed salmon and naturally reared boar. Producer Jean Snedegar Repeated Monday 4pm
Kate Adie presents analysis and insight from correspondents worldwide. Producer Tony Grant
Alison Mitchell with the latest news from the world of personal finance. Producer Frances MacDonald
Michael Williams , Hugh Laurie , Barry Foster and Stephen Fry lead an all-star cast in Mark Tavener 's six-part comedy thriller. 4: Will Charles Prentiss manage to scupper his rival's bid for the job of director-general? Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimbleby is joined in London by panellists including Diane Abbott, Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington; and Teresa Gorman, Conservative MP for Billericay.
(Repeated from yesterday)
Phone Jonathan Dimbleby with views on the issues raised in Any Questions? Producers Anne Peacock and Karen Turner
LINES OPEN from 12.30pm
The first of four programmes in which Professor Roy Porter reconsiders the performances of leading political figures by looking at their health.
1: Reagan and Brezhnev. In the 1980s, the superpowers were led by someone who often forgot the names of his cabinet, and by a man who once called Margaret Thatcher "Mrs Ghandi ". Producer Ian Bell
By Mrs Gaskell , dramatised for radio by Jeremy Front. A young surgeon arriving at the village of Duncombe finds that his female patients seem to require a singular remedy. with Sophie Thompson , Jane Booker , Rebecca Front, Gillian Bevan ,
Stephen Critchlow , David Timson , Christine Kavanagh and Colleen Prendergast. Director Sally Avens
The best of the week on Woman 's
Hour, presented by Jenni Murray. Producer Emma Selby
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. Presented by Eddie Mair.
Russell Davies presents Radio 4's film programme. In this edition, actor John Hurt talks about his new film and script guru Robert McKee tackles good and bad storytelling in the movies. Producer Simon Elmes
Repeated Tuesday 11.30pm
From the Whitehall Theatre in the heart of the capital, Simon Fanshawe presents the talk show with music and stimulating conversation.
Producers Tim Dee and Paul Dodgson
Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the week's cultural events. In this edition, a look at a new stage adaptation of Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie , and Nicholas Hytner's new film, The Object of My Affection. Producer Erin Riley
The last of four programmes featuring speeches of inspiration and humour from graduation ceremonies past and present. 4: Jodie Foster.
Producers Eleanor Garland and Vibeke Venema Repeated Wednesday 8.45pm
Geoffrey Wheeler tells the story of the German and Italian PoWs of the Second World War, a unique time when opposing sides in a European conflict lived alongside each other in British towns and villages. Producer Lis Roberts
By Patrick Hamilton , dramatised for radio in two parts by Allan Prior.
2: The Car. Gorse reaches the climax of his deception.
Repeated from Sunday
Michael Buerk and his team of regulars cross-examine "witnesses" about their views on the moral questions behind one of the week's headlines.
Repeated from Wednesday
LATE NIGHT ON 4
A six-part comedy series by Colin Swash. 4: The Old-Age Paramilitaries have developed a secret weapon to destroy the Central Database computer. George Smith is the man to use it. with Geoffrey McGivern , Lorelei King ,
Edna Dore , Melanie Hudson , Chris Douglas , Lewis Macleod , Peter Serafinowicz and Dave Lamb Producer Richard Wilson Repeat
Helen Shannan
In the last of six programmes,
Paul Allen talks to astronaut and scientist
Helen Sharman about her experience of having travelled into the night sky and seen the lights of Earth through the windows of the Mirspace station. Producer Jules Wilkinson
Repeated Monday 11.30pm
Three specially commissioned tales best described as "off-kilter". 3: The
Cold Spot. In the bedsit, there is one area that defies room temperature. By Nicola Barker , read by Niamh Cusack. Producer Duncan Minshull
By Mavis Gallant , read by Alison Steadman.
Repeated from Tuesday
