With Denis Nowlan.
With Trixie Rawlinson. Editor Chris Burns
Richard Uridge continues his tour of the British countryside Producer Gabi Fisher
Repeated Thursday 1.30pm
With Mark Coles and John Humphrys.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With Bishop Bill Westwood.
Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but it can be exhausting - Tim Parks watches his children as they play at being adults, copying everything he does. With John Peel
Producer Chris Berthoud. PHONE: [number removed]. E-MAIL: [address removed]
Repeated Monday llpm
Ned Sherrin , Richard Coles and the Nimmo Twins say "Good morning Edinburgh".
Producer Torquil MacLeod
Kate Adie presents analysis and insight from correspondents worldwide. Producer Tony Grant
Pounds, Shillings and Pensions
Twenty-year-old Daniel Philips does not know where to turn for a pension. In an era when government cannot afford to keep us any more, what does the future hold for Daniel and millions like him? Paul Charles presents. Producers Paul O'Keefe and Penny Haslam Repeated Monday 3pm
The Irish funny man dissects the week's news headlines. Repeated from yesterday
Nick Clarke chairs six debates on issues of perennial interest, in front of an invited audience. Listeners can also vote on the motion.
1: "Organised religion is more divisive than unifying." From St Nicholas Church, Old Marston, Oxford.
To vote YES dial [number removed]0311. To vote NO dial [number removed]0322. Repeated from yesterday
Phone Nick Clarke with your views on the issues raised in this week's edition of Straw Poll.
Producer Nick Utechin
E-MAIL: [address removed]
Julian Putkowski presents three case histories of bad banking practices. 3: The Russia Gamble. When Lloyd
George decided to buy banks in Russia, he had to go through a shady financier -orwasheaconman?
Producer Matt Thompson
By Rumer Godden , dramatised by Liane Aukin. Set in Calcutta in 1933, this is the story of a great racehorse, the Sisters of Poverty and a miracle - all based on true events. with Geoffrey Whitehead , Indira Varma.
Siobhan Stamp , Frances Jeater , Nitin Chandra Ganatra , Richard Rees and David Antrobus Director David Hunter Repeat
Hour
The best of the week on Woman's 's
Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Editor Ruth Gardiner
Full coverage of the day's news and sports headlines.
Presented by Eddie Mair.
Brian Sibley with the big picture on the world of film. This week, from the RSC to LA - new British star Olivia Williams on the story so far. Producer Hilary Dunn
WRITE TO: Talking Pictures, BBC Radio 4, London, W1A1AA
E-MAIL: [address removed] Repeated Tuesday 11.30pm
Radio's most intriguing chat show, with Simon Fanshawe , guests and live jazz tonight from Jason Rebello.
Producers Caroline Barbour and Paul Dodgson
Tim Marlow and guests discuss the week's cultural highlights, including Eddie Izzard 's return to the West End playing the title role in Lenny, Julian Barry 's play about American comedian and satirist Lenny Bruce , directed by Peter Hall. Producer Nicki Paxman
Four talks by journalists from the language sections of the World
Service. 2: Jumbe Omari Jumbe of the Swahili service.
Producer Merilyn Harris. Rptd tomorrow 12.15am
Dr Alun Howkins tells the story of the writer George Ewart Evans , a Welshman with a hearing problem who, using one of the first portable tape recorders, unlocked the sound of rural East Anglia and pioneered many of the techniques of the modern oral history movement. Producer Nick Patrick
A two-part dramatisation by David Wood of Arthur Ransome 's classic novel.
1: The Lake District, 1929. While on holiday with their mother, the four eldest Walker children form the crew of the Swallow and set sail for an island in the centre of a lake. With Penny Downie, Joe Sowerbutts and Phoebe Phillips. Repeated from Sunday
John Humphrys chairs an investigation of the moral questions behind the week's headlines.
Repeated from Wednesday
Robert Robinson chairs the nationwide general knowledge contest. Repeated from Monday
Poetry and conversation with Christopher Cook. Repeated from Sunday
By William Brittain , read by Mark Leake. A ruthless young man sets out to commit the perfect murder.
Producer Pam Fraser Solomon Repeat
