With Judy Merry
EditorChris Burns
Richard Uridge continues his tour of the British countryside. Producer Karen Gregor. RptdThursday 1.30pm
With Sue MacGregor and Ed Stourton.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Christina Rees.
This week writer Diane Messias ponders the etiquette of dividing the spoils after a divorce. We have heard about acrimony over the CD collection, but what about the dinner-party guest? Is it possible to split everything literally in two? Presented by John Peel. Producer Chris Berthoud. PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: [address removed]. Repeated Monday 11pm
With Ned Sherrin. Producer Torquil MacLeod
Three special editions celebrating the programme's 20th anniversary. 2: Derek Cooper takes stock on how we now grow our food and discusses the future of farming.
Producers Min Raisman and Paul Kobrak. Repeated Monday 4pm
Kate Adie presents insight and analysis from correspondents worldwide. Producer Tony Grant
PM Alison Mitchell with the latest news from the world Of personal finance. Producer Frances Macdonald
Alan Coren , Francis Wheen , Mark Steel and John O'Farrell send satirical greetings from
Bournemouth to mark the annual Labour Party conference. With chairman Simon Hoggart. Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimbleby is joined in the Thomas
Peacock Community College, Rye, East Sussex, by Conservative Party chairman Michael Ancram , Liz Davies , Lord Jenkins and Home Secretary Jack Straw. Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' call in response to this week's edition of Any
Questions? Producers Lisa Jenkinson and Stephanie Browning. LINES OPEN from 12.30pm
In the 16th century, the border between England and Scotland was a maelstrom of unrest. Whole clans, both English and Scottish, lived by raiding cattle from across the border. When the time came for a raid, the womenfolk would present their men with a dish of spurs, rather than a meal - an indication that it was time to steal something to eat. Dylan Winter spent a month travelling in the hoof prints of these people. Producer Richard Sanders
By Dorothy L Sayers, dramatised by Michael Bakewell.
Can Lord Peter Wimsey prove that Harriet Vane has been wrongly accused of poisoning her lover with arsenic? And can he find the real murderer before Harriet is hanged for the crime?
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Jenni Murray. Editor Ruth Gardiner
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. Presented by Eddie Mair.
Brian Sibley with the big picture on the world of film. This week, the strange art of the voice double. Plus the expert guide to the pick of films on television. Producer Harry Parker. WRITE TO: Talking Pictures. BBC Radio 4. London W1A 1AA. E-MAIL: [address removed] Repeated Tuesday 11.30pm
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis host a comedy sketch show. This week they are joined by Dan Freedman , Nick Romero , Bert Tyler-Moore and George Jeffrie. Plus stand-up comedy from
Al Murray - winner of this year's Perrier Award-as his acclaimed characterthe pub landlord. Producer Aled Evans. Repeated Tuesday llpm
A six-part comedy written and performed by Dave Cohen. 1: Fat Is a Fascist Issue. Dave describes how he was befriended by a cuddly chap in a fitness class who just happened to be Britain's most notorious fascist. With Martin Hyderand Laura Shavin. Producer Jon Rolph
Tom Morris and guests discuss Trevor Philips's television documentary series on the legacy of Britain's part in the slave trade. Plus a new translation of the epic poem Beowulfby Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney. Producer Nicki Paxman
Undertaker and poet Thomas Lynch reflects on the mysteries of life and death in the last of four programmes. Love Hurts
Producer Kate McAII. Repeated tomorrow 12.15am
Libby Purves explores the tempestuous life of the people who sailed on the last commercial square-riggers -the giant sailing ships that braved Cape Horn to bring cheap Australian grain to Europe. She traces some of these ancient mariners, women as well as men, to hear stories of death-defying adventures, superstitions and storms in which crew members had to work on rigging as high as a Church Steeple. Producers Philip Sugg and Michael Weigall
By DH Lawrence. The final part of Michael Butt 's three-part dramatisation. Now in his twenties, Paul Morel has fallen in love with Clara, a married woman. Since the death of his brother, all his mother's hopes are focused on him. On impulse, he seeks out his first love, Miriam, of whom his mother is bitterly jealous.
Repeated from Sunday
Nick Ross invites a panel of public figures to hear evidence and offer solutions on an issue of current concern.
6: Broadcasting. Will digital TV be a triumph for pluralism or a cultural Chernobyl, eating away at ourtraditional broadcasting culture?
Commissioners: Liz Forgan , Andreas Whittam
Smith and David Moorecroft. Repeated from Wednesday
Robert Robinson chairs the nationwide general knowledge contest, including Beat the Brains, in which listeners put their own questions to contestants. First round - north west of England. Repeated from Monday
Frank Delaney introduces requests for work byTS Eliot to mark the poet's birthday. Anthony Hyde reads Prufrockanti Burnt Norton. Repeated from Sunday
AM By Frances Bell , read by Kay Gallie. Two ageing ladies share a passion for swimming. They also happen to share a husband, although without the passion. Producer Gaynor Macfarlane (R)
