With Father John McCullagh
Richard Uridge uncovers more stories and characters from the British countryside. Producer Karen Gregor. Repeated Thursday 1.30pm
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With the Canon David Winter.
8.45 Yesterday in Parliament
Ash Logan reveals the truth about male friendship and tries to dump one of his mates. Presented by John Peel.
Producer Vibeke Venema. PHONE: [number removed]
E-MAIL: home.truths@bbc.co.uk. Repeated Monday llpm
With Ned Sherrin. Producer Torquil MacLeod
A look at the stories behind the week's political headlines. Editor Vicky Taylor
Kate Adie presents insight and analysis from correspondents worldwide. Producer Tony Grant
Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance, and impartial advice for all those trying to make the most of their money. Producer Paul O'Keeffe
David Aaronovitch invites celebrity guests to re-spin the week's news in the satirical panel game that delves into the shadowy world of spin doctors and media manipulation. Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimbleby is joined at St Edmund's
Girls' School, Salisbury, by panellists including Viscount Cranbourne , Lord Jenkins and broadcaster and writer Leslie Riddock.
Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls in response to this week's edition of Any Questions? Producers Lisa Jenkinson and Stephanie Browning LINES OPEN from 12.30pm
The last in the series about the family in history.
Before the Flood. Sarah Dunant examines prewar Spitalfields through the eyes of the Goldstein family. Esther is courting under the stern supervision of sister Debbie, Ronnie runs away to seek adventure, and Gertie becomes a young Communist. Father, meanwhile, toils to keep his 11 children and two Irish maids. With historians Sally Alexander and Jerry White. Producer Lyn Webster Wilde
Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster star in William Keighley's 1950 production of Lucille Fletcher's classic drama of the bedridden, hypochondriac heiress who dials a wrong number and hears two men plotting a murder - her murder. "The client says he doesn't want her to suffer long.... He wants it to look like a robbery!" declares the unknown voice.
With the Radio Theatre Company.
Original 1950 recording by William Keighley.
Adapted for BBC Radio 4 by Toby Horton
Writer Maeve Binchy recalls the desires and preoccupations of her life in the 1950s, encapsulated by Dean Martin 's hit Memories Are Made of This. Producer Jane Ray (R)
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented byJenni Murray. Editor Ruth Gardiner
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. Presented by Eddie Mair.
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis host the comedy show featuring sketches, songs and stand-up with a subversive twist. With regulars Bert Tyler -Moore, George Jeffrie and Emma Clarke and newcomers Arnold Widdowson and Ben Willbond.
Producer Aled Evans. Repeated Tuesday 11pm
A comedy by Rainer Hersch and Mark Maier set in London's finest hair salon, where brothers Rene, Carlo and Charlie Quando chop, snip and crimp their lucky clients.
5: Love and Marriage. The salon is offering special two-for-one cuts. Brides and grooms are queuing up for days in the hope of getting an appointment. A childhood sweetheart of Rene's appears unexpectedly, hoping to rekindle their love. With Rainer Hersch , Mark Maier , Stephen Greif and Catherine Tate. Producer Claire Jones
Tom Sutcliffe and guests debate the week's big events in the arts, including Steven Soderbergh 's film The Limey starring Terence Stamp as a British ex-COn in Los Angeles. Producer Jerome Weatherald
In the last of the series, Robert Robinson presents the obituaries of men and women who refused to conform. Julia Margaret Cameron
Readers Jonathan Adams , Jonathan Aris and Lucy Robinson. Producer Jill Burridge. Repeated tomorrow 12.15am
Cleo Laine revisits the golden age of the all-girl swing band in the United States and America.
From Ivy Benson to the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, she explores the careers of professional women musicians from the forties in their own
WOrdS and music. Producer Virginia Crompton
Ralph Fiennes and Derek Jacobi star in Virgil's epic poem, translated by C. Day Lewis and adapted in two parts by Tom Holland.
After many trials and tribulations, Trojan prince Aeneas and his men arrive on the west coast of Italy. Soon war breaks out with local rivals.
(Repeated from Sunday)
Roland White's radio review: page 62
Michael Buerk chairs an investigation of the moral questions behind the week's news.
Witnesses face a tough cross-examination from David Starkey , Janet Daley , David Cook and Ian Hargreaves. Repeated from Wednesday
Nick Baker examines the international trade in vintage guitars built to play popular music. Repeated from Tuesday
Irish poets Brendan Kennelly and Katie Donovan join Christopher Cook for a special programme from Dublin in which they discuss how their work has been influenced by their relationship with the City. Repeated from Sunday
Baboushka by Arthur Scholey , read by Diana Rigg. Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall (R)
