With Angela Woods.
Richard Uridge uncovers more stories and characters from the British countryside.
(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 Canon Eric James.
8.45 Yesterday in Parliament
John Peel is back with the interactive family programme that puts the listeners first.
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(Repeated Monday 11pm)
Ned Sherrin with Tony Hawkes and others.
A look at the stories behind the week's political headlines.
Kate Adie presents insight and analysis from correspondents worldwide.
Alison Mitchell with the latest news from the world of personal finance plus impartial advice for all those trying to make the most of their money.
The topical comedy programme starring the world's biggest names from politics, sport and entertainment - courtesy of impressionists Alistair McGowan, Kate Robbins, Simon Lipson and Jon Culshaw.
(Repeated from yesterday)
Jonathan Dimbleby is joined at Parsons Mead School, Ashtead, Surrey, by panellists including Diane Abbott MP, Heather Rabbatts, chief executive of Lambeth Council; and Sarah Sands, deputy editor of The Daily Telegraph.
(Repeated from yesterday)
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls in response to this week's edition of Any Questions?
(Lines Open from 12.30pm)
Professor Roy Porter examines four episodes in the 20th century when the state of a leader affected the state of a nation.
As East Germany faced turmoil at the end of the eighties, her leader Erich Honecker lay in a hospital bed and the Politburo was paralysed. What role did his failing health play in the fall of the Berlin Wall?
By Brian Moore, dramatised by Bill Taylor.
What happens when an assortment of elderly Irish monks living in an isolated monastery on one of the most windswept islands off Ireland defy the Catholic leadership in Rome and continue to say mass in Latin? An engaging tale of a modernising young American priest who pits his wits against the wisdom of an aged and cynical abbot.
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Jenni Murray.
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. Presented by Eddie Mair.
Boothby Graffoe stars in a comedy programme of monologues, sketches, straw polls and songs. With Simon Evans, Vivienne Soan, Big Al and special guests John Otway and Ned Sherrin.
Another chance to eavesdrop on the humorous world of John Shuttleworth and his family, in five programmes.
John wants to play table tennis, but his wife Mary is too busy. Sole agent Ken Worthington is more receptive to John's offer, but a badly timed window closure threatens John's hopes of a sporty evening.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
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Tom Sutcliffe and guests give their verdict on Alan Parker's new film Angela's Ashes.
Four talks by women writers on the subject of clothes.
Mary Schoeser tells how the discovery of an old suit that had belonged to her father led her back to her childhood and taught her how to look forward to the rest of her life.
(Repeated tomorrow 12.15am)
In early 1968 the world woke up to Biafra. Few in the UK had taken much interest in Nigeria's civil war until some western journalists discovered the hundreds of children dying every day.
Although the breakaway state eventually lost the war, it won enormous sympathy worldwide.
Martin Bell, a young journalist at the time, recalls his experiences in Biafra. Featuring interviews with General Gowon, leader of the Nigerian federal government, and the Biafran leader Colonel Ojukwu.
Margaret Atwood's chilling vision of 21st-century America is dramatised in three parts by John Dryden.
This is the diary of a young woman recruited for reproductive purposes by a totalitarian regime that uses religion as a tool of state repression.
With Marsha Dietlein and Christopher Burns.
(Repeated from Sunday)
Diana Madill presents debates about important issues of the day.
"More prosperity in the South East means more housing." Should growth be allowed to continue unchecked in the South East? Residents, house builders, planners and residents from Ashford in Kent thrash it out.
Register your vote to agree on [number removed] or to disagree on [number removed]. Calls cost a maximum of 10p (Repeated from Wednesday)
Three programmes in which Tim Healey and fellow musicians from the Mellstock Band re-create the songs of the early Victorians.
(Repeated from Sunday)
Fiona Shaw introduces anthologies of new poetry with contributions from Michael Hoffman, Christopher North, Andrew Waterhouse and Paul Durcan. Featuring a specially commissioned sequence written and read by Hungarian-born poet George Szirtes.
(Repeated from Sunday)
Martin Jarvis reads four stories by Grant Allen.
Can Sir Charles purchase his dream house?
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