With Glen Jordan
Richard Uridge uncovers more stories and characters from the British countryside.
(Repeated Thursday 1.30pm)
With John Humphrys and Winifred Robinson.
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 hosts another programme in which the stories come from the listeners.
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(Repeated Monday 11pm)
With Ned Sherrin.
Mary Ann Sieghart of The Times presents a review of the political week.
Kate Adie presents insight and analysis from correspondents worldwide.
Alison Mitchell with the latest news from the world of personal finance and 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 Millfield High School, Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, by panellists including Teresa Gorman MP, Helen Mary Jones and Gerald Kaufman MP.
(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.
Ferdinand Marcos was one of the most notorious dictators of the last century. But for how long was the president of the Philippines battling against the kidney disease that eventually killed him? And what effect did that complaint have on his personality and policies?
Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale, dramatised by Stephen Sheridan.
The year is 1841 and two grotesque murders have horrified the whole of Paris. Elderly widow, Madame L'Espanaye, has been found with her throat cut, while her daughter Camille has been strangled and her body pushed up a chimney. Can eccentric amateur detective Auguste Dupin solve the riddle of these crimes?
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Jenni Murray.
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the new headlines. Presented by Eddie Mair.
Brian Sibley with the big picture on the world of film, including the expert guide to the pick of films on television. This week, director Bruce Beresford talks about his latest thriller Double Jeopardy and Anna Raeburn discusses why size does matter - or why films are too long.
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Tonight Boothby Graffoe visits a land of novel-writing, cow farming and zip manufacturing. He is joined by Steve Frost, Kevin Eldon, Vivienne Soan, Big Al and guitarist Antonio Forcione for more songs and sketches.
Another chance to eavesdrop on the humorous world of John Shuttleworth and his family.
A romantic break for John and Mary is threatened by Ken's fascination with the sturdy chrome ladder on Doreen Melody's camper van.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
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A taste of the gothic for Tom Sutcliffe and guests as they discuss the week's cultural highlights, including a new television adaptation of Mervyn Peake's classic fantasy at the House of Groan - Gormenghast.
Four talks by women writers on the subject of clothes.
When Ruth Gershon was a little girl she was fascinated with two worlds - ballet and clothes. She spent the happiest moments of her childhood in her ballet classes, learning to be graceful, skilful and strong, as well as feminine and imaginative. Her family life centred on her father's clothes manufacturing business. Her father even made the outfits she wore for her ballet class and shared her fascination with fashion. Ruth Gershon did not become a ballerina but clothes and dance remain the twin themes of her life.
(Repeated tomorrow 12.15am)
Professor David Cannadine looks at how history has been presented in the age of broadcasting - from the first "telly dons" and the media Marxists of the seventies to today's post-modernists.
Margaret Atwood's chilling vision of 21st-century America, dramatised in three parts by John Dryden.
Offred is sent to a new household to begin her third posting as a handmaid - a state-controlled breeding machine.
With Marsha Dietlein and Leslie Hendrix.
(Repeated from Sunday)
Diana Madill presents debates about important issues of the day.
Madill takes the debate to Newcastle, where those in favour of a separate tier of regional government say: "Devolution is the best way to get jobs into the North East." Could devolution make a real difference to the local economy?
Register your vote to agree on [number removed] or to disagree on [number removed]. Calls cost a maximum of 10p (Repeated from Wednesday)
The last of the series in which Tim Healey and fellow musicians re-create the songs of the early Victorians and the stories behind them.
Music is simple - whatever yields a note, from the seven-foot sonorous serpent to parsnip and watering can.
(Repeated from Sunday)
Fiona Shaw introduces the last of three anthologies of new poetry read by the poets themselves, including RS Thomas and Paul Durcan. Featuring a specially commissioned sequence, South, written and read by Ken Smith.
(Repeated from Sunday)
By Maurice Leitch, read by Ian McIlhinney.
A former pupil recalls taking revenge on his first teacher.
