With Clair Jaquiss.
Richard Uridge uncovers more stories and characters from the British countryside.
(Repeated Thursday 1.30pm)
With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With Christina Rees.
8.45 Yesterday in Parliament
The foibles of family life come under the microscope in another hyperactive round of weekend fun. Presenter John Peel.
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(Repeated Monday 11pm)
After his orangery has been reduced to rubble by a convention of Cornish travel agents, Ned Sherrin disappears, convinced he's an owl.
Sheena Macdonald reviews the political week and talks to the politicians making the news.
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.
David Aaronovitch and a celebrity panel pick through the week's news.
(Repeated from yesterday)
Jonathan Dimbleby is joined at Middlewich, Cheshire, by panellists including Gwyneth Dunwoody MP.
(Repeated from yesterday)
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls in response to this week's edition of Any Questions?
Lines Open from 12.30pm
In the first of two programmes Michael Rosen examines examination English from Victorian times to the 1960s with his father, Professor Harold Rosen. Wordsmiths such as Sian Phillips, Michael Frayn, Edwin Morgan and Ian Jack talk about how they were taught grammar and literature.
Louisa and Mary, daughters of the impoverished vicar of Aldecross, see marriage as the only means of escape from their routine lives. The arrival of a new young curate fills them with anticipation, but will his intellectual qualities match up to the more physical attractions of Alfred Durant, the son of a local miner?
Lawrence's novella, written around the same time as Sons and Lovers, is a classic tale of the struggle between emotion and intellect.
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.
Andrew Collins presents Radio 4's new film programme with an interview with Hollywood star Matt Damon. And Andrew asks: when does a good Stephen King book make a good Stephen King film?
Novelist, playwright and QC Sir John Mortimer is joined by friends and an invited audience at the BBC Radio Theatre in London to enjoy a selection from his favourite literature and some affectionate reminiscences. With Richard Briers, Sinead Cusack and Joanna David.
Piano Christine Croshaw, Flute Clive Conway
Mike Leigh turns his attention to Gilbert and Sullivan in his new film Topsy-Turvy.
Tom Sutcliffe and guests give their verdict on this and on BBC2's new drama Nature Boy, starring Paul McGann.
Maggie O'Kane has reported from many of the most dangerous war zones in recent years. In three talks she gives the inside story of her encounters with violence in Kosovo, East Timor and Chechnya.
She discovers the atrocities carried out in this town on mothers and children caught up in the Balkan conflict and reflects on her own feelings as a mother.
(Repeated tomorrow 12.15am)
Michael Williams soliloquises on the spoken word's most potent weapon - the monologue. With illustrations from past monologists including Bransby Williams, Billy Bennett, Robb Wilton, Bernard Miles and Joyce Grenfell.
By Frances Sheridan, adapted in two parts by Louise Page.
The exuberant Lord Bidulph deems his friend Orlando Faulkland the perfect marriage partner for his shy young sister Sidney. But even he is not prepared for the skeleton in Falkland's cupboard.
With Emilia Fox, Joanna David and Simon Treves.
(Repeated from Sunday)
Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which Janet Daley, Ian Hargreaves, David Starkey and David Cook cross-examine guests who have conflicting views on the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
(Repeated from Wednesday)
Stephanie Hughes presents a six-part series exploring the mysteries and mechanics of writing music. This week - Two composers who graduated from a formal conservatoire background and made a big impact in the world of pop and beyond: Anne Dudley, a member of Art of Noise and Oscar winner for her soundtrack to "The Full Monty", and Joby Talbot, concert composer, pianist, and arranger for the Divine Comedy. Repeated from Sunday
Frank Delaney introduces requests for poems illustrating the craft of poetry, from Milton to the moderns. Readers Samuel West, Tim Pigott -Smith and Alice Arnold.
(Repeated from Sunday)
By Frank Dunne, read by Ronan Wilmot.
An Irishman remembers his childhood, in particular the daughter of the local village blacksmith.
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