With Canon Noel Battye.
Richard Uridge uncovers more stories and characters from the British countryside.
(Repeated Thursday 1.30pm)
With John Humphrys.
6.05, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.45 Thought for the Day
With Canon David Winter
8.45 Yesterday in Parliament
What happens to retired hacks when the time comes to hang up their typewriters? John Peel tracks down some of Fleet Street's finest to a home for ex-journalists in Surrey.
Phone: [number removed] E-Mail: [email address removed]
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Ned Sherrin is joined in the studio by another broad selection of guests and talent from across the arts world.
Donald Macintyre of The Independent reviews the political week.
Kate Adie presents insight and analysis from correspondents worldwide.
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.
David Aaronovitch and a celebrity panel pick through the week's news.
(Repeated from yesterday)
Jonathan Dimbleby is joined at Arbroath High School in Scotland by Alistair Darling, Secretary of State for Social Security; Annabel Goldie, deputy leader of the Scottish Conservatives; Alex Salmond, leader of the SNP; and Liberal Democrat MSP Nicol Stephen.
(Repeated from yesterday)
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls in response to this week's edition of Any Questions?
Lines Open from 12.30pm
A series of programmes in which Richard Holmes follows in the footsteps of some of the great literary elopements.
In August 1879 Stevenson, future author of Treasure Island, crossed the Atlantic and all of America to arrive at the Californian home of the woman he had fallen in love with in France three years earlier. The journey nearly killed him, but Fanny was not certain she liked him anymore.
By Rebecca Barlett.
A young couple on the move in Dublin buy a spacious apartment in a Georgian house. Such houses were originally built as splendid homes when Dublin was known as the second city of the British Empire. However, by the early 20th century, the British had moved on and the houses were sub-divided into cold, mean and disease-ridden tenements. Through a chance meeting the couple in this drama discover the history of their new home and learn of how a family was evicted from it after the father lost his job in the famous lock-out of 1913. When a moral crisis confronts the new owners, two points of history are brought into sharp contrast.
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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 Dan Damon.
Andrew Collins with news of the best of this week's films, including a look back at the ways and means once used to view the withdrawn film A Clockwork Orange.
Simon Fanshawe with conversation and jazz to start your Saturday night, live from the BBC Radio theatre in London. With Stacey Kent and her band and guests.
Tom Sutcliffe and guests with the week's cultural highlights, including Al Pacino in The Insider, Michael Mann's new film about a tobacco industry whistle-blower. Plus a look at Ruskin, Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites at the Tate.
Six eminent speakers explore the direction of faith in the 21st century. They approach spirituality from contrasting perspectives, considering its impact on society and the individual. With commitment to organised religion in decline, there has been a growing interest in personal spirituality. Many see this as their personal hope for the new millennium.
Don Cupitt, Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge looks at the declining interest in religion, the major changes to large institutions and possible new directions for the future.
Other contributors to the series include Danah Zohar, author of SQ - the Ultimate Intelligence; Mary Grey, Honorary Professor of Theology at Lampeter University; Ursula King, Professor of Theology at Bristol University; and Philip Sheldrake, Academic Principal at Sarum College, Salisbury.
(Rptd tomorrow 12.15am)
David Jacobs relives his part in one of the most popular radio series of all time - and shows that yesterday's science fiction is today's scientific reality.
By John Steinbeck, dramatised in three parts by Shaun McKenna.
Sam Hamilton has foreseen the darkness which is about to fall on the Salinas Valley - and it begins with Cathy.
(Repeated from Sunday)
Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which Janet Daley, David Starkey, Ian Hargreaves 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 concludes a series exploring the mysteries and mechanics of writing music.
She discovers the inspiration behind the music of two contrasting composers: Scottish modernist James MacMillan and cult Orthodox composer Sir John Tavener.
(Repeated from Sunday)
Frank Delaney introduces listeners' requests for the ever popular Robert Frost, which are read by Kerry Shale. Poet Brian Patten chooses his favourite Frost and introduces some new poems of his own.
(Repeated from Sunday)
by Mary E. Braddon
Barbara Flynn reads four short stories of a vengeful nature.
Samuel discovers that Christopher, his rival in love, has defrauded their employer. What should he do with this knowledge?
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