With Rabbi Pete Tobias.
Editor Chris Burns
Richard Uridge with a tour of the British countryside. Producer Adrian Holloway.
With John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With the Rev Roy Jenkins.
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life.
Producer Paula McGinley. PHONE: [number removed]
E-MAIL: home.truths@bbc.co.uk. Repeated Monday 11pm
Arthur Smith presents the travel programme, with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation. This week Kate Grenville and Ian Jack talk about the changing culture of Australia, Susy Atkins embarks on a bush tucker tour and travel writer Dilly Barlow reports from Carcassonne. Producer Eleanor Garland
WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/excessbaggage
E-MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk. PHONE: [number removed]
Andrew Jefford continues his exploration of the world of drink, this week examiningthe benefits and pitfalls Of buying fine Wines. Producer Rebecca Moore
BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
Ron Strank's partner of 40 years is not entitled to his pension because they are not married. Presenter Lesley Curwen investigates why couples who live together are losing out. (Repeated Monday 3pm)
Jon Culshaw , Jan Ravens , Phil Cornwell and Kevin Connelly star in the radio impressionist show. Repeated from yesterday
From St Mary's University College, Belfast, chairman Nick Clarke is joined by panellists including former BBC political editor John Cole and Terry Waite. Repeated from yesterday
Nick Clarke takes listeners' calls and e-mails in response to last night's edition of Any Questions? Producer Peter Griffiths. LINES OPEN from 12.30pm E-MAIL: any.answers@bbc.co.uk
Joseph Antonio Emidy was an African slave who became a violinist in the opera orchestra in Lisbon. Enslaved again by the British Navy, he fought in the Napoleonic Wars until put ashore in Falmouth where he became a successful composer. Playwright Nick Darke pieces together his remarkable story. With contributions from historian Richard McGrady , composer Tunde Jegede , slavery expert Nancy Naro and the descendants of Emidy. Producer Julian May
I By Ellen Dryden. When Edmund decides to bring all the friends and lovers of his youth together for an early retirement party, he has no idea how j dangerous it might be. How will his three wives cope when they meet each other? How will his son react? And can the romantic memories of his twenties survive now that he is in his fifties? Original music composed and conducted by Adam Cork Director Don Taylor
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Jenni Murray. Editor Ruth Gardiner
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. Presented by Branwen Jeffreys.
Andrew Collins presents the film programme, including a look back at the films of Abbot and Costello. Producer Stephen Hughes
Ned Sherrin and guests with the usual eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music. Producers Ian Gardhouse and Chris Wilson
This week, a look at The Colour of Paradise, a powerful new Iranian film which has received the first-ever Oscar nomination for the country. Producer Jerome Weatheraid
To mark the Queen Mother's 100th birthday and a century of radio, Sue MacGregor presents a selection of memorable moments from the radio archives. Featuring news stories, music and royal occasions from the last 100 years. Producer Ubby Cross
By Benito Perez Galdos , dramatised by John Clifford. Torquemada is named afterthe Grand
Inquisitor by those he brutally exploits. His story is one of evolution in reverse. There is absolute corruption in which love of money first isolates him before destroying the one thing that has any meaning in his life. With Ronald Pickup and Gerard Murphy. Part2 Of 2. Repeated from Sunday
Michael Buerk chairs an investigation of the moral questions behind the week's news.
Witnesses face cross-examination from
Janet Daley , Ian Hargreaves , David Starkey and Bruce Kent. Last in series. Repeated from Wednesday
Chris Maslanka discovers how composers through the ages - from Bach to the present day - have been fascinated by the relationship between things musical and things mathematical. (R)
Poetry and conversation presented by Christopher Cook , whose guests Gillian Clarke and Christopher Reid discuss writing for children. Repeated from Sunday
by Gee Williams, read by Siw Hughes. The last of five stories on aspects of power. The patrons of a mobile library fight for paperback romances. But for one man the power of words is a matter of life and death. (R)
