With the Rev Peter Baker.
Editor Chris Burns
Richard Uridge continues his tour of the British countryside.
Producer Gabi Fisher.
With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Canon Eric James.
John Peel 's 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 series of travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation. This morning's programme features an insider's guide to the Edinburgh Festival, as well as tips on how to get away from it all when those student productions get to be too much. Producer Eleanor Garland
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E-MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk. PHONE: [number removed]
Sheena MacDonald presents the political discussion series which aims to sharpen the focus on current ideas and events. This week, in Edinburgh, the subject discussed is land reform. Producer Dennis Sewell Roland White 's radio review: page 45
BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. ProducerTony Grant
In the last of the series listener Patrick Pincombe puts the financial services industry under the spotlight and asks whether we are paying too much for too little investment.
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present topical sketches and stand-up comedy. With Bert and George, Emma Clarke and humorous songs from Mitch Ben n. Repeated from yesterday
Nick Clarke chairs debates on issues of perennial interest in front of an invited audience. 3: "Scientists should be told when to stop." To vote YES. PHONE: [number removed] To vote NO. PHONE: [number removed] LINES OPEN until 2.30pm Maximum call cost lOp. Repeated from yesterday
Phone Nick Clarke with your views on the issues raised in this week's edition of Straw Poll. Producer Nick Utechin. E-MAIL: mail@testbed.co.uk
When Eve gave Adam the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, and Adam ate it, what had they done wrong? Zina Rohan asks what Jews, Christians and Muslims believe the story was about, and a number of high-profile religious experts join the discussion. Producer David Edmonds
Byrony Lavery witty, moving dramatisation of Kate Atkinson's 1995 Whitbread Award-winning first novel follows Ruby, the unloved youngest child of the chaotic Lennox family in York, as she traces her past and finally unlocks the terrible family secret that has blighted her childhood. Director Polly Thomas
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney.
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Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. Presented by Dan Damon.
Andrew Collins presents the film programme. This week, as Guy Ritchie tries to match the success of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels with his follow-up film Snatch, the programme looks at how other directors have followed up successful debuts.
Ned Sherrin and guests with the usual eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music. Producers Ian Gardhouse and Chris Wilson
Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural highlights.
Three women cast their minds back to the anxious months of pregnancy when they tried to relate to the person who was developing inside them. 1: Novelist Liz Jensen remembers how she and her unborn child battled for control of her body. Repeated from Sunday
Marcel Berlins tells the life story of Michael X, one of Britain's most controversial black figures. Producer Smita Patel
ByWilliam Faulkner , dramatised by James Friel. Successive episodes in the death and burial of Addie Bundren are recounted by various members of her family circle, as they cart her coffin to Jefferson, Mississippi, in order to bury her among her own people. With Lorelei King , Mary Ellen Ray and Bob Sherman. Repeated from Sunday
Diana Madill presents a series of lively debates about the important issues of the day.
3: "Is charging for services in the NHS inevitable?" This week she asks how we can raise more money for the NHS. Should patients pay £10 each time they see their GP? Should they be charged for hospital food? An audience at St Bart's Hospital in London debates the pros and cons.
Register your vote to agree on [number removed] or to disagree on [number removed]. Calls cost a maximum of 10 pence.
(Repeated from Wednesday)
Robert Robinson chairs the nationwide general knowledge contest, including Beat the Brains, in which listeners puttheirown questionsto contestants. First round - London and the South
Of England. Repeated from Monday
Home Thoughts from Abroad. Laurie Lee , James Fenton , Paul Durcan and Charles Causley are among the poets featured in this week's programme, while Wendy Cope recalls poetry summer schools on the island of Skyros.
Presented by Frank Delaney. Repeated from Sunday
The last of three stories by leading Caribbean writers. Major Bonnett's Buccaneer Beach Party by John Gilmore , read by Kara Miller. An intriguing and dreamy reflection on the unsavoury brashness of life in the tourist trade, told by a young Barbadian woman. Producer Melanie Harris (R)
