With Denis Nowlan.
Helen Mark travels the Broads of rural Britain.
Producer Adrian Holloway. Shortened 1.30pm
With James Naughtie andEdward Stourton.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Canon Eric James.
John Peel takes another wry look at some of the foibles of family life.
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(Repeated Monday 11pm)
Arthur Smith presents the travel programme featuring travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
Producer Eleanor Garland
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In the run-up to this year's American presidential election, this four-part series takes a wry look i back at past election battles, accompanied by the music of the time.
War, assassinations, riots - and some great music. 1968 was a turbulent and tragic year in American history. The Vietnam War led to the downfall of President Lyndon B Johnson and the remarkable comeback of Richard Nixon.
American writer Bill Buford charts the drama of that year's presidential campaign and recalls the music that accompanied events.
Sheena McDonald presents the political discussion programme, sharpening the focus on current ideas and events. Producer Dinah Lammiman
BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance and impartial advice for those trying to make the most of their money.
(Repeated tomorrow 9pm)
Simon Hoggart chairs the topical comedy panel game, this week with Andy Hamilton , Francis Wheen and guests. Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimbleby is joined at the University of Portsmouth by panellists including, Tony Banks MP, London Assembly member Susan Kramer and Robin Page. Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and e-mails in response to last night's Any Questions? Producer Lisa Jenkinson E-MAIL: any.answers@bbc.co.uk
Corin Redgrave presents an eight-part series drawing on the BBC's remarkable oral history of the 20th-century. 3:Living Together. This was the century that saw the emancipation of women, changing attitudes towards race and the gay community, the rise in the divorce rate and the promiscuous society.
Producers Ivan Howlett and Nick Patrick
A romantic comedy by Melissa Murray.
Office manager Simon is left unexpectedly in charge of his former boss's software company. Can he cope with some rather unexpected business and personal revelations, and deal with the demands of three very different women?
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Jenni Murray.
Editor Ruth Gardiner. E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
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 Antonia Quirke profiles the western career of the great John Wayne and Joe Berlinger talks about directing the sequel to the Blair Witch Project. Producer Nicki Paxman
Ned Sherrin and guests with the usual eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music. Producers Ian Gardhouse and Chris Wilson
Tom Sutcliffe and guests give their verdict on a major new exhibition - Spectacular Bodies- at
London's Hayward Gallery, as well as the eagerly awaited second volume of the Alan Clark Diaries.
Producer Jerome Weatherald
Four leading figures reflect on the nature of happiness. 3: Shirley Williams explores how the pursuit of happiness has intrigued politicians as well as poets and philosophers. Repeated from Sunday
Through archive recordings of the The Canterbury Tales and interviews with Terry Jones ,
Martin Starkie , Jean "Binta" Breeze and others, Barrie Ruttertraces the special relationship between Chaucer and the BBC from 1946 to the present day and discovers why the Tales keep surfacing in British culture. If it hadn't been for a BBC commission, the stories might never have become well known to the general reader. In 1946, Nevill Coghill , adon at Exeter College, Oxford, was commissioned to translate and adapt them forthe Third Programme. The Ta/es were broadcast the same year and two million people listened. In 1949, more of them were broadcast and, in 1951, the translations were published by Penguin. The book has never been out of print and has sold millions of copies around the world. Producer Erin Riley
By Marcus Clarke , dramatised in three parts by Joe Dunlop. The epic story of a man falsely accused of murder. 2: Marooned. Rufus Dawes has spent six terrible years in the penal settlement at
Macquarie Bayfora crime he did not commit. with Stephen Ventura and Joe Dunlop. Repeated from Sunday
Nick Ross invites a panel of public figures to hear evidence and offer solutions to an issue of current concern.
7: All Bark and No Bite. An examination into why public inquiries take so long and what they actually achieve. With commissioners Will Hutton , Conor Gearty and Baroness Dean. Repeated from Wednesday
Robert Robinson chairs the nationwide general knowledge contest. Repeated from Monday
Frank Delaney ventures into the classroom and playground to bring you poetry requests from the chalkface. Readers Nigel Anthony , Alice Arnold ,
Lisa Coleman and David Collins. Repeated from Sunday
Five short stories from the margins of history - a work-in-progress by Emma Donoghue.
3. A Short Story. A literary speculation about the life of Caroline Crachiami (born Kitty Crackham ), the "smallest of all persons mentioned in the records of littleness". Reader Frances Tomelty. Producer Lisa Osborne (R)
