With Jenny Nemko.
Travels through the countryside with Richard Uridge. Producer Alasdair Cross.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Terry Waite.
8.45 Yesterday in Parliament
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life. Producer Paula McGinley. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths
E-MAIL: home.truths@bbc.co.uk.
The thrills of motorcycling on the open road are exposed as Arthur Smith meets Patrick Symmes , author of ChasingChe, a tale of searching forthe infamous South American revolutionary hero. Producer Sara Jane Hall. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/excessbaggage E-MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk
Carol Thatcher recalls the music and the political dramas of 1992. John Major had taken over as prime minister after the fall of Margaret Thatcher 15 months earlier. He eventually called the election for April. As the parties took to the road, Queen were in the charts, as were Right Said Fred and Simply Red. Neil Kinnock had transformed himself and the Labour Party, and was ahead in the polls. He held rallies around the country culminating in a Sheffield extravaganza but then it all went terribly wrong. Producer Chris Bond
A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Steve Richards of The Independent. Editor jane Ashley
Colour, wit and observation as BBC correspondents take a look behind the world's headlines.
Introduced by Kate Adie. ProducerTony Grant
Impartial money advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance, with Paul Lewis. Producer Jennifer Clarke. Repeated tomorrow 9pm
The topical comedy programme that looks at everything "now", with the help of sketches, songs and audience suggestions. Presented by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimbleby is joined at the Scottish Exhibition Conference Centre in Glasgow, by panellists including Alistair Darling, Secretary of State for Social Security; Sir Malcolm Rifkind, former foreign secretary; and John Swinney, Leader Of the SNP.
(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
The Irish music competition scene provides the backdrop for Peter Roberts 's drama about how one woman comes to terms with estrangement from her husband and her agoraphobia. Anna Cassidy was one of the most promising Irish flautists of hergeneration - winning every competition she entered as a junior. Twenty years later-with a grown-up son, a broken marriage and mild agoraphobia - a chance meeting with an old friend leads to her picking up herflute again. She still hasthe gift, and bit by bit she gains the confidence to enter local competitions and an old rivalry is resumed. But will she have the courage toflvto Ireland forthe grand final?
Director Peter Leslie Wild. Music Steve Dunachie and Esther Hayward
A series about the visual arts, exploring stories and themes by focusing on the locations where the art was produced. The Great Indoors
The story of artists who paint the studio or room in which they work over and over again. One of the most fascinating of them - and now one of the most expensive - is Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershoi , who created more than 60 paintings of his Copenhagen apartment in the first decade of the last century. Robert McNab visits
Hammershoi's dwelling and tries to find out what these introverted artists of the interior were telling us about themselves or, indeed, ourselves. Producer David Perry
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney.
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.
This week a profile of controversial film director Spike Lee as his new film Bamboozled is released. And Andrew Collins reports on what happened when Pasolini came to Colchesterto make the Canterbury Tales in the early seventies. Producer Nicki Paxman
Andrew Collins on the reel story behind Serpico: page 59
An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music, with Ned Sherrin and guests. Producer ChrisWilson
A review of the cultural highlights of the week, including Seamus Heaney 's new collection of poems, Electric Light, in which he revisits his childhood and the ancient classical world. Producer Erika Wright
A series in which well-known psychologists offer new insights into the experiences of biblical characters. This week Susie Orbach presents her reflections on King David and masculinity. Repeated from Sunday
Cleo Laine revisits the golden age of the all-girl swing band in America. From Ivy Benson to the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, she explores the careers of professional women musicians from the forties in their own words and music. Producer Virginia Crompton (R)
The conclusion of John Buchan 's popular spy thriller, dramatised in two parts by Bert Coules.
The Comingofthe Black Stone. A gang of German spies is in pursuit of Richard Hannay and a notebook which contains the secret of the 39 steps. Hannay must solve the mystery of the steps if he is to save the British naval fleet from certain destruction. With David Robb , Tom Baker and Struan Rodger. Repeated from Sunday
Michael Buerk chairs a live debate in which David Cook , Janet Daley , Ian Hargreaves and David Starkey cross-examine witnesses on their controversial and conflicting views of the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. Repeated from Wednesday
The conclusion of the series looking at the role of music on two of life's great occasions. This week Sian Evans examines how the wedding and funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, lifted, then rocked a nation. Repeated from Sunday
Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney talks about his latest book, Electric Light. Presented by Christopher Cook. Repeated from Sunday
Five short stories exactly 2,001 words long, written by Adam Thorpe. 2: Cafe, read by Nigel Anthony. Bob and Myrtle's Greek island dream has not quite worked out the way they expected. Producer Chris Wallis (R)
