With Michael Malik.
Comment, context and colourfrom the United
States, with veteran commentator Alistair Cooke. Repeated from yesterday
More news and events from the British countryside. Including 6.40 FarmingToday: This Week Radio 4's team of experts assess the week's developments in the foot-and-mouth crisis and examine the implications for the British countryside. Producers Karen Gregor and Hugh O'Donnell
Shortened repeat of Open Country Thursday 1.30pm
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Canon David Winter.
8.45 Yesterday in Parliament
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life. Producer Harry Parker. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths
E-MAIL: home.truths@bbc.co.uk.
The best travellers' tales, anecdotes and surprises, presented by Arthur Smith. Producer Sara Jane Hall. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/excessbaggage E-MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk
A series to help you make sense of the digital world. Today Douglas Adams looks at how new technology is changing television and films, and asks whether traditional broadcasting will be replaced by a different and more interactive form of entertainment. Producer Mark Rickards (R)
A look behind the scenes at Westminster, with Steve Richards of the Independent on Sunday. Editor Jane Ashley
Colour, wit and observation as BBC correspondents take a look behind the world's headlines.
Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
Impartial money advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance, with Paul Lewis. Producer Paul O'Keeffe. Repeated tomorrow 9pm
The hit impressionist programme stars
Kevin Connelly , Jon Culshaw , Mark Perry and Jan Ravens. Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimbleby is joined at the community centre at Corsham School in Wiltshire by panellists including Chairman of the Conservative Party Michae! Ancram, Liberal Democrat peer Lord
Jenkins and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland DrJohn Reid. 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
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
The story of a famous confrontation between two great philosophers- Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper-in Cambridge, 1946. Presented by John Eidinow. Producer David Edmonds
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney.
Executive producer Anne Tyley. 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 an interview with actor John Hurt , fresh from filming Captain Corelli's Mandolin, and a look at the do's and don'ts of using foreign accents in films. Presented by Andrew Collins. Producer NickiPaxman
An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music, with Ned Sherrin and guests. Producer Chris Wilson
This week's cultural highlights include three Stravinsky ballets danced to the original choreography by Fokine, Balanchine and Nijinska. And Tim Marlow and guests review Bread and Roses, the new film from veteran British director Ken Loach. Producer Erika Wright
Alain de Botton plucks ancient philosophers from obscurity and asks what they can teach us today.
This week Seneca, the philosopher whose views on anger sprang directly from his experience with two of the most violent men in history - Emperors Caligula and Nero. Repeated from Sunday
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Festival of Britain, a celebration of the spirit of the time.
Jonathan Glancey explores the architectural glories on display in the 1951 exhibition, and with the help of those who built them and those who lived in them, he considers their influence and legacy. Producer Rebecca Nicholson
Charles Dickens 's masterpiece of social satire and imprisonment is dramatised in five parts by Doug Lucie. 1: Arthur Clennam returns from China, fearful of a wrong committed by his parents, and meets Little Dorrit , a young seamstress. Curious and protective towards her he follows her to her home, the Marshalsea Debtor's Prison, and is introduced to her extraordinary family. With Ian McKellen , Julian Wadham ,
Margaret Tyzack , John Wood , Jasmine Hyde and Indira Varma. Repeated from Sunday
Professor Tom Kirkwood explores the topic of ageing, examining the impact of science on the human lifespan - both now and in the future. Sue Lawley introduces each of the five lectures from various venues. 4: Making Choices
From from Berryhill Retirement Village, Stoke-on-Trent. " we treat old people as weak-spirited because they are frail, we do them a terrible injustice." WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2001 Repeated from Wednesday
Two Little Political Songsters. Tim Healey explores his parental home where his parents, Lord and Lady Healey recall and sing the songs oftheiryouth and songs from the waryears. They reflect on the changing nature of political songs and communal singing during their lifetime. Repeated from Sunday
In honour of Shakespeare's birthday, poetry to celebrate the life and work of the most famous poet in the world. Readers Elizabeth Bell, David Collins and Geoffrey Palmer. Presented by Frank Delaney. Repeated from Sunday
Five stories on a canine theme. 1:
Shalimarby Shena Mackay , read by Annette Crosbie. An old theatrical landlady guards some dramatic secrets, including the origin of her crazy yellow dog. Producer Martin Williams (R)
