With Rabbi Jonathan Romain.
Presented by Alistair Cooke. Repeated from yesterday
News and events from the British countryside, with Helen Mark. Including 6.40 FarmingToday: This Week Radio 4's team of experts assess developments in the foot-and-mouth crisis. With Miriam O'Reilly. Producers Alasdair Cross and Steve Peacock Open Countryrepeated 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 The Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.
8.45 Yesterday in Parliament
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life.
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This week Arthur Smith packs his oils and easel and heads off to Venice for the most important fixture in the arts calendar-the Venice Biennale, where around 30 countries stage exhibitions of contemporary art. Producer Cathy Mahoney. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/excessbaggage E-MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk
A leading politicaljournalist looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 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 Penny Haslam. Repeated tomorrow 9pm
The topical comedy radio panel game, hosted by Simon Hoggart. Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimbleby is joined from Chichester in West Sussex by panellists including Trevor Phillips. 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
While Nottingham-based, jazz-loving, exotic-sandwich eating DI Charlie Resnick pursues a gang of armed robbers, brightly attired meals-on-wheels woman Cheryl takes the law into her own hands on behalf of an elderly client. Their investigations collide.
The concluding part of a journey to the heart of Asia to uncoverthe exotic history of the world's most valuable gemstone- imperial green jade. Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark explore the origins of the west's lust forthis precious stone and discover some disturbing truths about the human cost of the jade trade. Readers Daphne Cheung , Crawford Logan and Ozzie Yue. Producer Amanda Hargreaves
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Executive producer An neTyley. 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 Jeffrey Katzenberg , one of the founders of Dreamworks (along with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen ) and one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. Presented by Andrew Collins. Producer Stephen Hughes
An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music, with Ned Sherrin and guests. Producer Chris Wilson
This week a review of a new exhibition of Vermeer which examines how the famous Dutch painter's home town of Delft became an artistic centre in the late 1640s. Plus a look at architect
Nicholas Grimshaw 's Space Centre in Leicester. With Tom Sutcliffe and guests. Producer Erika Wright
Doing Deals with Dictators. When William Randolph Hearst signed Benito Mussolini as a star columnist, ilduce was joining a Hearst tradition of making news as well as reporting it. Presented by Ian Christie. Repeated from Sunday
Comedian Arnold Brown looks at the BBC archives to discover evidence of life at home before the advent of television, in the days when people invented ways of spending time together. Families played parlour games, sang around the piano, tuned into the wireless and listened to game shows and dance bands. Was the imagination stretched? Was life really more fun, or did television bring much needed entertainment to a boring existence? Producer Helen Garrison (R)
The conclusion of Thomas Hughes 's novel, a paean to the English public school, dramatised by Joe Dunlop. Tom's career at Rugby could be coming to a premature end, but Dr Arnold has a plan.
Repeated from Sunday
Michael Buerk , Ian Hargreaves , Janet Radcliffe Richards and David Starkey cross-examine
"witnesses" who hold passionate but conflicting views on a moral dilemma from one of the week's
Stories. Repeated from Wednesday
Radio 4's general-knowledge quiz continues, with Chairman Peter Snow. Repeated from Monday
In the first of two programmes, poet and funeral director Thomas Lynch reveals his passion for rhyme and metre, and argues that poetry is essential to our daily lives. Repeated from Sunday
Short stories from Scotland. When That's Done by Jim Glen , read by James Bryce. A man visits a therapist and finds himself looking at the world - and the therapist - in a different light. Producer BruceYoung(R)
