With Faris Badawi.
Comment, context and colourfrom the United
States, with veteran commentator AlistairCooke. Repeated from yesterday
News and events from rural Britain, with Helen Mark. Including at 6.40 Farming Today: This Week. Radio 4's team of experts assess developments in the foot-and-mouth crisis. With Anna Hill. Producers Gaby Fisher and Steve Peacock
Open Country repeated 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 Professor Russell Stannard.
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
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If you can't afford a summer holiday abroad this year you may well be able to recreate the Mediterranean atmosphere down at your local lido. Arthur Smith visits the Serpentine Lido in London and looks at the continuing appeal of stripping off your clothes and class differences.
Producer Cathie Mahoney. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/excessbaggage E-MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk
A look behind the scenes at Westminster, with Jackie Ashley of the New Statesman. Editor Marie Jessel
Colour, wit and observation as BBC correspondents take a look behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer TonyGrant
Impartial money advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance, with Paul Lewis. Producer Chris A'Court. Repeated tomorrow 9pm
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis with the topical comedy show that looks at everything "now". Repeated from yesterday
Nick Clarke isjoined in Hereford by panellists including former Chief Inspector of Schools Chris Woodhead ; Tessa Jowell , Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; and Zac Goldsmith editor of The Ecologist. Repeated from yesterday
Nick Clarke takes listeners' calls and e-mails in response to last night's Any Questions ? Producer Lisa Jenkinson. E-MAIL: any.answers@bbc.co.uk
Roger Stennett 's dramatisation of the extraordinary and poignant true story about a young woman who walked into the village of Almondsbury, near Bristol, in 1817, dressed in outlandish clothes and speaking an unrecognisable foreign language. Princess Caraboo became the talk of high society after she was taken in by the local magistrate and his wife, whose lives were changed for ever by their mysterious visitor. Produced and directed by Sara Davies
Clive Anderson explores historythrough court cases. Marriage, Divorce and Adultery. Repeated from Thursday
Presented by Sheila McClennon. 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.
Comedian Mel Smith talks about his latest directorial effort, High Heels andLowLifes, and as Jurassic Park Hits released, there is a report on the art of the "threequel". With Andrew Collins. Producer Stephen Hughes
An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music, with Ned Sherrin and guests. Producer Chris Wilson
A look at The Far Side of the Moon, the latest theatrical spectacle directed by Robert Lepage , whose starting point is the idea that people once thought the moon was a mirror reflecting the Earth's image. With Tom Sutcliffe and guests. Producer ZahidWarley
Books. Teachers recall the moments which remind them why the job is so worthwhile. Repeated from Sunday
An investigation into what "local" means in terms of radio broadcasting, showing how British stations
__ have provided a unique service to theircommunities at moments of crisis, tragedy and triumph.
Roger Phillips looks at news reporting at the sharp end of the Moss Side riots, an award-winning football fanzine of the airwaves, "door-knocking" in Leicester and an extraordinary on-air encounter in Northern Ireland between the wife of an RUC officer and the women Of the Catholic Community. Producer Rob Ketteridge
Gerald Durrell 's comic classic about his eccentric upper-ciass English family, whose antics disrupt his natural history escapades on the island of Corfu in the thirties. Dramatised by Janys Chambers . In this concluding part the family's Christmas party gets totally out of hand. With Adam Usden , Will Tacey , Celia Imrie , Toby Jones and Anna Kirke. Repeated from Sunday. BBC RADIO COLLECTION: My Family and Other Animals is available now from all good retail outlets andwww.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed].
Michael Buerk chairs a live debate in which
Ian Hargreaves , Steven Rose , Janet Soskice 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
Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis celebrates watching her American cousin repairthe Hubble space telescope, and Michael Symmons Roberts looks recalls growing up in the shadow of the nuclear base at Greenham Common. With Christopher Cook. Repeated from Sunday
Four short stories by well-known authors.
2: The Tree by Helen Simpson , read by Gavin Muir. Producer Duncan Minshull (R)
