With Father Timothy Bartlett.
Comment, context and colourfrom the United
States, with veteran commentator Alistair Cooke. 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 Miriam O'Reilly. Producers Adrian Holloway 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 Alison Hughes. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths
E-MAIL: home.truths@bbc.co.uk. llpm John Peel : page 13
The best travellers' tales, anecdotes and surprises, presented by Arthur Smith. Producer Kevin Dawson. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/excessbaggage E-MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk
This week award-winning wine writer and broadcaster Andrew Jefford turns the spotlight on his own profession. Who exactly are these self-appointed wine critics and how much influence do they really have? French, American and British drinks writers compare notes. Producer Lauretta Reynolds
Colour, wit and observation as BBC correspondents take a look behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
Curse of the Pyramid. Women Empowering Women - a get-rich-quick scheme - is sweeping the country, promisinggreat wealth for an initial "gift" of £3,000. But it has the flaw of all pyramids in that it will eventually crash. Listener Linda Smith joins Lesley Curwen to investigate why these schemes are still legal in the UK. Producer Lynne R Jones. Repeated Monday 3pm Don't be out of pocket: page 26
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis with the topical comedy show that looks at everything "now". Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimbleby is joined at the British Museum in London by Kenneth Clarke, former Chancellor of the Exchequer; Daily Telegraph columnist Janet Daley; David Trimble, former First Minister Northern Ireland Assembly; and Labour peer Lord Winston.
(Repeated from yesterday)
Jonathan Dimblebytakes listeners' calls and e-mails in response to last night's Any Questions? Producer Lisa Jenkinson. E-MAIL: any.answers@bbc.co.uk
Jane Stevenson 's delicious concoction of snobbery and revenge is dramatised by Mike Walker. Oliver's quiet weekend in the country with his old university chums turns into a drunken midnight expedition to retrieve a family heirloom, which goes hilariously awry. Produced and directed by Chris Wallis
A two-part celebration of the history and daily life of Britain's funfairs as seen through the eyes of fairground women. In this first programme Clare Jenkins meets Fat Lil, Miss Tiny and the Lion-Faced Lady, and hears the amazing stories of the Headless Wonder and the World's Ugliest Woman - who went to court to prove it!
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, 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.
Mark Rylance , star of Intimacy-Vhe most sexually explicit British mainstream film ever made - is in conversation with Andrew Collins. Producer Stephen Hughes
An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music, with Ned Sherrin and guests. Producer Chris Wilson
A critical look at the week's cultural events, with Tom Sutcliffe and guests. Producer Erika Wright
High stress, low pay, poor status - why stay in teaching? A cross section of teachers recall the moments that remind them why the job is so worthwhile. Repeated from Sunday
Tim Brooke-Taylor presents a celebration and history of English bawdy through the ages, from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Benny Hill and Carry On. What do the Bard and Frankie Howerd have in common and what do they have to say to us about our lives?
The first book in Lawrence Durrell 's masterpiece, The Alexandria Quartet, is dramatised in two parts by Carey Harrison.
1: In thirties Egypt, Darley, an impoverished school teacher, falls in love with Justine Hosnani, Alexandrian society woman and wife of one of the richest men in the country.
Repeated from Sunday
Michael Buerk chairs a live debate in which
David Cook , 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 London taking on Lincolnshire. With chairman Peter Snow. Repeated from Monday
From Dublin, poetry and conversation with two poets whose work combines sharp wit and social comment: Rita Ann Higgins from Galway and Julie O'Callaghan , who was born in Chicago but is now based in Dublin. Presented by Christopher Cook. Repeated from Sunday
Four short stories by well-known authors.
3: The White Witch. Christopher Hope recalls a trip to the Malaysian highlands that was perilous, then Strange. Producer Duncan Minshull (R)
