With Dr Pauline Webb.
Presented by Alistair Cooke. Repeated from yesterday
News and events from the British countryside, with Richard Uridge.
Producer Gabi Fisher.
John Humphrys and Allan Little.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Canon Eric James.
John Peel looks at the foibles of family life.
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(Repeated Monday 11pm)
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The best travellers' tales, anecdotes and surprises, presented by Arthur Smith.
Producer Jacqueline Smith. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/excessbaggage E-MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk
First in a new three-part series about sports events that made front page news looks at the moment Henry Cooper felled Cassius Clay in round four of the 1963 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship at Wembley Stadium. It is remembered along with the news it supplanted by Simon Barnes and guests Anthony Howard , Claire Rayner and Cooper himself. Producer Tom Alban
The political discussion programme that sharpens the focus on current ideas and events. Presented by Dennis Sewell. Producer Kirsten Lass
Colour, wit and observation as BBC correspondents take a look behind the world's headlines. Introduced byKateAdie. Producer TonyGrant
Cheques and Balances. Small-businesswoman Sue Clayton asks why paying a bill through your bank can still take up to three days even when banking online. She also wonders where the money goes during that time. Presented by Lesley Curwen. Producer Jessica Dunbar.
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis with the topical comedy show that looks at everything "now". Rptd from yesterday
Six debates on issues of perennial interest, chaired by Nick Clarke in front of a specially invited audience, this week from The Cricketers Club of London. 2: "Englishness has had its day." LINES CLOSE at 2.20pm. To vote YES PHONE: [number removed] To vote NO PHONE: [number removed]. Maximum call cost lOp Repeated from yesterday
Phone Nick Clarke with your views on the issues raised in last night's edition of Straw Poll. Producer Nick Utechin. E-MAIL: mail@testbed.co.uk
Elisabeth Bond 's drama in which an Italian radio presenter embarks on a personal and professional journey of discovery. Emma Santi presents a radio show about missing persons. When she accepts a telephone call from a woman in London who claims to know the whereabouts of brilliant young flute player Marco Gonella , Emma sets off in search of him to find out why he gave up a promising career. Marco has a disturbing story to tell ... Produced and directed by Sara Davies. Flute Charlotte Bill
In the second of three programmes about the history of the rose, Miriam O'Reilly learns how they were symbols of secrecy, bloodshed and war. Producer Sera Lefroy Owen
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 a look at the original simian classic - Planet of the Apes - in the light of director Tim Burton 's new version. Presented by Andrew Collins. Producer Stephen Hughes
An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music with Ned Sherrin and guests, this week from the Edinburgh Festival. Producer Chris Wilson
This week a look at Diana Rigg on stage in the world premiere of Humble Boy, a new play by Charlotte Jones. And Tom Morris and guests review About the Author by John Colapinto , in which a struggling writer is prepared to kill for literary success. Producer Erikawright
Writers on Writing and Migration. Three audio essays exploring the experiences of novelists who have chosen to live and write in a foreign country. This week Abdulrazak Gurnah discusses his emigration from Zanzibarto Britain and the desire to start writing. Repeated from Sunday
During the Second World War, thousands of Jewish refugees escaped from Nazi-occupied Europe to colonies in the Caribbean. Historian Joanna Newman tells the story of the watchmakers, diamond cutters, doctors and dentists who came to this new and completely different world. She hears from West Indians who remember their arrival and from the refugees themselves about their mixed experiences in a tropical paradise. Producer sue Ellis
Tess Durbeyfield, the most striking and tragic of Thomas Hardy 's heroines, struggles to overcome the pitfalls of poverty and ignorance. Adapted in four parts by Alan Sharp. 2: Tess leaves her employment after Alec d'Urberville takes advantage of her. She returns home where she gives birth to his child.
Repeated from Sunday
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Michael Buerk chairs a live debate in which
Joanna Bogle , Claire Fox , 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
A nationwide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain. With chairman Robert Robinson. First round:
London and the Home Counties. Repeated from Monday
Lonely London cityscapes, exotic people, the secret life of families and the magical minutiae of marriage - poetry and conversation with Christopher Cook and guests Tobias Hill and Susan Wicks. Rptdfrom Sunday
Four short stories by Susie Maguire.
2: The Tale of the Cat Burglar and the Hair of the Dog read by Carol Ann Crawford. "Being burgled was the most positive thing that's happened to me since the divorce. I couldn't be more delighted with the outcome." Producer David Jackson Young (R)
