With the Rev Stephen Shipley.
Presented by Alistair Cooke. Repeated from yesterday
News and events from the British countryside, with Richard Uridge.
Producer Adrian Holloway.
With Sarah Montague and John Humphrys.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Canon David Winter.
John Peel takes a 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. Repeated Monday 11pm John Peel : page 11
California - Heaven or He//?Comedian and author Arthur Smith examines holidays in Los Angeles. Producer Sara Jane Hall. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/excessbaggage E MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk
A lover of gadgets and ideas, the author Douglas Adams, who died in May, went on to create a cult classic in The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Geoffrey Perkins pays tribute with the help of some of his friends and colleagues, including actors Stephen Fry and Griff Rhys Jones, and producer Simon Brett. Producers Jayne Gibson and John Pidgeon
The political discussion programme that sharpens the focus on current ideas and events. Presented by Dennis Sewell. Producer Richard Vadon
BBC correspondents take a look behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
The latest news from the world of personal finance and impartial money advice, presented by Paul Lewis. Producer Jennifer Clarke. Repeated tomorrow 9pm Paul Lewis on insurance claims: page 23
Comedy impressions. Repeated from yesterday BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Dead Ringers and Dead Ringers, Series 2, Part 1. are available on audio cassette and CD from all good retail outlets and www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]
Six debates chaired by Nick Clarke in front of an invited audience. 5: "Television isgoodforyou." LINESCLOSE at 2.20pm. Tovote 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: straw.poll@bbc.co.uk
Marcel Pagnol 's celebrated film trilogy is adapted for radio by Juliet Ace from translations by Margaret Jarman. 1: Marius. A young man who feels the call of the sea from his home in Marseilles is prepared to sacrifice family and love for his dreams. Director Ned Chaillet. Music Neil Brand
The British seaside resort is a strange and unique institution. At the height of the summer season, Tony Lidington combs the coastline for those charming characters who make our seaside an enduring delight.
The best of the week on Woman's Hour. Executive producer Anne Tyley. E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines, with Dan Damon.
This week an interview with Brian Helgeland , director of the forthcoming action adventure film A Knight's Tale, which uses a classic rock-music soundtrack to enhance the story of a 14th-century squire who earns nobility on the jousting circuit. It shows a return to form for Helgeland after being fired from his last film, Payback, by its star. Mel Gibson. Producer Stephen Hughes
An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music, with Ned Sherrin and guests. Producer Chris Wilson
Tom Sutcliffe casts a critical eye overthis week's cultural events, including Beryl Bainbridge 's latest novel, According to Queeney, a fictional portrait of Samuel Johnson 's life in Georgian London, which is hotly-tipped to win this year's Booker prize. Producer Erika Wright
Second in a series of inspirational graduation speeches. This week's speaker is rock musician Bono Of the group U2. Repeated from Sunday
In September 1931 the great Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi came to Britain to attend a conference on the future of his country. While in the UK he visited the depression-hit cotton towns of Lancashire, where he met mill owners and cotton workers, whose livelihoods were threatened by the Indian boycott of British cotton goods. Professor
Bhikhu Parekh , a lifelong admirer of Gandhi, tells the story of that extraordinary visit. Producer Libby Cross
Mike Walker's adaptation of CS Forester's novel, best-known in its film version by John Huston.
During the [First] World War, straight-laced missionary Rose Sayer and gin-swigging Cockney Charlie Allnutt find themselves marooned together in occupied central Africa. When Rose proposes they escape, the unlikely duo embark on a journey together through the whitewater rapids and crocodile swamps of the Ulanga river in Charlie's ramshackle old launch The African Queen.
Marcel Berlins chairs the programme in which members of the public pit their wits against the professionals.
How is it decided who can leave prison and who must serve their full sentence behind bars?
(Repeated from Wednesday)
A nationwide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain. Including Beat the Brains, in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants. With chairman Robert Robinson. First round: the south of England. Repeated from Monday
This week requests for great poems and old favourites, such as If by Rudyard Kipling , and A Martian Sends a Postcard Home by Craig Raine. Presented by Frank Delaney. Repeated from Sunday
Five classic European stories exploring the weird and the wonderful. 1: The Shadowby Hans Christian Andersen, read by Peter Capaldi. A wise scholar grants his shadow freedom, releasing him into society to live as a man. Producer Gemma Jenkins (R)
