With Professor Russell Stannard.
Presented by AliStairCooke. Repeated from yesterday
Helen Mark meets the people and wildlife of the British countryside.
Producer Alasdair Cross.
This week's countryside and food-chain news.
Presented by Miriam O'Reilly. Producer Steve Peacock
With Sarah Montague and John Humphrys.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Professor Russell Stannard.
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life. Producer Alison Hughes. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.C0.uk/radio4/hometruths E-MAIL: home.truths@bbc.co.uk. Repeated Monday llpm John Peel : page 13
Travel series presented by Arthur Smith. Producer Sara Jane Hall. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/excessbaggage E-MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk
Who are the people who tick the box marked "Other" on census forms? Christopher Simpson , who is quarter Rwandan, quarter Greek and half Irish, but grew up in England, is one. He meets other "others" and discusses with them what it is like not to know where you come from or who your people are. Producer Frances Byrnes (R)
Political discussion programme that sharpens the focus on current ideas and events. Presented by Dennis Sewell. Producer Sheila Cook
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 Penny Haslam. Repeated tomorrow 9pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Simon Hoggart 's Pick of the News Quiz is available from all good retailers and from www.bbcshop com Call [number removed]
The political discussion with Jonathan Dimbleby comes from Old Felixstowe in Suffolk with a panel including Menzies Campbell MP and former communications director at Conservative Central Office Amanda Platell. Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimblebytakes listeners calls and e-mails in response to last night's Any Questions? Phone on [number removed], or e-mail any.answers@bbC.CO.uk. Producer Lisa Jenkinson
By Jo Anderson. Poet laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson's life is changed by two seemingly unrelated visitors. But is there in fact an unseen connection and will he now be forced to question his whole life's work? Producer Bruce Hyman. Director Andy Jordan
A new three-part series comparing movie versions of historywith the real events. 1: Gladiator. Ridley Scott 's Roman epic won five Oscars and earned around $500 million at the box office, but how truthful was his vision of Rome? Gerry Northam discovers what a gladiator's life was really like. Producer John Byrne
The best of the week on the weekday morning magazine, 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.
Andrew Collins presents the weekly guide to the film world with a Woody Al len special. Producer Stephen Hughes
An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music, with Ned Sherrin and guests. Producer Chris Burns
Tom Sutcliffe reviews over 30 years of theatre gossip in The Tynan Diaries , the journal of theatre critic and impresario Kenneth Tynan , edited by John Lahr. Intimate with virtually everyone in the theatre and film worlds on both sides of the Atlantic for 30 years, Tynan provides intriguing gossip on most of them. Plus a look at the Royal National Theatre's new production of Luther, starring
Timothy West and Rufus Sewell. John Osborne 's play is about Martin Luther , whose personal struggle with faith led to a battle with the Church that started the Protestant Reformation.
Producer Julian May
Three programmes in which Lynne Truss cheerfully confirms the prejudices of those who have never been tempted to attend a great sporting occasion. 2: Those Two Impostors. Triumph and tragedy. Over the moon to sick as a parrot in one easy step. Repeated from Sunday
Forty years worth of correspondents' scripts have been recently discovered in the BBC's Paris bureau. They bring to life key moments in postwar France, including the liberation of Paris, the development of Concorde and the Channel Tunnel, the Paris student riots and the Algeria crisis. Jon Sopel looks through this record of recent French history and examines the lives of some of his predecessors as BBC Paris Correspondent. Producer Tony Grant
Book two of Edmund Spenser 's epic poem tells the story of Sir Guyon the Knight ofTemperance and his quest to destroy the Bower of Bliss. Philip Palmer 's adaptation mixes moments of vivid poetry with high adventure as Spenser finds himself faced by a rival storyteller keen to add a twist to the tale.
Repeated from Sunday
Nick Ross invites a panel of public figures to hear expert evidence on a current issue.6: Teachers on Trial. Are teachers too vulnerable in the classroom?
Repeated from Wednesday
Repeated from Monday
Frank Delaney presents a selection of listeners' requests on the theme of farming, including poems by John Clare and Thomas Hardy. Repeated from Sunday
In our collective imagination, Hadrian's Wall divides
England and Scotland. In this series, five poets -two from south of the wall, three from the north - visit Hadrian's Wall and write a poem about the experience. 2:
Katrina Porteous was born in Aberdeen but has lived in Northumberland for much of her life. Her poem This Far and No Furtherdraws on the voices and sounds of the local people who live in the shadow of Hadrian's Wall. Prod ucer Tim Dee (R)
