With Clair Jaquiss.
Presented by Alistair Cooke. Repeated from yesterday
Helen Mark meets the people and wildlife of the British countryside.
Producer Gabi Fisher.
This week's countryside and food-chain news in perspective. With Anna Hill. 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 Harry Parker. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths
E-MAIL: home.truths@bbc.co.uk. John Peel: page 13
Travel series. The mysterious underwater world of the sea has drawn so many addicts to scuba dive, snorkel orfree dive that it's amazing there's still room forthe fish. With 10 million divers registered in the USA alone, Arthur Smith considers what draws people below the waterline.
Producer Sara Jane Hall. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/excessbaggage E-MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk
Nathaniel Wells was the illegitimate son of a plantation owner and a domestic slave who travelled to Britain and became completely assimilated into early 19th-century polite society. There, he became a church warden, magistrate, deputy lieutenant of the county and, most incredibly, Sheriff of Monmouthshire -thus very probably becoming Britain's first black Sheriff. Producer Darren Broome
Steve Richards of the Independent on Sunday looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Editor Marie Jessel
BBC correspondents take a look behind the world's headlines. Introduced byKateAdie. 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 Safe havens In hard times: page 28
Repeated from yesterday
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 Grange over Sands in Cumbria with a panel which includes chairman of the Food
Recovery Unit and head of Northern Foods Lord
Haskins, John Redwood MP and political editor of The Observer Kamal Ahmed. 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
A three-part series comparing movie versions of history with the real events. 2: Braveheart. The battle of Stirling Bridge was missing a bridge, the hanging of Scottish nobles is pure folklore, and Mad Mel 's love interest was actually a a young girl living in France when William Wallace died. But Mel Gibson 's film captured the spirit of rebellion in 13th-century Scotland and inspired Scots to take a new interest in their past. Journalist Gerry Northam goes in search of the real William Wallace behind the film version. 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, including an interview with director Joel Coen on his newfilm. The Man Who Wasn't There. Producer Stephen Hughes
An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music, with Ned Sherrin and guests. Producer Chris Burns
Tim Marlow and his guests review the work of two American masters, the choreographer Mark Morris with a world premiere at Sadler's Wells, and August Wilson's play Jitney at the Royal National Theatre. Producer Julian May
3: And They're Off. Repeated from Sunday
Ian McMillan traces the rise of the British provincial universities from big scarves to student loans. He discovers how they started as exclusive institutions for the very select, went on to become exciting new plate-glass and free-love campuses forthe new meritocracy and now receive students from all walks Of life. Producer Alastair Wilson (R)
Rosamund Lehmann 's classic novel about a young girl's adolescent rite of passage is dramatised by Tina Pepler. Olivia wakes up on her 17th birthday knowing that something has changed, but what exactly she doesn't yet understand. Her very first dance, a week later, is her opportunity to try out her wings in the wider world.
With Josh Boyden , Sophie Clarke , Jenny Coverack , Tom Espiner. Chris Garner , Ben Tinniswood , Chris Yapp and Oliver Zimmermann Producer/Director Sara Davies (R)
Repeated from Wednesday
Repeated from Monday
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. 3: Robert Crawford from St Andrews writes Shrines and Lights about the continuing presence of Hadrian's Wall as a reservoir of the past. Producer Tim Dee (R)
