With Ibrahim Mogra.
Presented byAlistairCooke. Repeated from yesterday
Helen Mark meets the people and wildlife of the British countryside.
Producer Gabi Fisher.
Anna Hill presents this week's countryside news. Producer Steve Peacock
With James Naughtie and John Humphrys.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.45 Thought forthe Day
8.45 Yesterday in Parliament
John Peel takes a look at the foibles of family life. Producer Jacqueline Smith. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths
E-MAIL: home.truths@bbc.co.uk.
Arthur Smith presents more travellers' tales. Producer Cathie Mahoney. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/excessbaggage E-MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk
David Stafford embarks upon a blues odyssey in which he reminisces with those who rememberthe black American bluesmen who made Yorkshire their home in the fifties and sixties and hears stories of the blues boom which took the north of England by storm, making stars of such musicians as barrelhouse pianist Champion Jack Dupree and harmonica player Curtis Jones. Producer David Prest
Jackie Ashley behind the scenes at Westminster. Editor Marie Jessell
BBC correspondents take a look behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
Personal finance news and impartial money advice, presented by Paul Lewis.
Producer Penny Haslam. Repeated tomorrow 9pm
Simon Hoggart hosts an edition of the topical panel game recorded at the Adrian Boult Hall ,
Birmingham, with panellists Jeremy Hardy , Linda Smith , Francis Wheen and Tony Hawks. Repeated from yesterday
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Simon Hoggart 's Pickofthe News Quiz is available from all good retailers and from www.bbcshop.com Ball [number removed]
The political discussion with Jonathan Dimbleby comes from Birkenhead, Merseyside, with a panel which includes Kenneth Clarke MP, author Jeanette Winterson and Lord Hattersley. 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
The series of European detective dramas continues with Robert Forrest 's dramatisation of a novel by Amanda Prantera. In Italy in 1972 a wealthy businessman dies in suspicious circumstances. When the Italian police show little interest in the case, his widow, a young Englishwoman, decides to carry out her own investigation.
Director Bruce Young
A four-part series exploring our link with the past through historical fiction. 2: World War Two. Historical novels have captured imaginations for centuries, but never more so than now. Amanda Vickery goes on location with contemporary novelists and isjoined by studio guests to explore the romantic lure of the Second World War. Producer Bella Bannerman
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 a look behind the scenes of the new extended version of Apocalypse Now. Producer Stephen Hughes
An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music, with Ned Sherrin and guests. Producer Chris Burns
The big cultural event this week is a children's film. Does Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone live up to expectations or will Tom Sutcliffe and his guests get their bludgers OUt? Producer Julian May
Two programmes investigating the rewards of teaching. 1: Special Children, Special Needs. Peter Simpson and Sue Eaton recall single experiences which encapsulate their passion forthe profession. Repeated from Sunday
For 15 days over Christmas 1951 the attention of the world was focused on the heroic last stand of the Danish-American sea captain Kurt Carlsen as he battled single-handedly to save his freighter Flying Enterprise from foundering in some of the worst storms of the century. Frank Delaney relates the story and meets some of those whose I ives were caught up in this famous drama at sea. Producer Simon Elmes
Wilkie Collins 's Victorian thriller is dramatised in four episodes by Martyn Wade. 1: Walter Hartright meets a strange woman dressed in white as he returns home across Hampstead Heath late one night. Little does he realise how this chance encounter and his new situation are linked.
Repeated from Sunday
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Allan Little chairs the live debate series in which
Harvey Thomas , Peter Hitchens , Janet Radcliffe Richards and Ian Hargreaves cross- examine
'witnesses' with different but passionate views on one of the week's moral dilemmas.
Repeated from Wednesday
A nationwide general knowledge contest to find this year's Brain of Britain. The chairman is Robert Robinson. Repeated from Monday
Di Hope explores women's poetry of the Second
World War. With poems by Edith Sitwell , Anne Ridler , Naomi Mitchison , Sylvia Townsend Warner and Vita Sackville West. Readings by Anne Marie Timoney. Repeated from Sunday
A new five-part series that displays the romantic folk tales upon which many traditional ballets are based outside theirtheatrical setting. 1: Swan Lake by Elizabeth Buchan. A midnight encounter by a lake with swan-woman Odette is the first taste of true love for Prince Siegfried. Read by Sian Phillips. Producer Anne-Marie Maher-Williams
