With the Rev Ian MacKenzie.
Presented by AlistairCooke. Repeated from yesterday
Helen Mark meets the people and wildlife of the British countryside.
Producer Adrian Holloway. Extended 1.30pm
This weeks countryside and food-chain news put into perspective by experts in the field. Presented by Miriam O'Reilly. Producer Steve Peacock
With Sue MacGregor and Edward Stourton.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.45 Thought for the Day
8.45 L W only Yesterday in Parliament
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life. Producer Alison Hughes. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths
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Arthur Smith presents more travellers' tales, anecdotes and surprises.
Producer Cathie Mahoney. PHONE: [number removed] WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/excessbaggage E-MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk
Alan Dein traces the surviving participants of a unique experiment in the thirties which took hundreds of unemployed families out of North East England and Wales, and relocated them as market gardeners in the Midlands and Home Counties.
These pioneers, mainly from mining backgrounds, went on to create some of Britain's finest tomatoes and lettuces. Today, some of the original families are still farming but their crops have progressed from Carrots to Chilli peppers.
Robin Oakley looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Editor Jane Ashley
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
Simon Hoggart hosts an edition of the topical panel game with panellists Alan Coren , Andy Hamilton , Jon Snow and Sandi Toksvig. Repeated from yesterday
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The political discussion with Jonathan Dimbleby comes from Durham Debating Society with a panel including Chairman of the Labour Party Charles Clarke MP. Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimblebytakes listeners calls and emails in response to last night's Any Questions? Phone on 08 [number removed], or e-mail any.answers@bbC.CO.Uk Producer Lisa Jenkinson
A contemporary thriller by Pearse Elliott. Eimear O'Hanlon is a doctor and a volunteer with the Samaritans who spends her life healing and helping people. When there is a murderer at large in the city, she stops being the helper and becomes the hunted.
Director Stephen Wright
A series exploring our imaginative link with the past through historical fiction.
3:The Romans.Amanda Vickery goes on location with novelist Lindsey Davis , and is joined by studio guests to explore the romantic lure of the Roman era. Producer Virginia Crompton
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 at Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, the latest film from Clerks and Dogma director Kevin Smith, accused of homophobia in America.
An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music, with Ned Sherrin and guests. Producer Chris Burns
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests cast a critical eye over the week's cultural events, reviewing Saul Bellow 's Collected Stories and Jean Luc Godard 's new film ElOge de I 'Amour. Producer Julian May
Two programmes investigating the rewards of teaching. 2: Amazing Maturity. Diana Gatherer and Richard Jackson recall experiences which encapsulate their passion for teaching. Repeated from Sunday
A special edition of Bookclub which was recorded 18 months before the death of author Douglas Adams. James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to
Adams about his classic world-wide bestseller, The
Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Producer OliviaSeligman BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Douglas Adams 's The Collector's Edition of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is available on audio cassette and CD from all good retailers and from www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]
Wilkie Collins 's Victorian thriller is dramatised in four episodes by Martyn Wade. 2: Walter has left
Limmeridge House as Laura prepares to marry Sir
Percival. Laura's half-sister Marian knows of Laura's feelings for Walter, has great doubts about the marriage, yet is powerless to stop it.
Repeated from Sunday
Allan Little chairs this edition of the live debate series. Roger Scruton, Claire Fox, Janet Radcliffe Richards and Ian Hargreaves cross-examine
"witnesses" on one of the week's moral dilemmas.
(Repeated from Wednesday)
General knowledge contest chaired by Robert Robinson. Repeated from Monday
Two programmes which commission poets to write about a place central to their imagination and heart. 1: Essex Rag. Lavinia Greenlaw spent her adolescence in the seventies in a village near the Essex coast. She returns to explore the landscape she has come to associate with the boredom and isolation of her teenage years. Repeated from Sunday
A series that displays the romantic folk tales upon which many traditional ballets are based outside theirtheatrical setting. 2:Coppeliaby Adam Thorpe. DrCoppelius, a very skilful toy-maker, makes a clockwork doll and sits her on his balcony. She is so remarkably life-like and pretty that one young man falls in love with her. Read by Emily Woof Producer Anne-Marie Maher-Williams (R)
