With the Very Rev John Miller.
With Alistair Cooke. Repeated from yesterday
Helen Mark meets the people and wildlife of the British countryside.
Producer Adrian Holloway.
This weeks countryside and food-chain news. Presented by Miriam O'Reilly. Producer Steve Peacock
With Alan Little and James Naughtie.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Cannon David Winter
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life.
Phone: [number removed] E-Mail: [email address removed].
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Does knowing where you are going always enhance the journey? Today Arthur Smith meets Helen Lederer who believes that travel by map restricts the sense of adventure, even in Europe, and Benedict Allen , an explorerwho often goes mapiess and is proud of it. Plus a feature on the most remote sounding place on earth: Timbuktu. Producer Sara Jane Hall. PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk
In the second of two programmes, Simon Fanshawe examines just how useful this most dangerous of linguistic weapons can be, from chat-up lines to pillow talk, from the classroom to the workplace. "Sarcasm", he maintains, "is uniquely satisfying when directed by you, and uniquely unpleasant when directed at you." Producer Dominic Black
Jackie Ashley of the New Statesman looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Editor Marie Jessel
BBC correspondents take a look behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer TonyGrant
The latest news from the world of personal finance, and impartial money advice, presented by Paul Lewis. Producer Jennifer Clarke. Repeated tomorrow 9pm
The award-winning impressionist show. Producer Mario Stylianides. Repeated from yesterday
Nick Clarke chairs a political discussion, from Belfast. Repeated from yesterday
Nick Clarke takes listeners calls and emails in response to last night's Any Questions?Phone in on [number removed], ore-mail any.answers@bbc.co.uk. Producer Lisa Jenkinson
Dramatised by Gregory Evans. One of the great tales that made the American master of suspense a literary legend, originally set in the casual racism of the American South, receives a critical overhaul for radio by Gregory Evans.
Lucie Skeaping traces the story of the salvage and replication of the musical instruments which went down with Henry VIII's flagship the Mary Rose in 1545, and finds out what they tell us about Tudor music and musicians, both at sea and on land.
The best of the week on the weekday morning magazine, presented by Martha Kearney.
Series Editor 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.
The weekly guide to the film world, including a profile Of The Lord Of the Rings. Producer Stephen Hughes
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, including South Pacific directed by Trevor Nunn at the Royal National Theatre and a book examining the true nature of storytelling: The Seven Basic Plots of Literature. Producer Julian May
Inspirational graduation speeches from Peter Ustinov and Helena Kennedy QC. Producer Cheryl Gabriel (R)
It's 60 years since the term "disc-jockey" was invented by Variety magazine (as a term of abuse) but it's almost a century since Reginald Fessenden - the first man to play a record on the wireless - opened up the show with Dame Clara Butt's kickin' version of Handel's Largo. Mark Lamarr counts down a top ten of the greatest DJs ever and tells the history of such related themes as payola, jingles, corny jokes and silly voices.
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Daphne du Maurier's classic tale of slowly-dawning terror, dramatised in one episode by Ronald Frame. John and Laura Bennett are on holiday in Venice, trying to get over the tragic death of their daughter. They seem to be succeeding, until a blind psychic starts relaying messages from beyond the grave.
(Repeated from Sunday)
Michael Buerk chairs a live debate in which Harvey Thomas , Janet Radcliffe-Richards , Peter Hitchens and Ian Hargreaves cross- examine "witnesses" with passionate views on a topical moral dilemma. Producer David Coomes. Repeated from Wednesday
A new series of radio's longest-running quiz series, with Nick Clarke in the chair. Today the north of England and the defending champions Northern Ireland tackle Clarke's cryptic puzzles. Producer Paul Bajoria. Repeated from Monday.
Frank Delaney presents a programme devoted to requests in response to the terrorist attack on New York. Jack Davenport reads WH Auden's prescient poem September 1, 1939and Wislawa Szymborska 's The Terrorist, He Watches; Miriam Margolyes reads Linda Pastan 's moving poem The Five Stages of Grief and David Collins reads James Fenton 's Jerusalem. Producer Kate McAII. Repeated from Sunday
The last in the series that retells the romantic folk tales upon which many traditional ballets are based. 5: The Nutcrackerby Berlie Doherty. At a Christmas party, Clara is given the unusual gift of a toy nutcracker by her godfather, Drosselmeyer. In the middle of the night she finds herself on a magical journey to the kingdom of sweets. Read by Anna Massey. Producer Anne-Marie Maher-Williams (R)
