With David Wilkinson.
With AlistairCooke.
Repeated from yesterday
6.05 Papers
6.08 Sports Desk
Charlotte Smith meets the people and wildlife of the British countryside.
Producer Moira Hickey
Miriam O'Reilly puts this week's countryside and food-chain news into perspective with the help of experts in the field. Producer Steve Peacock
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day
With Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life. Producer Harry Parker
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John Peel on friends without famous faces: page 25
Sandi Toksvig introduces a selection of the best travellers' tales, anecdotes and surprises. Producer Cathie Mahoney
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A new four-part series about living in Silicon Valley, California: the place in the sun where the future starts first.
1: Twenty-first Century Gold Rush. Peter Day hears from the valley's movers, shakers and eccentrics about their hopes and fears, the music and the attitudes that drive this extraordinary area.
Producer Neil Koenig
Sheena McDonald presents the political discussion programme, sharpening the focuson current ideas and events. Producer Richard Vadon
The stories and the colour behind the world s headlines with Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
Paul Lewis presents the latest news from the world of personal finance, and impartial money advice. Producer Penny Haslam Repeated Sunday 9pm
The sharp edge of satire in radio form. Starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis , with Mitch Benn , Marcus Brigstocke , Jon Holmes and Emma Kennedy. Repeated from Friday
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a political debate programme from Lewknor Parish Recreation Ground and Hall in Oxfordshire with a panel including the Conservative Party vice-chair, Patricia Morris, the chair of the Commons Media Culture and Sport Select Committee, Gerald Kaufman MP, and the chief executive of the Countryside Agency, Richard Wakeford.
Producer Lisa Jenkinson
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and e-mails in response to last night's Any Questions? Phone in on [number removed], or e-mail any.answers@bbc.CO.Uk Producer Lisa Jenkinson
A comedy with serious undertones by classic African-American writer Richard Wright.
Just how far will a man go to provide for his family? A black man dresses as a maid to find work in Chicago during the fifties. Written before black Americans were given the vote, this was a brave and progressive piece for its time.
The story of the city of Oxyrhynchus revealed in four parts through the 50,000 fragments of papyri found in its rubbish dumps. 2: Postcards from an Ancient World. Michael Kustowtakes a guided tour of the lost Egyptian city, using 2,000-year-old papyri as his map. He discovers what daily life was like for the citizens who worshipped the sharp-nosed pike, yet read Homer in their schools. The readers are Fiona Shaw , Larry Lamb and Michael Perceval-Maxwell . Producer Amanda Hargreaves.
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney.
Producer Fiona Hill E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. With Dan Damon.
This week Andrew Collins meets WillemDafoe, who talks about playing the bad guy in Spider-Man and why he thinks the British are obsessed with his erotic thriller Body of Evidence, which also starred Madonna. Producer Stephen Hughes
A look inside The Hollywood Machine: page 24
Ned Sherrin hosts another mix of music, comedy and conversation. Producer Torquil Macleod
Halle Berry made history at the Oscars this year by becoming the first black woman to win the best actress award - for her part in Monster's Ball. Tom Sutcliffe and guests give their verdict on the film as well as on a major exhibition at the British Museum exploring the romance and mystery of the Queen of Sheba and the ancient civilisation of Yemen, where she is believed to have originated, Producer Monini Patel
The third in a series of talks by writers who have travelled abroad with the British Council and formed strong links with authors in other countries. Today the Belfast novelist Glenn Paterson travels across Europe and finds echoes of his own sense of a divided identity. Producer Rob Ketteridge
It is 40 years since the Thalidomide scandal. Geoff Adams-Spink , himself affected by the drug, tells the moving story of a generation whose lives were changed by this chemical shrapnel. He also examines the drug's astonishing rehabilitation in the fight against a number of diseases, including Cancer. Editor Nicola Meyrick
Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral conundrums behind one of the week's news stories. Repeated from Wednesday
Peter Snow hosts the challenging quiz for amateur teams from all over the UK. Repeated from Monday
The relationship between poetry and spirituality, explored by Rosemary Hartill with a rural GP, a lawyer from the Moslem tradition, and a Jewish writer. Repeated from Sunday
Another chance to hear a series of stories prompted by nursery rhymes. 1:London Bridge. By
Gillian Tindall. Read by Diana Bishop. ProducerSara Davies
