With Lavinia Byrne.
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 with this week's countryside and food-chain news. Producer Steve Peacock
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life.
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Sandi Toksvig talks to people who travel the world tracking animals to study and photograph, as well as simply enjoying their natural beauty. Producer Simon Clancy
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Jackie Ashley of The Guardian looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Editor Marie Jessel
The stories and the colour behind the world's s headlines with Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
Paul Lewis brings you the latest news from the world of personal finance, and impartial money advice. Producer Penny Haslam Repeated Sunday 9pm
Simon Hoggart chairs the satirical panel game, with Alan Coren , Andy Hamilton and special guests. Producer LucyArmitage Repeated from Friday
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the debate from Falmouth Arts Centre, with a panel including the director general of the Confederation of British Industry Digby Jones, and Baroness Susan Greenfield. 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
By Marcy Kahan. A highly improbable Second World War espionage adventure featuring a highly improbable spy... with a talent to amuse.
The story of the city of Oxyrhynchus revealed in four parts through the 50,000 fragments of papyri found in its rubbish dumps. 4: Greek Tragedies and Daily Soaps. In the final part of the series, Michael Kustow finds literary masterpieces and real-life human dramas which have survived 2,000 years of being buried in the Egyptian desert. The readers are Fiona Shaw , Larry Lamb and Michael Perceval -Maxwell. Producer Amanda Hargreaves
The best of the week on Woman's '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.
Presented by Andrew Collins. Julie Walters talks about her career and her new film Before You Go. Producer Stephen Hughes
Ned Sherrin hosts another mix of music, comedy and Conversation. ProducerTorquil Macleod
As a major retrospective of the work of Lucian Freud opens at Tate Britain this week, Tom Sutcliffe and guests evaluate the range and achievement of a British artist who is widely regarded as the greatest living realist painter of the human figure. Plus the opening of the much anticipated Bollywood musical Bombay Dreams. Producer Mohini Patel
America in the 1950s. A time when the front door was left unlocked, men tipped their hats to ladies, and the dream of a house with a lawn and a car seemed accessible to everyone. It was also, however, the time of the McCarthy witch-hunts, bomb shelters in the back yard and racial segregation. In the first of two talks, Raymond Seitz, former US Ambassador to the UK and a child of the fifties, looks back at what made that decade so special for Americans - then and now.
(Repeated from Sunday)
Another chance to hear Ivan Howlett recalling the great farming revolution when the tractor replaced the horse. East Anglian farm workers, recorded for private and public collections, reflect on 50 years of change that began during the agricultural depression of the 1920's.
James Jones 's bestselling novel about life in Schofield Barracks at the time of Pearl Harbour.
Adapted in two parts by Michael Hastings. Part 1.
Music by John Tarns Director Bill Bryden Repeated from Sunday
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)
Roshan Doug discusses this controversial expression by Mahatma Gandhi , with fellow poets Moniza Alvi , Satyendra Srivastava and Mahendra Solanki - and hears some poems that reflect their rich heritage. ProducerVivBeeby Repeated from Sunday
A series of stories prompted by nursery rhymes.
3: Pretty Maids All in a Rowby Marina Warner. Read by Carolyn Backhouse. When Mary arrives at school from her home far away, the seeds the nuns give her to plant in the garden are as much a mystery to her as the strange habits and behaviour of her schoolmates. Producer Sara Davies
