With the Most Rev Vincent Nichols , Archbishop of Birmingham.
With Alistair Cooke. Repeated from yesterday
6.05 Papers
6.08 Sports Desk
Helen Mark in the British countryside.
Producer Hugh O'Donnell Shortened repeat ofThursday 1.30pm
With Mark Coles and John Humphrys.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Canon David Winter.
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life.
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Sandi Toksvig presents a selection of the best international travellers' tales. Producer Simon Clancy PHONE: [number removed] EMAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk
Ian Hislop concludes his history of the patron saints of Britain and Ireland.
The Golden Jubilee and the England football team's exploits in Japan were good news for St George's Cross flag-sellers but what do we know about the man himself? Ian Hislop finds himself chasing dragons, crusaders and a very large joint of roast beef in his search for the real St George.
England v India
Commentary from Trent Bridge on the third day of the Second Test from Jonathan Agnew , Harsha Bhogle , Henry Blofeld and Christopher Martin-Jenkins . With expert comments from Sunil Gavaskar , Graham Gooch and Mike Selvey. The scorer is Bill Frindall.
1.15 A View from the Boundary Former Liverpool footballer-turned- pundit Mark Lawrensonjoins the commentators for a lunchtime chat.
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Sheena McDonald presents the political discussion programme. Producer Paul Vickers
The stories and the colour behind the world's headlines With Kate Adie. Producer TonyGrant
Safe As Houses ? With the current concern about a pensions crisis, increasing numbers of people are turningto propertyto provide fortheirold age. Listener Richard Uff joins Lesley Curwen to explore whether buying a propertyto let out is a good idea. Producer Jennifer Clarke
Last in the current series of the topical panel game, broadcast from the Edinburgh Festival. RptdfromFnday
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Anxious to immerse themselves in British culture and shake off their Indian roots, Mr and Mrs Singh take up ballroom dancing. Mina is entranced and determined that they enter a competition but Harry's enthusiasm soon wanes when he discovers her plans for his costume.
A three-part series exploring the cultural history behind our changing attitudes to sexual behaviour and taboos over the centuries.
Peggy Reynolds invites Dr Ruth Evans, Dr Jerry Brotton and Dr Nick Groom to Henry VIII's bedroom at Thornbury Castle to discuss what has been going on in bed and the bedroom since medieval times. The readers are Jacqueline Tong and John Telfer.
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Series editor/producer Jill Burridge E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. With Nigel Wrench.
Barbara Hershey talks about her new film Lantana, and the death threats she received after making The Last Temptation of Christ. Producer Stephen Hughes
Ned Sherrin hosts another mix of music, comedy and conversation. ProducerTorquil Macleod
Tom Sutcliffe and guests review Tom Stoppard 's long-awaited trilogy The Coast of Utopia, directed by Trevor Nunn , which has opened at the National
Theatre. Voyage, Shipwreck and Salvage tell the epic story of 19th-century romantics and revolutionaries caught up in the struggle for political freedom. Producer Jerome Weatherald
3: Sierra Leone. Mark Doyle concludes his journey through West Africa by visiting Sierra Leone, which was recently mired in bloody civil war but is now propped up by British and international support. There he meets a former militiaman who uses magic to see off hisfoes and an army sergeant who chronicles his country's extraordinary transition from desperation to hope. Repeated from Sunday 5.40pm
The twelfth of August is the red-letter day of the field-sports calendar for it marks the opening of the grouse shooting season. Clare Balding traverses the heather moors of Scotland with gamekeeper Peter Frasertohearthe story of the "Glorious Twelfth". Gamekeepers and landowners reveal whether shooting game is a thriving industry or, as stated by a character in the BBC series Monarch of the Glen, a "bizarre, feudal relic". Producer SimonCrosse
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Marcel Berlins chairs a series of debates in which lay people tackle legal dilemmas with the helpofthe professionals.2: Youth Justice. How should we deal with children who commit horrific crimes? Repeated from Wednesday 8pm
Two more teams from around Britain square up. Peter Snow is in the chair.
Christopher Cook is joined by Canadian novelist and poet Margaret Atwood and Australian poet Les Murray. RepeatofSunday4.30pm
Five stories from Australia. 1: And Women Must Weep by Henry Handel Richardson. Dolly's first grown-up ball doesn't live up to expectations. Producer Alison Hindell
