With Mark Oakley.
With Alistair Cooke. Repeated from yesterday
6.05 Papers
6.08 Sports Desk
Helen Mark meets the people and wildlife of the British Countryside. Producer Hugh O'Donnell Shortened rptThu 1.30pm
With John Humphrys and Allan Little.
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. Producer Dilly Barlow
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Sandi Toksvig presents a selection of the best international travellers' tales. Producer Simon Clancy
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A new three-part series in which people who married in the same year as a famous couple talk about their expectations and experiences.
1956. The year of the Suez crisis and Khrushchev's visit to Britain also saw the wedding of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier. Couples who wed in 1956 talk about money, the division of roles in the home and attitudes to sex before marriage at the time. Producer Rosie Boulton
Dennis Sewell presents the political discussion programme sharpening the focus on current ideas and events. ProducerZillah Watson
The stories and the colour behind the world's headlines With Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
Falling Short. Millions of homeowners have taken out endowment policies to pay off their mortgage but, like Neil and Kate Wilkinson , they now face a shortfall that could run into thousands of pounds. Neil joins presenter Lesley Curwen to examine what can be done to solve this worrying problem. Producer Jessica Dunbar
The award-winning sketch show kicks off its eighth series of celeb-baiting satire with a special show from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Starring Jon Culshaw , Mark Perry and Jan Ravens. Producer Bill Dare Repeated from Friday
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Today's motion is: "Modern British art is more about money than art", chaired by Nick Clarke at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. To vote YES: dial [number removed]; to vote NO: dial [number removed]. Lines remain open until 2.20pm on Saturday Calls cost lOp
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Phone Nick Clarke with your views on the issues raised in this week's Straw Poll. Call: [number removed] or e-mail: strawpoll@bbc.co.uk
Producer Nick Utechin
By Robert Shearman. Tipsy and tearful at her wedding reception, Helen accidentally insults Jeremy, one of the guests. But who is he? Over the ensuing years, this unlikely couple find themselves, somewhat inappropriately, thrown together. Their relationship is funny and touching as they try to make sense of their lives. But will their unusual friendship ever become more permanent?
Guests, parents and parishioners are played by Danen Brucker , Jane Carr , Kenneth Danziger , Jean Gilpin , Charlie Hixon , Hayley Hixon , Simon Templeman and David Weston Director Martin Jarvis
A series exploring the cultural history behind our changing attitudes to sexual behaviour and taboos over the centuries.
Peggy Reynolds discusses brothels, molly houses and ideas of innocence and experience with Professor Lisa Jardine, Dr Steve Poole and photographer Nancy Honey. The readers are Eleanor Bron and Michael Elwyn.
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.
Morgan Freeman talks about his new film The Sum of All Fears, a thriller about nuclear terrorism in an American city that was released in the United States the week that plans for a "dirty bomb" attack were uncovered. Producer Stephen Hughes
Ned Sherrin hosts another mix of music, comedy and conversation. ProducerTorquil Macleod
As the first week of the Edinburgh Festival closes, Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the new play by Douglas Maxwell , Variety, and an exhibition by Howard Hodgkin at the Gallery of Modern Art. Also considered are the BBC television documentary Elvis Mob and an unusual biography of Elvis,
Heartbreak Hotel, written by the poet Jeremy Reed. ProducerZahidWarley
A new three-part series in which Howard Jacobson goes in search of the North he remembers from his youth, while observing it as it is now. 1: Manchester.Back in his home city, Jacobson encounters a 24-hour party zone. He meets near-naked ravers and girls in candy-coloured shoes and recalls the quieter time of his youth, delving into piles of second-hand books, dressing like the singer Richard Tauber and listening to Beethoven's Fifth in the now boarded-up Free Trade Hall. Producer JennydeYong Repeat of Sun 5.40pm
In the second of this series of personal essays, The Guardian's Richard Williams re-evaluates critically overlooked periods of Presley's career. Producers Tim Blackmore and Neil Myners
By JB Priestley , dramatised in three parts by Eric Pringle. 2: The Dinky Doos' concert party is marooned in a station cafe in the Midlands. Three strangers arrive out of the blue and the Good
Companions is created with optimism and panache.
Music composed by Mia Soteriou DirectorClaire Grove RptofSun3pm
Marcel Berlins chairs a series of debates in which lay people tackle legal dilemmas with the help of the professionals. 3:Medical Ethics. Who should be able to see your medical records? When should someone have the right to die - if ever?
Producer Dinah Lammiman Repeated from Wednesday 8pm
Two more teams from around Britain square up. Peter SnOW is in the Chair. Producer Paul Bajoria Repeat of Mon 1.30pm
To mark the centenary of the birth of American poet and wit Ogden Nash , Michael Rosen investigates a secret treasure trove of unpublished work, kept in 40 shoe boxes by his daughter Linell Nash Smith.
Five stories from Australia.
2: Kaijek the Songman by Xavier Herbert.
An encounter with a gold prospector provides inspiration for a new song. Read by Douglas Walker. Producer Alison Hindell
