With Stephen Shipley.
With AlistairCooke. Repeated from yesterday
6.05 Papers
6.08 Sports Desk
Helen Mark meets the people and wildlife of the British countryside. Producer Moira Hickey Shortened rptThu 1.30pm
With Mark Coles and John Humphrys.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Canon Eric James.
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 simonciancy Phone: [number removed] Email: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk
LThe noises and voices that made up the day-to-day life in the Twin Towers have been collected and preserved by Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson , known as the Kitchen Sisters, and made into a soundscape memorial to the World Trade Center. Silva and Nelson talk about the inspiration for this enormously ambitious audio project and what moved them most. Producer Ruth Evans Extended 2.15pm
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Commentary from Lord's on the third day's play in the Fourth Test by Jonathan Agnew , Harsha Bhogle , Henry Blofeld and Christopher Martin-Jenkins . With expert comments from Angus Fraser , Sunil Gavaskar and Vic Marks. The scorer is Bill Frindall. Including at:
1.05 A View from the Boundary Cricket fan Stephen Fry talks to Jonathan Agnew.
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Sheena McDonald presents the political discussion programme. Producer Richard Vadon
The stories and the colour behind the world'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 Extended 9pm
Impressionists Jon Culshaw , Jan Ravens , Kevin Connelly , Mark Perry and Phil Cornwell become a cast of hundreds for the last in the present series of the award-winning comedy show. Producer Bill Dare Repeated from Friday BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Two series of this programme are available on audio cassette and CD from www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion programme from St Helens in Merseyside with a panel which includes Tony Benn and Haleh Afshar, Professor of Politics and Women's Studies at York University.
Producer Peter Griffiths
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and e-mails in response to last night's Any Questions. Call: [number removed] or email: any.answers@bbc.co.uk.
Producer Peter Griffiths
By Humphrey Cobb. A young lawyer finds himself defending three soldiers accused of cowardice when a glory-seeking general in the French Army needs someone to blame for a disastrous attack during the First World War. Mike Walker adapts the novel that formed the basis of Stanley Kubrick's classic and controversial anti-war movie. DirectorToby Swift
I When the Philosopher Sat Down. Whitehall, London. In February 1961, several thousand people marched down from Trafalgar Square led by an 88-year-old man under a bannerthat read "Action for Life". Nigel Wrench investigates the lasting impact of Bertrand Russell 's decision to sit down in Whitehall. Producer David Cook
The best of the week on Woman 's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Series editor/producer Jill Burridge EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. With Dan Damon.
Shane Meadows has been called the saviourof the British film industry following TwentyFourSeven and A Room for Romeo Brass, but will his next film, Once upon a Time in the Midlands, live up to his previous work? He talks to Andrew Collins. Producer Stephen Hughes
n A very special edition celebrating 25 years of satire and silliness. Alan Coren , Andy Hamilton ,
Jeremy Hardy , John Sergeant , Linda Smith and Francis Wheen take a trip through a quarter of a century of headline news, while the newsreaders add further giggles with their favourite cuttings from 1977 to today. Producer Lucy Armitage
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Martin Amis is creating controversy with his new non-fiction work, Koba the Dread, which deals with the west's response to communism. Tom Morris and guests give their verdict. Producer Jerome Weatherald
How does it feel to present news about your home country, knowing yourfriends and family are listening and living through those events? Three presenters from the BBC World Service tell their stories.
1: Laurent Ndayuhurume from Burundi: a Long Way from Home. Repeated from Sunday 5.40pm
Matthew Parris tracks the evolution of this comedy classic, which is part satire-part sitcom, from its early days when it played out a friendly rivalry between Punch and Private Eye. Later, it transferred to television and was the template for a succession Of comedy quiz shows.
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Muriel Spark 's novel about flawed idealism and tragic betrayal at a girls' school in Edinburgh during the 1930s. Dramatised in two parts by Patricia Hannah. Part 2.
Other parts played by members of the cast
3pm
Paying for Democracy. As the cost of pol itics increases and parties find themselves financially embarrassed, is it time to think of new ways of paying for democracy? Nick Ross asks a panel of leading thinkers and decision-makers to find a radical solution to a Complex problem. Repeated from Wednesday 8pm
A new season of the nationwide general-knowledge contest begins in London, chaired by Robert Robinson. 1.30pm
A celebration of African poets and poetry, introduced by Ato Quayson. RepeatofSunday4.30pm
Five stories from Australia. 5: Hickenlooper's Syndrone by Terry Lane. The reader is Douglas Walker. Producer AlisonHindell
