With Judy Merry.
With AlistairCooke. Repeated from yesterday
6.05 Papers
6.08 Sports Desk
Helen Mark meets the people and wildlife of the British countryside.
Producer Gabi Fisher
Presented by Miriam O'Reilly. Producer Hugh O'Donnell
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rhidian Brook.
John Peel takes a look at the foibles of family life. Producer Harry Parker PHONE: [number removed] Email: home.truths@bbc.co.uk
Sandi Toksvig presents a selection of the best international travellers' tales.
PHONE: [number removed] Email: excess.baggage@bbc.co.uk
In the last programme of the series it's the turn of Matthew Parris to choose two famous characters and ask which one was the hero and which was the villain. This week he pitches Lady Macbeth against Joan of Arc.
Producer Adam Fowler
Robin Oakley presents the political discussion programme. Producer Peter Mulligan
Kate Adie with the stories and colour behind the world's headlines. Producer Tony Grant
Chris A'Court with impartial money advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance. Producer Louise Greenwood Repeated tomorrow at 9pm
Impressionist show starring Jon Culshaw , Jan Ravens , Kevin Connolly and Mark Perry. Repeated from Friday
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the debate from the Royal Institute of British Architects in London, with a panel that includes Chief Secretaryto the Treasury Paul Boateng , Liberal Democrat leader in the Lords Shirley Williams , shadow Defence Secretary Bernard Jenkin and the writer and columnist
Matthew Parris.
Repeated from Friday
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in response to last night's Any Questions. PHONE: [number removed] or email: any.answers@bbc.co.uk Producer Victoria Wakely
A modern crime thriller based on Ian Rankin 's novel -featuring Inspector John Rebus. Dramatised in two parts by Bert Coules.
1: The Game. When a wealthy banker's daughter goes missing from Edinburgh University, Rebus has little to go on in his investigations. It's difficult to know whether the student has been murdered, kidnapped or is simply on the run. The discovery of a carved wooden doll inside a six-inch coffin and a game of cat-and-mouse on the internet offer vital but deadly clues.
Director Bruce Young
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: The Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Ian Rankin 's The Falls is available on CD and audio cassette at good retail outlets or www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed] Rankin on radio: page 109
Journalist Gerry Northam explores the history behind celluloid images of our past.
The most famous bombing mission in history was an operational success, but did the bouncing bomb do anything to shorten the Second World War? Nearly 60 years on from 617 Squadron's raid on the Ruhr dams, historians still disagree over the real effects of one of the RAF's finest hours.
The best of the weekday morning magazine, presented by Martha Kearney.
Producer Anne Peacock Email: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
News and sports headlines. With Dan Damon.
Irreversible has gained notoriety because of its nine-minute rape scene, but it is also one of a number of films-like Memento and Rules of Attraction -in which time is reversed. Joe Cornish discovers there has been a long history of time-fiddling films. Producer Stephen Hughes
Join Ned Sherrin for a sparkling agglomeration of music, comedy and conversation. Producer Torquil Macleod
Under discussion tonight is Roman Polanski's new film The Pianist, winner of the Palme d'Or, which centres on a Polish Jew struggling to survive in the Warsaw ghettoduring the Holocaust. Tom Sutcliffe and guests give their reaction to this as well as other cultural highlights of the week. ProducerJerome Weatherald
In another talk in a series of talks exploring the basic tenets of Buddhism, Robert Thurman , professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Columbia, explains the causes of suffering. Repeated from Sunday w
Ivan Howlett tells the story of the worst natural disasterto hit the British Isles during the 20th century- the floods that devastated much of the east coast of England on the night of 31 January 1953. Producer Nick Patrick
CP Snow's epic novel sequence about the English
Establishment. Dramatised in five parts by Jonathan Holloway. Narrated by David Haig. 1: Time of Hope.
It's 1927 and Lewis Eliot escapes from the drudgery of a council clerk's office by passing exams to study at the Bar, and begins his rise to power.
Director Sally Avens and Jeremy Howe Repeated from Sunday
Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral conundrums behind one of the week's news stories. Claire Fox , Michael Gove , Steven Rose and Ian Hargreaves cross-examine witnesses who hold passionate but conflicting views. Repeated from Wednesday
Nick Clarke chairs the latest contest drawing on the teams' cultural knowledge and lateral thinking. This week, Wales takes on Northern Ireland. Repeated from Monday
Roger McGough presents poems requested by listeners, including Vikram Seth's tribute to those who sleep alone, CP Cavafy's classic, Ithaka, and Carol Ann Duffy 's Litany, read by the author herself. Repeated from Sunday
Her Mother's House. Mia Soteriou reads the final story from the collection by Cuban-American author Ana Menendez. Abridged by Richard Hamilton. Producer Sarah Johnson
