With Father Oliver Crilly.
With AlistairCooke. Repeated from Friday
6.05 Papers
6.08 Sports Desk
Helen Mark goes tree-felling in Sherwood Forest. Producer Gabi Rsher Postponed from 15 March.
Presented by Charlotte Smith . Producer Hugh O'Donnell
With John Humphrys and Martha Kearney.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Christina Rees.
John Peel takes a look at the foibles of family life. Producer Abiola Awojobi PHONE: [number removed] Email: home.truths@bbc.co.uk
Arthur Smith and guests take a look at some more unusual places, ways and reasons to travel.
PHONE: [number removed] Email: excess.baggage@bbc.co.uk Producer Penelope Gibbs
2: Fighting for the British. Even though Ireland had declared itself neutral in the Second World War, many Irish people joined up to fight for the British. On their return many were treated as traitors. Now that their story is finally being told, how can their experience help the peace process in the north? Producer Neil George
Sheena McDonald presents the political discussion programme, sharpening the focus on current ideas and events. Producer Paul Vickers
The stories and colour behind the world's headlines,
With Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
Paul Lewis with impartial money advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance. Producer Jessica Dunbar Repeated tomorrow 9pm
Topical satire series starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis with Marcus Brigstocke , Emma Kennedy , Jon Holmes and Mitch Benn. Repeated from Friday
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience at Haileybury College, Hertford, puts questions on issues of the week to a panel including Conservative party chairman Theresa MayMP ,
Liberal Democrat health spokesman Lord Clement-Jones and Glenn Frankel , London bureau chief of the Washington Post. Repeated from Friday
Jonathan Dimblebytakes listeners' calls and emails in response to last night's Any Questions. PHONE:
[number removed] or email: any.answers@bbc.co.uk Producer Anne Peacock
By Nevil Shute, dramatised by DJ Britton.
Australia is a land of opportunity after the war and for Jennifer it promises a new start. For Carl, a Czech doctor now working in a lumber camp, the dreams may take longer to realise.
Lynne Truss concludes her series examining the revolutionary impact of everyday objects.
3: The Paper Cup. With millions of people rushing to work every day juggling briefcases with hot coffee, the paper cup is everywhere to be seen, yet few people stop to think that, in the early 1900s, it saved lives on the railroads of America. It also also helped to combat the 1918 flu epidemic and concealed evidence of drinking during prohibition. Lynne Truss its history with the help of inventor James Dyson , artist Gavin Turk and entrepreneur Sahar Hashemi. Producer Erika Wright
The best of the week on Woman's 's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney.
Series editor Jill Burridge Producer VibekeVenema EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
News and sports headlines, with Dan Damon. Editor Kevin Marsh
Jim White presents Radio 4's weekly film programme. With the forthcoming release of Heartlands, a gentle comedy about a man's moped journey from a small Midlands town to the Las Vegas of the North, Blackpool, how realistic is it to make a British road movie? Producer MohiniPatel
Ned Sherrin presents another mix of music, comedy and conversation. ProducerTorquil Macleod
On his last day of freedom before serving a seven-year prison sentence, drug dealer Edward Norton hangs out with his best friends, father and girlfriend to take stock of his life and weigh up his choices in Spike Lee 's new film 25th Hour. Tom Sutcliffe and his guests discuss this and other of the week's cultural highlights.
Producer Hannah Andrassy
Hitch-hiking, a once popular activity, is dying, even though there are more cars around and planes are cheaper than ever. In the first of three programmes, Kevin Connolly hitch-hikes out from Calais to see who would stop to give him a lift, how far he could get in one week and what thejourney would reveal about the way we travel now. 1: Connolly has to cope with the romantic attentions of a large dog. Repeated from Sunday
The triumphs and tragedies of discovering black gold beneath the North Sea. Oral historian
Hugo Manson , from the University of Aberdeen, guides us through his extensive archive of recorded interviews with people whose lives have in some way been touched by oil.
Producer Tony Phillips
By Henry James.
Dramatised in two parts by Michael Bakewell.
Maisie's parents divorce and the outrages inflicted upon her innocence begin to accumulate. With David Calder as Henry James.
(Repeated from Sunday 3pm)
Professor VS Ramachandran continues his series of talks in which he examines what science is discovering about the human mind.
4: Purple Numbers and Sharp Cheese
Mixed signals that help explain language and metaphor. Presented by Sue Lawley from the Said Business School, Oxford. Repeated from Wednesday
Ned Sherrin chairs another heat in the tense but good-natured contest of musical knowledge. Repeated from Monday
Rebecca Elson was a remarkable poet and astronomer who died in 1999, aged 39, leaving behind a diverse collection of inspiring poems on subjects such as her husband's boxer shorts, dark matter, and the cancer that was killing her. David Constantine celebrates her life and work, with contributions from friends, readings by Theresa Gallagher , and penny whistle played by Michael Donaghy. Repeated from Sunday
A series of stories about the pleasures and pains of childhood and school.
4: Doves by Nicola Bennett , read by Juliet Prew.
Throughout her short stay, Martha seemed to have a special bond with the doves that arrived the same day as She. Producer Sara Davies
