With Judy Merry. Producer Bernadette McConnell
With Alistair Cooke. Repeated from Friday
From the Shetlands to the Channel Islands, and from Ireland to East Anglia, Richard Undge explores rural life.
ProducerGabi Fisher Extended repeated Thursday at 1.30pm
Presented by Anna Hill. Producer Steve Peacock
With John Humphrys and Justin Webb.
With the Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life.
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Sandi Toksvig and guests take a look at some more unusual destinations, ways and reasons to travel. Producer Penelope Gibbs
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The first full edition of The Oxford English Dictionary was published 75 years ago. In the first of two programmes, Richard Coles tells the story of its tOrtUOUS birth. ProducerNickUtechin
Peter Riddell looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Producer Marie Jessel
The stories 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 Penny Hasiam Repeated tomorrow 9pm
Atongue-in-cheek look at the week s news from
Simon Hoggart , Francis Wheen , Jeremy Hardy , Linda Smith and Eddie Mair. Repeated from Fnday
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience at Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire puts questions on issues of the week to a panel that includes Labour MP and QC Bob Marshall-Andrews and Nikki Page , who stood for selection as Conservative candidate for London mayor. Repeated from Friday
Jonathan Dimblebytakes listeners' calls and emails in response to last night's Any Questions.
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In Guy Meredith 's romantic comedy, set in Derbyshire, Maggie, part of a father/daughter firm of plumbers, unintentionally attends the wedding reception of her ex-husband, Dennis. She doesn't think much of his choice of bride, but pretty soon, Maggie herself gets married for the second time, which causes some new and unexpected family relationships to come to light.
Stewart Henderson takes an affectionate look back at the 40-year career of the celebrated Dagenham Girl Pipers and tells the story of their rise to become one of the most intriguing showbusiness phenomena. At their height, they played nightly at the London Palladium, entertained the wartime leaders of Europe and brought fame to a small town in Essex.
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney.
Series editor Jill Burridge Producer Vibeke Venema EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
News and sports headlines presented by Dan Damon. Editor Peter Rippon
Jim White talks to Wolfgang Becker , director of Good Bye Lenin!, about the film's remarkable success and about the latest developments in German cinema. Producer Mohini Patel
Ned Sherrin presents another mix of music, comedy and conversation. Producer Torquil Macleod
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the cultural highlights of the week, including Ang Lee 's latest film, Hulk, based on the Marvel comic character, and a new production of David Mamet 's play Edmond at the National Theatre, starring Kenneth Branagh. Producer Fiona McLean
In the first of three personal reflections, actor and journalist John Matshikiza considers African space in its widest sense, and Zambia's eccentric 1960's space programme in particular. Repeated from Sunday
The early 1950s in America was a time of growing prosperity and of great change as the country adapted to its new superpower role and dealt with the spectre of communism. In Britain, both food rationing and the Empire were gradually coming to an end. Jonathan Dimbleby compares this formative era on both sides of the Atlantic by listening to two radio debate programmes of the time: in the UK, Any Questions, and in the US America's Town Meeting of the Air. Producer Maria Balinska
By Virginia Woolf , narrated by Kristin Scott Thomas and starring Dervla Kirwan. 2: Katharine Hilbery has become engaged to William Rodney. They have gone to her cousins in Norfolk for Christmas, but things are not going well. Meanwhile, Ralph Denham has also gone to Norfolk at the invitation of Mary Datchet , who is still carrying a torch for him while wrestling with her desire for an independent life.
Producer/director Kate McAll Repeated from Sunday
Michael Buerk chairs another debate in which
Michael Gove , Claire Fox , Ian Hargreaves and Melanie Phillips cross-examine witnesses who hold conflicting views behind the week's news stories. Repeated from Wednesday
The first round continues with contestants from the Home Counties. Robert Robinson is in the chair. Repeated from Monday
2: Waiting for the Barbarians by CP Cavafy, translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard.
Peggy Reynolds moves from ancient Roman history to 21st-century British and American politics in her exploration of a poem written by a Greek poet in Alexandria a century ago. Repeated from Sunday
A rerun series of four short stories in which writers relatively newto radio explore some of the best known classical myths in a contemporary setting. 1: Coventry by Mark Czanik , read by Anton Lesser. On his regular walks home from school with his young child, a man becomes obsessed with a woman called Leda.
Producer Hilary Dunn
