With Margaret Hay.
With Alistair Cooke. Repeated from Friday
6.05 Papers
6.08 Sports Desk
Richard Uridge explores rural life.
Producer Benjamin Chesterton Extended at 1.30pm
Presented by Charlotte Smith . Producer Jonathan Aspinwall
With Martha Kearney and Edward Stourton.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Christina Rees.
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life. Producer Bella Bannerman at llpm PHONE: [number removed] email: home.truths@bbc.co.uk
Live from Rome, Sandi Toksvig and guests talk about the Eternal City. Producer Simon Clancy
PHONE: [number removed] email: excess.baggage@bbc.co.uk
Sheena McDonald presents the political discussion programme. Producer Richard Vadon
The stories behind the world's headlines, with Kate Adie. Producer TonyGrant
M We Were Robbed. The Government has unveiled new plans to protect the millions of workers who pay into occupational pensions. But what about the unlucky people who have already lost out? ListenerWillie Riggans joins presenter Lesley Curwen to try and get back the pension he paid into for over 20 years. Producer Jessica Dunbar Extended at 3.00pm
Clive Anderson hosts a new panel show that takes a humorous look at past events through the lens of the present. With guests Jimmy Carr , Gyles Brandreth and John O'Farrell. Repeated from Friday
The second of six debates, chaired by Nick Clarke. 2: "Universities should be able to discriminate positively in order to ensure a diverse intake." From the University of Bristol. Listeners can vote by phone. See below for details. To vote YES dial [number removed] To vote NO dial [number removed] (Lines open until 2.20pm. Maximum call cost lOp.) Repeated from Friday
Nick Clarke takes listeners' calls and emails in response to the issue raised in Straw Poll. PHONE: [number removed] email: strawpoll@bbc.co.uk Producer Nick Utechin
Stevie Davies dramatises her novel, a love story that unfolds against a background of guilt, memory and the legacy of the Second World War.
It is 1958 and Isolde takes up a teaching post at a school in Germany, in the building that housed the rump Nazi command at the end of the war. Here she finds not only the new life she is searching for but also disturbing echoes of her own family's past.
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Series editor Jill Burridge Producer VibekeVenema EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
News and sports headlines presented by Nigel Wrench. Editor Peter Rippon
The Charlie Chaplin Research Foundation is a major new initiative by the British Film Institute. Jim White wonders what else there can be to know about one of the most recognisable figures on film. Plus an examination of the appeal of Jacques Tati. Producer Sally Spurring
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 Peter Ackroyd 's latest novel, The Clerkenwell Tales, and an exhibition of Paul Nash 's paintings atTate, Liverpool. Producer Fiona McLean
John Matshikiza is cast in a film in Namibia. The star of the movie is Angelina Jolie. Namibia is all about space, endless vistas of desert, but whose space is it?
(Repeated from Sunday)
Lance Corporal Mike Baronowski was killed in action on 29 November 1966 in Vietnam. He left behind an extraordinary legacy of recordings, which he had sent home to family and friends. They contain vivid and often comic reflections on his battlefield environment and experiences. The story of his life and death is told through the tapes, which were left to collect dust on top of a cupboard for 30-odd years, and from the differing perspectives of two Marine comrades and Baronowski's brother and sister. Producer Alan Hall
The Arena. The second of three plays by Mike Walker drawing on Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius.
Octavian was 19 when Julius Caesarwas killed. As Caesar's appointed heir, he had some formidable adversaries, including Mark Antony , but his political skill was unparalleled.
Producer/director Jeremy Mortimer Repeated from Sunday
Michael Buerk chairs another debate in which
Michael Gove , Claire Fox , Ian Hargreaves and Steven Rose cross-examine witnesses who hold passionate but conflicting views on the issues raised by one of the week's news stories. Repeated from Wednesday
The first round of the nationwide general knowledge quiz continues with contestants from the Midlands and East Anglia. Robert Robinson is in the chair. Repeated from Monday
4: Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll. Peggy Reynolds goes in search of Lewis Carroll 's mythical creature, the JabberwOCk. Repeated from Sunday
A re-run series of short stories in which writers explore classical myths in a contemporary setting. 3: Persephone by Kate Cameron. Thirteen-year-old "Seffie" finds herself in a tug-of-love battle between her estranged parents. Producer Hilary Dunn (R)
