With the Rev Dr David Lapsley.
With Alistair Cooke.
Repeated from yesterday at 8.45pm
6.05 Papers
6.08 Sports Desk
Richard Uridge explores rural life across the UK from the Shetlands to the Channel Islands and from IrelandtoEastAnglia.
Producer Maggie Ayre Extended at 1.30pm
With Miriam O'Reilly.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Roy Jenkins.
8.51 Yesterday in Parliament
John Peel takes a wry look atthe foibles of family life.
Producer Harry Parker
Shortened at 11pm
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The adventures, frustrations and joys of travel are explored by presenter Sandi Toksvig. Producers Kevin Dawson and Torquil MacLeod
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3/3 Comedian Marcus Brigstocke turns a shrewd and sceptical eye on the history of the insurance industry. Today Brigstocke looks at the scandalous history of insurance fraud, from the voyage of an 18th-century slave ship to the rise of voice-stress analysis. He also takes a truth-detector test and finds out why arsonists should never pack theirtoothbrush. Producer Julia Adamson
Peter Riddell of The Times discusses the week s political events. Editor Peter Mulligan
Insight and colour from BBC correspondents around the world, presented by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
Paul Lewis presents impartial advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance. Producer Chris A'Court Repeated tomorrow at 9pm
A riotous look at the week's news with Simon Hoggart , Alan Coren , Linda Smith , Andy Hamilton and a special guest. Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in John Moores University, Liverpool, puts questions to a panel that includes Liam Fox , chairman of the Conservative Party, and Menzies Campbell , deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats and shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners calls and emails in response to last night's Any Questions. PHONE: [number removed] email: any.answers@bbc.co.uk Producer Peter Griffiths
Mike Walker's taut radio dramatisation of Len Deighton's gripping Cold War thriller rediscovers the novel and its unnamed and defiantly non-Establishment narrator, whose new job in the intelligence service ensnares him in a plot to brainwash scientists and trade them across the Iron Curtain.
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney.
Series editor Jill Burridge Producer Liz Pearson EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
News and sports headlines, presented by Carolyn Quinn. EditorPeterRippon
Ned Sherrin presents another mix of music, comedy and conversation. Producer Mairi Russell
Tom Sutcliffe and guests Esther Freud, Stuart Maconie and Kate Mosse review the cultural highlights of the week, including the film Girl with a Pearl Earring, an adaptation of Tracy Chevalier's bestselling novel.
3/3. At the end of her year at a remote Bush School in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, volunteer teacher Ruth Charlton 's big dream finally comes true. She's raised enough money to take 17 of her poorest black pupils on the trip of a lifetime. Repeated from Sunday
The General Post Office, embracing letters, the local post office, telegrams and telephones, has been one of the great British institutions. With exclusive access to the GPO's own films, Chris Bowlby explores how the GPO attempted to keep the nation connected as society and technology changed all around it. Producer Smita Patel
2/3. By John Bunyan. Christian is determined to reach the Celestial City even though it means passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. Dramatised by Brian Sibley. Music by David Chilton Director Pam Fraser Solomon Rptd from Sun
1/2. Edward Stourton chairs two debates about the future of higher education. Professor Alison Wolf , from King's College, London, proposes the motion: "University expansion has been an academic, economic and political failure." Her leading opponent is Lord Baker, the former Conservative Education Secretary. A forum of experts, students and other interested parties joins the discussion. Repeated from Wednesday
The final of the quiz programme that tests the general knowledge of teams from around the country. With Peter Snow. Repeated from Monday
Roger McGough introduces old English ballads and witty rhymes in a programme featuring requests for verse by anonymous poets. Repeated from Sunday
3/4. A series of short stories by Mollie Panter -
Downes describing the experiences of women who remained in Britain during the Second World War. Good Evening, Mrs Craven. Mr Craven receives a posting to North Africa, leaving behind two
Mrs Cravens anxiously awaiting news. Read by Sylvestra Le Touzel. Producer Julian Wilkinson
