With Canon Noel Vincent.

With Alistair Cooke. Repeated from yesterday

6.05 Papers
6.08 Sports Desk

Richard Uridge explores rural life across the UK, from the Shetlands to the Channel Islands and from Ireland to East Anglia.

With Miriam O'Reilly.

With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Harvey Thomas.

John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life.
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The adventures, frustrations and joys oftravel are explored by presenter Sandi Toksvig. Producers Kevin Dawson and Torquil MacLeod
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James Robbins explores the world of interpreters - the linguistic bridge between world leaders as they discuss issues of war and peace. Could a slip of the tongue change the course of history?

Peter Oborne of The Spectator discusses the week's political events. Editor Marie Jessel

Insight and colour from BBC correspondents around the world, with KateAdie. Producer Tony Grant

Paul Lewis presents impartial advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance. Producer Penny Haslam Repeated tomorrow at 9pm

1/6 A selection from four years and ten series of the hugely popular impressionist sketch show.
With Jon Culshaw , Jan Ravens , Phil Cornwell and Mark Perry. Repeated from yesterday

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Croydon puts questions to a panel that includes Ann Widdecombe MP, professor of politics and women's studies at York University Haleh Afshar, and John Jungclaussen , the UK
Correspondent for Die Zeit. Repeated from yesterday

Jonathan Dimblebytakes listeners calls and emails in response to last night's Any Questions.
PHONE: [number removed] email: any.answers@bbc.co.uk Producer Peter Griffiths

By Jim Eldridge. The inveterate crossword-puzzle solver Stephen Cross and his wife Penny who, with a little help from their dog Buster, unravel the mystery of a missing Shakespeare manuscript. Meanwhile, the Bournemouth Light Opera Society prepare for a mind-boggling production of Twelfth Night, featuring some of the 20th century's most popular songs.
Director Marilyn Imrie

Deep in the Scottish glens, the Women's Timber
Corps (a rich mix of girls ranging from society debs to hairdressers) fed the Second World War's insatiable demand fortimber. Edi Stark talks to two of the women and uncovers shared memories of the corps. Producers Rhona Brudenell and Lynne Mennie

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. Editor Peter Rippon

Jim White meets actor Ian Holm , who talks about his role as Napoleon Bonaparte in The Emperor's New Clothes, a comical drama that suggests that
Napoleon did not die in exile but escaped from the island of Saint Helena, leaving a double in his place. Plus a look at the relationship between poets
Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath in Sylvia, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Daniel Craig. Producer Anne-Marie Cole

Ned Sherrin presents another mix of music, comedy and conversation. Producer Mairi Russell

Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the cultural highlights Of the week. Producer Fiona McLean

1/3. Three talks by Thomas Lynch , the writerfrom Michigan whose dayjob is undertaking. The Dog'S Life. Repeated from Sunday

Anticipating Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January, Tony Kushner looks back at the experiences of Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution in Germany and Austria who managed to escape to Britain in the 1930s. Refugees who had somehow survived the horrors of an anti-Semitic regime faced further difficulties when they got here. Many surviving refugees have been interviewed as part of a project at Manchester University, where a unique archive is accumulating, to which this programme has had exclusive access. Producer Bob Dickinson

3/3. By John Bunyan. Christian is coming to the end of his eventful journey to the Celestial City but, as he gets closer to his destination, he strays from the right path and trespasses on to land belonging to Giant Despair. Dramatised by Brian Sibley.
Music by David Chilton Director Pam Fraser Solomon Rptd from Sun

2/2. Edward Stourton chairs a debate about the future of higher education. Dr Terence Kealey , the Vice-Chancellor of Buckingham University, Britain's only independent university, proposes the motion:
"The only way to fund higher education properly is to privatise our universities." His opponent is
Mandy Telford , president of the National Union of Students. A forum of experts, students and other interested parties also join the debate. Repeated from Wednesday

The cryptic cultural quiz returns with Nick Clarke in the chair. In the first match, Fred Housego and Marcel Berlins of the south of England take on Michael Schmidt and Diana Collecott of the north.

(Repeated from Monday)

Roger McGough presents the seasonal poem The Eve of StAgnes by John Keats : a story of love, lust and legend that takes place over the course of a freezing January night long ago. Read by Catherine Harvey. Repeated from Sunday

- the Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes
4/4. It's the Reaction. The Blitz spirit draws the residents of a block of flats together- but can their intimacy be sustained afterthe bombs have stopped falling? Read by Sylvestra Le Touzel. Producer Julian Wilkinson