With the Rev Mike Mair.
Another chance to hear selected broadcasts by the veteran commentator Alistair Cooke. Repeated from yesterday
6.05 Papers
6.08 Sports Desk
Richard Uridge explores rural life across the UK.
Producer Benjamin Chesterton Extended 1.30pm
With Miriam O'Reilly.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament With Dominic Ball.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Brian Draper.
8.51 Yesterday in Parliament
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life.
(Shortened repeat Mon 11pm)
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Sandi Toksvig explores the joys oftravel. Producers Kevin Dawson and Torquil MacLeod
3/3. Wired for Sound. Alan Dein ends his adventure with the microphone by considering the power it has to reveal our secret absurdities. From the pranksters of Candid Microphone to the KGB, it now seems the mike can get anywhere from the highest office to the sporting sanctuary of the batsman's crease. Producer Mark Burman
The week's political events, with Steve Richards. Editor Peter Mulligan
Insight and colour from BBC correspondents around the world, with Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
Paul Lewis presents impartial advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance. Producer Jennifer Clarke Repeated tomorrow at 9pm
2/6. The sharp edge of satire from Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis , with Mitch Benn , Marcus Bngstocke , Jon Holmes and Laura Shavin. Repeated from Friday
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion at the Perse School, Cambridge. Panellists include the ministerfor environment, food and rural affairs, Ben Bradshaw ; the Liberal Democrat Leader in the House of Lords, Shirley Williams ; Michael Boyd , the artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company; and John Whittingdale , the Conservatives' spokesman on environment, food and rural affairs. Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners calls and emails in response to last night's Any Questions.
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Producer Anne Peacock
The first radio play featuring speaking furniture, in Simon Brett's comedy, fledgling publisher Miles Hadley is as untutored in love as he is in business.
Now he has to cope with both - in the shape of Laura, an attractive, aspiring writer. The pieces of furniture in his flat provide a running commentary on his romantic progress.
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney.
Series editor Jill Burridge Producer Natasha Maw EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
News and sports headlines, presented by Dan Damon. Editor Peter Rippon
A look at the making of David Caffrey 's Grand
Theft Parsons, which charts the bizarre events that followed the drugs-related death of country-rock star Gram Parsons. The singer had made a pact with his friend and road manager Phi I Kaufman that if one of them died, the otherwould cremate his body in the Joshua Tree National Park. Part road movie, part buddy film, this is the story of what happened next. Producer Mohini Patel
Ned Sherrin presents another mix of music, comedy and conversation. ProducerMairi Russell
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review a new two-play cycle by David Edgar at Birmingham Rep Theatre, and a film version of the hit 70s TV series Starsky& Hutch. Producer Fiona McLean
2/6. "Woman, behold, your son! ... Behold, your mother!" Sarah Jane Boss , director of the Centre for Marian Studies considers Mary's witnessing of the Crucifixion in this series of talks for Lent. Repeated from Sunday
One of the most popular radio and TV programmes of the 1960s and 70s was Children Talking, presented by Harold Williamson. It was the first show to take the opinions of children seriously. A handful of years after Williamson's death, this tribute traces his career and the influence he had on other programme- makers. With Nick Ross. Producer Libby Cross
7/12. By Anthony Trollope , dramatised by Martyn Wade. As the world watches, the trial of Phineas Finn continues. Meanwhile, Glencora and Plantagenet Palliser receive some news that will change their lives for ever.
Music by Elizabeth Parker Director Marc Beeby Repeated from Sunday
Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which Melanie Phillips , Claire Fox , Dominic Lawson and Steven Rose cross-examine witnesses who hold conflicting views on the moral complexities behind one of the week's news Stories. Repeated from Wednesday
3/6. Jackie Kay talks to two poets,
Brendan Kennelly and Paula Meehan , about how Dublin's literary heritage has inspired them. Repeated from Sunday
2/5. Plumbing, written and read by Ian Sansom , is the next in the series in which five writers turn poet Stevie Smith 's bleak phrase on its head. A rainy day is not agooddayfor a plumber. But then again, there are no really good days in plumbing, which is how Sammy and his new wife come to invest in a spa from America called The Oasis. ProciucerSara Davies
