With the Most Rev Vincent Nichols , Archbishop of Birmingham.
With James Naughtie and Martha Kearney.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Indarjit Singh.
Andrew Marr and guests set the cultural agenda tor the Week. Producer Alice Feinstein Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
The Balloon Debate. What was the most significant event for women in the 20th century? Jenm Murray hosts a special programme from Epsom racecourse, scene of the death of the suffragette Emily Davison , with guests championing a particular event which they believe has had the most significant impact on the lives Of women. Producer Andrea Kidd
10.45 Three Women in a Boat - Not to Mention the Cat ByMaryCutler.
1/5. The Woman's Hour drama. For details see drama repeat at 7.45pm
Danny Kelly on female emancipation: page 27
Leslie Forbes 's mum had all her teeth taken out in her early 20s. This operation and the subsequent dentures were a "wedding present", paid for by her employers. Butjust as the teeth went. so did her broad smile. Leslie Forbes talks to denture makers past and present to find out what happened to the lost smile. Producer Sally Ratman
Adam Hart-Davis on teeth: page 30
5/6. Bed and breakfast for beginners. A comedy series by Sue Limb.
Free-Range Angels. In which the Pla Muk Pad Ped is interrupted by a power cut... _
Producer Jonathan James-Moore
Presented by Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.
With Guto Harri.
New series 1/13. Ned Sherrin returns with the entertaining quiz about music in all its forms. Producer Paul Bajoria Repeated on Saturday at llpm
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
A perverse eccentric's idea of amusement goes horribly wrong when a murderer strikes during a game of bridge. Fortunately, Hercule Poirot is among the guests.
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1/5. From the collection of short stories by Joanne Harris , author of the novels Chocolat, Blackberry Wine and Five Quarters of the Orange.
Faith and Hope Go Shopping. Read by June Whitfield. Bored with their ordinary existence in Meadowbank
Old People's Home, two old friends plan an escape to
London to indulge their passion forfine foods, literature and unsuitable shoes. Producer Katherine Beacon
Sheila Dillon looks at poetry inspired by food. Extended repeat from yesterday at 12.30pm
Gavin Esler and guests roam the international agenda discussing the issues that unite and divide us across the globe. Producer Amber Dawson
With Eddie Mair.
Fielding the quotation questions and swapping anecdotes with chairman Nigel Rees are Jeremy Beadle , Daisy Goodwin , Dr Peter McDonald and John Sessions. The reader is Peter Jefferson.
Producer Carol Smith Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
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Lynda's competitive streak shines through. For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
On the 50th anniversary of the day Bill Haley recorded Rock Around the Clock, Mark Lawson investigates the new way we listen to and pay for music, meets the musicians who are sidestepping the major record companies and asks whether the CD's day's are numbered. Producer Timothy Prosser
1/5. Following the success of her self-help manual Live Alone and Like It (heard last year on Woman's Hour drama), Marjorie Hillis has been asked to write a travel book. But where to go? And what about Judith and Sylvia? And Frank?
(Repeated from 10.45am)
2/4. What if Elizabeth I Had Married?
Professor Christopher Andrew and his guests, Lady Antonia Fraser , John Guy and Derek Wilson , discuss what might have happened if the Virgin Queen had taken a husband. Perhaps a Catholic bridegroom would have plunged England into a religious civil war, or a foreign match might have robbed England of Gloriana and the Golden Age over which she reigned. Producer Isobel Eaton
Georgia: Corruption Busting. After leading Georgia's
November revolution, Mikhail Saakashvili won a victory in the presidential elections on a ticket of beating corruption, It's a daunting task-transforming this corrupted state into a legitimate one. Tim Whewell spends a week with Irakli Okruashvili , new Prosecutor General. He's already making high-profile arrests but the culture of corruption is so all-embracing that
Okruashvili is having to introduce some novel tricks to bring perpetrators to justice. Repeated from Thursday
2/3. Grant Sonnex meets Chris Sperring , whose remarkable ability to imitate owl calls has given him a privileged insight into their lives. Producer Grant Sonnex
Shortened repeat from 9am
National and international news and analysis. Presented by Robin Lustig.
6/15. Anne-Marie Duff continues reading Charlotte Bronte's bold and passionate story of a woman's search for independence and love on her own terms. The accomplished and beautiful Blanche Ingram 's arrival atThornfield reminds Jane of the reality of her position and dampens her dreams. Abridged by Sally Marmion. ProducerDiSpeirs
1/5. Read by Derek Jacobi. Repeated from 9.45am
