With Canon Ralph Godsall.
Another chance to hear one of Alistair Cooke 's vintage broadcasts. Repeated from yesterday Repeated on Sunday at 8.45am
6.05 Papers
6.08 Sports Desk
Helen Mark explores rural life across the UK Producer Hugh O'Donnell
With Mark Holdstock.
With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Dr Jeevan Singh Deol.
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life. Producer Harry Parker PHONE: [number removed] email: home.truths@bbc.co.uk
Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations ana joys of travel. Producers KevinDawsonandJorquil MacLeod
Coverage of the third day's play in the Third Test at Trent
Bridge, with commentary by Jonathan Agnew ,
Henry Blofeld , Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Bryan Waddle , and expert comments from Vic Marks Angus Fraser and Jeremy Coney. At 12.35 News and A View from the Boundary, with guest Rageh Omaar. ✻imatetlme
Producer Peter Baxter
Robert Elms presents the weird, wonderful, rocking, radical, psychedelic history of London s Roundhouse Theatre in its 40th anniversary year. Producer Neil Rosser i ne wayward magic of the Roundhouse: page 117
Robin Oakley discusses the week s political events. Producer Marie Jessel
Insight and colour from BBC correspondents around the world, with KateAdie. Producer Tony Grant
news from the Paul Lewis presents impartial advice and news from the world Of personal finance. Producer Robert McKenzie
1/4. A second series of the topical historical, satirical panel show, hosted by Clive Anderson with team captains John O'Farrell and Gyles Brandreth.
(Repeated from yesterday)
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion at the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, west London. The pane lists include Margaret Beckett , the secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs; Liam Fox , the Conservative Party co-chairman; Ed Davey , the Liberal Democrat spokesman for the office of the deputy prime minister; and the author PD James. Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners calls and emails in response to Any Questions? Producer Anne Peacock PHONE: [number removed] Lines open at 12.30pm email: any.answers@bbc.co.uk
A love story to commemorate the centenary of Bloomsday, the day on which James Joyce and Nora Barnacle first went walking at Ringsend and which Joyce later immortalised in his novel Ulysses- 16 June 1904. Written by Edel Brosnan. _ Producer Heather Larmour See also Twenty Minutes on Wednesday at 8.20pm on Radio 3
Alan Titchmarsh celebrates the Royal Horticultural Society's bicentenary by looking back through its history and discovering the impact its work has had on British gardens and gardening.
Alan Titchmarsh on the future of the RHS: page 34
For the Glory of the Garden
3.30pm R4 FM The Royal Horticultural Society is a lot more than just the organisation behind the Chelsea Flower Show. Alan Titchmarsh celebrates the bicentenary of the ultimate gardeners' club with this affectionate history that nibbles at the controversies that have flared up almost from the start. Even involving itself in flower shows at all drew accusations of "pandering to the sickly appetites of the fashionable world" - and that was in 1827. Yet the society has been transformed from a posh club catering for the landed gentry (and their gardeners) into an organisation that caters for suburban gardeners as much as anyone. And behind the scenes, the RHS plant hunters have found, imported and nurtured huge quantities of plants from all over the globe. So much so, says Roy Lancaster, a regular on Gardener's Question Time, that more than three-quarters of the plants in a typical garden are non-native. He and other contributors join Titchmarsh to wave the RHS flag in a programme that makes a perfect al fresco diversion. Read Alan Titchmarsh on p34. (Geoff Ellis)
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Producer June Christie Series editor Jill Burridge EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
News and sports headlines, presented by Carolyn Quinn. Editor PeterRippon
With the remake of The Stepford Wives just on release, Matthew Sweet looks at the original version, now nearly 25 years old, to determine why it has become a cult movie. And controversial French director Patrice Leconte talks about his latest film, Intimate Strangers. Producer Anne-Marie Cole
Ned Sherrin presents another mix of music, comedy and conversation. Producer Mairi Russell
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests discuss the cultural highlights of the week. Producer Fiona McLean
3/3. Why should a love affair with pop ever end? One of the most celebrated observers of the pop scene explains why he can't help falling in love. The concluding part of Nik Cohn 's series.
Bouncing in New Orleans. As a white man in his late 50s, Cohn is astonished to find himself in a new role producing hop records in the Big Easy. Producer Owen McFadden Repeated from Sunday
Launched in February 1969, Zapple was the spoken-word division of the Beatles' Apple Records, intended to "pioneer a new area for the recording industry equivalent to what the paperback revolution did for book publishing". Label manager Barry Miles travelled across America recording such counterculture heroes as Allen Ginsberg , Charles Bukowski and Lawrence Ferlinghetti for the first batch of Zapple releases, while back home John Lennon and George Harrison were recording their own work for the label. But with the demise of the Beatles, Zapple folded and many of these recordings have remained unheard. In unearthing his archive for the first time, Barry Miles tells the story of the Zapple experience and gives an insider's account of life at the centre of the Beatles' crumbling empire. Producer Owen McFadden
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Timothy West tells the legendary story of native American hero, Hiawatha. Abridged by Tom Holland.
Music by Mia Soteriou and William Lyons (pipes)
Producers Vib Beeby and Jeremy Howe
Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which Melanie Phillips , Claire Fox , Professor Steven Rose and Michael Gove cross-examine individuals who hold conflicting views on the moral complexities behind one of the week's newsstories. Repeated from Wednesday
The remaining place in the semi-final is the prize in this week's eclectic music quiz. Hosted by Ned Sherrin. Repeated from Monday
Roger McGough introduces requests for poems reflecting the wartime experience of life away from the battlefields, including work by well-known figures such as Noël Coward and Edith Sitwell , and powerful, descriptive verse by less well-known young women poets of the day whose work sheds a revealing light on the realities of life on the home front. The readers are Pat Hughes , David Collins and Bonnie Hurren. Repeated from Sunday
5/5. 50-50. The last in a series of stories by women that take a short, hard look at men. First broadcast in January last year. Written by Victoria Rothwell and read byShireen Shah. Producer Peter Everett