With Lynn Gallagher.
Repeated from Sunday See repeat at 7.45pm for details
6.05 Papers
6.08 Sports Desk
Helen Mark explores rural life across the UK.
Producer Hugh O'Donnell Extended
With Miriam O'Reilly.
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
7.25 and 8 25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought forthe Day With the Rev Joel Edwards.
John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life. Producer Bella Bannerman Repeated on Monday at llpm PHONE: [number removed] email: home.truths@bbc.co.uk
Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and joys Of travel. Producers Kevin Dawson and Torquil MacLeod
England v West Indies
Commentary on the third day's play in the nrst Test at
Lord's With Jonathan Agnew , Henry Blofeld , Tony Cozier and Christopher Martin-Jenkins , and expert comment from Graeme Fowler , Viv Richards and Mike Selvey.
Including at 12.35 News; Talking Point- The Cowdrey
Lecture This year's speaker on the theme of the Spirit of Cricket is the former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd.
Producer Peter Baxter *Approximatetime
4/4 And It's Goodnight from Him. Paul Jackson concludes his series of icons of television with a look at The Two Ronnies. Duringa technical breakdown at the Baftas Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker entertained the waiting audience for 20 minutes, completely unrehearsed, prompting one BBC executive to turn to another and say "How about a show with them, then? The rest is history. Well almost, producer Paul Kobrak
Peter Riddell presents a round-up of this Parliamentary session forthe last programme in the series. Producer Marie Jessel
Insight and colour from BBC correspondents around the world, With Kate Adie. ProducerTony Grant
New series 1/6. The programme that explores the financial issues that get listeners hot underthe collar. Taming the Beast. High house prices may be welcome news for those who already own a home, but what about first-time buyers? Listener Mary Ray argues that soaring house-price inflation is damaging for people and the economy. She joins presenter Lesley Curwen to investigate what action the Government could take. Producer Jessica Dunbar Extended
3/6 Comedywith Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis , Mitch Benn , Marcus Brigstocke , Jon Holmes and Laura Shavin. Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion at Wymondham College Norfolk. The panel includes Lembit Opik , Liberal Democrat spokesman for Wales and Northern Ireland, and Marc Roche , London correspondentfor Le Monde. Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimblebytakes listeners' calls and emails in response to Any Questions ? PHONE: [number removed] Lines open at 12.30pm email: any.answers@bbc.co.uk Producer Anne Peacock
By Aleksei Arbuzov, adapted by Jonathan Holloway from a translation by Ariadne Nicolaeff. The Gulf of Riga, August 1968. Lydia is an eccentric new patient at the sanatorium where Rodion is head. Neither of them is youthful - both have suffered in life and they have very different characters - but something draws them to each other and a rapport is built beyond the doctor-patient relationship. When her stay is up, can Lydia leave him?
A portrait of Dr Jimmy Ratter , one of the first botanists to explore the tree savannah (or cerrado) of central Brazil. Over the last 40 years more than half the savannah has been cleared for cattle and soya, with the result that, today, it is significantly more threatened than its neighbour, the Amazonian rainforest. Jimmy Ratter , now 70 years old, remains at the forefront of the campaign to save what remains of one of the world's most important and endangered environments. Presenter John Fergusson. Producer John Fergusson
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 Nigel Wrench. Editor Peter Rippon
Ned Sherrin presents another mix of music, comedy and conversation. Producer Mairi Russell
In this week's edition of the arts magazine programme, a new production of Hamlet from the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, starring Toby Stephens , is one of the cultural highlights reviewed by Kate Mosse and her guests Leslie Forbes , Jim Crace and George Walden. Producer Kirsty Pope
3/3. Clement Freud concludes his series of reflections on the process of growing old with a consideration of his own wellbeing, "maybe including", he says, "a short medical bulletin on the state of my knees, ankles etc, all of which are showing certain signs of wear". Repeated from Sunday
A box of 78s left forgotten in Carlisle's Records Office leads Mike Harding on a journey retracing the story of two friends who, in the 1950s, embarked on a mission to preserve the traditional songs of Cumberland. With excerpts from those 78s and the memories of the children of the people who played on them, the way of life of Cumbrian farmers, fishermen and huntsmen in the early 20th century is vividly recalled. Producer John Leonard
4/4. The Big Always. By Anthony Burgess. The mystery of the miracle that young Monsignor Carlo performed is explained at last.
Director Peter Kavanagh Repeated from Sunday
Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which
Melanie Phillips , Ian Hargreaves , Claire Fox and Michael Gove cross-examine witnesses who hold conflicting views on one Of the week's news Stories. Repeated from Wednesday
The first round of the general knowledge contest continues with a second show from London, with Robert Robinson in the Chair. Repeated from Monday
2/5. By Gerard Manley Hopkins. Peggy Reynolds talks to Hopkins devotees to understand Hopkins's deeply spiritual meditation on the flight of the kestrel. (Repeated from Sunday)
1/5. A Year in Porth Nant. Stories from Wales that feature a little magic in modern lives. The discovery of an old spell "forfecunditie" has unexpected results. By Sian Preece. Read by Sara McGaughey. Producer Alison Hindell
