With Tony Burnham.

Repeated from Sunday See repeat at 7.45pm for details

6.05 Papers
6.08 Sports Desk

Richard Uridge reports on rural life across the UK.
Producer Hugh O'Donnell

With Mark Holdstock.

With John Humphrys and Stephen Sackur.
7.25,8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought forthe Day With Martin Palmer.

John Peel takes a wry look at the foibles of family life.
(Repeated on Monday at 11pm)
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Janet Ellis explores people's passion for the world's historic houses, live from the remarkable Kingston Lacy in Dorset. Producers Kevin Dawson and Torquil Macleod

Commentary on the third day's play in the Fourth Test at the Oval from Jonathan Agnew , Henry Blofeld , Tony Cozier and Christopher Martin-Jenkins with expert analysis from Graeme Fowler , Mike Selvey and Viv Richards. Including at 12.35pm News and A View from the Boundary: Henry Blofeld meets the television newsreader Trevor McDonald. And at 3.10 News *Approximate time
Producer Peter Baxter

2/2. On the 25th anniversary of Lord Mountbatten's assassination, Professor David Cannadine reassesses the life and career of the man who, as the last Viceroy of India, orchestrated the handing over of Indian independence. Producer Susan Marling

Sheena McDonald presents the political discussion programme, sharpeningthe focus on current ideas and events. Producer Paul Vickers

Insight and colour from BBC correspondents around the world. With Kate Adie.
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5/6. The programme that explores financial issues that get listeners hot under the collar. In Safe Hands? WhenDavid Galpin 's father died, his family entrusted the management of his estate to a private company offering will and probate services. When the company went into liquidation, David and his family were shocked to find there was no automatic safety net to ensure they got their money back David joins Lesley Curwen to investigate whether such companies can be regulated to stop the same thing happening to other people. Producer Philippa Goodrich

1/6. Andy Hamilton 's new comedy returns to Radio 4. It's about Trevor the sports agent and his brave attempts to swim safely through the shark-tank of his life. Starring Neil Pearson Repeated from yesterday

4/6 Parenthood should not be regarded as a right Nick Clarke chairs this debate in front of an invited audience at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Cardiff. Repeated from yesterday TovoteYES dial [number removed] Tovote NO dial [number removed] Calls cost lOp. Lines are open until 2.20pm

Phone Nick Clarke with your views on the issues raised in this week's edition of Straw Poll. PHONE: [number removed] email: strawpoll@bbc.co.uk Producer Nick Utechin

A highly improbable Second World War espionage adventure featuring a highly improbable spy ... with a talent to amuse.
By Marcy Kahan
Director Gordon House

Long before The Lord of the Rings became a film trilogy, a generation of teenage boys were fighting imaginary battles against ores, demons or dragons. How do they feel about their all-consuming hobby now they've grown up? Kim Newman celebrates

The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Ritula Shah. Producer June Christie EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk

News and sports headlines, presented by Dan Damon. Editor Peter Rippon

Since he took on the role of Mr Darcy , Colin Firth has never looked back. Chris Tookey talks to him about the legacy of Pride and Prejudice and discusses his new film, Trauma, in which he plays a character who has to piece his I ife together after a serious car accident. Producer Jerome Weatherald

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

Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss The Village, the new film from The Sixth Sense director M Night Shyamalan. Producer Nicola Holloway

2/3. The novelist Hilary Mantel composes a letterto her younger self featured in her memoir Giving Up the Ghost. Repeated from Sunday

Broadcaster and writer Mike Phillips unlocks the hidden story of migration and settlement behind the cricket commentaries of the West Indies' glory years of the 1970s and 1980s. Under Clive Lloyd , the Windies dominated world cricket for over a decade and theirfans made the Kennington Oval in south London a home from home for their team. Producer Tom Alban

Freddie Wentworth is the eccentric head of the Temple Stage School, training children for everything from Shakespeare to panto. Penelope Fitzgerald's novel, set in the 1960s, is a comic love story for anyone who has ever acted a little or pretended to be what they are not. Dramatised by Michael Butt.

2/8. Trouble in the Board Room. Nick Ross asks what's to be done about Britain's boardrooms in the light of recent scandals. Should non-executive directors be made more accountable and should shareholders be given more power? Can British companies become more democratic? Repeated from Wednesday

6/18. The first round of the quiz continues with more contestants from the south of England. Robert Robinson is in the Chair. Repeated from Monday

1/6. Ian McMillan meets people who turn to poetry for solace at key moments in their lives.
Baby Remembrance. McMillan speaks to the Rev Sarah Brewerton , a ministerwhoused poetry as a way of expressing her grief after her baby died at 28 weeks. Repeated from Sunday

5/5. Mrs Picano 's Bakery. When Mr Picano loses his job, his wife's bakery business starts to suffer. By Celia Bryce , read byKathryn Dimery. Producer Alison Hindell