With Monsignor Mark Lanqham , administrator of Westminster Cathedral.
1/2. Repeated from Sunday See repeat at 7.45pm for details
Exploring rural life across the UK.
Producer Sarah Falkingham Extended
Presented by Miriam O'Reilly. Producer Anne-Marie Bullock
With John Humphrys and Carolyn Quinn.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Mary Rhodes.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Rob Marshall.
Jenny Eclair takes a wry look at the foibles of family life. Producer Kate Murphy Repeated on Monday at 11pm PHONE: [number removed]1234 email: home.truths@bbc.co.uk
Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel. Producer Kevin Dawson
Bloomin' Ada! Stuart Storey presents the fictional tale, featured in comics like The Rover and The Victor, of one of Britain's greatest distance runners: Alf Tupper, the man who "ran 'em all" after a day's welding and a helping of fish and chips.
New series 1/11. Sheena McDonald presents the political discussion programme, sharpening the focus on current ideas and events. Editor Paul Vickers
Insight, colour, wit and analysis as the BBC foreign correspondents look at the stories in their regions. Presented by Kate Adie. producer Tony Grant
2/6. Investigating financial issues that get listeners hot under the collar.
Pensions on the House? Britons have long been obsessed with bricks and mortar. But there's a revolution in store. From April next year, it will be possible to get tax relief to help buy residential property through your pension. But for whom is it really suitable, and what are the risks?
Listener Helen Visvikis joins presenter Lesley Curwen to see if this new property pension could work for her. Producer Samantha Washington Repeated on Monday at 3pm
3/5. Contemporary quips from Steve Punt , Hugh Dennis and the team as they identify everything "now" and make fun of it. Repeated from yesterday
1/6. Political parties are dead. Long live single issues
The first debate on issues of perennial interest, chaired by Nick Clarke , comes from the University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester. Listeners can also vote on the motion.
Repeated from yesterday
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Nick Clarke takes your calls on the issues raised in this week's edition of Straw Poll. producer Nick Utechin PHONE: [number removed]0444 email: strawpoll@bbc.co.uk
By Beryl Bainbridge , adapted by Jane Rogers. It's 1970. Two northerners, Freda and Brenda, share a bedsit in London and work in the local bottle factory, run by a family of Italians. On the day of the annual factory outing, the van Freda has booked fails to turn up and things rapidly go from bad to worse.
Producer/Director Sue Roberts
3/3. Damon Albarn , Peter Gabriel , Baaba Maal and Taj Mahal are some of the stars contributing to this introduction to world music, presented by Mark Coles. He considers how globalisation, immigration and mass media are putting their stamp on individual cultures and their music. What does this new "fusion" mean for local music and the world-music industry? Repeated from Tuesday
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Jane Little. Producer Vibeke Venema ; Editor Jill Burridge EMAIL: womanshouriSbbc.co.uk
BBC AUDIO: The recently released Woman's Hour: a Celebration of Mothers, featuring excerpts from the programme, is available on audio cassette and CD from www.bbcshop.com and from all good retail outlets, or by calling [number removed]
News and sports headlines, presented by Nigel Wrench. Editor Peter Rippon
Chris Tookey and his guests discuss the latest film and DVD releases. Producer Saly Spurring
Another eclectic mix of music, comedy and conversation with Ned Sherrin and his guests.
Producers Simon Clancy and Cathie Mahoney
This week's cultural highlights are reviewed by Tom Sutcliffe and his guests. Producer Zahid Warley
1/2. In the aftermath of the controversial trial of the boys accused of killing Damilola Taylor , Esther Armah was a young reporter trying to penetrate the south London estate where Damilola lived. But nobody wanted to talk. Here she recalls how hard it was winning the trust of the people who felt betrayed by the media. Repeated from Sunday
It could be said that Alan Whicker gave Michael Palin one of his best gags - Whicker Island - and best gigs -Around the World in 80 Days. The least Palin can do is be nice to the veteran globetrotter in the week of Whicker's 80th birthday. From trailblazer to navy blazer, The Archive Hour looks at the remarkable career of a journalist turned icon. Interviewees include Jan Morris
(with whom Whicker shared a tent and a dream of starting a laundry), Michael Parkinson , Anthony Jay ,
Michael Grade and Whicker's loyal partner of more than 30 years, Valerie Kleeman. Producer Jane Ray
Michael Palin on Whicker's world: page 113
2/3. The Glass Ball Game. Dramatist Mike Walker shows how the historian Suetonius is drawn into Hadrian's private life when he befriends the Emperor's young lover, Antinous, and travels with them into the heart of Egypt.
With Jason Chan and Nicholas Boulton ; Music by David Pickvance Producer/Director Jeremy Mortimer Repeated from Sunday
9/9. Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which
Melanie Phillips , Clifford Longley , Rosie Boycott and Ian Hargreaves discuss the moral complexities behind one of the week's news stories. Repeated from Wednesday
12/13. The last semi-final of the contest to find the musical mastermind of the year. Hosted by Ned Sherrin. Repeated from Monday
2/4. A new "poetry detective" series in which Joan Bakewell uncovers the places and stories behind the publication of particular books of poetry.
The Waste Land. Joan Bakewell discovers the present owners of the London flat that TS Eliot lived in at the time of writing the poem are enthusiastic devotees. Eliot expert Professor Lawrence Rainey and poet Sam Milne join Bakewell as they head towards the City where Eliot worked at Lloyds Bank for many years. Repeated from Sunday
1/4. Lena. By Carla Lane. A new friendship leads Lena to wonder whether there might be more to life than cooking, cleaning and looking after her family. Read by Pauline Collins. A series of stories about romantic encounters and the vagaries of love among 60-somethings. Producer Emma Harding
The Lair of the White
Worm By Bram Stoker. A gothic horror set in 1870 in the High Peak district of Derbyshire. Adam Salton, on a visit to his elderly uncle in the village of Penda's Dale, realises that the disappearance of several local men is not accidental
