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With Ruth Scott.
2/3. Repeated from Sunday See repeat at 7.45pm for details
Exploring rural life across the UK.
Producer Sarah Falkingham Extended at 1.30pm
Presented by Miriam O'Reilly. Producer Sarah Falkingham
With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rt Rev William Ind.
David Stafford takes a wry look at the foibles of family me. Producer Karen Pirie Repeated on Monday at 11pm
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The adventures, frustrations and joys of travel explored by Sandi Toksvig. Producer Kevin Dawson
4/11. Political discussion, with Dennis Sewell. Producer Paul Vickers
The BBC's foreign correspondents look at the stories in their regions. Presented by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant RT DIRECT: The book From Our Own Correspondent, edited by Tony Grant , is available for E15.99 (£16.99) including p&p. Call [number removed]042 (national rate)
5/6. Financial issues that get listeners hot under the collar. Little Treasure. Since April 2005, the Government has sent out more than 1.7 million Child Trust Fund vouchers. But so far, fewer than a third have been used to open an account. With more than 70 different child trust funds on offer, parents face a daunting choice. Listener Janet Gillis joins presenter Lesley Curwen to find the right investment tor her Children. Producer Jennifer Clarke Repeated on Monday at 3pm
1/2. Another chance to hear an Edinburgh Festival special from 2002. With Jan Ravens , Jon Culshaw , Kevin Connolly , Mark Perry and Phil Cornwell. Repeated from yesterday
4/6. Debate on issues of perennial interest, chaired by Nick Clarke in front of a specially invited audience. Listeners can vote on the motion: "Best medical practice must include complementary treatments". From Nuffield Theatre, University of Southampton. Repeated from yesterday To vote YES dial [number removed]0311 To vote NO dial [number removed]0322 Calls cost lOp Lines are open until 2.20pm
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
This satire on life and culture in a Welsh seaside town in the 1950s presents a portrait of married life that is as sharp and funny today as it was when it was written. By Kingsley Amis. Dramatised by Tracy Spottiswoode.
Other parts played by members of the cast.
French pop has officially become cool, worldly-wise and full of secret delights. French expat Muriel Zagha goes back to her roots to sample the great vintages of contemporary French music, listening to the different voices of French pop and exploring the culture and attitudes that shaped them. Repeated from Tuesday
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Producer Vibeke Venema ; Editor Jill Burridge EMAIL: womanshourtSbbc.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 Carolyn Quinn.
Chris Tookey and guests discuss the latest film and DVD releases. Producer Sally Spurring
Ned Sherrin talks to South African actor Sello Maake Ka-Ncube about his role in Who Killed Mr Drum ?. producers Simon Clancy and Cathie Mahoney
Highlights of the Edinburgh Festival with Tom Sutcliffe and guests Susannah Clapp , Tom Morris and Louise Welsh , including Peter Stein 's production of David Harrower 's new play Blackbird; Bill Bailey and Alan Davies in The Odd Couple, and a retrospective of the work of the photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson . Producer Fiona McLean
2/3. Broadcaster and Egyptologist John Romer first went to Egypt in the 1960s and worked with archaeologists from many different nations. But whose version of ancient Egyptian history is closest to the way it really was? Repeated from Sunday
Fleet Street gave the British press its name around the world, but there once was another place, every bit as vital to the national newspaper industry. Barely a hundred years ago. Manchester was, as a press centre, little more than a provincial backwater. Within 30 years it was producing a third of all the newspapers bought in Britain. Simon Hoggart explores how Manchester helped make the newspaper industry truly national. Producer ceciie Wright
2/2. Gentle, intelligent Oblomov is a tragicomic hero for a couch-potato generation. During a summer in the country he falls in love with Olga. Back in St Petersburg, Olga's patience is put to the test. Written by Ivan Goncharov , dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.
Producer/Director Claire Grove Repeated from Sunday
3/8. Adversarial Politics. Nick Ross asks if low voter-turnout indicates that adversarial politics is now a turn-off. With Geldof and Bono championing causes, has politics gone pop? Or is pop giving people a voice that politics does not? Repeated from Wednesday
2/17. Four contestants from London compete in the first round of the nationwide general knowledge contest. Robert Robinson is in the chair. Repeated from Monday
Ian McMillan asks why there isn't an engineers' corner in Westminster Abbey and seeks out those poets who have turned to engineering and technology for their inspiration. Are poets and engineers, in effect, in the same business? Repeated from Sunday
4/4. Flight to Verona. Dora prepares to play the lead in an oldie version of Romeo and Juliet. By Elizabeth Berridge , read by Rosemary Leach. A series of stories about romantic encounters and love among 60-somethings. Producer Emma Harding
Bombay Talkie By Mahesh Dattani.
A comedy with music celebrating the power and universal reach of Bollywood films, seen through the eyes of a young woman on a journey of self-discovery
