With Bishop James Mehaffey.

Exploring rural life in the UK. Producer Gabi Fisher Extended at 1.30pm

Presented by Miriam O'Reilly. producer chnsimpey

With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Dr Johnston McMaster.

David Stafford takes a wry look at the foibles of family life. Producer Karen Pirie Repeated on Monday at 11pm PHONE: [number removed]1234 (Calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) email: home.truths@bbc.co.uk

John McCarthy on the joys of travel. Producer Harry Parker

J 1/2. In the animal world, a creature will use lethal j power to get what it wants. Michael Portillo goes in . search of nature's despots. producer Julian Hector
See also Natural World on Sunday at 6.10pm on BBC2 and Dinner with Portillo on Tuesday at 8.35pm on BBC4

9/10. Peter Oborne of The Spectator discusses the week s political events. Editor Marie Jessel

BBC foreign correspondents report on stones from their regions. Presented by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant RT DIRECT: From Our Own Correspondent, edited by Tony Grant is available for E15.99 (RRP £16.99) including P&P. or call [number removed]042 (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute).

Impartial advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance, with Paul Lewis.
Producer Louise Greenwood Repeated on Sunday at 9.00pm

7/8. A comic slant to the headlines from Simon Hoggart and the panel. Repeated from yesterday

14/16 Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience at Northallerton, North Yorkshire, puts questions to a panel that includes journalist and Conservative commentator Jo-Anne Nadler. Repeated from yesterday

Listeners' calls and emails, taken by Jonathan Dimbleby , in response to Any Questions. Producer Peter Griffiths
PHONE: [number removed] Lines open from 12.30pm (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) email: any.answers@bbc.co.uk

A cross-Channel love story, by Dave Sheasby.
Anne, now in her later years, recalls a chance meeting with Michel, a young French onion-seller. She remembers how that meeting developed into a friendship and then into a love affair during the course of five summers, from 1956 to 1960, of intense meetings and long winters of letters.

3/3. Hurricane Katrina ripped the fabric out of New
Orleans and, for many inhabitants, wiped away the reason for living there. Many people are finding new homes elsewhere, but for the musicians whose lives are centred on the culture and "gumbo" of New Orleans, what does the future hold? Stephen Evans travels to the Big Easy to find out how they and their music will survive. Repeated from Tuesday

The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Producer Justine Willett : Editor Jill Burridge EMAIL: womanshour@bbc.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 analysis, as well as sport headlines, presented by Carolyn Quinn.

A look at the latest film and DVD releases, with Francine Stock and guests. Producer Sally Spurring

An eclectic mix of music, comedy and conversation with Ned Sherrin and his guests.
Producers Simon Clancy and Cathie Mahoney

Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the cultural highlights Of the week. Producer NickiPaxman

13/16. Each week an international writer reflects on developments in their part of the world. This week, Trinidadian newspaper editor Therese Mills writes from the Caribbean. Producer Arlene Gregorius Repeated from 5.45am Repeated on Sunday at 5.40

When they first met in 1917, Noël Coward was "mad about" Ivor Novello and aspired to achieve the same glamorous lifestyle. The two became great friends and seven years later Noël too made it to the rarefied atmosphere of fame, fortune and stardom. Using the anecdotes of their friends and colleagues, Kit Hesketh-Harvey traces the story of their intertwined careers. Producer Catherine McGhee

3/4. Frederic Raphael adapts and narrates his own novel. By the late 1960s, Dan has committed himself to teaching. He married Joyce, and has brought up her son as his own, but a visit from the successful Alan changes everything.
Producer/Director Pete Atkin Repeated from Sunday

10/11. Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which Melanie Phillips , Professor Steven Rose , Clifford Longley and Ian Hargreaves cross-examine expert witnesses on the moral issues behind the week's news.
Repeated from Wednesday

1/13. Six teams of quiz enthusiasts from around Britain compete for the title of quiz team of the year. Peter Snow is in the Chair. Repeated from Monday

3/6. The Thought-Fox. By Ted Hughes. Why does the "sharp hot stink of fox" stick to your clothes? Fellow
Yorkshireman and poet Simon Armitage needs a shower after reading this poem about creativity. He, along with others who've known Hughes, considers its power. Repeated from Sunday

1/5. TheRigiKlum. By Mark Twain. He thought it would be an easy journey to the top. But the walker is duped. This series of stories celebrate some die-hard pedestrians as they walk across the page. Read by Stuart Milligan. Producer Duncan Minshull

Play of the Week: Much Ado about
Nothing (2/2) Comedy of the sexes by William Shakespeare