With Father Gerry Patton.
Round-up of rural issues, with Mark Holdstock. Producer Steve Peacock
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament With Robert Orchard and David Wilby.
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Chief Rabbi, Dr Jonathan Sacks. Editor of Today Ceri Thomas
Library and bookshop shelves bulge with biographies about the monarchy. From hagiography to political salvos, their motivation and character varies enormously - yet few are labelled "official". Denys Blakeway explores the spectacle and spin involved in writing royal biographies and talks to authors such as Philip Ziegler , Hugo Vickers and Jonathan Dimbleby. Producer Joanne Coombs
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
Series editor Andrew Smith
Introduced by Shaun Ley. Editor Colin Hancock
2/6. Jenni Murray and guests discuss current media trends. Producer Cecile Wright Repeated on Sunday at 8pm
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
2/2. The Whites of Its Eyes. Now that the operation has been completed, all the team have to do is keep the patient alive. By Jonathan Holloway and narrated by Rosie Goldsmith. For cast and further details see yesterday
Australia v England
Commentary on the third day of the Third Ashes Test at the Waca in Perth. Resumes tomorrow at 5.30am
2.30 until 9.30am Close Up (3/3) Newly commissioned pieces from Vienna to mark the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth
3.00 News 3.05 Outlook 4.00 World Briefing 4.20 Sports Round-up 4.30 World Business Review 5.00 World Briefing
2/6. Is the World Getting Noisier? Many of us think noise levels today are unacceptably high. In fact, research has shown that it makes us ill and affects the learning ability of children. As the Government prepares a noise strategy, Miriam O'Reilly asks what steps we can take to manage noise in the environment. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm
5/5. The Immigrants. By Helon Habiia. Naomi Osasa travels with Yakubu to America to join her husband. He tells her that Osasa has a good job and a nice apartment, but she doesn't know he's dying. The reader is Colin MacFarlane. For further details see Monday
A celebration of Brunei's masterpiece, the Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol. The voices of those who use it, look after it and cherish it are woven around a poem by Libby Houston. Producer Sara Davies
The programme that celebrates the lives of the recently deceased. With Matthew Bannister.
Producer Sally Spurring Repeated on Sunday at 8.30pm
Francine Stock with the week's cinema news and interviews.
Producer Thomas Morris
News and analysis, presented by Eddie Mair. Editor Peter Rippon
5/6. Topical sketch show with Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis , also featuring Mitch Benn , Jon Holmes , Laura Shavin and special guest Rory Bremner.
Producer Katie Marsden Repeated tomorrow at 12.30pm
It's the morning after for Kenton and Kathy. For cast see page 32 Written by Tim Stimpson Director Julie Beckett ; Editor Vanessa Whitburn
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Arts news, interviews and reviews, producer Robyn Read
5/5. A happy ending seems an unlikely solution to the mystery of the derelict house where so much sadness has been revealed, but the resourceful Trottle is determined to try to find one. By Charles Dickens , Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell. Dramatised by Martyn Wade.
For cast and further details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion as an audience in Grays in Essex puts topical questions from the week's news to a panel that includes the Labour peer Estelle Morris , former editor of The Daily Telegraph Charles Moore , and writer and academic Munira Mirza. Producer Anne Peacock Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm
Brian Walden , broadcaster and former MP, presents a weekly reflection on a topical issue.
Producer Simon Hollis Repeated on Sunday at 8.50am
When street-smart private investigator Jill Fitzpatrick is hired to work on the case of a missing university student, she falls for the girl's poetry tutor. A sly and sensual detective tale set in steamy Sydney, adapted by Kate Clanchy from the bestselling verse novel by Australian poet Dorothy Porter.
News and analysis with Robin Lustig. Editor Alistair Burnett
5/10. Princess Abdul Akbar arrives at Hetton - but only John Andrew is bewitched. The attractions of the Pigstanton hunt prove even more beguiling and dangerous. By Evelyn Waugh. For further details see Monday
1/8. Matthew Parris and guests present a profile of record producer John H Hammond. Repeated from Tuesday at 4.30pm
Presented by Mark D'Arcy. Editor Peter Knowles
5/5. By Charles Darwin. Repeatedfrom9.45am
(1/4) Ciudad del Este is Paraguay's illicit economic powerhouse.
Drugs, gun-running and smuggling thrive in the lawless border region. The US alleges this money funds Hezbollah and Hamas.
Andrew Bomford asks if governments are doing enough about the problem
Australia v England
Commentary on the fourth day's play in the Third Test.
