With the Rev Johnston McKay.
5/5. Mike Dilger experiences the Severn Bore at first hand as he discovers the wealth of wildlife that feeds and flourishes courtesy of the highest tidal range in Britain. Producer Brett Westwood
Exploring rural life around the UK. Producer Sandra Sykes Repeated on Thursday at 1.30pm
Miriam O'Reilly reports on the issues of the week that affect the countryside and the production of our food.
Presented by John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.
7.20 Yesterday in Parliament With Mark D'Arcy.
7.25,8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rhidian Brook.
Fi Glover starts the weekend right here with a programme featuring inheritance tracks, extraordinary stories and a Studio full Of unruly guests. Producer Torquil MacLeod
Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel. Producer Harry Parker
Self-storage: the solution for a problem that has stumped physicists and inveterate hoarders alike - if the universe is expanding, why is there never enough space to keep your stuff? Felicity Finch enters this bright, clean and peaceful world with its windowless metal rooms, numbered padlocked doors and endless aisles, the attics and potting sheds of the 21st century, producer Paul Kobrak
Jackie Ashley of The Guardian takes a look at the week s political events. Editor Mandy Baker
A lively collection of dispatches from the BBC's foreign correspondents, who report on stories in their regions. Presented by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
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Impartial money advice and the latest news from the world of personal finance, presented by Paul Lewis. Producer Katie Marsden Repeated tomorrow at 9pm
5/6. Topical sketch show with Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis , also featuring Mitch Benn , Jon Holmes , Laura Shavin and Special guest Rory Bremner. Repeated from yesterday
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. Repeated from yesterday
Listeners' calls and emails taken by Jonathan Dimbleby in response to Any Questions? Producer Lisa Jenkinson
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A new drama from Simon Gray, inspired by Claire Tomalin's book The Invisible Woman, that tells the story of the relationship between Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens. The lies Nelly told to protect her secret affair with the great author had lasting and damaging repercussions.
The best of the week on Woman's Hour, presented by Martha Kearney. Editor Jill Burridge
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Presented by Carolyn Quinn.
3/9. Lucy Ash presents radio highlights from the English-speaking world: Darfur refugees in Chad talk of fleeing for their lives; a Californian show discusses conquering fear in a time of terror; and French Radio on why business and fear do not mix. Plus Sweden's most haunted castle and how all hell broke loose when an evangelist said he's no longer scared of Satan. Producer Alison cutts
Another eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music, with Ned Sherrin and his guests. Producer Cathie Mahoney
Tom Sutcliffe and guests John Tusa , Alex James and Amanda Vickery discuss the week's cultural headlines, including the musical version of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor in Stratford-upon-Avon. Producer Nicki Paxman
For the last 60 years the BBC has been producing masterclasses that have revealed how great musicians approach their craft. Julian Worricker asks what is being taught in these lessons and what makes them such riveting broadcasting. With recordings of Georg Solti , Paul Tortelier and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , and contributions from
Steven Isserlis and Maxim Vengerov. Producer James Crawford
1/2. In this magical quest by John Masef ield, a little boy, Kay, finds himself in a race against the evil Abner Brown. Abner has dark magic, but Kay has the midnight folk to help him. But which side will find the treasure first? Dramatised by Christopher William Hill.
Music by Neil Brand Repeated from Sunday
11/11. Melanie Phillips , Steven Rose , Claire Fox and Ian Hargreaves cross-examine expert witnesses on moral issues behind the news. Michael Buerk is in the chair. Repeated from Wednesday
15/17. Robert Robinson takes to the chair as listeners from all walks of life compete in the third of the semi-finals for the coveted general knowledge title. Repeated from Monday
2/2. Shamshad Khan is in the USA to meet poets Brother Dash and Bushra Rehman and ask them how, as Muslims, recent world events are affecting them and their poetry. Repeated from Sunday
5/5. A Hallowed Space. An awkward young man meets a beautiful girl in an art gallery - but is it a perfect match? By Jenny Worton , read by Ralph Riach. Producer Bruce Young
the environmental impact of China's economic boom
Another chance to hear the first and second prizewinners of the African Performance Playwriting competition
Australia v England
Commentary on the fifth and final day of the Third Test in the Ashes series at the Waca in Perth. For commentators see yesterday
