Farming, food and countryside news; market trends and weather

Presented by Brian Redhead and Peter Hobday
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Prayer for the Day
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by CLIVE ROSLIN
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

The first edition of a new three-hour sequence - a six-month broadcast experiment in which you are invited to participate.
Join Richard Baker and his guests for entertaining and provocative conversation.
... Worried about how to eat corn-on-the-cob elegantly in public? Or visiting a disco if you're over 40? Vic Lewis-Smith and Laurie Taylor advise on the new etiquette in Modern Manners.
... Phone the Thursday Exchange on [number removed]and cross question the studio guests as they examine one of the week's major talking points with David Davies.
Regular Items: the news on the hour read by BRIAN PERKINS and at

Head by Peter Adamson as northern photographer Harry Kemp telling stories about his professional and personal life.
1: Harry Comes Home by NAN WOODHOUSE and at

music and prayers
... A latter-day Daniel confronts a hostile audience with Pattie Coldwell standing by to make sure no one gets eaten alive In the Lion's Den
... Link up with commentators in BBC studios all over the country for a local perspective on the big and the small stories in Network UK
... Follow the progress of Able Seagull Herring, a sound cartoon for children or intelligent adults as he watches Captain Thatcher steering the good ship
Britannica through stormy seas.
... Visit events, entertainments and ways of living On the Fringes. Produced by the Rollercoaster unit

Bill Breckon opens the door on the housing world with the help of financial expert Tom Tickell. News of trends in house prices, the latest developments in the mortgage market and some novel ways to cut the cost of conveyancing and stamp duty.
Producer HELEN ROBSON Editor ROGER MACDONALD Telephone if you have questions you 'd like answered in the follow-up programme at 8.25 pm
Lines open from 12.20-1.30

Written by MIKE CRAIG and RON MCDONNELL Producer MIKE CRAIG
BBC Manchester
(First broadcast on R2)

Presenter Gordon Clough

with Gillian Reynolds Whose Punishment? PAT ROWE talks to prisoners' wives about the ordeal they face - the isolation. social stigma, financial hardship and disruption.
The Birds Fall Down (16)

Halt by ALUN OWEN
For Bob Bryce Wales is the land of childhood security and so, when the pressures of London prove too much, he runs to the hills. But Ellen Bryce is not so sure a country cottage is the answer to her husband's problems....
Directed by ADRIAN MOURBY
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with Neil Landor
Producer JAN TAYLOR

Futility (4)

with Susannah Simons and Robert Williams 5.50-5.55

with LAURIE MACMILLAN including
Financial Report

(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm)

with Derek Jones
Compiled by LAURIE MASON Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol

The 'first and last chance to rebuild Britain's airline industry' claims one of British Airways' main competitors - as British Airways goes private on 1 April. Foreign airlines all over the world are convinced that British Airways plc will present a formidable challenge.

There is a crisis in Civil Aviation as a new air fares war takes shape.
Who will buy British Airways' shares? How much will air fares fall in real money terms into the 21st century? Who's next to go broke and who's next to make it big?

Bill Breckon and Tom Tickell are joined by experts to answer your questions on mortgages, conveyancing, stamp duty and house prices.
Lines open from 8.0 pm

The first of a series of ten montage documentaries. ... I've written you a prescription - it says no more babies....
... doctor, somebody choked me dog last night....
The land between the Anglican Cathedral and the River Mersey houses the remnants of Liverpool's Chinatown. It also houses a doctors' surgery where three gps, caretakers and receptionists cope with the problems of an area in physical decline....
Producer ALASTAIR WILSON BBC Manchester

with Paul Vaughan
Producer BRIAN BARFIELD

I'm Not Complaining (4)

long wave only from 11.0

long wave only

long wave only