Farming, food and countryside news, market trends, weather

with BRIAN WILSON. Stereo

Presented by John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With BOB FINIGAN
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With JOHN INVERDALE
7.45* Thoughtfor the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Conversation with Libby Purves and others, including a birthday guest.
Producer VICTOR LEWIS SMITH. Stereo

visits Kent, where members of the Royal Tunbridge Wells
Horticultural Society put their queries to
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Daphne Ledward and Geoffrey Smith
Chairman Clay Jones Producer DIANA STENSON BBC Manchester

Penalty for Improper Use
In the third Holy Week talk,
Robert Foxcroft continues the disciple's journey by way of the Cross to the Kingdom of God. (R)

for Wednesday in Holy Week from the Chapel of Lambeth Palace conducted by TERRY H. WAITE
When I survey the wondrous cross (BBC HB 97); Praise to thee Lord Jesus (Schutz); Mark 14, w 1-11: A day of waiting; Take up thy cross the Saviour said (BBC HB 369) Stereo

A self-portrait of Robert Frost Stereo

We all have queries, quibbles and quandaries which we mean to resolve, but which always lie unanswered at the back of our minds. Let Neil Landor , with his specialist experts and the help of the BBC Reference Library, sort out the answers.
Questions, on postcards only please, to: Enquire Within,
BBC. Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA
Producer ANDREW PARFITT

Presented by John Howard

by GARETH JONES
7: The Conjurer
Bereft Iolo has been rescued from the toll-gate officers by Mari only to discover that it was her husband he killed in the forest. Under pressure to prophesy Iolo's return, Gruffydd has believed Mihangel's dream and announced his return for All Souls' Day.
Directed by ADRIAN MOURBY BBC Wales. Stereo

Presented by Sir Robn Day

3: King Jolly and the Spring Clean (R)

A four-part dramatisation based on the Gospel narratives.
Introduced by Rosemary Hartill
Additional cast:

The third of five programmes with Allan Smith The Whovians
It may be only a corny TV programme to you, but for many otherwise sensible citizens Doctor Who is a way of life. (R)

Where Are You Jackson Munk ? by PHILIP REES
A redundant executive wakes to another day and, appalled, dives back into sleep. His dreams are full of people from his past and turn to nightmares as he drifts into the future.
Narrator CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS
Directed by TONY CUFF BBC Manchester Stereo

With a Poet's Eye
Kevin Crossley-Holland presents more poems inspired by pictures in the Tate Gallery, London.
6: A Sense of Summer Readers NATASHA PYNE
BRIAN SMITH and PETER WICKHAM Producer ALEC REID BBC Bristol

Writer's Block
Sometimes I've had it so bad all the verbal faculties are crippled and it's difficult to put one word after another, like a difficulty in walking almost, (DOUGLAS DUNN) Maggie Norden explores the problem of writer's block with Kingsley Amis,
Beryl Bainbridge , Mary Brown ,
Douglas Dunn , Zachary Leader and Anthony Storr. and finds out how writers cope, and that it's not always a reason to panic. Producer RICHARD BANNERMAN

continued on VHFIFM 5.50-5.55pm

With LAURIE MACMILLAN including Financial Report

Presented by Alexander Walker This week: James Stewart probably the best-loved of Hollywood's indestructible male stars, whose down-to-earth attitude towards stardom is reflected in his recollection of Lindbergh's reaction to his portrayal of the famous flyer:
'Lindbergh complimented me on the way I tapped the oil gauge when I was starting the plane's engine.'
Producer WENDY CLAY
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 12.27pm)

(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1.40pm)

Enjoy the 'crack' with storytellers around the country in a series of four programmes. 3: In a working men's club, just south of Newcastle, Geordies swap stories with their friends. Phil Smith is among them. Producer ANNE BROWN BBC Birmingham
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 9.35 am)

The education magazine presented by Margaret Percy
Most schools have abandoned or watered down daily religious assembly to the point where it has become meaningless.
Should acts of worship and the teaching of Christianity be removed from the classroom altogether?
Also Math Maye , the first of a series of guides for parents wishing to help their children with modern maths. Producer SIMON MAJOR
0 INFO: page 89 and LEARNING AT HOME: page 91

The romance, the challenge, the humour, and the grim side of paradise in the British territories of the South Seas. Going Ashore
In the first of a six-part series,
June Knox-Mawer presents the colourful memories of British people who lived and worked in the Solomons, New Hebrides, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Fiji and Tonga.
Producer JULIAN HALE Stereo

Squiffy Quite Quickly in the Heat by DAVID MARSHALL Stereo

A weekly series for those interested in adventure pursuits - in the hills, in the air, on or under water, or in the comfort of an armchair.
Mike Hollingworth takes a look at new ideas and topical events. This week: The British
Mountaineering Exhibition

Natalie Wheen presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, and news and reviews of films, books, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Producer KATHRYN PORTER
(Revisedre-broatkast tomorrow at
4.35pm)

A Perfect Spy (8)

Presented by Alexander MacLeod

followed by an interlude