An interview with a prominent figure in the agricultural industry, followed by a five-day weather forecast for farmers and growers
Producer TMFINNEY
A meditation for the beginning of a new day With DEREK WILLIAMS BBC Bristol Stereo
Presented by SueMacGregor and Peter Hobday
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With BOB FIMGAN
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by BRIAN PERKINS
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COL VILE
7.45* Thought for the Day
A look ahead with Charlotte Green
Ian Skidmore hunts for treasures in the Sound Archives.
(Re-broadcast on Thursday at 9.30pm)
dives head first into the world of gossip, opinion and comment as Nigel Dempster heads a team of Fleet Street columnists in 55 minutes of conversation.
Jean Rook, the first lady of Fleet Street, and Jancis Robinson, the first lady of wine, join him as they meet personalities whose activities in the coming week will be making the headlines. (Stereo)
Presented by Louise Botting
The programme with the latest news from the world of personal finance and impartial advice for all those trying to make the most of their money.
Lost in a Nightmare by RICHARD RAYNER
Read by Natasha Pyne Producer SHEILA FOX
from the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Charlton-in-Dover, Kent, led by FRANK TOPPING
Hymns (BBC HB): Christ, whose glory fills the sky (137); The
Church's one foundation (184)
Through High Plains to High Adventure
Last year two British cousins, Richard and Nick Crane , set out to cycle for charity to 'the centre of the earth' - the most remote place from any coastline in the world, in the heart of the desert of China's Xinjiang Province.
They took with them little more than the clothes they stood up in, a sleeping bag, a litre of water each and a portable tape recorder.
The second of two actuality documentaries, recorded as it happened.
Producer Simon Elmes
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)
Some of the poetry requested by Radio 4 listeners
Presented by D. J. Enright Readers SHEILA MITCHELL and DENYS HAWTHORNE
Producer MARGARET BRADLEY BBCBristol. Stereo
Requests to: Poetry Please! BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR
The only national radio programme for consumers Presented by Susan Rae Editor KEN vass
A trivia game based on the rules of cricket
Umpire Brian Johnston Team captains
Tim Rice , Willie Rushton Spinners Leslie Crowther Peter Jones
Statisticians PETER mCKEY and MALCOLM WILLIAMSON
Groundsman PAUL SPENCER. Stereo
Presented by Brian Widlake Editor DEREK LEWIS
CHRISTOPHER LILLICRAP reads Walter Crumpton and Doris the Duck by KATE WILKINSON Producer MARY KALEMKERIAN Stereo (R)
Introduced by Barbara Groom
Doctor, I feel so tired ...
If you go to your surgery complaining of general lethargy, you may be told you are neurotic, but research now suggests that you could be suffering from post-viral fatigue syndrome. Bettina Dudkin reports on a condition which can dominate your life for several years.
Serial: No More than Human by MAURA LAVERTY , abridged in 12 episodes by JANET QUIGLEY
Read by Maureen O'Brien (12)
(Music: Torroba's Dialogos for guitar and orchestra)
Editor SANDRA CHALMERS
by Bob Couttie
Stereo
Verse and Circuses
A profile of 'The Circus of Poets', a South Yorkshire performance poetry group, who appear nationwide in clubs, pubs, schools and arts centres merging literary art with pure cabaret.
Presented by Paul Allen
Presented by Carole West and Bill Frost
Editor DEREK LEWIS continued on VHF/FM 5.50-5.55
With SIMON VANCE
Half an hour of reports from the BBC correspondents around the world including Financial Report
Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1.40pm)
John Waite and his team tackle another case from their postbag of your complaints about injustice.
Peter Evans selects highlights from recent research in science, medicine, and technology.
Fey byFRANK ASH with
David Lynn , obsessed with guilt over the death of his wife in a car crash, decides to re-visit the scene of their honeymoon in Scotland. He is also an actor, and as his obsession takes hold, fantasy and reality become increasingly blurred, particularly when he meets
Shelagh, a stranger, on a train.
Directed by PAT TRUEMAN. Stereo (Re-broadcast next Saturday)
Bill Tidy continues his search for the answers to life's most profound questions. Why do you always pick the slowest queue at the bank or supermarket? Why are women always late? Why don't Russians play golf? Tune in for Tidy Answers. Producer BRIAN KING BBC Pebble Mill
Paul Vaughan presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, and news and reviews of books, films, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Producer WILL CANTOPHER Editor ANNE WINDER
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.30pm)
The Songlines by BRUCE CHATWIN abridged in ten parts by DAVID BUCK
Read by Michael Siberry (6) Producer MAURICE LETTCH
Presented by Richard Kershaw
National and international news, background, analysis and comment
Editor BLAIR THOMSON
Radio 4's international business report; market trends
followed by an interlude
