Farming, food and countryside news, market trends, weather

with GARRY RICHARDSON Stereo

Presented by Brian Redhead and Sue MacGregor
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.20* Your Letters
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament

Talk to Nick and his studio guests.
Producer NICK UTECHIN Lines open from 8.00am

Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care. Producer GEOFF DEEHAN
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 8. 15pm)

Well Done, Angela! by KATHARINE NICHOLAS
Read by Christine Pritchard Producer HERBERT WILLIAMS BBC Wales

New Every Morning, page 71; Thy kingdom come, 0 God
(BBC HB 27); Psalm 145, vv 8-13; Matthew 24, vv 3-14; The Lord is King! Lift up thy voice (BBC HB 26) Stereo

Bruce Sandison talks of fishing, wildlife and history with Christopher Lowell. Shetland's 300 Lochs
If the fish won't take, don't change the fly on your line, simply change your loch. (First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland)

Investigates your complaints and provides help, advice, news and information about your day-to-day concerns.
Presented by Susan Rae

Gordon Clough and Louis Allen preside over a further series of cerebral callisthenics.
Irene Thomas and Eric Korn challenge Robert Kernohan and Richard de Marco ResearcherAMANDA MARES Producer ALASTAIR WILSON BBC Manchester

Presented by Nick Worrall with news and topics in and behind the headlines

1.55 Listening Corner Today's story: Mrs Plug the Plumber by ALLAN AHLBERG. Stereo (R)
2.05 History Lost and Found Fitting the Pieces. Stereo (e)
2.25 Mainstream GCSE Presented by SIMON MAYO and SUSIE GRANT A teenage resource magazine for GCSE students with reports from schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Coursework and assessment; examiner phone link; creative work; issue for discussion; real world applications; career and course opportunities. 4: English Stereo (e) (Re-broadcast next Tuesday)

Introduced by Jenni Murray , who talks to Barbara Daly , make-up artist to HRH The Princess of Wales, among other celebrities. Serial:
Where Angels Fear to Tread (6)

by RUSS GASCOIGNE with and Peter Baldwin and Karen visits Billy every day, with news and stories of how she's getting on. Grapes and magazines are not really appropriate, not for someone in Billy's condition.
Directed by JEREMY MORTIMER Stereo

What does the leader of an orchestra really do? What powers of tact and diplomacy are needed to deal with a difficult conductor or unruly players? To find out, Richard Baker talks to Rodney Friend , leader of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Hugh Bean , leader of the Philharmonia
Orchestra during its vintage years in the 1950s and 60s, about their experiences in the hot seat.
Producers JUDITH ROLES and NIGEL WILKINSON. Stereo

The weekly magazine about running a business.
Introduced by David Lomax Help from Big Brother
Corporations with spare cash may be persuaded to invest it in small fledgling firms. It's something the Government wishes to encourage. How well does the marriage work, and what price does the small firm have to pay?
Producer ANDREW VIVIAN
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 7.20pm)

Presented by Robert Williams and Valerie Singleton continued on VHFjFM 5.50-5.55

With BRYAN MARTIN including Financial Report

Stereo
(Details on Thursday at 12.25pm)

(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1. 40pm)

(Details tomorrow at 4.05pm)

An addicts' guide to good listening presented by Laurie Taylor
Under Review: John Dunn (2-5 November, Radio 2); The Mask of Music
(4 November, Radio 4) Producer JENNY DANKS

A two-part journey into the closeted world of solicitors and barristers. 2: Barristers
And whether you're an honest man or whether you're a thief,
Depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
A prominent barristers' chambers in Birmingham throws open its oak-panelled doors.
Listen in as the specialists of the legal world confer with clients and solicitors, preparing for cases including an immigration appeal, indecent assault and divorce.
The barristers are also trailed into the Crown Courts to discover what goes on beyond the public gaze.
Producer BRIAN KING

The programme for blind and partially-sighted people. Presented by Ian Macrae Producer THENA HESHEL
Listeners can phone with enquiries and comments relating to the programme on [number removed]Lines open from 8. 30 to 10. 15pm

Presented by Mark Steyn Producer SIMON BROUGHTON

The Child in Time (7)

Presented by Alexander MacLeod

followed by an interlude

French E: Horizons de France
12.30
2a: Bordeaux et sa région (RV) Written by DOMINIQUE RAYNAUD Narrated by YVES AUBERT and CATHERINE GRAHAM (e) and at 12.50
2b: France dernière minute Compiled by TONY STAPLES (e)