Farming, food and countryside news, market trends, weather
with MICHAEL HARDING. Stereo
Presented by Brian Redhead and John Humphrys
6.30,7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by EUGENE FRASER
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COL VILE
7.45* Thoughtfor the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
This is the programme where you report on your own story with the help of Nigel Farrell and Susan Marling. Producers JOHN HOLMES and MARY PRICE BBC Bristol
If you would like to take part in Punters write, with address and telephone number, to: Punters. BBC Radio 4, Bristol BS8 2LR. or telephone: Bristol (0272) [number removed]
Jamaican-born writer
Ferdi Dennis comes to the end of his journey round major cities of Afro Britain. Brixton - The Biggest Island
This south London suburb is the heart of Jamaican life in the capital. A vibrant community, Brixton has produced poets, businessmen and musicians - some though are homesick for their Caribbean island in the sun.
Producer MARINA SALANDY-BROWN (R)
Have ferrets gone feral on the British mainland, and did the dinosaurs fry?
Jessica Holm and Lionel Kelleway investigate the latest wildlife news and views.
Producer HELEN ODAMS BBC Bristol
reflecting the issues of the day. Introduced from Broadcasting House, London. Stereo
Happy Families (2)
In the last of this series,
Sue MacGregor goes to France to meet Jean Vanier , founder and guide of I'Arche communities for mentally handicapped people and their helpers. Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
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In a series of six intimate revelations, Phil Smith wrestles with the trauma of becoming a father for the first time. 3: No Stomach for It BBC Manchester
Help, advice and information about your consumer concerns Presented by John Howard
A series of eight programmes by ALEX SHEARER 6: Political Flu starring with and featuring and The political climate in the People's Republic is milder than it used to be, but political sickness can still strike unexpectedly, and earthworm tablets are not always the answer.
Producer PETE ATKIN Stereo
Presented by Gordon Clough with news and topics in and behind the headlines
The Pobble Who Has No Toes, Had Once as Many as We Stereo (R)
Have you ever known about an event before it happened - had a frisson of fear, a dream, a nagging thought? People who have had premonitions tell their stories in the programme that offers a heady blend of the timeless, the topical and the tantalising.
Presenter Jenni Murray
Serial: Dangerous in Love (8)
by PETER GIBBS
Arnold Smith loses his job, his wife and his home - all on the same day. Carelessness?
Gresley Hamlets , the local housing development for which Arnold was reponsible, has much to answer for - one way and another.
Directed by GLYN DEARMAN Stereo
'Is he pastor or self-publicist, churchman or politician, reconciler or rabble-rouser, peace-maker or agitator?'
Shirley du Boulay talks to Nigel Forde about her biography of Archbishop Desmond Tutu : Tutu: Voice of the Voiceless. Producer CATHY DRYSDALE
(Revised re-broadcast of yesterday 's programme at 9.45pm)
Presented by Robert Williams and Frances Coverdale
5.00,5.30 News Summary
5.25 PM Letters
5.31 City News continued on FM 5.50-5.55
With DAVID SYMONDS including Financial Report
A nationwide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1. 40pm)
A chance to air your views on some of the subjects raised in last week's Any Questions? Introduced by Brian Gear Producer LAURIE MASON BBCBristol
Forty Years of Indian Independence
Another chance to hear the five-part series in which the BBC's Delhi correspondent, MarkTuUy, charts India's progress over four decades.
Ranging from the corridors of power to the teeming pavements and villages outside, his view of the sub-contintent combines archive material and personal anecdotes with the sounds and voices of contemporary India.
2: Betrayal by Bureaucracy Why inertia and corruption have prevented many of the benefits of India's impressive technological revolution from reaching the homeless and landless poor.
Series producer ZAREER MASANI (R) Book, same title, £10.95 from bookshops
The World Health
Organisation's latest estimate is that as many as three million people will develop AIDS in the next five years. Figures such as this, which are calculated by a surprisingly small number of scientists who study the spread of the disease, are the basis of anti-AIDS campaigns all over the world. But how is it possible to predict the development of a new disease about which we still know so little? Geoff Watts examines current ideas about the future of the AIDS epidemic. Producer ROBIN MELHUISH
A magazine of special interest to disabled listeners and their families, with countrywide news and views on all matters of concern to them.
Presented by Kati Whitaker Producer MARLENE PEASE
Correspondence and enquiries to: Does He Take Sugar?
BBC, London W1A 1AA Phone [number removed]
Paul Vaughan presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, and news and reviews of films, books, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Producer FIONA MCLEAN
A Clergyman's Daughter (4)
Presented by Richard Kershaw National and international news, background, analysis and comment
Radio 4's international business report; market trends
FM joins at 12.10am
