Farming, food and countryside news, market trends and weather
Producers TIM FINNEY and DYLAN WINTER
A meditation for the beginning of the new day
With EDWIN ROBERTSON Stereo
Presented by John Humphrys and Brian Redhead
6.30.7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News With PETER DAY
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by SIMON VANCE 7 20* Your Letters Write to: Today Letters BBC, London WIA 1AA
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7 45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
Kate and her studio guests want to hear your views on a subject in the headlines.
Producer NICK UTECHIN
What's new in medical science? How well are the doctors looking after you? Is your money being spent to best effect?
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care - from the research laboratory and the operating theatre to the dentist's chair and the GP's surgery.
Producer JACKIE LUNN
A Touch of Magic by HELEN SLAVIN
Read by Delia Corrie Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
New Every Morning, page 46; Praise, my soul, the King of heaven (BBC HB 15); Lead me, Lord (Wesley); Hebrews 11, vv 1-3 and 8-16; Praise the Lord! ye heavens, adore him (BBC HB 16) Stereo
It's My Party (1) by MARCIA KAHAN
Cast for the week:
Directed by A. J. QUINN. Stereo
(Part 2 on Thursday at 11. 00am) A synopsis of current events in
When Pigs Were Gods
Roger Worsley takes to the Welsh hills to uncover the story of a princess, a giant king and a wild Celtic pig. BBC Bristol
investigates your complaints and provides help, advice, news and information about your day-to-day concerns.
Presented by Debbie Thrower
The 1988 world tour continues at the Long Parish Village Hall. Brian Johnston umpires the proceedings and captains
Tim Rice and Willie Rushton are ably assisted by Gerald Harper and Bernard Cribbins Written by PETER HICKEY and MALCOLM WILLIAMSON Producer PAUL SPENCER Stereo
Presented by Nick Worrall
Today's story: Grainne's 's Grandpa to the Rescue Stereo (R)
In the programme that celebrates the achievements of women, Jenni Murray meets the actress Patricia Neal , once dubbed 'the next Garbo'. She talks about her fight back to health and an Oscar after being paralysed by a stroke.
Serial: The Phoenix Tree by JON CLEARY abridged in 15 episodes by DELIA PATON
Read by William Roberts (15)
(Music: Ginastera's Concerto for harp and orchestra)
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
How do you make the pages of an opera score come alive on the stage? And who is responsible for coaching the singers, commissioning the costumes and sets, and rehearsing the moves?
Richard Baker is joined by two of English National Opera's successful team, Mark Elder, its Music Director, and David Pountney ,
Director of Productions.
Producer JUDITH ROLES. Stereo
Patently Obvious
A crazy idea, but will it work? Reporters Neil Walker and David Clayton link up with BBC Local Radio stations in search of Britain's inventors, and the ultimate money-making idea.
Inventions that could change the world.... from a digital tenderometer to newspaper adverts you can eat. But why does the man who invented the hovercraft still feel frustrated? Producer GLYN JONES BBC North East
0 YOURS LOCALLY: page 72
Presented by Robert Williams and Valerie Singleton
5.00,5.30 News Summary
5.20* Test Match and Wimbledon Report
5.25 PM Letters
5.31 City News continued on FM 5.50-5.55
With BRIAN PERKINS including Financial Report
An eight-part comedy by ALEX SHEARER 6: Political Flu starring with 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 (R)
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1.40pm)
(Details tomorrow at 4.05pm)
As the liturgical splendours of the Orthodox Church mark 1,000 years of Christianity in Russia, Bernard Jackson explores the day-to-day life and ministry of the church in and around Moscow and asks how the climate of glasnost is likely to affect parish life at its grassroots level.
Producer RONALD FARROW
All radio is for the blind, so why do they need a special programme? Tune in to Peter White to find out. Producer THENA HESHEL
Questions and comments regarding the programme can be phoned through to the 'In Touch' team tonight between 8.30and
10.15pm on [number removed]. A free quarterly bulletin summarising broadcast information is available from: In Touch, BBC, London WIA 1AA (send four large saesfor a year's supply)
Paul Allen presents the arts magazine which includes a report on the flourishing gospel music scene in Britain. Producer LIS EDWARDS
In My Wildest Dreams (2)
Presented by Alexander MacLeod
FM joins at 12.10