goes to London, where a great deal of agriculture and its politics are concentrated, especially at the time of the Royal Smithfield Show. Producer ALLAN WRIGHT BBC Pebble Mill
Hope Sealy in conversation with a special guest about a prayer which has inspired their life and faith.
Presented by Peter Hobday and Jennie Bond
7.00,8.00 Today's News Read by BRYAN MARTIN
7.20* Letters
7.25* Sport
With GARRY RICHARDSON
7.30,8.30 News Summary
7.40*, 8.47* Today's Papers
7.45* In Perspective
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament Editor PHILIP HARDING
Cliff Morgan culls conversation from the weekend's sport on a day when England's cricketers may be shaping up on Indian soil.
Producer PETER GRIFFITHS
with Bernard Falk and Nigel Coombs
Producer HELEN ROBSON
Unravelled, dangled or tied up by Ned Sherrin and the likes of Robert Elms, Victoria Mather and Carol Thatcher.
Producers IAN GARDHOUSE
JANE BERTHOUD and CHARLIE BUNCE
Peter Jenkins , Associate Editor of The Independent, presents a personal view of a week in the life of MPs and peers. Producer DENNIS SEWELL
Producer HOWARD ROGERS
Presented by Louise Botting Producer FRANCES MACDONALD
A tour around the headlines with lost Richard Ingrams , uncharted Alan Coren and Barry Took holding the compass.
Special guests this week are Peter Cook and Bill Tidy. Written and compiled by JOHN LANGDON and producer BILL DARE. Stereo
The panel includes
The Rt Hon John Major , mp,
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Tony Blair , mp from Turston, Suffolk
Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby
-the Worst of Times
The life of Charles Dickens - reflected in his own writings, the words of his family and friends, and the characters who people his novels.
Compiled in seven parts by MICHAEL BAKEWELL with Martin Jarvis as Charles Dickens.
5: A Vague Unhappy Loss of Something
Other parts played by GWEN CHERRELL. SIMON CUFF
ALAN DUDLEY. ELIZABETH LINDSAY
JOAN MATHESON. RICHARD TATE and STEPHEN TOMPKINSON
Researcher MEUSSA BAKEWELL Directed by ROSEMARY HART Stereo (R)
The children's book programme. Writer Helen Cresswell talks to Penelope Lively about history, humour and horror.
A play by WILLIAM TREVOR with Paula Dionisotti as Henrietta. x Sitting one summer evening in their charming garden, Henrietta and Roy have a conversation that changes her world:
'For the first time in our married life I considered my husband shifty.'
Directed by PENNY GOLD . Stereo
A series of three programmes. New education laws aim to introduce testing for 7-, 11- and 14-year-olds. But what do children of these age groups think of themselves, their lives and the world around them? With children so much in the public eye, Nick Baker travelled the country, and-this week listens to the forthright views of some serious-minded 11-year-olds.
2: A Right to Speak
Producer CATHY DRYSDALE (R)
Professor Rosemary Cramp , Professor of Archaeology at Durham University, talks with Sue MacGregor about her life and work.
with Sally Grace , David Tate , Bill Wallis and Royce Mills.
With EUGENE FRASER including Sports Round-Up
Omnibus edition by MIKE WALKER
Directed by DAVID HITCHISON
Series editor MARILYN IMRIE. Stereo
with Robert Robinson.
Music by INSTANT SUNSHINE
Producer MICHAEL EMBER. Stereo
The Watched Pot by SAKI adapted by GABRIEL WOOLF. With Mary Morris.
This is the last radio play that the distinguished actress Mary Morris recorded before her death in October. She takes the role of a grande dame - 'a Catherine II of Russia, without any of her redeeming vices' - whose power for relentless good would pass from her if only her negative son Trevor would marry. Which designing female will succeed in capturing him?
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD Stereo
Richard Baker presents a miscellany of words and music.
. Producer JANE BEVAN
Stereo
A reading, a hymn and a reflection led by Eddie Neale. Stereo
The Write Side of the Law
Sue Cook investigates the role of handwriting analysis in exposing forgery and fraud. Producer ANNE HINDS BBC Pebble Mill
A light-hearted anthology from writers largely new to radio. Readers EMMA GARNER CLARKE , BARBARA MARTEN. ANN RYE and PETER WHEELER.
Song written and performed by MERVYN STUTTER
Producer IAN STRACHAN BBC Manchester. Stereo
(Details on Wednesday at 7.45pm)
by JAMES HENDRIE and IAN BROWN. Starring Mike Grady , Jonathan Kydd and special guests. Producer DAVID TYLER Stereo