Prices, practical farming, politics and the countryside.
Producers Dylan Winter and Sue Broom
A meditation for Holy Week with Fr Cormac Rigby. Stereo
with Peter Hobday and John Harrison
6.45 Business News
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Canon Eric James
Five short stories by Hamish Whiteley.
Reader Richard Pearce.
1: Mr Perkins
Life seen through the eyes of a young lad, under the guidance of his loving grandmother. Producer Tony Cliff BBC North
with Melvyn Bragg Research Jayne Morgan Producer
Marina Salandy-Brown . Stereo
The Walk by Brendan Kennelly. Reader
Neasa Ni Annrachain. Producer Robert Tosh BBC Northern Ireland
One hundred listeners to the Daily Service are visiting Jerusalem as pilgrims in Holy Week. You can join them in a different part of the city each day as the service follows the story of Jesus in this eventful week.
Canon Colin Semper introduces the service from the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Jerusalem.
Reading: Matthew 21, vv 12-17; The royal banners forward go (Gonfalon Royal BBC HB 91);
I rejoiced when I heard them say (Psalm 122); 0 for a thousand tongues (Richmond, BBC HB 278)
Director of Music
Claire Campbell-Smith Organist
Elizabeth Roloff
(Details yesterday 5.00pm LW)
Simon Rae with your requests.
Readers Andrew Sachs and Bonnie Hurren.
Guest
Sir Stephen Spender. Producer Susan Roberts BBC Bristol. Stereo
Presenter John Waite Editor Ken Vass
A nationwide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain. Chairman
Robert Robinson.
First round from
London.
With Stephen Ambrose (financial officer); Simon Townley (musician);
Pamela Dale (secretary); Peter Bradley (local government officer). Including 'Beat the Brains' in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants.
Devised by John P Wynn Questions Ian Gillies
Producer Richard Edis
Stereo
with Nick Clarke Editor Roger Mosey
Thora Hird reads Easter stories from Duckdown Road. The Great Easter Egg Hunt (part 1) by Kate Wilkinson. Producer David Ian Neville Stereo (R)
Singer Marsha Hunt talks to Jenni Murray. Serial: Coming First by Paul Bryers abridged and produced in 12 episodes by Pat McLoughlin. Reader Philip Fox (part 8).
Editor Clare Selerie-Grey
by Colin Haydn Evans Stereo (Details Sat 7.45pm)
It's an island of 35,000 sq km with a population of 20 million, and for many people its name is what they read on the backs of toys and computers. Tony Rayns reports on the cultural life that supports this nation.
Stereo
with Valerie Singleton and Bill Frost
Editor Kevin Marsh
and Financial Report
Stereo (Details Sat 12.25pm)
with Derek Cooper
Rusted Visions by Dave Morris.
A canny lawyer wins his client the chance of a fresh start in life. A job in a theme park seems a heavenly alternative to prison, depending, of course, on the theme ...
Other parts played by members of the cast Director Nigel Bryant BBC Pebble Mill
Stereo
Christina Dodwell on a journey through expeditions of the past. 2: Close Encounters
Producer Simon Elmes (R)
Exhibitions without pictures, theatre without words, 'Jerusalem' with neither pastures green nor satanic mills? Paul Vaughan tries to keep his equilibrium and ends up in Montana. Producer Mike Greenwood Stereo
with Richard Kershaw Editor Margaret Budy. Stereo
Something to Hold Onto by Richard Cobb. Last of five episodes abridged by John Scotney. Reader Frederick Treves.
The American Connection Producer Sarah Kilgarriff
International award winner 'Premios
Ondas' 1984. Featuring Captain Invisible.
With Christopher Barrie Nick Maloney and Nick Wilton.
Script Rob Grant , Doug Naylor Producer Alan Nixon Stereo (R)