Farming, food and countryside news.

with the Rev
David Runcorn

with John Humphrys and Peter Hobday.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Indarjit Singh
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament
8.50 Listeners' Letters

Presenter
Libby Purves.
Today's guests include George Allen , Britain's most bitten postman, and Cole Manson , an ex-soldier who is putting actors through their paces on stage. Producer Mary Sharp Stereo

visits Purbeck in Dorset.

Transatlantic Blues
A story written specially for Independence Day by Frederic Raphael. Read by John Rowe. Producer Duncan Minshull (The story is published in this week's 'Listener' magazine)

There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (Cross of Jesus); Mark 10, w 17-27; Help Us, 0 Lord
(A Copland); 0 Jesus, I Have Promised
(Wolvercote, BBC HB 360). Stereo

The actor Freddie Jones returns to his roots in Stoke-on-Trent to present a selection of poetry and prose.
The event was in aid of the charity China Appeal. Readers
Michael Williams and Su-Lin Looi.
Producer Kate Whitehead

Four programmes focusing on people who thrive on the subterranean lifestyle.

Beneath London's Chancery Lane lies a safe haven for silver. Forty high-security vaults burst at the seams with all manner of silver goods. Each one is different and each one is run by second and third generation Jewish dealers. Mark Burman goes underground to visit the London Silver Vaults.

Presenter John Howard

Peter Tinniswood 's six-part series.
3: Has Anyone Seen Winston?
The family have moved to London. Winston spends hours up a tree in the garden, and then he disappears ...
Director Shaun MacLoughlin Stereo (R)

with James Naughtie

Mr Pepperpot and the Weather. stereo (R)

Suzanne Vega and members of the Brian Kennedy Band are among the musicians, caterers and support workers who tell
Di Speirs about life on the road.
Presenter Jenni Murray. Serial: Love Among the Single Classes (8)

When Keith was made redundant he was quite excited. Everyone had known redundancies were likely and he'd been making plans ...
Written by Michael Toft.
Director Tony Cliff. Stereo

The first of five conversations in which the poet Adrian Henri is interviewed about his life and work by Carol Ann Duffy.
Reader Neville Smith. Producer Alec Reid

Mugshots in Munich
Tony Palmer leaves his tankard on the table to plunge into the cultural life of Munich in July, where the film and literature festivals rival the permanent attractions of the capital of Bavaria.
Producer Tim Dee. Stereo

with Frances Coverdale and Hugh Sykes

and Financial Report

Stereo

For the last time in the present series,
John Waite investigates. Producer Graham Ellis

In the first of three programmes,
Brian Redhead chairs a debate from the Inner Temple where judges, barristers and students consider the motion that: .
'Our system of justice serves the interests of the strong.' Proposing:
Anthony Lester , QC, and Helena Kennedy. Opposing: John Laws and Lord Justice
Farquharson.
Producer Margaret Hill (R)

Michael Berkeley sees in Tippett's New Year at
Glyndebourne, hears the voice of South African artists, and dances to the dragon.
Producer Julian May
Stereo

with Roger White. Stereo

with Michael Vestey Stereo

Tales of an Old
Horse Trader
Leroy Judson Daniels was born in 1882 in Iowa and, from the age of 10 when he was given his first pony, horses and horse-trading were his life. When he turned 100, he retired and told his story to Helen S Herrick. Read in five parts by Karl Schmidt.
Abridged by John Scotney

In the spring and summer of 1967 the Beatles were top of the charts, students occupied the LSE and the bottom dropped out of the pound. Five young women from a central heating factory in south London then decided to work an extra half-hour a day for free. Their move to 'Back
Britain' electrified the country. In the last programme in the series, Polly Toynbee and guests recall the campaign and look at its consequences. Producer Sue Davies