Farming, food and countryside news.
with the Rev
David Runcorn
with Peter Hobday and Chris Lowe.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Indarjit Singh
8.35 Yesterday in Parliament
Most people feel well and truly accounted for, their lives summarised on birth certificate and poll tax form, credit card and driving licence. But tens of thousands are reported missing each year and hundreds of thousands are surviving 'semi-detached' from official society.
In the final programme of the series,
Hugh Prysor-Jones discovers Britain's lost legions. The Numbers Games Producer John Forsyth
Fergus Keeling investigates the world of wildlife and discovers a rare bird of prey that has taken to nesting in those dark Sitka spruce plantations. Plus how embroidery can be used to help wildlife. Producer John Harrison
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Stereo
(Omnibus edition on Saturday at
6.25pm)
Four conversations in which David Walker meets those on the top rung of the public-sector ladder. 3: Julia Cumberlege , Chairman of the South West Thames Regional Health Authority, is a new recruit to the Conservative benches of the House of Lords. Producer Joy Hatwood
A series of talks by first-time broadcasters. Today Anthea Haughton relives the terror of teaching liberal studies.
tackles your problems and explains how the events and issues of the day affect you and your family.
Presenter John Howard.
Stereo
Presenter
John Sergeant
Mrs Pepperpot in Hospital. Stereo (R)
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Serial: Love Among the Single Classes (9)
with special appearances by Virginia Wade and Bill Threlfall.
You want to succeed in the tough world of women's tennis?
Go West.
Following this advice, four British women take on the American circuit. Written by Helen Kruger.
Director Jeremy Mortimer Stereo (R)
Edward Blishen invites
Kate Adie and Nigel Barley to talk about four paperbacks they consider to be A Good Read.
Coming at a time when many people are thinking about summer holidays and books to take with them, the first programme in the new series has the emphasis on travel. One choice is
Holidays in Hell by PJO'Rourke.
Producer Susan Roberts
Stereo
with Frances Coverdale and Robert Williams
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The Story of Chewing Gum and Bubble Gum
Nick Baker presents a musical history of mass production and mastication.
Sophocles did it to calm his nerves, so did Tom Sawyer. But were it not for the Battle of the Alamo, Lonnie Donegan would be a poorer man today*.
Producer Fiona Couper. Stereo
NATO, CSCE, WEU, EEC, COMECON, Warsaw Pact. You name it, Europe's got it.
In the first of two programmes, David Walker asks, however, if these progeny of the Cold War can now define and defend a common European home.
A topical magazine, covering the political issues and happenings from around the country that concern people with disabilities.
Presenter Kati Whitaker. Producer Marlene Pease
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Does He Take Sugar? BBC, London WI 1AA
Sir Lancelot embraces
Queen Guinevere in a park in Lancaster; Sir Simon Fanshawe pulls out Excalibur; in another part of the world Lady Madonna appeals to
Dick Tracey ; and artist
Victor Pasmore pursues his passions.
Producer Lesley McAlpine Stereo
with Roger White.
(Stereo)
with Robin Lustig. Stereo
Tales of an Old Horse
Trader (2)
A five-part series with Ian Carmichael as Dorothy L Sayers 's aristocratic sleuth.
2: The disappearance of a financier ...
Producer Simon Brett (R)