with Brian Redhead and Sue MacGregor

The last in the series of programmes with Anthony Lawrence , former BBC Far East Correspondent and long-time resident of the colony.
4: 1997 Looms
Producer Jolyon Monson

News from the Siberian breeding grounds of brent geese and from the clamour of a Welsh gannetry. Presented by Fergus Keeling and Jessica Holm. Producer John Harrison

Stereo

Stereo (Omnibus edition on Saturday at 6.25pm)

Jenny Cuffe talks to five women who face the challenges of life head-on. 1: Dora Boatemah , who has set out to transform her Brixton estate.
Producer Joy Hatwood. Stereo

Andrew Palitti Johnston joins Japanese villagers in their annual sports day. Producer Peter Hoare

with John Howard

Stereo

with Nick Clarke

Jenni Murray meets
Canadian novelist Alice Munro , whose new collection of stories, Friend of My Youth, begins a two-part adaptation in the programme today, read by Margaret Robertson. (Music: Gershwin's Violin Piece)

A play by Berlie Doherty. One of the heroes of the Spanish Civil War was Major Sam Wild - a building worker from Manchester.
Old Sam... Malcolm Hebden with Gillian Hanna ,
Emma Garner-Clarke , Rodney Litchfield ,
Karl Anthony Bonworth and Gemma Wardle.
James Hughes (harmonica). Director Kay Patrick. Stereo

Helen Forrester , author of Twopence to Cross the Mersey, talks to Nigel Forde about her life in Liverpool during the Depression, and Gerald Durrell describes his reading matter for a journey to Madagascar. Producer Sally Marmion

Paul Allen in Dublin for the theatre festival; and Radio 4's Forsyte Chronicles unfold.
Producer Anthony Denselow Stereo

with Valerie Singleton and Hugh Sykes

and Financial Report

Stereo

Jenny Cuffe visits four towns that have become inseparable from the institutions at their heart.
1: Newmarket - and the Racing Industry Producer John Watkins

The series that takes an in-depth look at current affairs.
Country Matters
From Vilnius to Vanuatu nationalism is again resurgent. In the first of two programmes, David Walker asks whether we should fear or welcome the reassertion of national sentiment. Producer Simon Coates Editor Caroline Anstey

Presenter Kati Whitaker Producer Marlene Pease

Stereo

with Roger White. Stereo

with Alexander MacLeod Stereo

Haroun and the Sea of Stories (2)

A six-part adaptation of Nicolas Freeling 's novel. 2: Explosions in a Convent Was there a political motive for the bombing of the convent?
Dramatised by Michael Bakewell Director Matthew Walters. Stereo

4: Ted Koehler (R)