The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
A meditation for the beginning of a new day with the Rev Canon Michael Sadgrove.
Presented by Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with George Austin.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Presented by Libby Purves.
Producer Bridget Osbome
This week the team visits Kirkby Lonsdale in Cumbria, where members of the Queen Elizabeth School and the Kirkby Lonsdale Gardening Association put their queries to
Dr Stefan Buczacki , Fred Downham and Daphne Ledward. Chairman Clay Jones.
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by Moy McCrory.
A lonely rat catcher tells his tale of being cruelly treated by a mermaid.
Read by Gerard McSorley.
The Lord Is My Strength (Ives); God Is My Strong Salvation (Hie Breve
Vivitur, BBC HB 453); 2 Samuel 22, w 1-7; w 17-20; 0 Be Joyful in the Lord (Britten); God Moves in a Mysterious Way (London New,
BBC HB 8). With the BBC Singers, directed by Barry Rose , Stereo
Can the peace process in Lebanon point the way through deadlock in the Middle East? Gerald Butt reports from Beirut.
How to brighten up Britain's bridges and how to expose forged signatures.
Carol Vorderman loosens the nuts and bolts of today's technology. Producer Deborah Cohen
Presented by John Howard.
Heather Couper , Nigel Henbest , John Durant and Tristram Wyatt investigate science from astronomy to zoology in the science quiz chaired by Michael Scott. Producer Louise Dalziel Stereo
Presented by James Naughtie.
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Story: Fables of the Irish Intelligentsia 2: My Last Chance
Bulgaria, 1936: Ilona is following Emil. He is following his sister and her lover, or so he says. But Ilona wants to know more - and what she cannot discover, she makes up... A comedy by Frederick Bradnum.
(Stereo)
Introduced by Michael Rosen. In the last of the present series,
Julia Eccleshare selects the best of the season's new books for children - for beaches, journeys and long summer days. Producer Jill Burridge
Enoch Powell 's ministerial career ended spectacularly when he was sacked by Edward Heath after his 'Rivers of Blood' speech. In the third of a four-part series of informed historical speculation,
Christopher Andrew asks: What if Powell had stayed and taken his place two years later in a Conservative
Government? How would he have influenced immigration policy,
British entry into Europe, or relations with the Americans? As he enters his 80th year, Enoch Powell ponders the possibilities with Dr Patrick Seyd from
Sheffield University. Producer Ian Bell
Nigel Andrews is at the new films, including the return of Naked Gun; the author of Prizzi's Honour, Richard Condon , is in the studio; and the religious inspired music of the British composer John Tavener , Ikon of Light, is released on record. Producer Belinda Sample
with Valerie Singleton and Hugh Sykes.
and Financial Report
Stereo
Has Mike done too much, too soon?
John Waite investigates listeners' complaints in the last of the present series. Editor Graham Ellis
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What's new in medical science? How well are doctors looking after us? Is our money being spent to the best effect?
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care.
(Broadcast yesterday at 10.00am;
The last of the series in which six concert performers talk to June Knox-Mawer.
This week: Trevor Pinnock recalls his days at
Canterbury Choir School and as assistant organist at a nearby church, before he decided to take up the harpsichord. He also talks about his period instrument chamber orchestra, the English
Concert, and introduces his records of music by Bach and Handel, and of the Haydn Piano Concerto in D.
Producer Derek Drescher. Stereo
Stereo
Presented by Roger White. Stereo
Presented by Robin Lustig. Stereo
Age of Iron by J M Coetzee. Part 8.
Five programmes in which
Steve Kace celebrates 50 years as a broadcaster.
1: The Silent Nightingale Producer Pete Atkin. Stereo
