The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
with Henry Tankel.
Presented by Brian Redhead and Peter Hobday.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rt Rev
Tom Butler.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Listeners investigate with the help of Susan Marling and the team.
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A second series of six talks by John P Harris about living in a village in the South of France.
2: Mutton
Producer Merilyn Harris
Jessica Holm walks along a Sussex beach with an archaeologist and a botanist, and finds out what prehistoric people ate for lunch. Plus a look at the plight of dragonflies in this country after two years of drought, and a visit to a Cambridge garden which is home to half the British species of butterfly.
Producer Mary Colwell
Reflecting on the concerns of the day. Stereo
Stereo (Omnibus edition on Saturday at 6.25pm)
In the second of six programmes,
Sue MacGregor goes to
Coventry to meet the Bishop, the Rt Rev Simon Barrington-Ward , and talk about his life and work. Producer Gillian Hush
The Kindergarten of Life Viki Jaye tells of a New Age trip in the playgrounds of downtown California.
Presented by Debbie Thrower.
Nigel Rees chairs the quotation game.
With Simon Brett , Sue MacGregor , Mark Steyn and Arnold Brown. Readings by Ronald Fletcher.
Producer Armando lannucci Stereo
Presented by James Naughtie.
Jenni Murray meets Gcina Mhlophe , celebrated poet and playwright from South Africa.
Serial: The Adultery Department (9)
Edward Blishen invites
Tariq Ali and Carmen Callil to talk about four paperbacks they consider to be A Good Read.
Producer Susan Roberts Stereo
Paul Allen reports on the Hungarian musical Dr Heart now visiting Manchester's Royal
Exchange Theatre; Elena Duran plays her flute; and Kip Meyers views the work of the Los Angeles Poverty Department, as it makes theatre with Britain's homeless.
Producer Ariane Koek
Stereo
with Frank Partridge and Hugh Sykes.
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and Financial Report
An eight-part comedy drama written by Jim Eldridge.
6: A Day at the Centre Excitement all round when Mr Sims 's class visit
TV Centre. Hopefully a trouble-free day, but who can tell? After all, kids will be kids ...
Stereo
Bert is initiated into the rites of the health club.
The Mint makes money and people make mints - but does money really exist? Simon Fanshawe finds out from the Bank of England, the Royal Mint, the men on the money markets and property developers.
Producer Rachel Yorke. Stereo
Little Grey Cells
The 1980s transatlantic boom in ideologically committed private research institutes coincided with the demise of official think tanks.
But, Peter Hennessy asks, how influential were the putative policy-makers and what legacy have they left?
Producer Simon Coates
The magazine programme for disabled listeners. Presented by Kati Whitaker.
Producer Marlene Pease 0 PHONE: 07 1-[number removed](10.00am-5.00pm)
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Stereo
Presented by Roger White. Stereo
Presented by Robin Lustig. Stereo
Full House by Molly Keane. Part 9.
The last of four cases for Stephen J Blackburn , ex-pitman turned private investigator. A Case of Whistle and Run
Another routine marital case for Blackburn turns out to be one that could be his last, unless the love and loyalty of his young trainee assistant Tracey can once again save him from losing both his business and his life.
Written by Ian McMillan , Martyn Wiley and the director, Dave Sheasby. Stereo
