Reports from the British Veterinary Association Annual Congress in Torquay, where animal welfare and the role of vets in farming in the 1990s are on the agenda.
Presenter Carol Trewin. Producer Tim Finney

with James Whitbourn.

with John Humphrys and Peter Hobday.
7.20 Listeners' Letters
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Elaine Storkey.
Editor Philip Harding

with Cliff Morgan. Producer Joanne Watson

with Ken Bruce.
Producer Sara Jane Hall
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with Ned Sherrin , and the likes of Sandi Toksvig , Mark Steyn and Victor Lewis-Smith .
Producer Dymphna Flynn. Stereo

How reliable are government statistics?
Nick Clarke investigates. Producer Charles Sigler

Producer GeoffSpink

with Louise Botting.
Producer Frances Macdonald

Chairman Barry Took quizzes team captains
Alan Coren and Richard Ingrams and their guests. Producer Diane Messias. Stereo

The panel includes
Margaret Hodge and Sue Slipman.
From Telford, Shropshire. Chairman
Jonathan Dimbleby. and at 2.00pm
Any Answers? [number removed]with Jonathan Dimbleby. Producers Anna Carragher and John Watkins
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A Portrait of Elmbury
A celebration of life in an English market town between the two world wars.
Adapted from the Brensham Trilogy novels by John Moore.
Children: David Palmer, Thomas Davies, Christopher Taylor, Alison Morgan, Rose Panter and Lucy Fisher.
Music Simon Walter.
Dramatised by David Goodland
Director Pat Trueman. Stereo

Once a tidal inlet of Morecambe Bay, Leighton Moss has been reclaimed to rich farmland and lost to floods. But now the Moss is a wildlife reserve and senior warden John Wilson takes Michael Scott on a tour in the last programme of the present series. Producer John Harrison

with Peter Evans.
Producer Peter Croasdale

Fergus Keeling investigates how the domestic cat copes with the rat race.
Producer John Ruthven. Stereo

NFW A series of seven programmes.
1: A lopsided view of birth, death and all the other messy bits in between.
Simon Hoggart and friends set about writing (sic) wrongs. Producer Brian King

and Sports Round-Up

with David Tate , Bill Wallis , Sally Grace , Brian Bowles. Stereo

with Robert Robinson.
Producer Michael Ember. Stereo

Pushkin's Movement
Russian poet
Alexander Pushkin was killed in a duel in 1837. But his name was still being invoked at the height of last month's coup. Tony Briggs travelled to
Moscow to talk to authors, poets and people in the street about the future for
Pushkin and Russian literature as the USSR disintegrates.
Producer Beaty Rubens. Stereo

A ten-part dramatisation of Charles Dickens's novel.

Young David Copperfield has had reason to regret his mother's second marriage - his stepfather, Mr Murdstone, is cold and cruel. David is sent away in disgrace to a boarding school in London. Dramatised by Betty Davies
(Stereo)

NEW Six programmes in which
John Miller talks to eminent historians.
1: Sir Michael Howard ,
Professor of War Studies at Yale University. (Broadcast/astMonday)

More favourite melodies presented by Brian Kay.
Producer Sarah Devonald. Stereo

led by Canon John Oates. Stereo

What is the quintessential essence of stylish, intellectual pastiche?
And how do you spell it?
Producer Diane Messias. Stereo

Four visits to Mayfield Cricket Club.
2: The Opening Batsman This week's fixture for the club is
Anthony Pollington 's old team, the Mandarins, who represent his former colleagues in the Civil Service.
Anthony's son Sebastian, whose winter was spent on active service in the Gulf, is also playing. The
Pollingtons describe their dynastic connection with Mayfield.
Producer Sally Marmion. Stereo

NFW with tw0 musicians for whom a musical partnership is also a family relationship: sisters and duo-pianists, Katia and Marielle Labeque.
Stereo

'Laughing through the Depression' - with a slightly budget issue of your bumper golden weekly. With
Alistair McGowan , Julian Dutton , Mary Elliot-Nelson , Peter Baynham and Bryonie Pritchard.
Producer Sarah Smith. Stereo