A Brush with the Law
Next Friday sees the introduction in the House of Commons of a Private
Member's Bill that would outlaw cruelty to wild animals. This would effectively ban fox hunting, beagling and other field sports. David Addis looks not at the emotional arguments but at the practical effects on the countryside of such a bill. Producer David Addis
with James Whitbourn.
with John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
7.20 Listeners' Letters
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Fr John McDade. Editor Philip Harding
with Cliff Morgan. Producer Joanne Watson
Ken Bruce with the holiday and travel programme. Producer Sara Jane Hall
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with Ned Sherrin and the likes of Robert Elms, Victoria Mather and the Men Who Know.
Producer Ian Gardhouse. Stereo
with Andrew Marr.
Producer Dennis Sewell
BBC correspondents around the world give a personal view of their host countries.
Producer GeoffSpink
with Louise Botting. Producer Robert McKenzie
Panel: Derek Nimmo , Paul Merton , Wendy Richard and Stephen Fry. Chairman
Nicholas Parsons.
Producer Sarah Smith. Stereo
This week's panel:
Rt Hon John Biffen ,
MP; Donald Dewar , MP; Margaret Ewing , MP; Alan Beith , MP.
From Cumbernauld, Scotland. Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby. and at 2.00pm
Any Answers? [number removed]
Your opportunity to call Jonathan Dimbleby with views on the issues raised in this week's edition of Any Questions? Producers Anna Carragher and Keith Jones
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Roger Danes's fast-moving thriller is set in Paris.
What is the link between the kidnap of Yvette Lalande and events in Algeria 30 years ago? "Someone in authority" has good reason to hamper Commissaire Grosset's investigations.
Director Glyn Dearman. Stereo
Annette Kobak invites six travellers to reflect on a journey.
6: Colin Thubron faces up to his fears as he drives round pre-glasnost Russia. Producer Kate McAII
with Georgina Ferry. Producer Julian Brown
A series of four programmes in which Sara Parker meets people who do other people's jobs.
2: The Temporary Secretary Is it all sexual harassment, long lunches and nicking the stationery? Producer Sukey Firth
Black Sheep
In the last programme of the series Phil Smith listens to the experiences of teenagers in trouble on a northern housing estate. Producer Gillian Hush
and Sports Round-Up
A look back at the week's news with Bill Wallis ,
Sally Grace , Jon Glover and Julian Dutton.
Stereo (Broadcastyesterday;
Robert Robinson eavesdrops on another conversation somewhere around the country. ProducerMichael Ember
"Your mission, Tim, should you choose to accept it, is to find out what makes great art. You have 12 hours. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds." Armed only with a tape recorder and a bicycle, Tim Marlow takes on his toughest assignment so far.
(Stereo)
(Repeated on Friday at 9.15pm)
Under Western Eyes
A two-part dramatisation of Joseph Conrad 's novel.
2: Geneva, 1911:Razumov is forced to spy on a group of exiled revolutionaries, among whom he meets the sister of the man he betrayed.
Dramatised by Brian Miller
Director Alison Hindell. Stereo
The last of the series in which
Professor Akbar Ahmed talks to six people from the Indian subcontinent who have influence in Britain.
Zia Mohyeddin
One of the best-known
Asian actors in Britain, with credits ranging from Shakespeare to The Jewel in the Crown.
Stereo
More favourite melodies presented by Brian Kay. Producer Andrew Mussett
Stereo
A reading, a hymn and a reflection led by the Rev David Hutt.
Stereo
The last in a series of six programmes about the Circumpolar Arctic. Polar Politics
The end of the Cold War has transformed politics at the top of the world. Parts of the Arctic Rim are still ringed with weaponry, but there is now a spirit of conciliation between former enemies - and of genuine co-operation among native peoples of the far north.
Presented by Daniel Snowman. Stereo
On Air
The last of six autobiographical talks by the barrister and historian
Charles Arnold-Baker , who was born the Prussian aristocrat
Wolfgang Werner von Blumenthal.
Producer Louise Purslow
with organists
Peter Hurford and Nicholas Danby.
Stereo (Broadcast/ast Tuesday)
A sitcom for the 90s.
Third of six programmes written by and starring comedian Nick Revell.
With Alistair McGowan , Caroline Gruber ,
Brian Bowles , Doon Mackichan and Alison Sterling.
Producer Jon Magnusson. Stereo
