The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
Producers Sue Broom and Steve Punter

with the Rev Noel Battye. Stereo

with John Humphrys and Peter Hobday. Including:
6.45 Business News
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Dr Pauline Webb

Two programmes in which people present views on topics close to their heart. 1: David Divine goes in search of the family ideal via the BBC Sound Archives.
Producer Fran Acheson

with Melvyn Bragg.
Producer Manna Salandy-Brown Stereo

David Neal reads the third of 16 episodes from the Authorised Version.

Today Jakki Brambles becomes Radio 1 's first woman daytime DJ.Jenni Murray wishes her luck, and makes a few requests. (Revised repeat at 7.20pm LW) Serial:
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.
The first of 15 episodes read by Juliet Stevenson.
"No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be a heroine."
Abndged by Ann Rees Jones Music: Janacek's Suite for String Orchestra Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie

with Vincent Duggleby. Producer Frances Macdonald 0 LINES OPEN from 10.00am

with John Howard. Editor Ken Vass

Ned Sherrin continues the search for the champion of 1992 in heat five of the wide-ranging musical quiz. Producer Gareth Edwards. Stereo

with James Naughtie. Editor Roger Mosey

A trawler is heading for almost certain disaster. The crew are given the chance to say goodbye to families and loved ones.
Written by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Director Tony Cliff. Stereo

The first of six programmes in which celebrities defend their favourite fictional villain. Today
Clive Anderson quizzes novelist Sue Townsend on her theory that Mrs Danvers , the sinister housekeeper in Daphne du Maurier's romance Rebecca, was not the nasty piece of work everybody takes her to be, but simply misunderstood. Producer Kate Boston Stereo

John Humphrys talks to four people who have weathered major storms in their careers.
3: Sir Clive Sinclair , the computer genius who overestimated the appeal of his C5 car.
Producer Brian King

Paul Vaughan discusses the new singing star Cecilia Bartoli 's performances of music by Rossini; and is at the first night of the Welsh National Opera production of Debussy's opera Pelleas et Mé/isande in Cardiff.
Producer Quentin Cooper. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

To Tempt a Woman by Clare Boylan.
The secret purchase of a fur coat by two conniving fathers will seal a little deal. But for what?
Read by Tony Doyle. Producer Duncan Minshull

Presented by Valerie Singleton and Frank Partridge. Editor Kevin Marsh
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Stereo

Kate's style is severely cramped.

Michael Rosen invites Ruth McCarthy to select new reading for all ages. Producer Jill Burridge

Mary Morgan
A serving-girl is tried for murder in 1805. How can her lover lead the jury that condemns her?
Written by Greg Cullen , based on a true story.
Director Jane Dauncey. Stereo

The fourth of six talks based on the prison journals of John Williams. "Listening to obsessive claims of innocence is an occupational hazard of life inside."
Producer Chris Paling. Stereo

Stereo (Revised repeat of 4.05pm)

with Nigel Cassidy. Stereo

with Robin Lustig.
Editor Margaret Budy. Stereo

A black comedy by Argentinian writer Vlady Kociancich.
The first often episodes read by Edward De Souza and Joanna Myers.
Translated by Margaret Jull Costa
Abridged by Patrick Carroll

Classic comedy from the 70s with John Cleese , Tim Brooke-Taylor , Graeme Garden , Bill Oddie. David Hatch and Jo Kendall. Producers David Hatch and Peter Titheradge