The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
with the Rev Noel Battye. Stereo
Presented by Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Venerable
George Austin
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Presented by LibbyPurves.
Producer Bridget Osbome
Isaiah
Part 5.
Jenni Murray meets the Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell.
(Revised repeat at 7.20pm LW) Serial: Northanger Abbey (3)
with Margaret Collins.
MPs Julian Critchley and Austin Mitchell and their guests with another round of the political quiz.
Chairman Patrick Hannan.
Producer Diane Messias Stereo
Presented by James Naughtie.
In Wally K Daly 's comedy, Paul and Bunny undergo a mind-boggling transformation following a clash of heads at a wedding reception.
Director Martin Jenkins. Stereo
Six programmes in which John P Harris talks about living in a village in the south of France. 5: La Tele
Producer Merilyn Harris
What beats as it sweeps as it cleans? Find out when Carol Vorderman loosens the nuts and bolts of vacuum cleaners old and new.
Producer Julia Durbin
Nigel Andrews visits the birthplace of Charley's 's
Aunt at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds; reviews the films of the week; and discusses Buddenbrooks on Radio 4.
Producer Adrian Washbourne Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)
The Mother by Antonis Samarakis.
In a small Grecian village, a mother irons her son's best trousers unaware of the events about to overtake her.
Read by Jill Graham. Translated by Gavin Betts Producer Sue Wilson
Presented by Valerie Singleton and Hugh Sykes.
Ned Sherrin continues the search for the champion of 1992 in heat five of the wide-ranging musical quiz. Stereo
Usha pours oil on troubled waters.
Three talks in which Adeola Solanke tells the story of her recent travels in southern Africa.
2: Zimbabwe: A Dream Deferred "Only loose women wear shorts here, they chided. I might have been less obstinate if it were some African convention I was flouting. But this wasn't only impractical, it was imported." ProducerJoy Hatwood
Rosemary Hartill explores the relationship between God and the poets, in a six-part series.
2:God s Gentleman
The poetry of George Herbert. Reader
Edward Petherbridge. Producer Amanda Hancox Stereo
A ten-part series in which Brian Redhead traces the history of the church from the end of the Middle Ages to the present day.
9:Licence and Liberation
Five decades of change since the end of the Second World War.
Producers Frances Gumley and Malcolm Love. Stereo
Stereo (Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
Presented by Roger White. Stereo
Presented by Alexander MacLeod.
Stereo
The Last Days of William Shakespeare byVladyKociancich. Part 3.
Four programmes looking at traditional ways of life that may soon be coming to an end.
1: Freeminers
A hundred feet below ground, two of the last freeminers of the Forest of Dean pick for coal.
Conditions are muddy and cramped and have changed little since the turn of the century. Paul Heiney crawls through the damp tunnels of Old Park Colliery to work alongside this secretive and proud group of miners.
