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

with Carolyn Butler.

Presented by John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor. Details as Monday. Plus at 7.45
Thought for the Day with Rt Rev Richard Harries.

5: Monastic Days and Smugglers, stereo

The continuing story of the folk of Bentley, in Hampshire.
4: Hilda is welcomed back to the village of her youth. Presented by Nigel Farrell.
Producer Chris Paling

Matthew. Part 8.

From Cardiff.
Introduced by Linda Mitchell.
(Revised repeat at 7.20pm LW) Fourth story: Scarlet Ibis.

Presented by Jessica Holm.
Producer Sarah Blunt

with Debbie Thrower.
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Presented by Derek Cooper.
Pesticides and poultry, fast-food and foie gras ... the show that investigates the good, the bad and the tasteless.
Producers Sheila Dillon and Marie Helly

Presented by Nick Clarke.

Carmen

BBC correspondents at home and abroad report on one of the main British or foreign topics in this week's news.
Producers Carole Lacey and Howard Rogers

From social realism to science fiction, class conflict to mental breakdown the work of few writers experiments with the boundaries of fiction or offers such imaginative challenges as that of Doris Lessing. Over a writing career of more than 40 years,
Doris Lessing has tackled the most urgent concerns of our time. But her work has a lighter side, combining warmth and compassion with shrewd observation.
With the publication of her new collection of stories
London Observed,
Nigel Forde presents a profile of Doris Lessing.
Producer Abigail Appleton. Stereo

Tim Marlow reviews the touring exhibition
The Way We Live Now, reflecting on the Aids crisis, which arose out of a collaboration between
British artist
Howard Hodgkin and American writer Susan Sontag ; and Canadian director
Robert Lepage appears in a one-man show at the National Theatre. Producer Beaty Rubens Stereo

Taking It Easy
Michele Roberts ' droll guide to a writer's life how to have fun and still meet the deadline.
Read by Barbara Flynn. Producer Duncan Minshull

with Frank Partridge and Hugh Sykes.

The transport programme with Janet Trewin. Producer Jill Thomas

Holiday plans take an unpleasant turn.
Wriiten by Caroline Harrington Producer Vanessa Whitburn

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a discussion from Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire. The panel:
Helen Jackson ,
Former Chair of Sheffield
City Council Employment Committee;
Sir Russell Johnston , Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats;
Eric Pickles , Former Leader of Bradford City Council; and Peter Riddell , Political Columnist of The Times.
Producer Nick Utechin

Marcel Berlins returns with the weekly look at developments in the law and how they affect our lives.
Producer Sallie Davies

Following the conclusion of trial of the police officers accused of beating Rodney King, Cooke details the violent disturbances in Los Angeles happening in the wake of the verdict.

Stereo

by Alistair Cooke.

with Richard Kershaw. Stereo

The Diamond as Big as the Ritz by F Scott Fitzgerald. Part 5.

A satirical look back at the week's news. Producer Louise Coats

with Heather Payton.

Poet Ivor Cutler delves into the archives.
Producer Mark Savage