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

with the Venerable Sangharakshita, leader of the Friends of the Western
Buddhist Order.

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

In the BBC Sound
Archives, Russell Davies meets a member of COBOFFA, the Campaign on Behalf of Fluent
Football Analysis. Producer Noah Richler

with Melvyn Bragg. Stereo

The Gospel according to John
The last of ten parts read by Tony Britton.
Abridged by Penny Leicester Director Noel Vincent

with Jenni Murray.
Sonia Beesley assesses the achievements of women's movements - from medieval silk weavers to the power dressers of the 80s.
(Revised repeat at 7.20pm LW) Serial:
Family Money by Nina Bawden.
Eleventh of 12 episodes, read by Brenda Bruce.
Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie

071-580 4444with Vincent Duggleby. Producer Robert McKenzie • Lines open from 10.00am

with Margaret Collins.

Chairman Robert Robinson.
First Round - West.
Henry Boettinger (international telecommunications consultant); David Stranks (primary school teacher); Bryan Conway (international relations manager); Roger Hemming (estate agent).
Producer Richard Edis
(Stereo)

with James Naughtie. Editor Roger Mosey

Richard Dawson and his family have been active in local politics for two generations and now the chance has come of a Parliamentary nomination. Has the local boy got what it takes? Written by Chris Thompson.
Director Tony Cliff. Stereo

Novelists in conversation with Rosemary Hartill. 3: Tim Parks.
"A lot of my books are about being on intimate terms with people one doesn't understand". Producer David Coomes

A travelling trombone player, Henry Shukman , appears with his instrument; and Robert Dawson-Scott reviews the Birthright series on TV, and talks to dancers from the Rambert about working with Merce Cunningham.
Producer Sarah Johnson. Stereo
(Revised repeat at 9.30pm)

The Clerk's Tale by V S Pritchett.
A clerk remembers a journey to work in wartime; a journey that marked a dramatic move from adolescence to manhood.
Read by Reece Dinsdale. Producer Sue Wilson

with Valerie Singleton and Frank Partridge.
•WRITE to: PM Letters, BBC, London W1A 1AA

The antidote to panel games.
In the chair: Humphrey Lyttelton.
Round the table: Willie Rushton, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer.
On the piano: Colin Sell. Stereo

Strife over the strawberries. Stereo

Six enthusiasts introduce Dylan Winter to the vehicle they love.
5: The most desirable seat in the land? Beside Lord Lichfield in his E-type Jaguar.
Producer Hamish Mykura Stereo

By Mike McGrath
Bert Boford refuses to give up his job as Kennel Huntsman despite intense pressure from his family, until his wife steps in to precipitate a crisis for the Hunt.

A second series of talks by John P Harris about living in a village in the South of France.
1: Toujours Languedoc Producer Merilyn Harris

Stereo
(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)

Presented by Tim Bowler.
(Stereo)

Presented by Robin Lustig. Stereo

A British Picture
The enfant terrible of the British cinema, film director Ken Russell , describes his youth in Southampton, his boyhood passion for films, and the path that led him to Huw Wheldon and Monitor.
First of six parts read by Ken Russell himself.
Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury. Producer Adrian Bean
Stereo

Comedy from 1957, displaying the talents of Dick Bentley ,
Jimmy Edwards , June Whitfield and Wallas Eaton.
Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
Producer Charles Maxwell