Henrietta Green looks at how farmers are contributing towards the Christmas feast.
Producer Min Raisman
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 Rev Myra Blyth
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
with Cliff Morgan Producer Gill Pulsford
Presented by Bill Oddie. Producer Sara Jane Hall
with Ned Sherrin and John Walters , Emma Freud and Arthur Smith.
Producer Ian Gardhouse. Stereo
with Michael White ,
Political Editor of The Guardian.
Producer Dennis Sewell
Brian Hanrahan with the Programme that reports on the stories and issues affecting people throughout Europe. Editor Anna Carragher
with Alison Mitchell. Producer Robert McKenzie
Humphrey Lyttelton is in the chair, with Willie Rushton , Paul Merton , Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer.
At the piano Colin Sell.
Producer Jon Naismith. Stereo
The panel includes Paddy Ashdown , MP, leader of the Liberal Democrats; David Blunkett , MP,
Shadow Health Secretary; and Rhiannon Chapman , Director of the Industrial
Society, who tackle the issues raised in Exeter. Chairman Nick Clarke.
Producers Nick Utechin and Dymphna Flynn
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The King's General The heroine of Daphne du Maurier 's classic love story set during the English Civil War is the beautiful Honor Harris, crippled in a riding accident, yet loved for ever by Sir Richard Grenville , the King's General in the West.
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor
Director Cherry Cookson. Stereo
Government records documenting the end of the British Empire are gradually becoming available to historians. Christopher Cook investigates a major new project which is revealing fascinating aspects of the Imperial Sunset.
John Miller examines the turbulent history of Cyprus, and Robert Rowland reports on the land that England lost. Producer John Knight
with Peter Evans.
Producer James Clarke
This week's programme finds Roger Harrabin lurking in the grotto of a Green Santa, while
Simon Parkes looks at how-consumers are conned by "green hype".
Producer Jeffrey Olstead
with Patrick Hannan.
Producer Richard Thomas
and Sports Round-Up
A satirical review of the week's news with the Week Ending team.
Stereo
Tom Robinson presents a rough guide to manhood for the uninitiated.
Producer Chns Paling. Stereo
The Etruscans in Paris
Their art is dazzling, their culture sophisticated, their language undeciphered. Louisa Buck visits a major exhibition in Paris to examine the extraordinary allure of the Etruscans.
Producer Beaty Rubens Stereo
The Suicide Club
The second of two stories by Robert Louis Stevenson. In this melodrama the gallant Prince Florizel of Bohemia swears vengeance on an evil gaming establishment where the stake is life itself.
Dramatised by Trevor Royle Director Patrick Rayner Stereo
Sue MacGregor meets Andre Deutsch to talk about his life and work in publishing. Stereo
More favourite melodies presented by Brian Kay. Producer Anthony Sellors Stereo
A reading, a hymn and a reflection led by Fr Oliver McTernan.
Stereo
Sarah Baxter ,
Henry Porter and a guest mull over one of today's knottier issues.
Producer Sue Davies. Stereo
Andrew Lucas-d'Souza talks to Ray Brown about his childhood memories of Burma.
Producer Gillian Hush
with two musicians for whom a creative partnership is also a family relationship: duo pianists Isabel Beyer and Harvey Dagul. Stereo
Simon Brett chooses diary extracts for 11 December.
In 1948 a Mass-
Observation diarist in ration-weary Britain recoils at the latest offering on the butcher's slab, newspaper editor R D Blumenfeld remarks on the sudden popularity of ping-pong in 1902, and in 1936 Lord Reith, as Director-General of the BBC, is present at an historic broadcast bv King Edward VIII.
Readers Sean Barrett , Jane Whittenshaw and June Barrie.
Stereo
