Daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
with Rev David Hutt.
with John Humphrys.
Details as yesterday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Vicky Cosstick
2: Kicking Off to Grammar School
Your chance to talk to
Nick Ross and his guests on an issue of the moment. Producer Poppy Hughes
GLines open from 8.00am
Never Knew
2: Do I Know You From Somewhere?
Jenni Murray talks to singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega.
Serial: The Cry from Street to Street (7)
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care. Producer Julia Durbin
with John Howard.
The return of the quotation quiz hosted by Nigel Rees.
Exchanging the quotes and anecdotes this week are: Victoria Glendinning , Tony Hawks, Helena Kennedy and David Attenborough.
Quotations read by Ronald Fletcher. producer Jon Naismith
with Nick Clarke.
Lover Come Back
Martyn Wade 's spirited comedy about love across the Great Divide.
Tom is a henpecked husband still pining after his old girlfriend, Jane. He is determined to make their 10-year reunion, but can he make it past
Debbie? And will Jane turn up?
With Sandra James-Young and David Holt
Director Cherry Cookson
with Simon Joly , conductor of the BBC Singers, and two members of the choir - Judith Bingham and Roger Heath.
Producer Michael Emery
A series of four programmes in which Jenni Mills reveals the personal stories behind some of the headlines of the last few years.
2: In July 1990, Eric and Marilyn Smith had a knock on their front door from two policemen. Their teenage daughter Karyn had been arrested at Bangkok airport and charged with attempting to smuggle £ 4 million worth of heroin.
Producer Sarah Rowlands
(Rev Rpt)
Listeners report on issues which have affected their lives - and could affect yours. With Susan Marling. Editor Jenny Walmsley
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Paul Vaughan reads a new biography of Mary
Renault and talks to its author David Sweetman.
And there's a review of All the Pretty Horses, the new novel by the acclaimed and reclusive American writer Cormac McCarthy. Producer Julian May
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)
Mystery at Ivy Manor by Wendy Barr.
"This afternoon I fancied I saw a figure of a woman behind the battlements of the north tower."
"Why, Sarah, you must be mistaken...."
Read by Fiona Bell. Producer Bruce Young
with Wendy Austin.
Business badinage, bons mots and bunkum.
On the panel: Peter Day ,
Howard Hodgson , Alastair Ross Goobey , and Janette Rutterford.
Chairman Nigel Cassidy. Producer Neil Koenig
Lynda drops a bombshell!
Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad. The last programme of the present series.
Reporter Roisin McAuley. Producer Lynne Jones
How did Earth start going round the Sun?
Last in the series in which prominent people in their early thirties reflect on Christ's Passion.
6: Ian Hislop
Producer Michael Roberts
with Peter White. Producer Thena Heshel
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(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
with Nigel Cassidy.
Tim Sebastian.
On the Third Day Episode 2.
Is it cruel to make a five-year-old boy miss half a year of school because his home is a touring fairground? Or is
John Scarrott actually better off than his more conventional friends?
Dylan Winter discovers the pros and cons of life among the dodgems. Producer Ian Bell