with Simon Parkes.
Family farms are often seen as the backbone of rural society but many are now under threat. Should they be treated as a "special case" or are they "just another business"? Producer Min Raisman
with James Whitboum.
with John Humphrys and Graham Leach.
7.20 Listeners' Letters
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Canon Paul Bates
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
with Cliff Morgan. Producer Nick Mullins
Presented by Eddie Mair. Producer Sara Jane Hall
with Ned Sherrin, John Walters, Emma Freud and Arthur Smith.
with Peter Riddell , the Political Editor of The Times.
Producer Dennis Sewell
with Gordon Clough. The programme that reports on the stories and issues affecting Europe. Editor Maria Balinska
with Alison Mitchell. Producer Ian Pollock
Chairman Barry Took quizzes team captains Richard Ingrams and Alan Coren and their guests.
Joining Jonathan Dimbleby to tackle issues raised in Halifax, West Yorkshire, are Ian Hay Davison, Chairman of Storehouse pic; Alistair Graham, Chairman of the Training and Development Lead Body; Dawn Primarolo, MP; and Ann Widdecombe, MP, Social Security Minister.
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Michael Duke's political comedy is set in an illegal organisation's "safe house", where there may be a "mole" in the bedroom.
Stephen Pile investigates the strange case of Britain today.
The Henley Centre for Forecasting predicts the future and so far they have been pretty accurate. They predicted the rise of the green consumer, the demise of the "yuppie" and the result of the General Election.
How would you set about trying to make fox-hunting more widely acceptable? That's just one of the problems facing three advertising agencies who are continuing to work on some tricky accounts. Presenter Marcus Leigh.
Alun Lewis visits the high points of the fifth Edinburgh International Festival.
Cruising Along the Canal
A look at the wildlife of one of Britain's oldest waterways.
Lionel Kelleway and friends travel along the Montgomery Canal, discovering freshwater mussels, sponges and poisonous hemlock. Producer Sarah Blunt
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Patrick Hannan and his guests take a sceptical look at the week's events.
Producer Richard Thomas
and Sports Round-Up
Gralloching stags, gaffing salmon and herding tourists. All part of the job for the Highland gamekeepers ad-libbing with Robert Robinson. Producer Nadine Grieve
Can a girl who dances still be a symbol of beauty? Ballerinas and ballet lovers put "poetry in motion" into words. But is it an elegy for a dying art? Presented by Robert Dawson-Scott.
Meeting Bea stars Stephanie Cole as Beatrix Potter and Clive Swift as her husband William, in Eric Pringle's new play.
In 1927, children's author Beatrix Potter was living the life of a recluse as Mrs
Beatrix Heelis. The arrival at her Lake District home of an American publisher and an admiring Lancashire mill girl bring back painful memories of an appalling childhood and youth.
Presented by Brian Kay. Producer Anthony Sellors
Led by Rev David Bridge.
From Singleton Cricket Club, Chichester. Brian Johnston is umpire. At the crease: Tim Rice and Willie Rushton, with Denise Coffey and Bill Tidy.
Derek Jacobi and Haydn Gwynne read poetry and prose about relationships. 5: Work Colleagues Producer Julia Gillett
Bram Stoker's epic vampire tale.
While on holiday in Whitby, Mina waits to hear from Jonathan. Following a great storm and a shipwreck, Lucy starts sleepwalking.
Dramatised by Nick McCarty
