with Marjorie Lofthouse. Producer David Bellinger
with Jack Hywel-Davies .
Including Bells on Sunday from the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Knapton, Norfolk.
At the turn of the century over 70 per cent of Britain's farmers were tenant farmers. Today they make up less than 25 per cent of the total. What is happening to farm tenancies and why are they diminishing so fast? Oliver Walston joins land agent Peter Day to find out.
Producer Carol Trewin
with Trevor Barnes and Alison Hilliard. Editor David Coomes
talks for the Week's Good Cause about the work of the Royal United Kingdom Beneficient Society.
DONATIONS to RUKBA. [address removed]
Credit Cards: [number removed]
by Alistair Cooke.
from Gilnahirk Presbyterian Church. Conducted by Rev John McVeigh. Organist Alfred Casement.
Omnibus edition. Director Joanna Toye
A personal review of the current magazines and periodicals by Allison Pearson.
Producer lain Croft
with Chris Serle.
Members and friends of the Museum of Garden History, London, question Dr Stefan Buczacki , Bridget Moody and Fred Downham. Chairman Clay Jones. Producer Amanda Mares
by Howard Spring.
Last of five parts, with Ronald Pickup as William Essex.
The story reaches its inevitable climax.
Dramatised by Stan Barstow
Director Kay Patrick
Five 19th-century engineering feats.
5: The Bridge. Civil engineer Dr Mark Raiss tells the story of the construction of the Forth Railway Bridge at the end of the last century. The designers had to be sure that the bridge would not blow down as the Tay bridge had done in 1879. They came up with a design which has since been used for bridges all over the world.
Producer Mark Savage
The Sleeping Giants?
Evan Davis asks if it is time for the city institutions to stir themselves.
In the last programme of the series, Michael Rosen and Chris Powling pick new paperbacks for all ages. Producer Jill Burridge
Malawi Two: The Doctor is Not Well
Dr Hastings Banda , now in his 90s, is reluctantly nearing the end of his Life-President's term. With a referendum on multi-party politics fast approaching, the nation braces itself for change.
with Simon Rae , readers Adjoa Andoh and Michael Maloney , and guest Jackie Kay. Producer Julian Wilkinson
The show that gives you an insight into the workings of the free market. Panel: Howard Hodgson , Alastair Ross Goobey , Nigel Whittaker , Peter Day. Chairman Nigel Cassidy.
Producer Neil Koenig
Nigel Forde talks to Sarah Bradford , biographer of Sacheverell Sitwell , and explores the enduring fascination of the Sitwell trio.
The clarinettist Emma Johnson rose to prominence in 1984 when she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year contest. Instead of pursuing her performing career, she turned to academic studies at Cambridge University. She talks to June Knox-Mawer about her life as a soloist and introduces her records of Debussy's Premiere Rhapsody and Crusell 's Clarinet Concerto No 3 in B flat.
Producer Derek Drescher
Presented by Kelvin Boot. Including a report on the water vole population.
A couple of decades ago a craftsman was either firmly in the artisan tradition or was a bit of a hippy producing macrame plant pot holders in a disused barn. But today many craftspeople operate in urban settings liaising with hi-tech industry. Who are the craftspeople of today? What role do they have? Who commissions their work? And what will it be used for? Simon Parkes reports on the aspirations and achievements of the New Artisans.
Producer Jill Thomas
The programme that follows the activities of MPs in committee as they cross-examine witnesses on issues of public concern. Presented by Susan Hulme. Producer Dinah Lammiman
In the second of a series of three programmes looking at life in a dispersed community, John Bell reflects on the challenge of membership of the lona Community.
Producer Christine Liddell
