The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.

with Sue Clements-Jewery .

with Brian Redhead and Sue MacGregor.
Details as yesterday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rev Dr David Stone
8.40 Yesterday In Parliament

Your chance to talk to Nick Ross and his guests on an issue of the moment. Producer Poppy Hughes
LINES OPEN from 8.00am

Exodus. Part 4.

Jenni Murray meets the dance rebel without a corps - the dancer and choreographer Emilyn Claid.
Serial: A House in Flanders. Final part.

With Geoff Watts. Producer Julia Durbin

Frank Delaney returns with a new series of the programme about language that is what it says.
This week: The War of the Words. The search is on for Britain's best, and worst, Public wordsmith. Also, regular features including Word of the Week. Producer Simon Elmes

by Neil McKay.
Marion is haunted by lies in this bitter-sweet comedy. Driven by grief, she undertakes a journey which will force a confrontation with the truth.
Director Susan Hogg

Nigel Douglas talks to Finnish baritone Tom Krause about the perils, pains and pleasures of life as an opera singer. Krause talks about his very individual approach to singing and the occasional hazards - like being simultaneously involved in two different productions of The Marriage of Figaro, in one as Count Almaviva, in the other as Figaro. An interesting experience, he recalls, as long as his concentration didn't falter. Producer Gillian Hush

Gill Pyrah reads Roddy Doyle 's book about a ten-year-old boy, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. She also listens to the sounds of the electric guitar. Producer Tim Dee

by Roy Kelly.
"Martin and Margaret Green were divorced in the autumn of the year. The reasons for the break-up were not obscure, apparently. Everyone had an opinion to offer."
Read by Malcolm Raeburn. Producer Gillian Hush

by Ellis Peters. The second series of The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, narrated by Michael Hordern and starring Philip Madoc as the medieval sleuth.
3: Found and Lost. It is winter 1139 and England is racked with civil war. Brother Cadfael has tracked Ermina Hugonin to the isolated manor of Ledditch.
Music by Peter Salem
Dramatised by Bert Coules Producer Phil Clarke

A knife attack upsets Caroline.

Major issues, changing attitudes and important events at home and abroad. Reporter Jolyon Jenkins. Producer Amanda Ashton

Peter Evans with the latest from the world of science.

Another series of little-known true stories from Anthony Smith.
1: The Great Auk. The penguin of the northern hemisphere was exterminated in the middle of the last century. Producer David Perry

News, views and information for people with a visual handicap. With
Tony Barringer.
Producer Thena Heshel
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(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)

with Tim Bowler.

Part 2: The Tale of the House on the Plains

In the last programme of the series, Andrew McAllister takes a trip to Tin Pan Alley to look at the song lyric. With him are the poet and jazz pianist Roy Fisher and singer Ruby Turner. Producer Susan Roberts