The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.

with Umar Hegedus.

with Sue MacGregor and Peter Hobday. Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rt Rev Richard Harries.
8.40 Yesterday In Parliament

The last programme of the series, with Chris Dunkley.
Producer Poppy Hughes
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Deuteronomy. Part three.

Introduced by Ruth Pitt from Manchester. Serial: FatIands (5)

It comes with wrinkles, it comes with crevices, it comes smooth and silky, and it comes free with every tree. George Macpherson takes a close look at bark. Producer Grant Sonnex

with Tasneem Siddiqi.
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Presented by Derek Cooper. Producer Sheila Dillon

with Nick Clarke. Editor Kevin Marsh

The final part of Iris Murdoch 's Booker Prize-winning novel.
Into the Monster's Mouth. Just as Charles is secretly reviving his obsessive plans for Hartley, a real tragedy strikes.

BBC correspondents at home and abroad report on a topic in the news. Producers Carole Lacey and Howard Rogers

Edward Blishen and his guests Victoria Wood and Muriel Gray select three paperbacks which they consider to be a good read.
Producer Susan Roberts

Louisa Buck live from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, currently playing host to the Tall Ships Festival and celebrating the Tyne International Festival of Contemporary
Art 1993.
Producer Neil Trevithick

by Allan Massie.
"Hilary didn't realise for some minutes that the dog was dead. He merely thought how well trained it was to sit correctly on the bar stool like that...."
Read by Nigel Anthony. Producer Duncan Minshull

with Wendy Jones and Hugh Sykes. Editor Margaret Budy
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In the late 19th century Archibald Little journeyed up the Yangtze to explore the possibility of developing British trade in western China. One hundred years later Philip Short followed the same route and uncovered a striking picture of China in the 1990s.
2: Rites of Passage - From Birth to Grave. With David Bannerman as Archibald Little. Producer Mary Price

It's just not cricket for Sid.
Written by Sam Jacobs
Director Joanna Toye Archers Addicts Fan Club: sae to [address removed]

with Chris Serle. Producer Noah Richler

Teresa Gorman MP, Keith Vaz MP, Rabbi Julia Neuberger , and Professor Julian le Grand of the London School of Economics tackle the issues raised in Bristol. Chairman Nick Clarke. Producer Nick Utechin

with Marcel Berlins. Producer Andrew Smith

President Clinton's planned replacement of Raymond Sites with Admiral William Crowe as ambassador to London and the sometimes dubious history of US diplomatic appointments.

Jazz Jamaica

by Alistair Cooke.

with Richard Kershaw. Editor Anne Koch

Episode 5: Rock Bottom

A look back at the decade, from the writers of Spitting Image. This week, 1996! Starring Kate Robbins , Hugh Dennis and Brian Perkins. With writers Mark Burton , John O'Farrell and Pete Sinclair.
Producer Caroline Leddy

with Heather Payton.