The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.

with Rev Colman McGrath.

with Graham Leach and John Humphtys. Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Paul Johns.

Final part.

Another chance to hear Sir Peregrine Worsthorne choose eight records to take to the mythical island.

Chris Dunkley of the Financial Times airs your letters and comments on BBC programmes and policy. Producer Poppy Hughes
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Kings. Part 6.

The poet Moniza Alvi tells Wendy Austin about her work and about her homeland of Pakistan.
Serial: The Caravaners (10)

George Macpherson goes in search of life among the cobwebs with tales of tricky tactics in the insect world.
Producer Sarah Blunt

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Questionmaster Stefan Buczacki. The two teams are led by Irene Thomas and Norman Painting , whose guests this week are Angela Rippon , Thomas Allen , Katie Boyle and Julian Pettifer.
Producer Diana Stenson

Final part of the serial by David Wade.
Great Son of Ammon. Alexander reaches the time allotted by The Fates.

BBC correspondents report on one of the main topics in this week's news. Producers Carole Lacey and Howard Rogers

Edward Blishen and his guests Elizabeth Esteve-Coll and Kristen Lippincott select three paperbacks they consider to be a good read.
Producer Susan Roberts

Louisa Buck catches a touring exhibition of contemporary British sculpture and reads Justin Cartwright 's novel Masai Dreaming. Producer Razia Iqbal

by Virginia Woolf.
"When they came back from their honeymoon they possessed a private world inhabited entirely by rabbits ..." Read by June Barrie. Producer Viv Beeby

Janet Trewin investigates the risks facing cabbies as they go about their business. Peter McCann samples the SMART bus.

Worries down under.
Written by Louise Page
Director Joanna Toye WHO'S WHO IN AMBRIDGE: a guide to the people and places of the village. Send cheque/PO for 95p, payable to 'BBC', to: Who's Who in Ambridge, [address removed]

Charles Kennedy presents his selection of extracts from BBC radio and television over the past seven days.
Producer Julia Durtin

Kamlesh Bahl , Chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission; Baroness Castle of Blackburn; Sir John Harvey-Jones , industrialist; Rt Hon William Waldegrave , MP. Chairman Nick Clarke.
Producer Nick Utechin

with John Diamond. Producer Andrew Denwood

The real reason the Russians never vetoed US military action in Korea and the media's interest in political holidays are examined, as Alistair Cooke answers listeners' letters.

by Alistair Cooke.

with Alexander Macleod. Editor Anne Koch

As Birds Bring Forth the Sun, The last of Alistair MacLeod 's short stories.

Dr Phil Hammond and Dr Tony Gardner present the controversial comedy show that explodes the myths of medicine. With Felicity Montagu and Julian Dutton. 3: Nurses
Producer Jon Magnusson

Presented by Heather Payton.

A series to lend your ears to.
4: Shevolution. The lifecycle of a woman's imagination, from infancy to old age. Producer Tessa Watt