The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
with Sylvia Sands.
with John Humphrys and Brian Redhead at the Conservative party conference in Blackpool.
6.45 Business News
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rt Rev Tom Butler.
by Fay Weldon. Read by Julie Christie.
Howard, an area sales manager, was happy enough married to Alice, Elaine was happy enough married to Brian. One day Howard noticed Elaine bending over the T-Z section of the filing cabinet, and from that moment both their lives changed out of all recognition, with rather sad consequences. A CSA Telltapes Production
Your chance to talk to Nick Ross and his guests on an issue of the moment. Producer Poppy Hughes
LINES OPEN from 8.00am
Psalms. David Suchet reads the seventh of eight parts.
Introduced by Jenni Murray. Serial: Mrs De Winter (2)
Prof Anthony Clare presents the magazine devoted to matters of the mind. This week: a report on the psychological stresses of sailing around the world.
Producer Claire McGinn
with John Howard.
The search for Britain's brightest pub quiz team, chaired by Peter White. This week, The Manor Arms, Clapham, take on a team from The Horse and Groom in Ramsgate. Producer Jon Naismith
with Nick Clarke and James Naughtie.
Rosie has a flutter on the Stock Exchange. The race is on to win the jackpot with the help of her gambling granny.
Director Claire Grove
with two American cellists who both have strong UK connections - Ralph Kirshbaum and Lynn Harrell.
Producer Michael Emery
Fate or fortune? Joanna Buchan faces the decisions people have had to make. Producers Erika Wright and Sarah Bowen
Gill Pyrah reviews a new collection of short stories by Michele Roberts , and investigates the "woman reader - a phrase much used in Victorian times, when women (according to men) had "more time as well as inclination to indulge in the reveries of fiction ...
Producer Razia Iqbal (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)
2: Flashman is posted to Paisley to oversee the town's militia,
with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
Written and presented by Chris Kelly.
4: The Anthropologist. What was it about Dame Agatha Duckworth that made her one of Chris Kelly 's personal heroes? Her determination to explore the wildest parts of the globe, or her insistence on rummaging in every skip she passed? Starring Prunella Scales. With contributions from Clement Freud , Robert Robinson , Brian Bowles , Rebecca Front, Garard Green , Simon Greenall and Maggie Guess.
Producer Harry Thompson
Reporter Jenny Cuffe.
Producer David Ross
Peter Evans reports from a conference to examine the links between migration of populations and environmental change. Producer Julian Brown
Gerry Anderson , radio and TV presenter in Northern Ireland, reflects on the ironies of living in a province whose history offers many a snare for the unwary.
1: Biting Your Tongue. "Numbed by this complexity, I took to namingthe city 'Derry Stroke Londonderry' and ultimately and finally 'Stroke City'. This new usage rapidly caught on...." Producer Simon Elmes
with Tony Barringer Producer Eleanor Garland
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS: tel [number removed] between 9.15pm and 10.15pm
(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
with Nigel Cassidy.
with Alexander MacLeod in London and Robin Lustig at the Conservative party conference in Blackpool.
2: Push Bike.
Part 2: Wanda Sanchez, who runs two of the public access channels in New York, has trouble when she has to axe TV shows. Some producers try to bribe her, one even threatened suicide....
Reporter John Dryden.
Producer Cathie Mahoney
