The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.

With Father Dermot Preston.

With Peter Hobday and Graham Leach. Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Father John McDade.
8.40 Yesterday In Parliament

With Libby Purves and birthday guest Bill Morris , General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union. Producer Lucy Cacanas

Job. Final part. ffw details see Monday)

Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Some children just don't grow at the same pace as their peers. They're not ill, but the taunts, bullying and loss of their teen years can affect them for the rest of their lives. Corinne Julius talks to children and doctors about what can be done for them.
Serial: Mrs De Winter (13)

With John Howard.

by Gary Brown. A six-part comedy series starring Jim Sweeney as Phil, Caroline Quentin as Sarah and Shirley Stelfox as Fay.
3: Little Porkies. "I admire you, Phil. You have a bright yellow aura, and Liam says You're the most sickeningly honest bloke he has ever known." Will Martha trick Phil into revealing the truth about Liam?
Producer Ann Jobson

with James Naughtie.

When Caroline moves into her flat in Docklands it is the beginning of her new-found independence, but in Angela Turvey's play, her growing friendship with a cleaner changes everything.

Wendy Cooling joins Michael Rosen to review fiction for older children. Producer Jill Burridge

Major issues, changing attitudes, and important events at home and abroad.

This week Lucie Skeaping travels to Devon, where she picks out a tune on the concertina and melodeon, joins the rhythm section on a pair of donkey bones, and discovers that Widdecombe is not the only local fair to be celebrated in song.
Producer Daniel Snowman

Mark Steyn reviews the film releases of the week, including Matt Dillon in Mr Wonderful and an adaptation of Ian McEwan 's novel The Cement Garden. Also a celebration -the Moog synthesizer is 25 years old. Producer John Goudie
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

by Patricia Highsmith.
Life at the Hotel Duke has become too much for this particular cockroach. He decides it's time to move onwards and upwards. Read by William Hootkins. Producer Joanna Green

with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.

Altogether now, for the village pump.

John Waite investigates.... Editor Graham Ellis
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2: Miami's Vice - the Fraud Capital of the World. Whether by telephone swindles, phoney business deals or dodgy banking, the "enterprise" crooks in South Florida are getting away with millions. Does it matter if the authorities turn a blind eye? How can such ill-gotten gains possibly affect us? Tim Sebastian continues his investigation.
Producer Sue Davies

Most bosses are sure they know best when it comes to running their firm. But what happens when visiting consultants think it's time to make some changes? Nigel Cassidy follows the fortunes of one company as it gets a second opinion. Producer Robert McKenzie

(Revised repeat of 4.05pm;

with Martin Webber.

with Richard Kershaw.
Editor Anne Koch

Tonight Scar Tissue by Michael Ignatieff is read by David Jarvis.

Last in the series in which Mark Tully gets the people of South Asia to give their own surprising perspectives on the countries from which he has been reporting for the past 25 years.
Poor Understanding. "How do you cope with the poverty?" is the question Mark Tully is most often asked by Westerners. Jamuna Das , a shoe-shine boy on the pavements of Calcutta, and some of the city's beggars, have their own answers.