The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.

with Father Dermot Preston.

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

with John Waite.

For Art's Sake. Peter Blake advances the argument that art students should serve a formal apprenticeship. Producer Jane Beresford

Ecclesiastes. The first of two parts read by Robert Stephens.
Abridged by Doreen Mahon Producer Ned Chaillet

with Jenni Murray.
Serial: The Quick (1) by Agnes Rossi , read by Kate Harper.
Abridged by Janet Hickson

BBC correspondents around the world take a sideways look at their host countries.
Producer Geoff Spink

with Tasneem Siddiqi.

Brian Johnston umpires the last test of wit and general knowledge in the series. Willie Rushton and Tim Rice are joined by Leslie Thomas and Barry Cryer at the West Meon Cricket Club, Hampshire. Producer Jon Magnusson

with James Naughtie.

In Lesley Davies's black comedy, Brenda Blethyn plays Amy, a harassed mother of seven whose husband finds himself in the arms of their glamorous next-door neighbour. But why is Amy so calm?
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Paul Allen reads the book of the week, The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher , listens to a history of reggae music and visits the theatre group7:84 whoarecurrentlytouringScotland.
Producer Razia Iqbal (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

by Lisa Cody. Read by Elizabeth Bell.
"On the morning of my daughter's wedding, I woke up with a hangover.... Producer Viv Beeby

with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.

In his lecture this week, Mr Hardy addresses the question of how to be an adult. With Debbie Isitt , Stephen Frost. Producer David Tyler. A Pozzitive production

Will the Carters have a restful day?

The Middle East, Vitenam, the Falklands, the Gulf - the art of military trickery has not been lost. Peter Snow brings his story of deception in war up to date in the last of the series. Written and compiled by David Owen.
4: The Endless Game Producer Julian Hale

A Mother's Work
Lack of decent childcare traps many mothers at home, or in low-paid part-time jobs. But Frances Cairncross asks whether government should help women go out to work when their children are small? And what help works best -forwomen, for their children, and for the economy?
ProducerNicolaMeyrick

Presented by Ted Harrison. Producer Marlene Pease
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(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)

with Mark Gregory.

with Robin Lustig.

Tonight Remembering Babylon by David Malouf is read by Barry J Gordon.

Continuing Bernard Kops 's five-part serial. 4: The death of the universe party and the roof falls in on Ivka - the Soho dream begins to crumble.
With Peter Acre
Director Alan Drury