The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.

with Father Dermot Preston , SJ.

with Sue MacGregorand Brian Redhead. Details as Monday plus:

with Ven George Austin.

With John Waite.
"repeated from yesterday 7.20pm)

Christopher Haskins , chairman of Northern Foods pic, takes business COlleagues to task. Are they proper custodians of the public good or are they failing the nation's workforce and its economy? And should they not keep their "ands off the NHS and other public services to which business principles may be doing more harm then good?
Producer Sheila Cook

Isaiah. Part 2. for details see yesterday)

Introduced by Jenni Murray. In Croatia, five prominent women writers have been branded witches. Marya Burgess reports On the continuing persecution of women who speak out and bite back. Serial: The Quick (6) IFor details see Monday)

°BC correspondents around the world take a sideways look at the news. Producer Geoff Spink

with Tasneem Siddiqi.

I Ian Johnstone returns with the NEW celebrity panel show that brings music and moments from the movies.
Team captains Dick Vosburgh and Robin Ray are joined this week by Stephen Tomkinson and Wendy Richard who pit their wit and wisdom on the greats and not so greats of the silver screen. Producer Andy Aliffe

with James Naughtie.

by Arnold Evans.
Nesta thinks romance only happens in books until she meets a real opera star and is thrust into the limelight herself.
Director Alison Hindell

David Pownall has dramatised the life of Edward Elgar. Paul Allen views the result starring Alec McCowen at Stratford. Also reviews of Peter Hall 's production of She Stoops to Conquer, starring David Essex and Donald Sinden.
Producer John Goudie (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

byColmO'Gaora.
A country drive to see an old remembered house leads a father and son to the discovery of a well-kept, long-forgotten secret. Read by Tim Loane. Producer Michael Quinn

with Chris Lowe and Hugh Sykes.

Entertainer Mr Hardy lays down his hot comedy thang.
5. How to Have Sex
With Debbie Isitt and Stephen Frost. Producer David Tyler A Pozzitive production

Caroline smells a rat.

Peter Jay chairs a debate on Britain's welfare system that looks beyond the next budget, and towards the next century. Fellowjournalists Polly Toynbee and Andrew Marr question speakers about the economic, social and political implications of the argument. Producer Charles Sigler

Presented by Kati Whitaker. For listeners with disabilities. Producer Mariene Pease
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(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)

with Mark Gregory.

with Richard Kershaw.

Part 2.

The final part of Bernard Kops 's serial. 1956: Simon has seen through Victor and is about to spring his revenge.
With Peter Acre
Director Alan Drury