The daily bulletin of rural current affairs. Producers John Harvey and Robin Maynard
With Rev Alan Reid.
With John Humphrys and Peter Hobday
6.45 Business News
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Rabbi Lionel Blue
Natalie Wheen reveals how Freya Stark , Dame Ethel Smyth , Miriam Rothschild , Mary Goldring and Bridget Kendall became heroines in her life. Producer Fiona McLean
With Melvyn Bragg and guests. Producer Mary Sharp
Lamentations. Read by Alan Bates from the Authorised Version. Abridged by Barbara Henderson Producer Ned Chaillet
Jenni Murray talks to Lesley Joseph , (Dorien in Birds of a Feather). who stars in a new series of The Queen of Romance, starting on Thursday on Radio 2. Serial: Guppiesfor Tea (9)
Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie
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Ahead of tomorrow's first combined Budget and Autumn Statement, Vincent Duggleby explains the background, and a Panel of experts provide an essential guide to the economic thinking behind decisions on taxes and Government expenditure. Producer Robert McKenzie
With John Howard. Editor Ken Vass
The last in a series based on the short stories of Stacy Aumonier.
FuneralMarch. MmeVieninoff is mysterious, alluring and, above all, rich. But where exactly does her money come from?
Dramatised by Martin Worth Director Matthew Walters
with James Naughtie.
(Repeated from Friday/
Another chance to hear Trevor Hoyle's play about Lancashire comedian Frank Randle, starring Keith Clifford who won this year's Sony Radio Award for Best Actor for his performance in the lead role. After an accident in his Lagonda, Randle was admitted to hospital for psychiatric observation.The play follows sessions with his doctor which take Randle right back to his childhood in Wigan.
Sue MacGregor talks to Hella Pick, Guardian correspondent for over 30 years, and now associate foreign affairs editor. Producer Gillian Hush
Owen Dudley Edwards introduces his new edition of Sherlock Holmes , a clue to a competition and an interview with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's special projects leader.
Producer Razia Iqbal
by Stacy Aumonier.
It was a glorious day's village cricket but the year is 1914 and there's a long shadow cast over the pitch. Read by John Baddeley , Producer Matthew Walters
with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
Susan's served cold shoulder in the village shop.
Top chef Philip Britten of London's Capitol hotel cooks for new customers at an inner-city comprehensive. (
by Peter Thomson.
A father and son make a pilgrimage to Stratford, obsessed with finding memorabilia of their beloved Shakespeare.
With Simon Carter , Francis Thomson , Graham Colclough. Joyce Gibbs , Graham Padden , Jonathan Wyatt and Patience Tomlinson Director Nigel Bryant
Joanna Buchan examines shorthand. Producer Julia Durbin
(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
Presented by Roger White
Garrison Keillor reads the sixth of eight parts from his anthology of wit and wisdom. Abridged by Garrison Keillor
Producer David Benedictus
Second Thoughts by Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. Starring James Bolam as Bill and Lynda Bellingham as Faith. 2: Match of the Day
With Celia Imrie , Belinda Lang , Kelda Holmes and Mark Denham.
Producer Pete Atkin
