The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.

with Father Paul Symonds.

with Brian Redhead and Graham Leach.
Details as yesterday plus:

with Oliver McTernan.

2: Auntie Helen.

Producer Denis Nightingale LINES OPEN from 8.00am

Matthew. Part 6.

From the planning office and library service to campaigner and councillor, Margaret Singh tells Jenni Murray about her love of local government in her role as the new Chair of the Association of District Councils.
Serial: North and South. Mrs Gaskell's classic novel - a powerful love story set against the changing background of the industrial north. Read in 20 parts by Janet McTeer.
Abridged by Doreen Estall

Presented by Geoff Watts. Producer Deborah Cohen

with John Howard.

The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author by Basil Boothroyd , starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife.
Book 4, Part 1: The Present
With Margaret Boyd. Pauline Letts and Brian Haines Producer Bobby Jaye (first broadcast in 1981)

with James Naughtie.

A quirky comedy by Daniel Anthony about a suburban widow drawn into a crazy world of international espionage.

First of seven programmes in which Andrew Green invites distinguished musicians to choose music which reflects the character and spirit of their native countries.
Today the conductor and composer Odaline de la Martinez talks about
Latin America and its music.
Producer Gillian Hush

Robert Robinson is pampered by a group of nannies from Norland College.

I Series that unlocks the nuts and bolts of today's technology.

Paul Vaughan talks to the young playwright Tim Frith about his television series All Quiet on the Preston Front.
Producer Adrian Washboume (Revised repeat 9.15pm)

2: Henry's resolutions for the New Year have compromised him beyond belief-ask the "dailies", Sheila and Angelica.

with Linda Lewis and Chris Lowe.

Concluding Susan Hill 's studyof friendship and family ties in a small English village.
Adapted by Bill Matthews Producer Lissa Evans

Eat, drink and be merry.

Allan Beswick concludes the occasional series in which he has followed the lives of four mining families in South Yorkshire as they face up to a future without coal. 3: "We're Just Ten a Penny Now
Russell is labouring on a building site. Mark's injury is preventing him from retraining. Mel is working for a contractor salvaging the pit and Phil is on the dole. Producer Julia Shaw

Peter Evans looks back at the science highlights of last year and predicts the breakthroughs to come in 1994.

First of three programmes with veteran actor Charles Simon , the final Dr Dale. He remembers the golden days of touring theatre where a strict hierarchy of actors endured a strict hierarchy of landladies before they were all killed off by the demon that was radio. Producer Matt Thompson

News, views and information for people with a visual handicap. With Peter White. Producer Eleanor Garland
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(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)

Presented by Alexander Macleod.

Part 5.

Joanna Coles looks back at some of the major media stories of 1993.

State of the Nation Special. Crime, poverty, recession, unemployment... Happy New Year.