The daily bulletin of rural current affairs. Producers John Harvey and Ruth Kiely

with Rev Noel Battye.

with Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys.

with Lionel Blue

by Olive Senior.
Aunt Mary prepares for the archbishop's visit. Everything is planned to the last detail except — what to do about Beccka?
Adjoa Andoh reads the first of two episodes. Producer Tessa Kendall

with Melvyn Bragg and guests. Producer Mary Sharp

Matthew. Final episode read by Derek Jacobi.
Abridged by Catherine Czerkawska Director Alison Bogle

Introduced by Jenni Murray.
In the first of a new series on British bread Linda Collister extols the basic Grant loaf from southern England.
Serial: North and South. Mrs Gaskell's classic novel - a love story set against the background of the industrial north. Fifth of 20 parts read by Janet McTeer. Abridged by Doreen Estall Editor Sally Feldman

with Vincent Duggleby. Producer Frances Macdonald LINES OPEN from 10.00am

with John Howard. Editor Ken Vass

John Amis and Frank Muir challenge Ian Wallace and Denis Norden to another round of the musical panel game. In the chair: Steve Race.
Devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J Mason Producer Richard Edis

with James Naughtie.

by Jenny Sinclair.
Rachel's holiday alone in Venice, away from the tedium of domestic life, proves to be a liberating experience.
Director Cherry Cookson

1. Henry VIII. Thanks to Charles Laughton , Henry VIII isnowmythologisedasajolly fat king who married a lot of women and had some of them beheaded. In the first of four programmes, John Florance meets actors Keith Michell , John Stride and Richard Griffiths to find out about three portrayals of the famous king. Producer Rosie Boulton

The concluding programme on the experiences of women interned by the Japanese during the Second World War deals with liberation in 1945. Producers Anna Magnusson and Siobhan Synnot (First broadcast on Radio Scotland)

This year sees the centenary of the writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley , author of Brave New World. Paul Vaughan investigates his reputation.
Producer Enka Wright

by Roald Dahl. Win a Cadillac or lose a finger - what will be the result of an old man's bizarre bet? Read by Terry Molloy. Producer Rosemary Watts

with Chris Lowe andLinda Lewis.

with Nicholas Parsons and his guests.

A-hunting we will go.

Presented by Derek Cooper.

A surreal black comedy by Booker prize-winner Bernice Rubens, starring Amanda Root and Henry Goodman.
Yascha's birth is awaited with great expectations by his family but he can hear the outside world and has his own ideas.

(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)

Presented by Heather Payton.

Presented by Robin Lustig.

Susan Hill's chilling ghost story read in five parts by Gareth Armstrong , with John Moffatt as the narrator. Part 1. Abridged by Oliver Reynolds Producer Jocelyn Boxall

Seasoned travellers recall their exploits and their reactions to extreme conditions.
Veterans of travel in the Sahara and Arabian deserts dwell on the physical discomforts, mental anguish - and the occasional high points of theirjoumeys. Producer Alastair Wilson

Pete McCarthy muses on his travels in Australia and the unique joys of a gloomy British winter.
Producer Sarah Smith