The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
with Suzanne Edwards.
with Peter Hobday and Sue MacGregor.
with Pauline Webb.
1: Identify the Body. Simon Brett carries out a two-part investigation among leading crime writers in the Sound Archives in an attempt to solve the problem of how to commit the perfect fictional murder.
Producer Rosemary Hart
with Melvyn Bragg and guests for lively and stimulating conversation. Producer Mary Sharp
John. Canon Michael Austin introduces the first often parts read by Tony Britton. Abridged by Penny Leicester Producer Noel Vincent
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Serial: The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller. The first of four parts read by Garrick Hagon.
August 1965. A hot summer's day in Iowa. A chance meeting changes two people's lives forever. Abridged by Pat McLoughlin Editor Sally Feldman
Producer Frances MacDonald
LINES OPEN from 10.00am
with John Howard.
Editor Ken Vass
Ned Sherrin questions three more contestants, with specialist rounds on the concerto, Edvard Grieg and education. Producer Jo Clegg
with Nick Clarke.
A dramatisation of Dr Edith Bone 's autobiography by Jonathan Smith.
In 1949, at the age of 64, Dr Bone returned to her native Hungary after 30 years abroad. As a British spy, she was condemned to solitary confinement which she survived through an indomitable will and humour.
Director Shaun MacLoughlln
Sit back with John Huntley and take a journey by train, to recollections of films past, including The Titfield Thunderbolt, Brief Encounter and Night Mail. Producer Barry Littlechild
Armando lannucci takes a final look at a world of extremes.
Homo Collapsus. Thrusting executives windsurf in their lunchbreak and bop through the night - Armando meets some of the people who relax with gusto. Producer Brian King
Natalie Wheen meets the dancer Irek Mukhamedov as he achieves his ambition to interpret the role of Othello in dance. Producer Jerome Weatherald
by Philip Harries. "He was hearing again something from his childhood, a memory long forgotten but now brought to startling, almost painful light. " Read by Russell Dixon. Producer Gillian Hush
with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
Nicholas Parsons challenges Peter Jones , Paul Merton , Wendy Richard , Lee Simpson.
It's a dog's life for Joe.
With the help of cultural historian Margaret Visser , Derek Cooper finds out about the rituals of dining. (Revised
by John Peacock.
The Pied Piper is everywhere in Hamelin. Fourteen-year-old Tim finds himself curiously disturbed by the legend and what lies behind it.
With Elaine Claxton , James Taylor and the people of Hamelin.
Music composed by Stephen Boxer and played by Brian Gulland
Director Jane Morgan
(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
Presented by Roger White.
with Robin Lustig.
Esther Freud reads the sixth of eight episodes of her novel. Producer Tracey Neale
3: The Caravan. There are 295,000 heads of families in Britain and Ireland who belong to the Caravan Club. Their national rally, held at Sandringham, includes beer, fun for children and an intimate flagpole ceremony, as Ray Gosling discovers in the last of the series examining the nation's heart. Producer Alastair Wilson