The daily bulletin of rural current affairs. Producers John Harvey and Ruth Kiely
A meditation with Walter Beasley.
with Peter Hobday and Sue MacGregor.
6.45 Business News
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Pauline Webb.
2: Round Up the Usual Suspects. Simon Brett continues his investigations among leading crime writers in the Sound Archives in an attempt to find the perfect solution to a fictional murder. Producer Rosemary Hart
Melvyn Bragg and guests with lively and stimulating conversation. Producer Mary Sharp
John. The sixth of ten parts read by Tony Britton.
Abridged by Penny Leicester Producer Noel Vincent
How long does true love last? Jenni Murray asks Claire and Desmond Rayner. Serial: Limestone and Clay by Lesley Glaister. First of ten parts, read by Sian Thomas.
Abndged by Meg Clarke Editor Sally Feldman
Vincent Duggleby takes your calls. Producer Ann Gilmartin
LINES OPEN from 10.00am
With John Howard. Editor Ken Vass
Ned Sherrin conducts three contestants through three movements in the third heat of the wide-ranging music quiz. But only one will go through to the semi-final. Producer Jo Clegg
with James Naughtie.
A St Valentine's day celebration of the life and loves of Marilyn Monroe by Marilyn Bowering. With Hetty Baynes as the star everyone adored but no one really knew and Stuart Milligan as her musical director.
"...and I want to say that, if am a star, the people made me a star - no studio, no person, but the people did," - Marilyn Monroe.
Musicians Robert Pettigrew , Kenny Ellis , Jimmy Woods Director Marilyn Imrie (First broadcast in 1986)
David Crook first went to China in the 1930s as a committed communist. He married Isabel, a missionary's daughter, and together they built a life working with the Chinese peasants. But during the Cultural Revolution they were suddenly seen as "dangerous intellectuals". David was placed in solitary confinement for five years, Isabel was locked upforthree years, and their three teenage sons were left to fend for themselves. Their son
Paul tells the story of his parents, who still live happily in Peking. Producer Edwina Wolstencroft
Natalie Wheen sees a new production of Puccini's Turandot at Welsh National
Opera in Cardiff and explores the life of pre-Raphaelite poet Christina Rossetti. Producer Abigail Appleton (RewserJ repeat at 9.15pm)
by Helen Simpson.
She says to seize the moment! But he's not so sure ... A rather poetic response to St Valentine's Day.
Read by Jane Whittenshaw. Producer Duncan Minshull
with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
Join chairman Nicholas Parsons and guests Clement Freud , Derek Nimmo , Peter Jones and Jenny Eclair as they try to talk for a minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
Debbie and Kate make unlikely valentines.
Would people be healthier and happier on a vegan diet? Derek Cooper explores the potential oftofu and soya.
Neville Watchurst's play is a truthful account of a relationship which developed in Germany before and during the Second World War. Heinrich Himmler has a serious health problem and Dr Felix Kersten is summoned to treat him. The doctor's success establishes Himmler's dependency on him and when war breaks out Kersten is faced with an impossible dilemma.
(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
with Roger White.
with Max Pearson.
The third of 12 parts of Peter Carey 's novel, read and abridged by John Turnbull. Producer Claire Grove
In the first of a three-part series, Anita Balla explores the bond between Mark Tully and his servant Ram Chander. Producer Gwyn Richards
