The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
with Margaret Martyn.
with John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor. Details as yesterday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Canon Eric James.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Talk to Debbie Thrower and her guests on an issue of the moment. Producer Denis Nightingale LINES OPEN from 8.00am
Acts of the Apostles. 2: The Church in Jerusalem.
Jenni Murray meets World Judo Champion Nicola Fairbrother. Serial: Limestone and Clay (7)
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care - from research laboratory and operating theatre to dentist's chair and GP's surgery. Producer Ruth Gardiner
with John Howard.
with Frank Delaney.
2: Jabberwockery. "Grewpering the pygodurths of flummish zimmings" - today's programme looks at invented words and languages. Plus the hunt is on for the nation's best speller with the launch of a nationwide dictation competition.
Producer Liz Jensen
with James Naughtie.
by Kaite O'Reilley.
Michael's world is bound by his mother and the church, until he meets Nora. She swims naked in the river and her mother sings jazz. They are storytellers and under their influence Michael's imagination blossoms.
Director Claire Grove
In the first of six conversations about the perils, pains and pleasures of life as an opera singer, Nigel Douglas talks to the American soprano Catherine Malfitano , who sang the title role in Tosca televised live around the world from Rome.
Producer Gillian Hush
Gill Pyrah presents a review of The Curse of the Werewolf, a new musical at
Stratford East. And are theatre programmes just overpriced adverts? Producer Abigail Appleton
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)
by Frances McNeil.
"It hits me like a vocation on a summer evening. You despise us. You expect nothing of us. If I get a medal, I can go. I can start again."
Read by Eileen O'Brien. Producer Gillian Hush
with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
More corporate capers and off-balance-sheet fun with the return of the business panel game that is listened to by all the top names in industry - in case they need to take legal action. Testing their business knowledge and nerve tonight are Alastair Ross Goobey, Nigel Whittaker , Howard Hodgson and Peter Day. Chairman Nigel Cassidy.
Producer Neil Koenig
Debbie's back in the saddle.
Major issues, changing attitudes and important events at home and abroad. Reporter Jenny Cuffe. Producer Liz Camey
Peter Evans presents the weekly review of developments in science.
What happens when you find out something about your family that changes your relationship with them for ever? In the last of the series Veronica
Reinhardt probes the extraordinary secrets hidden behind another apparently ordinary family situation. Producer Cathie Mahoney
News, views and information for people with a visual handicap. With Peter White.
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(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
Presented by Roger White.
with Robin Lustig.
Part 9.
Joanna Coles explores the week's events in the media.
