The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
A meditation for the beginning of a new day with Rev Jim Cotter.
with Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie. Details as yesterday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rt Rev Jim Thompson.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Your chance to talk to Nick Ross and his guest on an issue of the moment. Producer Denis Nightingale LINES OPEN from 8.00am
The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians. Dick France introduces the first selection from the Revised English Version read by Peter Jeffrey.
Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury Producer Elizabeth Taylor
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Serial: Like Water for Hot Chocolate (3)
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care in this country - from research laboratory and operating theatre to the dentist's chair and the GP's surgery. Producer Myfanwy Vickers
with John Howard.
The language programme that is ... what it says.
5: Streetwise. From Bath Place to Friar's
Entry, Frank Delaney examines the origins of place names and discovers how the avenue got its appellation. Producer Simon Elmes
with Nick Clarke.
In Rod Beacham 's comedy, Richard Johnson , film star, classical stage actor and leading television actortakes on the role of ageing film star Rory Lassiter who agrees to appear in a low-budget movie. But with just one small condition.
Director Matthew Walters
This week, Anthony Rolfe Johnson is Nigel Douglas 's guest. The two have a lot in common: both are tenors, both started their musical training a little later than is usual, and both have had close associations with the operas of Benjamin Britten. They talk about the perils, pains and pleasures of life on the international opera circuit.
Producer Gillian Hush
Celebrated Irish poet Paul Durcan with poems inspired by paintings at the National Gallery; Ireland's women writers in a new anthology; Irish musical phenomenon the Cranberries; and the latest novel by Joseph O'Connor. Producer Anthony Denselow (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)
by Lesley Vinter.
"She often talked about the swans, about their grace, theirtender cradling of their young, their lifetime's devotion to one another."
Read by Ellie Haddington. Producer Gillian Hush
with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
The customer-focused, tax-efficient, vertically integrated business quiz for the 90s with this week's panel, Peter Day , Sir John Harvey-Jones , Alastair Ross Goobey and Nigel Whittaker. Chairman Nigel Cassidy.
Producer Neil Koenig
Susan is hardening.
Major issues, changing attitudes and important events at home and abroad. Reporter Mark Whitaker. Producer David Ross
Peter Evans presents the weekly review of developments and discoveries in the world of science.
In a series of Lent talks, five prominent people in their early 30s, Jesus's age when he died, reflect on his passion.
3: Contemporary composer James McMillan uses Christ's last days as a focus for his personal reflections. A committed Catholic with a particular emphasis on liberation theology, he reflects on what motivates him and finds that the pain and struggle at the end of Jesus's life are particularly important to his own life and work. Producer Michael Roberts
News, views and information for people with a visual handicap.
Presented by Peter White. Producer Thena Heshel
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(Revised repeat of 4. 05pm)
with Roger White.
with Robin Lustig.
2: Into Palma
Joanna Coles explores the week's events in the media.
