The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.

with Dharmachari Anagarika Arthapriya.

with John Humphrys and Anna Ford. Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Prof Charles Handy.
8.40 Yesterday In Parliament Editor Roger Mosey

Chris Dunkley of the Financial Times airs your comments on BBC programmes.
Letters to: Feedback, [address removed]

The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians. The fourth selection.

Wendy Austin and guests join staff at Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital to celebrate the maternity unit's 200th birthday.
Serial: Like Water for Hot Chocolate (6)

Presented by Kelvin Boot.
Producer Caroline Aistrop

withTasneemSiddiqi.
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Should cooking skills be acquired at home or at school? Valentina Harris investigates.Presented by Derek Cooper. Producer Sheila Dillon

with Nick Clarke.
Editor Kevin Marsh

Peter Kelly stars as Father Chisholm in a four-part dramatisation of A J Cronin's epic story about a Catholic missionary.
1: A Strange Vocation. Francis Chisholm is haunted by indefinable fears and plagued by problems of faith.

Presented by Gerry Anderson. PHONE: [number removed]

Tim Marlow sees the new Goya exhibition, and reviews a new staging of Pinter's The Birthday Party at the National Theatre. Producer Erika Wright

by Colm O'Gaora.
A country drive to the decaying ruin of an old remembered house leads a father and son to the discovery of a long-forgotten secret. Read by Tim Loane.
Producer Michael Quinn

with Hugh Sykes and Linda Lewis. Editor Margaret Budy
WRITE: PM Letterline, BBC Broadcasting House. London W1A1AA
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Janet Trewin and Peter Macann explore the world of transport. Producer David Prest

Robin's hurt.
Written by Sam Boardman-Jacobs
Director Joanna Toye. Producer Vanessa Whitbum
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Chris Serle presents his selection from BBC radio and TV over the past seven days.

Baroness Blatch, education minister; Donald Dewar , MP, shadow social security secretary; Paul Foot , writer and journalist; and Andrew Foster , controller, Audit Commission, tackle the issues raised in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby.
Producer Nadine Grieve

A crowded backroom in a Barnsley pub crammed with household articles for sale by auction. Nothing here will fetch much above a tenner, most of the bidding will be in 50p's. This is a people's auction, the exchange of personal possessions with just the merest whiff of profit or gain. Brian Sefton presents a personal view of what these cheap markets represent in the lives of local people where pit jobs have gone and unemployment beckons. Producer Dave Sheasby

The uncertain future of America's tobacco industry and the growing problem of plea bargains after the trial of figure skater Tonya Harding are discussed by Alistair Cooke.

Composer, pianist, bandleader and constant traveller, Duke Ellington was a workaholic. To mark the 20th anniversary of his death, John Fordham reassesses his career, with contributions from bandleader John Dankworth , pianists Julian Joseph and Michael Petrucciani , and rare archive of Ellington himself.

by Alistair Cooke.

with Robin Lustig. Editor Anne Koch

5: MonasticDays and Smugglers

Swiping satirical about the news this week are Sally Grace, Jeffrey Holland , Toby Longworth and Peter Serafinowicz. Producer Chris Neill

with Simon Hoggart. Producer Malcolm Love