The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
A meditation for the beginning of a new day with Judge Dick Hamilton.
with Anna Ford and James Naughtie. Details as yesterday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Leslie Griffiths.
Ludovic Kennedy tells the story of the family retainer who brought his mother into the world and 50 years later attended his father on his way out of it. Between these two events, he discovered there was far more to Grace Arrowhead than met the eye. Producer David Benedictus
Talk to Nick Ross and his guest on an issue of the moment.
Producer Denis Nightingale. LINES OPEN from 8.00am
Denis Quilley reads The Second Letter of Paul to Timothy.
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Could some babies have been saved?
Cheryl Armitage asks why it took so long for British parents to be told the crucial facts about cot death.
Serial: And When Did You Last See Your
Father?(7)
Anthony Clare presents an international edition of the programme that reaches parts of the brain that others do not reach. It includes a report from the isolated island of St Helena and further news of the stresses faced by the crews sailing in the round-the-world yacht race. Producer Usa Shaw
with Daire Brehan.
Nigel Rees presents the 200th edition with panellists Patrick Barlow , Celia Haddon , Sir Antony Jay and Lord Oaksey. The quotations are read by Ronald Fletcher. Producer Kathy Smith
with James Cox.
A comedy by Stuart Kerr.
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman are on the run from their NHS hospital, heading for Harrogate where rumour has it there's proper treatment available.
Pianist Colin Guthrie
Director Jane Morgan
Pianists Penelope Thwaites and John Lavender talk to Richard Baker about the music of Percy Grainger. Producer Ray Abbott
Gerry Anderson invites you to join him for an hour of daily live action. PHONE: 071.[number removed]
Robert Dawson Scott 's studio guest is the conductor and oboist Paul Goodwin , and there's a roundup of this month's new paperback books. Producer Adrian Washboume
(Revised repeat at 9.30pm)
by James Robertson.
A black comedy about marital tension and recalcitrant plumbing. Read by Kenny Ireland. Producer David Jackson Young
(First broadcast on Radio Scotland)
with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
By the Labour Party.
Comedy-drama series by Simon Brett. Starring Rosemary Leach as Anna, Nicola Pagett as Victoria and Josie Lawrence as Charlotte.
3: The Big Break. Charlotte's big acting break looks imminent when she's offered a supporting role in a television sitcom.
Producer Paul Schlesinger
Au revoir not adieu?
In the last of the series exploring the world of deception and detection, Margaret Percy looks at white-collar fraud. It's easy to execute, difficult to detect and even more difficult to prosecute, but this "victimless" crime can wreck businesses and destroy lives. Producer Brian King
Juliet Alexander presents the first of a new magazine series highlighting issues raised in the lives of black and Asian people living in Britain, and making connections with the diaspora in other countries. Producer Constance St Louis
News, views and information for people with a visual disability. With Tony Barringer.
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS: phone [number removed] between 9.30pm and 10.30pm
FACTSHEET: send large sae to [address removed]
(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
with Robin Lustig.
by Vladimir Nabokov. Part 2.
with Joanna Coles.
