The daily bulletin of rural current affairs. Producers John Harvey and Ruth Kiely
with Dr Brian Harris.
with Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
6.45 Business News
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Oliver McTernan.
Last of the "audio notelets" from Julian Critchley
, MP for Aldershot, to his successor Gerald Howarth.
How Not to Retire Gracefully. The 1990 leadership contest, how John Major failed an agility test, a gentlemanly ticking-off from John Biffen , and a park bench in Aldershot.
Producer Jane Ray
with Melvyn Bragg and guests. Producer Ruth Gardiner
The Pastoral Epistles continue as Denis Quilley concludes the reading of the First Letter of Peter followed by the Second
Letter of Peter.
Abridged by Hugo de Klee. Producer Noel Vincent
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Serial: Cassandra: Princess of Troy. Hannah Gordon reads the second part of Hilary Bailey 's imaginative reconstruction of the siege of Troy.
Abridged by Ann Rees Jones. Editor Sally Feldman
Willy Russell talks about second chances for adults, and in a testing time for teachers and children, there's a look at the new national curriculum unveiled this week. Presented by Libby Purves. Producer Sally Kirkwood
with John Howard.
Editor Ken Vass
The nationwide general-knowledge contest in which listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain.
First Round - London. Cormac Gordon
(analyst programmer); Ron Farquhar (archaeologist); Elizabeth Gibson (business woman); and Ian Whiteman (accountant). Chairman Robert Robinson.
Producer Richard Edis
with Nick Clarke.
David Stafford's wry comedy about showbiz, eternal triangles and the Eurovision Song Contest stars Deborah Findlay and Neil McCaul as June and Gary Knight - 60s songsters staging a comeback in a summer season one wet British August.
Boys in the band: Trevor Allan Davies (piano); Bobby Worth (drums); and David Stafford (bass guitar) Director Marilyn Imrie
Phone Gerry Anderson on [number removed]. Editor Sharon Banoff
As this year's Mayfest opens, Robert Dawson Scott reviews the new production of Tristan und Isolde at Scottish Opera and sees the new play Trainspotting. Producer Erika Wright (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)
by E M Forster.
"Books! I don't hold with books in the country. What you want is recr'ation and h'air and h'exercise." Read by Peter Kenny. Producer Harriet Lang
with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
An unwelcome visitor.
Set in the mining village of Eastwood in the Erewash Valley in 1911, Nick Ward 's play is a story of love and lost desire and is inspired by DH Lawrence's early writings.
Trumpet Nick Thompson. Music by Richard Heacock Director Nick Ward. Producer Marilyn Imrie
Dressers. Neil Sweetmore has dressed them all, from Rudolf Nureyevto Sir John Gielgud. In the last of the series, Neil, now retired, joins Melissa Cook as she works with the cast of EastEnders.
Producer Lucy Lunt
(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
with Robin Lustig.
Michael Fitzgerald reads part 6 of a ten-part adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov 's semi-autobiographical novel. Abridged by Roland Challis Producer Philip Martin
Bel Mooney and Professor James Lovelock explore the grey area between belief and unbelief. Producer Malcolm Love
Harry Hill says "welcome to my world", in a show that puts the "family" back into family entertainment. Co-starring his fictional mum and dad, Janet and Tony Hill , brother Alan Hill , adopted son little Alan (4) and Nana Hill (82). Music by the Cliff Ranger Singers. Producer Jon Magnusson
