The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
with Rev Gethin Abraham-Williams .
with James Naughtie and Sue MacGregor. Details as yesterday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Leslie Griffiths.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Talk to Nick Ross and his guest on an issue of the moment.
Producer Denis Nightingale LINES OPEN from 8.00am
The Pastoral Epistles continue as Thora Hird reads from the first part of the First
Letter of John.
Introduced by Jenni Murray.
Serial: Cassandra: Princess of Troy (3)
Professor Anthony Clare presents the programme that travels the highways and byways of the mind.
Today: the effectiveness of psychological profiling, and why do so many people go and see films that disgust?
Producer Paul Kobrak
with John Howard.
A quizzical look at quotations with Nigel Rees. This week his guests are Helen Atkinson Wood , Andrew Davies , Chris Kelly and Jim Sweeney. The quotations are read by Peter Barker. Producer Kathy Smith
with Nick Clarke.
Laura-Mae, an internationally acclaimed young cookery writer, would like to forget her humble origins in Wolverhampton. In this comedy, Nick Weldon 's first radio play, the spirit of Mrs Beeton intervenes to protect solid English cooking from fancy foreign cuisine.
Director Shaun MacLaughlin
Jenny Funnell is this week's
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Richard Baker talks to dramatic mezzo-soprano Sally Burgess , and her husband Neil Thornton , who plays jazz piano. Producer Ray Abbott
Presented by Gerry Anderson. PHONE: [number removed]
Paul Vaughan reads the new Churchill biography by Clive Ponting and visits Covent Garden for a production of Giordano's rarely performed opera Fedora. Producer Abigail Appleton (Revised repeat at 9.30pm)
by Ilona van Mil.
Freewheeling Frank Adams - ex member of the Hell's Angels - has chosen a different sphere of orbit. But as Reverend Adams , he yearns to bring the other angels back into the fold. Read by Andy Hockley. Producer Rosemary Watts
with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
A comedy-drama series by Simon Brett , starring Rosemary Leach as Anna, Nicola Pagett as Victoria and Josie Lawrence as Charlotte.
4: Bedand Breakfast. When Anna agrees to help a colleague by offering her house as a temporary bed and breakfast, Victoria is horrified. Charlotte, on the other hand, helps out by offering some unexpected extra amenities.
Music by Elizabeth Parker
Producer Paul Schlesinger
What's Joe up to?
The return of the series which investigates major issues and important events at home and abroad. The massive military campaign to wipe out Kurdish separatist rebels, gains for an Islamic party in recent local elections, and an economy in crisis, have left many Turks wondering about the future of their country. Jonathan Rugman reports from Istanbul and explores the implications for Europe of Turkey's domestic troubles.
Producer Liz Camey
Presented by Peter Evans.
Juliet Alexander focuses on issues raised in the lives of black and Asian people in Britain and connects with the diaspora in other countries.
Producer Constance St Louis
Presented by Peter White. Producer Dave Harvey
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(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
with Janet Cohen.
Part 7of Vladimir Nabokov 's novel.
