The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
A meditation for the beginning of a new day with Alan Earl.
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
An Anthology of Spiritual Verse.
Jack Shepherd reads an extract from Paradise Illustrated by DJ Enright . Producer Jocelyn Boxall
Christina Noble tells Jenni Murray how she is improving the lives of thousands of orphans on the streets of Vietnam.
Serial: Oleander, Jacaranda. Penelope Lively begins reading the memoirs of her childhood in Egypt in the 1930s. Abridged by Ann Rees Jones
with John Howard.
This week Joan Bakewell , Roy Hudd , Charles Osborne and Michael Rosen join Nigel Rees for the quotation quiz.
The quotations are read by Ronald Fletcher. Producer Kathy Smith
with Nick Clarke.
by Gillian Plowman , starring Leslie Phillips and Renee Asherson.
When Philip and Rowena meet in a hospice, it seems that life is just beginning and anything is possible, even romance.
Director Sue Wilson
in the last of the series, to mark the centenary of the composer Peter Warlock , Richard Baker talks to
Malcolm Rudiand , Secretary of the Warlock Society and critic Felix Aprahamian. Producer Ray Abbott
Gerry Anderson invites you to join him for an hour of daily live action. PHONE: 071.[number removed]
Paul Vaughan looks for traces of the Invisible Man and his creator, the late Ralph Ellison. Plus a new production of Rossini's opera Moses in Egypt. Producer Erika Wright
(Revised repeat at 9.30pm)
by Julie Long.
"That's seven dollars' worth of cruise so far. If we don't see a whale by 14 dollars, I'm asking for my money back. Read by Hilary Neville. Producer Bruce Young
with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
The final episode of the comedy-drama series by Simon Brett.
Starring Rosemary Leach as Anna, Nicola Pagett as Victoria and Josie Lawrence as Charlotte.
Twice Bitten. Charlotte is on edge - no lovers, no job and nothing on the horizon. Enter the middle-aged, dependable Gordon. The wedding appears imminent. Meanwhile, Roger has to extract himself from Debbie in Fancy Biscuits.
Music by Elizabeth Parker
Producer Paul Schlesinger
Divisions at the farm walk.
Reporter Ian Breach. Producer Lynne Jones
Peter Evans talks to Francis Crick , discoverer of DNA's double helix, about his new book.
Juliet Alexander focuses on issues which relate to the lives of black and Asian people in Britain and 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.
Seventh part of Graham Greene 's novel.
Joanna Coles explores the week's events in the media.
Another chance to hear the eight-part series in which Rory Maclean explores thejourney behind the travel. An eighth of the world's population is on the move every day, and each traveller has a story to tell. Producer Mary Price
