The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
with Canon Noel Vincent.
with John Humphrys and Peter Hobday. Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day With Tom Butler.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
In the last of the series, Kevin Connolly visits Socki, once the seaside playground of Stalin's elite, now struggling to attract a new generation of Russians. Producer Tony Grant
Repeated Sunday at 6.15pm
Part 35 of John Milton 's epic poem. For details see Monday
Sylvia Horn meets the music theatre director Lucy Bailey.
Short Story: A Real Life. Final part. For details see yesterday
Presented by Kelvin Boot.
FACTSHEET/QUERIES: send sae to [address removed]Producer Julian Hector
Repeated Sunday at 9.00pm
withTasneemSiddiqi.
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The densely farmed Luberon region of Provence is renowned for its goats cheese, asparagus, truffles, melons, strawberries, olives and herbs but is now under threat from cheap imports and supermarket power.
Derek Cooper talks to farmers and relishes a real Mediterranean diet. Producer Lucinda Montefiore Repeated Monday at 7.20pm
Editor Kevin Marsh
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
Concluding the dramatisation of Mary Shelley 's classic novel.
2: Frankenstein, an ambitious young scientist, has fled from the creature he has made, but when his brother is murdered he tracks the creature to the mountains.
Repeated from Sunday 2.30pm
with Gerry Anderson.
Tim Marlow checks out the life of Lou Reed in a new biography, and sees the exhibition It's Plastic at the Design Museum. Producer Erika Wright
by Patrick Cunningham.
Lonely for friendship, a man starts posting letters in council salt bins. Read by James Taylor. Producer Jocelyn Boxall
with Linda Lewis and Hugh Sykes. Editor Margaret Budy
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The last of the series in which John Walters samples different kinds of British seaside holiday.
(Rpt)
Someone's sent packing at No 6, The Green.
Written by Caroline Harrington
Director Keri Davies. Rptd Monday 1.40pm ARCHERS ADDICTS FAN CLUB: send sae to
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with Christopher Serle. Producer Daniel Snowman
Repeated Sunday at 3.30pm
Austin Mitchell, MP, farmer and journalist Robin Page , and Sheila McKechnie , Director of Shelter, are on the panel tackling issues raised in Lincoln. The chairman is Jonathan Dimbleby.
Producer Nick Utechin
Repeated tomorrow at 1.10pm
Marcel Berlins presents the first in a new series of programmes which examine the issues shaping and determining the law. Producer Simon Coates
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
A new American ally is assessed by Alistair Cooke, following the donation of four billion dollars to North Korea to curb the production of nuclear arms.
by Alistair Cooke.
Repeated Sunday at 9.15am
Repeated from Saturday 7.20pm
with Max Pearson.
Episode 3.
For details see Wednesday
Sally Grace , Jeffrey Holland , Toby Longworth and Julie Gibbs sidle furtively up to the week's news. Producer Gareth Edwards
Repeated tomorrow at 6.25pm
Patrick Hannan and his guests take a sceptical look at the events of the past week.
Producer Joanne Cayford