The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
with the Rev John Davis.
with James Naughtie and Sue MacGregor.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Tony Burnham.
8.40 Yesterday In Parliament
Talk to Nick Ross and his guests on an issue of the moment. Producer Poppy Hughes
LINES OPEN from 8.00am
A new spiritual anthology.
Dread Not the Fearful Hour. Read by Stephen Moore.
Producer Michael Quinn
She has been hailed as a brilliant observer of manners, the natural successor to Jane Austen and the mistress of the aga saga. As a serialisation of her latest book begins, Jenni Murray meets Joanna Trollope. Serial: The Best of Friends by Joanna Trollope. Penelope Wilton reads the first of 13 parts. Abridged by Pat McLoughlin. "When life is rocky where do you turn but your oldest friends....?"
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care.
Producer Constance St Louis Repeated tomorrow at 7.45pm
with Daire Brehan.
Frank Delaney presents another edition of the language programme. Producer Nigel Acheson
with Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
Lynne Truss 's comedy looks at the domestic chaos of Belinda, a writer so committed to her work that she ignores everything - household chores, social events, her husband.
Her decision to take on a home help - a genius of domestic organisation - has unforseen consequences. With Geraldine James as Belinda and Nicholas Le Prevost as Gerald, her husband.
Director Peter Kavanagh
In the last of the series,
Sue MacGregor meets the pianist
Alfred Brendel to talk about his life and work. Producer Gillian Hush Revised
An hour of live action with stories from all over Britain.
Editor Sharon Banoff
PHONE/ANSWERPHONE: [number removed]
Robert Dawson Scott sees Siegfried, part 3 of the Royal Opera House's production of the Ring cycle, and investigates "the city" as a location for novels.
Producer Erika Wright
Revised repeat at 9.30pm
by Ita Daly.
If the only one passion you've ever known was in the pages of romantic novels, how are you to know when true love reveals itself in humdrum reality? Read by Stella McCusker. Producer Michael Quinn
with Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
Nigel Cassidy chairs the business game. Taking part in the financial fisticuffs are Peter Day ,
Howard Hodgson , Alastair Ross Goobey and Janette Rutterford. Producer Neil Koenig
A conspiracy at The Dower House. Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
Reporter Stuart Simon.
Producer David Ross. Rptd Sat at 5.00pm
Peter Evans reviews discoveries and developments in science. Producer Richard Aedy
Six programmes examining the roles of intelligence services in the 1990s. 4: Jobs for the Boys. Now that the Cold War dragon has been slain, how far do the menaces of terrorism, economic espionage and issues such as the extent of Aids in Africa, carefully concealed by some African governments, necessitate continuing covert operations? Or are the intelligence services, having run out of a real job, simply trying to invent new threats to keep themselves in employment?
Presented by Christopher Andrew. Producer Dennis Sewell
Presented by Peter White.
News, views and information for people with a visual handicap. Producer Dave Harvey
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS: phone [number removed]between 9.30pm and 10.30pm FACTSHEET: send large sae to [address removed]
HANDBOOK: £17.95. from [address removed]
Revised repeat of 4.05pm
with Robin Lustig.
by Robert Westall. Part 2. For details see yesterday
Repeated from Sunday 11.15am
