The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
With Canon James Monroe.
With James Naughtie and Peter Hobday.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Penny Faust.
By Muriel Spark.
2: Miss Christina Kay -the real-life inspiration for Miss Jean Brodie. For details see yesterday
Talk to Nick Ross and his guests on an issue of the moment.
Producer Anne Peacock
LINES OPEN from 8.00am
The story of Britain from the Romans to the 20th century. 37: The Baron's War
For details see yesterday
Packing your pencil case and checking your timetable, starting a new school is always daunting - especially if you're a newly qualified teacher. Cheryl Armitage follows the fortunes of two new teachers on their first day of term.
Serial: Experiment in Love (2) For details see yesterday
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care - from the research laboratory and the operating theatre to the dentist's chair and the GP's surgery. Producer Gina Henry
Repeated Sunday at 10.15pm
With Tasneem Siddiqi.
In the last of the series, host Sophie Grigson is joined by Joanna Blythman and Nigel Slater at Paul Heathcote 's restaurant in Lancashire, arguing over asparagus, two toothed heifers and a cheese detective.
A Partners in Sound production
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
John Walsh , Literary Editor of the Independent, presents eight programmes on books, writers and the readers who read them. Repeated from Sunday 11.45am
"I'm word-oriented rather than music-oriented", says writer/ producer/ director/broadcaster Ned Sherrin , who, in conversation with Jeremy Nicholas , reveals those moments in performance that send a shiver down the spine.
Producer Ray Abbott
Repeated Saturday at 11.00pm
With Daire Brehan. Could Kendo -
Japanese swordsmanship - be a clue to Who Killed Gnutley Almond ? Editor Sharon Banoff
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Paul Vaughan reviews Peter Ackroyd 's biography of William Blake and talks to the author Pat Barker.
Producer Anthony Denselow. Rvsd rpt 9.30pm
By Helen Slavin.
Hettie Bannister , with her coils of auburn hair and her head for heights, often helped the fire brigade, until that fateful day when the circus came to town. Read by Geoffrey Banks. Producer Gillian Hush
With Chris Lowe and Linda Lewis.
By John le Carre. Starring Tom Baker as Barley Blair.
5: Mission accomplished - or so Barley Blair believes.... but now the Americans are involved, and they are raising doubts.
Theme music by Max Harris
Producer John Fawcett Wilson Rpt
Lynda's at the helm?
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
For his final portrait of contemporary family relationships,
Michael O'Donnell meets Staffordshire butcher David Stubbs and his wife,
Evelyn. Five years ago, their daughter's life-support machine was switched off - but this is a story with a positive ending.
Producers Joy Hatwood and Joanna Rahim Repeated Saturday at 5.00pm
Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm
A series about the workings of a hospital psychiatric unit.
In the final programme, Brian James ventures outside the confines of Manchester's Withington Hospital to meet the psychiatric team responsible for rescuing people in the community who need emergency treatment. Producer Paul Bajoria
Presented by Peter White. Producer Dave Harvey
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Revised repeat of 4.05pm
By P G Wodehouse. Part 2. For details see yesterday
Repeated from Sunday 11.15am
Fergal Keane presents the travel series. 5: Leaves and Other Stuff. This week, Nick Haslam spends a lost weekend with the beleaguered tribespeople of eastern India.
Producer Noah Richler Rpt
