The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
With the Rt Rev Michael Marshall.
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Rosemary Harthill.
Michael Williams reads a second selection from the first volume of Sir
John Betjeman 's letters.
1932-7: literature and love. 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.
47: Edward III and the Start of the Hundred Years War For details see yesterday
Robert Louis Stevenson crossed continents for her; she took a young lover when she was in her 70s; she smoked and wore her hair short. Jenni Murray talks to Alexandra Lapierre about the life of Fanny Stevenson. Serial: An Experiment in Love (12) For details see yesterday
While atrocities in Bosnia continue to shock, Professor Anthony Clare delves into the minds of torturers.
Sadistic monsters? Or can a violent world bring out the beast in us all? Producer Bruce Whitney Low Repeated Sunday 10.15pm
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Reports on consumer and social issues.
Russell Davies explores language, words and what lies between them.
2: Words and Music. What's in a name, where pop groups are concerned?
What is the sound of silence and why can singing in English be so difficult? Producer Emma Kingsley
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
With John Walsh.
4: Bard Wars. There is never a lack of faction fighting among British poets. What do the skirmishes tell us?
Repeated from Sunday 11.45am
In the last of the series, Lord Gowrie, chairman of the Arts Council of England, talks to Jeremy Nicholas about those moments in music that send a shiver down his spine.
Producer Ray Abbott. Rptd Sat 11.00pm
With Daire Brehan. People in the public eye select the three keepsakes which tell the story of their lives. Editor Sharon Banoff
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Lynne Walker talks to Martin Bell as he publishes an account of his journalistic dilemmas in a war zone, and reviews Mark Rylance in his own version of Macbeth.
Producer Jerome Weatherald. Rvsd rpt 9.30pm
By Frances Hegarty. An angry mother plots retribution against the driver who injured her daughter. Read by Jilly Bond. Producer Pam Fraser Solomon
With Nigel Wrench and Chris Lowe.
Concluding the story by John le Carre , dramatised by Rene Basilico , and starring Tom Baker as Barley Blair and Valentina Yakunina as Katya. As his Moscow mission moves towards a dramatic conclusion, Barley Blair the man comes into conflict with Barley Blair the spy.... and there are hard decisions to be made. with Christopher Fulford , Yuri Stepanov and Hana-Maria Pravda. Theme music by Max Harris. Producer John Fawcett Williams Rpt
Roy's on the case.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
Reporter Mark Whitaker.
Producer David Haggie. Rptd Saturday 5.00pm
Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm
Champions of the information revolution claim that everyone will be able to talk to everone else, but what about those without the access or skills? Alun Lewis asks who will be the losers and looks at the attempts to ensure that no one is left behind.
Producer Toby Murcott
With Peter White.
Producer Dave Harvey
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Revised repeat of 4.05pm
With Isabel Hilton.
By Sonia Lambert. Part 2. For details see yesterday
The week's events in the media.
Repeated from Sunday 11.15am
Another chance to hear six European travel writers explore British culture and landscape.
1: Wouldn't 't Be Loverly. Dutch writer and broadcaster Adriaan van Dis 's first encounter with British culture was the film My Fair Lady. He is fascinated by the British class system, and makes his observations on it with evidence from a series of diverse witnesses and encounters in the street.
Producer Kerry McGeever Rpt
