Daily bulletin of rural current affairs. Producers Tessa Polniaszek , Ruth Kiely and Alasdair Cross
With Dharmachari Nagapriya from the Manchester Buddhist Centre.
With James Naughtie , Sue MacGregor.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Angela Tilby.
A six-part series in which Matthew Engel charts 100 years in the history of popular daily newspapers from 1896-1996. 3: Sex, Sensation, Heroism and Pets:The Mirror's Winning Formula. The
Daily Mirrorbecame the paper of the "demob generation", with a punchy new style of tabloid journalism which made it the world's biggest-selling English-language daily newspaper. Producer Andy Denwood
Melvyn Bragg with guests journalist Tony Parsons discussing class, comedian John Sessions , and historian Arthur Marwick on post-war Britain. Producer David Herman
Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain, with the words of Sir Winston Churchill read by Peter Jeffrey.
135: Captain Cook
Written by Christopher Lee. Producer Pete Atkin
Introduced by Jenni Murray. Serial:
Seesaw. Helen Bourne reads the first episode of Deborah Moggach 's story, abridged in 12 episodes by Meg Clarke. "When Hannah is kidnapped in Camden Market, life will never be the same for her, her family or her kidnappers." Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie
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With Vincent Duggleby.
Producer Tim Bowler. LINES OPEN 10.00am
Ned Sherrin hosts the general-knowledge music quiz with contestants
' Peter Hodgeman from London,
Margaret Thomas from Rugely and Michael Wareham from Edinburgh.
Producer Stephen Doherty. Rptd Wed 6.30pm
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from Friday
By Jane Campion and Kate Pullinger. A three-part dramatisation by Michelene Wandor.
2: A Foreign Land. Ada McGrath awaits the husband she has never met. with Robert James and Crawford Logan. Original music by Anthea Gomez , played by the composer and Christian McKay. Director Sue Wilson
With Laurie Taylor. Sara Parker explores what "home" means to different people. 1: A family in bed-and-breakfast rooms.
Lynne Walker starts National Gallery Week with a gallery nominated by listeners. Plus, the Perth Festival. Producer Will Cantopher. Rvsd rpt 9.30pm * Face Behind the Voice: page 11
By Dawn Lowe-Watson . Read by Robert Glenister. Three schoolfriends imagine their perfect fantasy worlds.
Producer Cherry Cookson. Rptd next Sat
With Chris Lowe and Jackie Hardgrave.
Repeated from Saturday 12.25pm
Piggy in the middle.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
Presented by Derek Cooper. Revised
Loosely based on historical fact, Jean Binnie's play explores the venomous atmosphere surrounding the building of the dome of Florence cathedral.
(Rpt)
Five jaunts by Peter Tinniswood. 4: Seeing Things. Carter Brandon takes the blood-red Beetle to Wales. with Richard Davies. Producer Pete Atkin
Revised repeat from 4.05pm
With Robin Lustig.
Abridged in ten parts by Donald Bancroft. 1: Charlie Chaplin 's extraordinary story of how he became a cinema legend. Read by Nigel Hawthorne. Producer Gerry Jones Rpt
Part one of Janice Galloway 's story, abridged in seven parts by Georgina Brown. Read by Siobhan Redmond. Producer Michael Earley Rpt