The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
Producers Ruth Kiely and Tessa Polniaszek
With the Rt Rev Brother Michael.
With Sue MacGregor and Alex Brodie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Gabrielle Cox.
By Bill Bryson. 2: Virginia Water. For details see yesterday
A topical discussion. Producer Anne Peacock
LINES OPEN from 8.00am
A look back at the news exactly 50 years ago today. Tuesday 6 August, 1946: a new sort of queue begins - mothers across the country line up for their first Family Allowance. For details see yesterday
introduced by Wendy Austin. It's bright, it's cheap, but modern school furniture could be causing serious back problems for as many as 50 per cent of children. Chris Chambers reports.
Serial: The Last Time I Saw Jane (12) For details see yesterday
Presented by Geoff Watts. Barbara Myers introduces Remarkable
Recoveries, a series of reports in which she meets people who have survived life-threatening illnesses. 2: Miriam Newman went to bed with flu symptoms. The next morning, she was found unconscious and rushed to hospital with meningitis. Producer Sandy Raffan
Repeated Sunday at 10.15pm
With Lesley Riddoch.
Caroline Quentin poses the questions and team captains Richard Morton and Toby Longworth and their guests Francis Wheen and Nick Revell avoid answering them in radio's only crossword puzzle.
Producer Gareth Edwards
With Ben Bradshaw.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
THE DEEP New series
Jonathan Raban introduces a three-part personal anthology of the greatest writing on the sea.
1: Seeing the Sea. Before the 18th century, the sea was almost invisible, a chaos to be got across. Then
Romanticism discovered the sea and lovingly described it as most of us still imagine it today. Producer Tim Dee
In the fifth of six conversations about the dance world, Lynne Walker talks to the world's fastest tapper, the Irish-American dancer Michael Flatley. Producer Gillian Hush
Daire Brehan and guests with topical discussion and stories from around the country.
Editor Sharon Banoff
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Paul Vaughan reads Amitav Ghosh 's book The Calcutta Chromosome which combines a medical thriller with a Victorian ghost story.
Producer Mohit Bakaya. Revised repeat 9.30pm
By Mervyn Peake. A bored young man searches for love and adventure.
Read by Ian Targett. Producer Nandita Ghose
With Chris Lowe and Charlie Leefotter.
Martin Davies 's six-part comedy of faith, family and football. 2: Scouting for Boys
Producer Richard Wilson Repeat
Tom's caught in the act.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
Tim Rogers reports on major issues. Producer Jim Hackett
Repeated Saturday at 5.00pm
Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm
Noël Coward rarely wrote about homosexuality, but in the 1960s his narrative poem Not Yet the Dodo evoked the touching story of General and Lady Bedrington, whose croquet-playing retirement was upset when they learnt the truth about their son Barry. Read by Alex Jennings. Producer Keith Slade
Peter White with news, views and information for visually impaired people. Producer Karen Turner
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Revised repeat of 4.05pm
With Isabel Hilton.
By Lee Langley. Part 7.
For details see yesterday Repeat
The week's events in the media.
Repeated from Sunday 11.15am
A six-part series in which international musicians choose and discuss music describing the character and spirit of their native countries. This week,
Australian guitarist John Williams. Repeat
By Donna Tartt. 7: Sacred rituals in the woods lead to tragedy. For details see yesterday
