The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.

With the Rev Andrew Morton.

With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Gabrielle Cox.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Repeated from yesterday 7.20pm

A seven-part series following life on campus during nine eventful months at the University of Warwick.
5: Kidnap threats, exam nerves, finals and graduation. Producer Brian King

Today's news from 50 years ago.
The Education Minister,
Miss Ellen Wilkinson MP, dies unexpectedly, and the Fourth Test in Adelaide ends in a draw.
For details see Monday

Introduced by Jenni Murray. Serial: Gaudy Night (11).

Reports from around the world. Producer Tony Grant

With Mark Whittaker.

Comedy chat show with Edward Enfield and Miles Kington.
Including a plea for proper care for the middle-aged.
Producer Tony Staveacre

With Nick Clarke.

Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm

By Jean Rhys.

1950s Notting Hill. Selina is offered a room by the mysterious Mr Sims. At least she has her music. No one can take that away.

With Brian Sibley.

Paul Allen reports on the relaunch of the English Shakespeare Company's acclaimed children's theatre tour as their new adaptation of Beowu/ftakes to the road, and he sees the stage premiere of "the ultimate murder story", Kind Hearts and Coronets. Producer Helen Garrison Revised repeat at 9.30pm

By Anne Jones. Read by Phillip Manikum. "What sort of idiot would bother to fill in a thing like this? Well ... her sort of idiot, apparently." Producer Viv Beeby

With Charlie Lee-Potter and Chris Lowe.

Written by and starring Jeremy Hardy, who strides purposefully through the moral cowpat of contemporary issues. Also starring Debbie Isitt and Gordon Kennedy. Producer David Tyler

Sid is not happy.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm

Six new investigations whose starting-point is a piece of intriguing documentary evidence.
1: The Letters in the Mirror. A secondhand mirror from a North London junk shop shatters to reveal a cache of 50-year-old letters written in Dutch. They are sent to Liz Barnes and her Dutch husband, who set out to piece together the puzzle the letters reveal - the heart-rending tale of the Hemelrijk family in the occupied
Netherlands during the darkest days of the war.
Producer Simon Elmes

Shop 'till You Drop
Britain is more than ever a consumer society: from food and style to culture and religion, we see life as a series of market choices. Bob Tyrrell asks whether the consumer revolution has improved our lives, or made us slaves to short-term self-gratification. Producer Anthony Dworkin
Repeated Sunday at 4.15pm

Six residents of Zimbabwe reflect on their home and their history.
5: Andy Brown is a pop musician. It is a precarious living, even at the top. Producer Paul Dodgson

Magazine for people with disabilities. Presented by Frederick Dove.
Producer Colin Hughes FACTSHEET: send sae to factsheet No 5.[address removed]. E-MAIL: dhtsugar@bbc.co.uk

Revised repeat of 4.05pm

With Robin Lustig.

ByNancyMitford.Part9. For details see Monday

New plays by American writers.
2: Rescue, by William Patrick. The New Jersey Fire Department respond to a call claiming that a 350-pound child is trapped. On arrival they discover that the situation is even worse.
Director Eoin O'Callaghan

Part 4.
For details see Monday