The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
With the Rev Roger Hutchings.
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Elaine Storkey.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Your chance to talk to Nick Ross and his guest on an issue of the moment.
Lines Open from 8.00am
The news of fifty years ago today. The thaw brings floods to many parts of southern England. Oxford and Cambridge prepare for the boat race.
The Whitbread Award-winning author Kate Atkinson talks to Jenni Murray about her latest novel Human Croquet. Serial: Human Croquet (2). For details see yesterday
Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care -from the GP's surgery to the research laboratory. Producer Rami Tzabar
Repeated Sunday 10.15pm
With Lesley Riddoch.
The fourth of six programmes.
Regulars Mark Thomas , Dillie Keane , Miles Kington and Roger McGough wreak havoc with the literary canon. Chaired by Ian McMillan. Producer Marc Jobst
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
In the first of eight programmes, John Walsh takes to the road in search of elusive modern first editions; poets Roger McGough , Adrian Henri and Brian Patten remember the "Merseysound" on its 30th anniversary; and Christina Hardyment asks where a new generation of parents would be without their childcare manuals.
Repeated from Sunday 11.45am
Pianist David Owen Norris talks to six leading soloists and accompanies them in their favourite pieces of music. 5: Violinist Chantal Juillet.
Producer Fiona Couper
With Daire Brehan.
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Paul Vaughan reads a new biography of Yeats and listens to a classic collection of jazz recordings. Producer Matthew Dodd
Revised repeat at 9.30pm
By Helen Dunmore. Much to her delight, Ulli sees that her Italian friend Lucca has the tell-tale, positively plump signs of being fat one day. Read by Saskia Reeves. Producer Pauline Harris
With Charlie Lee-Potter and Jon Sopel.
Final part of Ivan Shakespeare 's comedy series parodying the life and times of the Bloomsbury Group.
A Study in Hysteria. With
Matthew Bell , Joanna Brookes , Chris Emmett , Sally Grace , Nick Hardy ,
Toby Longworth and Sarah Parkinson. Producer Liz Anstee Repeat
Eddie has to break the bad news. Repeated tomorrow 1.40pm
In the first of three programmes, John Slater returns to the story he first uncovered a few years ago. In November 1993, the United States was shaken by revelations that, during the Cold War, hundreds of citizens had been given heavy doses of radiation in secret experiments. After the story was broken by the Albuquerque Tribune in New Mexico, a presidential inquiry was set up and its findings have just been published. The families of the victims are also seeking justice in the courts. (Repeat)
Presented by Peter Evans. Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm
The Distribution of Distress. In the third of five lectures, Professor
Patricia J Williams looks at the juxtaposition of race and class and their interaction in society. Producer Constance St Louis
Peter White with news, views and information for visually impaired people. Producer Eleanor Garland
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Revised repeat of 4.05pm
With Isabel Hilton.
Rudolph Walker reads Trinidadian writer Sam Selvon 's account of the first West Indians to come to Britain in the fifties.
2: The Love Lives of Cap and Bart Cap has no place to live, no work and no money, but marries a French girl regardless; and Bart gets friendly with an English girl - until her father intervenes.
For details see yesterday
The week's events in the media.
Repeated from Sunday 11.15am
7: Lights in the Dark
For details see yesterday Repeat
