The daily bulletin of rural current affairs.
With John Barton , Archdeacon of Aston.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Canon Eric James.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
With Libby Purves and guests. Producer Ronni Davis
The news of exactly 50 years ago.
Repeated from Sunday 2.00pm
FACTSHEET: send AS sae marked 10/97 to Gardeners' Question Time Factsheet. [address removed]
With Lesley Riddoch.
Based on the comedy-thriller by Georgette Heyer.
Dramatised in four parts by Peter Buckman.
1: An English country Christmas in the thirties, a Tudor manor house decked with holly, a family gathered for seasonal cheer - and a murder.
Director Neil Cargill
* See This Week: page 13
With Nick Clarke.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
The Alabama Belle
By Pieter Rogers. The second of two Victorian murder mysteries. with Jillie Meers , Stephen Critchlow , Roger May. Denys Hawthorne. Hugh Kermode and Caroline Strong. Director Celiade Wolff
Six programmes about vegetables.
4: The Onion. With Colin Spenser , Bob Flowerdew , Daphne Watson and others. Producer Susan Roberts
Paul Gambaccini talks to those behind The People vs Larry Flint and The English Patient, two Oscar-nominated films, soon to be released in this country.
Producer Fiona Bailey
Revised repeat at 9.30pm
With Chris Lowe and Nigel Wrench.
Repeated from Monday 12.25pm
Lizzie spills the beans. Repeated tomorrow 1.40pm
Four programmes in which
Edward Stourton investigates the new forces binding people of the world together. 3: Italy- where the state could break apart. Can economic forces be strong enough to shatter a nation-state? Producer Sue Davies
Six programmes which take a sideways look at the contents of an average wardrobe, through anecdote, archive and music.
3: The Jumper
Producers Felicity Goodall and Susan Roberts Repeat
Professor Kenneth Morgan introduces six programmes reviewing some of the major themes of life in Britain since the end of the Second World War.
3: From Rats to Riches. A Dorset farming family reflects on 50 years of working the land, and Professor Howard Newby offers an academic view of changes in postwar British agriculture. Producer Mary Price Repeat
Russell Davies , in the company of Michael Williams , recalls the comic genius of Robb Wilton. Producer Neil Cargill Repeat
Revised repeat of 4.05pm
With Robin Lustig.
3: Tolroy'sAunt Tanty Ventures Forth For details see Monday
11.00 New series Trust The return of Wendy Lee 's biting satire about NHS trusts. In the first of six episodes, surgical directorate manager Mike Blunt is hatching more money-making schemes, each one more shocking than the last. But how far can the medical staff be pushed? with Maxine Finch. Director Turan Ali
8: Barrels Out of Bounds For details see Monday Repeat
