6.30 New series
English in Action
Ten programmes on language and the ways we use it
1: What is ' Standard English 'f There is a great deal of disagreement about where the best English is spoken and what is meant by good English. ANDREW WILKINSON , Reader in Education in English, University of Birmingham, explains the term ' Standard English ' and discusses how that standard has changed and continues to change.
Producer ALAN WILDING
6.30-7.0 VHF Open University: see Radio 3 VHF on facing page
7.0 pm Regency People IAN GRIMBLE explores the meaning of the Regency Age through studies of ten notable people who lived in it.
1: George (Beau)
Brummell Byron said there were three great men in his time - Byron, Napoleon and Brummell - and the greatest was Brummell. Producer PEGGY BACON ‡