6.27 Farming Today
6.45 Outlook
Reflecting matters of Christian interest and concern
6.50-7.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
7.10 On Your Farm: a weekly review of the agricultural scene Produced by ANTHONY PARKIN (from Birmingham)
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Outlook
7.50-8.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
Radio 4's 50 minute worldwide look at the weekend presented by Michael Aspel and featuring Graham Kerr
8.45 Todays Papers
Radio 4 fills you in on the political scene at home and abroad, starting with 9.5 From Our Own Correspondent
Contributed by the BBC's Foreign News Staff
(Revised edition: Tues, 9.5 am)
9.30 The Weekly World
WALTER TAPLIN reviews what the weeklies have to say, with illustrations read by DAVID BROOMFIEI. D
9.45 The Week in Westminster
Parliamentarians discuss the week's business with ROBERT CARVEL
Narrator Douglas Smith Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE
MARTIN COX , BERNARD TATE
New Every Morning, page 72; Ride on. ride on in majesty (BBC Hymn Book 89i; Canticle 4: Matthew 21. vv 1-11 (NEB): Alone thou goest forth, 0 Lord (BBC HB 79)
Spécial printemps (i)
The first of two extra programmes for the holiday period
10.30-12.0 VHF Open University: see col 2
11.0 Starting German: Reisebiiro Alias
Hamburg bei Nacht
11.30 Reading to Learn Don Juan
(Repeated: Wed, 7.0 pm, R3) (Publications: see page 13)
Introduced by PETER JONES
News and prospects of today's big sporting events, featuring Association Football in England and Scotland, Racing. Rugby Union and Rugby League. (Sport on 2: from 2.0 pm)
A nation-wide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete for this title
Chairman FRANKLIN ENGELMANN 12: Wales (ii)
MRS HILDA DAVIES (Glamorgan) farmer's wife
MRS COLLEEN FLEISCHMANN (Monmouthshire) science teacher
FREDERICK NICHOLLS
(Pembrokeshire) schoolmaster ROGER TOMLIN (Monmouthshire) ancient historian
Including Beat the Brains in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants. Devised and written by JOHN p. WYNN. Produced by JOHN FAWCETT WILSON
(Repeated: Friday, 6.15 pm)
12.55 Weather: programmenews
A spontaneous discussion by LORD WIGG, ALASTAIR BURNET DAVID BENEDICTUS
GUINEVERE TILNEY
Chairman DAVID JACOBS
Produced by MICHAEL BOWEN from Anfield and District Community Centre. Liverpool i
Listeners' views for use in Any Answers? should be sent to Any
Answers?, BBC. Bristol BS8 2LR
by FREDERICK TREVES with Stephen Murray as Mr Murfield
Who was that? ' ' Our new lodger. He's quite tall, must have been good-looking when he was young. But his clothes ... When I saw him on the doorstep I thought he was a front-door salesman. He's just gone out. in the rain. Funny.' ' What did you say his name was? '
Produced by GERRY JONES
Introducer Judith Chalmers The Job in the House I Loathe Most: ideas and solutions from ANNE GREGG , MICHAEL GREEN, MARY HOWARD. JOY MELVILLE and JEAN RICHARDSON
Male Fashions: Menswear designer JOHN WEITZ talks to JUDITH CHALMERS
A Mouse in My Handbag: GRAEME HALL
Black is Beautiful: IVOR HYNES , who comes from the West In-dies, talks to JANICE DICKERSON about a changing ideal and the way to achieve it
The Excursion to the Source by ELIZABETH TAYLOR abridged by ANN THOMAS read by JUNE BARRIE
Semi-final 2
Cory Workmen's Band conductor ARTHUR KENNEY v The Langley Band conducted by DENNIS MASTERS Adjudicators E. C. BUTTRESS
ALEX MORTIMER , VILEM TAUSKY Introduced by DOUGLAS SMITH Produced by ALLAN GILES
Introduced by ROBERT DOUGALL
(Shortened version of last Fri. day's broadcast)
A thriller serial in seven parts by DAVID ELLIS with Freddy Jaeger , Peter Pratt Part1
' You will be dismissed from the Police Force and branded as a man who cannot be trusted ... You will go to prison for six months.'
Produced by ROGER PINE
(Repelled: Tuesday, 3.30 pm)
5.55 Weather: programme news
by ALISTAIR COOKE
(Repeated: Sunday. 9.15 ami
Highlights of today's sport in the South and Midlands.
Produced by GOOFREY DIXEY
with all the favourites from The Players' Theatre
Underneath the Arches at Charing Cross
Chairman DOMINIC LE FOE introduces
BARRY CRYER , DELATOUR HALL, JAN HUNT, ROBIN HUNTER, DENIS MARTIN, LAURIE PAYNE, JULIA SUTTON, IAN WALLACE, featuring the Songs of Harry Lauder, HUGH PADDICK and JOAN STERNDALE BENNETT
Gus and Algy, two chaps about town
ROSLYNN, An Angel with a Harp and Gilbert and Sullivan 'Three Little Maids from School '
At the pianoforte, GEOFFREY BRAWN
Additional script material by CARDEW ROBINSON.
Produced by TRAFFORD WHITELOCK
Adapted from Celia Dale's novel by Michael Kilgarriff
with Jane Wenham, Patrick Troughton and Geoffrey Beevers as Bernard West
In the mid 1870s a young man called Bernard West arrived as tutor at Bulmer Hall. He hoped to begin his life anew, to make up for previous failings, but he found Bulmer Hall strangely unwelcoming.
(Repeated: Monday, 3.0 pm)
(Jane Wenham is a National Theatre Player)
9.58 Weather
CLIVE JENKfNS , TONY ECCLES and JILL TWEEDIE exchange ideas With BRIAN REDHEAD
Produced by MICHAEL GREEN (from Manchester)
The Litany sung to the music of Thomas Tallis
preceded by Weather