With FR BRIAN MCGINLEY. Stereo
Presented by John Timpson and Brian Redhead
6.30, 7.30,8.30 News Summary
6.45* Business News with BOB FINIGAN
7.0,8.0 Today's News Read by HARRIET CASS
7.20* Your Letters
7.25*. 8.25* Sport
With CHARLES COL VILE
7.45* Thought for the Day
8.35* Yesterday in Parliament
An opportunity for listeners to express their views and question the experts.
Produced by the Woman's Hour unit Lines open from 8.0am
Reflections on life and politics abroad
Producer MARGARET HILL
Ping Pong by HARRY BARTON Read by Denys Hawthorne
'It was real table tennis. It was the perfect game, the one a father could enjoy as much as his son, not just for the few weeks after a birthday, but for years and for ever.' Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
NEM, p 118; Who would true valour see (BBC HB 371);
Psalm 46; Ephesians 6, w 10-21; Take up thy cross, the saviour said (BBC HB 369). Stereo
Do elephants sneeze? If so, what through?
Jessica Holm , Peter Ferns and David Rogers tackle some of your more ticklish questions.
Presented by Derek Jones Producer JOHN HARRISON BBCBristol
Pattie Coldwell with the latest news and advice for consumers.
A nationwide general knowledge contest. First Round: Wales and Northern Ireland
Chairman Robert Robinson
Margaret Robinson (housewife) Evelyn Peachey (former teacher) Gordon Wood
(chemistry master)
Jane Morton (pensions investigation assistant) The programme includes Beat the Brains.
Programme devised by JOHN P. WYNN Questions set by LAN GILLIES
Producer RICHARD edis . Stereo
Presented by Sir Robin Day
1.55 Listening Corner Adelaide's Naughty Granny 2: Going to the Launderette
2.0 Teenage Plays 2: Battle Lines by TONY COULT Stereo (R)
2.30 Patterns of Language 3: First Steps Compiled by PROFESSOR DAVID CRYSTAL (R) and at 2.45
4: Playing by the Rules Compiled by TONY PENMAN (R)
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week: Anthony Quayle
Serial: Sisters by Rite (10)
Diary of a Suburban Housewife by SANDRA CLAYTON with Jill Meers as Anne
'After all the emotional capital I have expended upon my family, not to mention physical toil - my husband has become a grunt in front of the telly, my son has transmogrified into a mound of washing, and my daughter leaves me in no doubt that, when the revolution comes, I shall not be marching with the sisterhood.'
Directed by VANESSA WHITBURN BBC Birmingham Stereo (R)
Paul Heiney , with the help of the BBC's Local Radio newsrooms all over the country, gets a fresh perspective on a topic of current mterest. Producer DAVID BENNETT Editor TIM PITT
Presented by Valerie Singleton and Robert Williams continued on VHFIFM5.50-5.55pm
With BRIAN PERKINS
Half an hour of reports from the BBC correspondents around the world including Financial Report
Cut and Blow by NAN WOODHOUSE Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1. 40pm)
Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad.
Reporter Roisin McAuley Producer JOHN FORSYTH Editor BRIAN WALKER BBC Manchester
What's new in medical science? How well are the doctors looking after us? Is our money being spent to best effect? Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care - from the research laboratory and the operating theatre, to the dentist's chair and the GP's surgery.
Producer JULIAN BROWN
Cowboy!
You know, the world doesn't 't know what a real cowboy is. Christopher Frayling introduces the first of two gatherings of voices and opinions recorded on location in the American West, reflecting the contemporary life and times of a man on horseback - The Great American Cowboy. 1: Home on the Range
Compiled and produced by JOHN POWELL. Stereo
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News, views and information for people with a visual handicap. Presented by Peter White Producer THENA HESHEL
Listeners can phone with enquiries and comments relating to the programme on [number removed]. Linesopenfrom 8.30 to 10.0pm Free quarterly bulletin from:
Room 816, Broadcasting House, London WlA 1AA. (Send four
81 x 12 SAEs for a year's supply)
by Anthony Smith
Paul Allen presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, and news and reviews of films, books, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Producer RICHARD BANNERMAN
Still Life (2)
Presenter Alexander MacLeod
Radio 4's international business report; market trends
followed by an interlude
Social Education: Understanding Economics
12.303: The Business of Sport and at 12.50
4: Getting Around
