6.32 Farming Today an East Anglian edition introduced by GORDON MOSLEY
6.50 Thought for the Week Meditations for Lent on The Lord's Prayer (iv) CANON ROY MCKAY
6.55 Weather: programme news
Today'sTime GTS 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 am
1.0. 6.0. 11.0 pm Big Ben 10.0 pm
7.10 South-East News
715 Today presented by JACK DE MANIO
Thirty minutes of what Britain is getting up to this morning-and what's happening abroad
7.45 Today's Papers
7.50 Ten to Eight
A Book of Witnesses with DAVID KOSSOFF
7.55 Weather; programme news
8.10 South-East News
8.15 Today
Britain at breakfast-time and the news around the world
8.40 Today's Papers
NORMAN TURNER presents some recordings and thoughts for March
by ALISTAIR COOKE
Frisch Begonnen
German for Beginners 19: In Munchen
Written and produced by STEPHEN KANOCZ
(A radiovision programme recorded in collaboration with West German Radio)
9.45 British History. Decisive Events: The Jameson Raid (1895)
Script by CAMERON MILLER
NEM p 4: The God of Abraham praise (BBC HB 283): Psalm 19. vv 1-11: Mark 15. vv 21-33 (NEB); Thou. whose almighty word (BBC HB 185)
Allans-y!
19: Furet. vedette de cinema Written by EMILE HARVEN
(An audiovisual programme)
10.45 Interlude
10.47 Nous voici! 19: De l'imprévu
Written bv micheline SOUADET (Third-year French)
11.1 singing Together
Introduced by WILLIAM APPLEBY Produced by DOUGLAS COOMBES
11.20 Inquiry
Punishment or Cure: the fourth of five programmes on Law and Order
Written and presented by ALAN FISHER
Edited by SIMON CLEMENTS
11.10 Drama Workshop
Man and the Seasons. 9: Persephone. Introduced by DEREK BOWSKILL with music by the MICHAEL GARRICK TRIO
by THOMAS HARDY abridged as a serial in eight parts by NAN MACDONALD read by GABRIEL WOOLF
6: How Festus Derriman Faced the Invasion
In which young Mr Derriman is suspiciously heroic in the teeth of danger. literally lays siege to Anne, and plots a dastardly revenge on Bob Loveday. Produced by JOHN CARDY
and programme news
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by WILLIAM HARDCASTLE
(Fridays broadcast)
for children under 5
Story: The Strange Sound by LILIAN DAYKIN
Made in Britain
2: Chocolate from Ghana. DAVID HILLING visits a cocoa farm
Series edited and produced by GEOFFREY SHERLOCK
(Exploration Earth)
2.20 The Music Box by GORDON REYNOLDS
Produced by ALBERT CHATTERLEY
2.10 Pets
Poems: ' The Pet Shop ' by John Hewitt and Pet Shop ' by Louis MacNeice; talk: Animals are not people ' by Desmond Morris. (Speak)
2.40 Movement, Mime, and Music 2 by GLYN HARRIS for the 9-11-year-olds
Second of three sketches of life in the Soviet Union by MERVYN MATTHEWS , once a student at Moscow University Restaurants have a big place in Russian life. The food may have an ideological flavour but the people are fascinating, (Un-Russians: Wednesday, 12.0)
The novel by STANLEY WEYMAN dramatised for radio by MOLLIE HARDWICK
A family magazine introduced by STEVE RACE and including:
Witch. Whicharts, and White Boots: NOEL STREATFEILD talks to JOHN ELLISON about the turning-points in her life
Unacknowledged Graduate: MRS WINIFRED WATSON recalls her scholastic adventures, before going to India
To Borrow or to Buy: ELIZABETH SEAGER reviews some books she has recently enjoyed
A Breath of Fresh Air: from the Ilkley Moor gamekeeper and naturalist WALTER FLESHER
The Moonstone by WILKIE COLLINS abridged for radio in 10 episodes by NEVILLE TELLER 7: Message from the Sea with RONALD HARVI as Franklin Blake who relates the events
At last Franklin Blake returns to Yorkshire and Rosanna Spearman 's letter can be handed directly to him. A baffling series of events is to follow.
Produced by HERBERT SMITH
and programme news
and Radio Newsreel
Tonights evening paper of the air with reports from the region's news studios and Scotland Yard - Sportsdesk - Stop Press: introduced by DEREK PARKER
Produced by the South-East News Unit
A panel game controlled(!) by Nicholas Parsons in which
Kenneth Williams , Derek Nimmo Clement Freud , Geraldine Jones try to talk for just a minute on this and that
Devised by IAN MESSITER Produced by SIMON BRETT
(Repeated: Thursday. 12.25pm) (Derek Nimmo is in ' Charlie Girl ' at the Adelphi Theatre, London
JOHN ELLISON plays some unforgettable records This week bv
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy
Roy Fox. Noel Coward
A Roman Catholic monastery in East Anglia. Time: The present BBC Drama Repertory Company in a play by WILLIAM GLEN-DOEPEL
. Monasteries aren'altogether peaceful places ... There's too much going on for that. Those who come to commune with God have come to the wrong address. Other people keep getting in the way.' Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by HALLAM TENNYSON
9.58 Weather
The background to the news and people in the news. followed by Listening Post in which GILES PLAYFAIR introduces another edition in the series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics For either the weekday or Sunday editions, send your letters to: Listening Post, BBC, Broadcasting House. London WIA 1AA. For very late letters you can ring [number removed], and dictate your message.
10.59 Weather
by JEROME K. JEROME read by JOHN BADDELEY (6)
MENUHIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA directed by YEHUDI MENUHIN (violin) with SIMON PRESTON (organ) Handel
Organ Concerto No 15. In D minor
Concerto Grosso No 27, in B flat major, for double orchestra gramophone records
11.45' Coastal forecast