6.27 Farming Today
6.45 Outlook reflecting matters of Christian interest and concern
6.50 Weather: programme news
6.55 South-East News
7.10 On Your Farm: a weekly review of the agricultural scene Produced by ANTHONY PARKIN
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Outlook
7.50 Weather: programme news
7.55 South-East News
Radio 4's breakfast-time look at what Britain is getting up to this weekend - and what's happening abroad
8.45 Today's Papers
BBC Correspondents talk about the news, its background, and the people who make it
What the weeklies think, illustrated from their editorials, is
"reviewed by ANTHONY KING
Parliamentarians scrutinise the week's work at Westminster and discuss what is making an impact on the world of politics Chairman IAN WALLER
Produced by BERNARD TATE
New Every Morning, page 68; Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (BBC Hymn Book 534); Psalm 104, vv 25-36; Genesis 7, vv 12-17, 8, vv 6-12 (NEB); May the grace of Christ (BBC HB 375)
Two stories by GEORGES SIMENON , dramatised in 20 episodes by PAUL COUSTER , for those who already know some French, with PIERRE VALMER as Maigret
Le chien jaune
Part 1: a well-known resident of Concarneau is shot on a dark winter night and Maigret is called in to investigate.
Introduced by KATIA ELLIS and LOUIS BLONCOURT with EMILE DE HARVEN ,
GEORGES LAMBERT , RENÉ GOUJON
Produced by ELSIE FERGUSON
A course for those with some knowledge of German Revision lesson
15: Herr Militer mietet ein Auto Frau Bender has damaged her car in a crash. While it is being repaired. Herr Muller rents another one for her and hopes to bring it round to her after lunch.
With ILSE SINGER, JORG SORENSEN ROLF RICHARDS , MICHAEL MELLINGER MICHAEL WOLF and WOLF FREES Text of scene by ALEXANDRA MARCHL-VON-HERWARTH
Broadcast script and production by EDITH R. BAER
An approach to critical reading
Gilbert Phelps uses this famous phrase from Oliver Twist as a starting point for a discussion of the realities behind the Dickens of popular tradition.
(Last week's broadcast: Study)
(For publications and associated NEC correspondence courses see page 55)
Introduced by PETER JONES
Latest news and prospects of today's events including County Cricket; Racing at Kempton Park and Newcastle; the ' Golf Illustrated' Gold Vase Tournament; the Davis Cup; and a preview of the Rugby League Championship Final
Chairman FRANKLIN ENGELMANN Second Round: featuring each week three winners from the first round of the contest
5: North of England and Scotland
ROGER HAWORTH , Westmorland automation engineer
PETER HIGGINS , Cheshire insurance official
HELEN REID , Edinburgh schoolteacher
Devised and written by JOHN P. WYNN
Produced by JOAN CLARK (Repeated: Friday, 6.15 pm)
A spontaneous discussion by MARGARET THATCHER , MP
LORD STOKES ANTONY HOPKINS
CHRISTOPHER PRICE, MP Chairman DAVID JACOBS
Produced by MICHAEL BOWEN from Madeley College of Education, Staffordshire
Listeners' views for use in Any Answers? should be addressed to the BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR, marked Any Answers?
by MEL SHROTT with Helen Horton and Carleton Hobbs
The worth of a great work of art lies in the pleasure it gives the beholder - or does it?
Produced by GLYN DEARMAN
Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Guest. Baroness Masham
No laughing matter?: GORDON SNELL enquires about young people's humour
Single in 1970: FREDA COWELL , ANGELA HEYLIN, and ANNE SHEARER talk to JUNE ROSE
Bookshelf: MONICA DICKENS tells JOCELYN RYDER-SMITH about her book The Listeners
Yellowskin by T. F. powvs abridged by ANGELA JESSON read by MICHAEL FLANDERS
FRANKLIN ENGELMANN recently visited Witham and East Essex
Produced by RICHARD BURWOOD
A review of current trends and past influences in the cinema TONY BILBOW meets some of the American producers and directors who are working in British studios, and features scenes from their current films, including Anne of the Thousand Days and The Last Grenade Written by LYN FAIRHURST Produced by BOBBY JAYE (Repeated: Wed, 7.30 pm)
LESLIE SMITH introduces 25 minutes devoted to listeners' own views on current issues
5.55 Weather; programme news
by ALISTAIR COOKE
Introduced by JOHN MOTSON Produced by GODFREY DIXEY
Ted Moult and Sheila Scott play Dennis Norden and Judith Chalmers Chairman Robin Ray who devised the game Questions supplied by PETER MOORE
Produced by EDWARD TAYLOR
A look at life on the funnier side, as observed by Al Read-
Guest singing star HELEN SHAPIRO \ GEORGE BRADLEY
AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Script by RONNIE TAYLOR
Produced by JOHN BROWELL
by REGINALD BERKELEY adapted for radio by PETER WATTS with Nicolette Bernard as Florence Nightingale
(' The Lady with a Lamp ' was first produced at the Arts Theatre. 5 Jan 1929, and re-produced at the Garrick Theatre, London, 24 Jan 1929)
Radio production (1970) by DAVID DAVIS
(Repeated: Monday, 3.0 pm)
(One Eminent Victorian: page 8)
MARY DOUGLAS , STAFFORD BEER and DESMOND KING-HELE freely exchange thoughts, opinions, ideas, and prejudices With BRIAN REDHEAD
Producer BRIAN BLAKE
Evening Prayers conducted by THE REV COLIN SEMPER
Michael Barratt looks back at the week's news - and sees the funny side, featuring
ALAN BARRY , MALCOLM HAYES
FREDERICK TREVES , AUSTIN TREVOR and Andrew Alexander with next week's news
Script by PETER SPENCE
Produced by DAVID HATCH and SIMON BRETT
preceded by Weather
