6.27 Farming Today
6.45 Thought for the Day
6.50 Weather; programme news
6.55 South-East News
The world this morning: Britain at breakfast-time and the news from anywhere on earth introduced by Jack de Manio and John Timpson
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day
7.50 Weather; programme news
7.55 South-East News
and more of Today
8.40 Today's Papers
by JOHN RIDGWAY and CHAY BLYTH read by the authors (2)
The weekly series reflecting wildlife and its position in today's ever-changing world introduced by DEREK JONES
Stories and Rhymes
A programme of children's writing
Another Spot of Bother
9.55 Movement, Mime, and Music - 1 by JAMES DODDING for the 7-9-year-olds -
St John the Baptist
NEM p 99; On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry (BBC HB 38); Psalm 46; Luke 1, vv 5-17 (NEB); Ye servants of the Lord (BBC HB 372)
8: Fabulous Creatures
A sequence of music and verse Readers ELIZABETH PROUD NIGEL LAMBERT
Produced by MADEAU STEWART
(BBC Sound Archive recording)
Foreign Correspondent
A BBC correspondent talks on a topic of interest and importance in the immediate past, present, or future
11.0 Why do Things Stop! by HARRY ARMSTRONG (Junior Science)
11.20 Movement and Music 1 by PENNY WHITTAM
The story of Noah with music by Scarlatti arranged by PAMELA KENWAY
(Repeated: Thursday, 9.55 am)
11.40 Contemporary History
8: Human Rights and Group Prejudice by MAURJCE WHITBREAD
FRANKLIN ENGELMANN recently visited Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
(Shortened version of Saturday's broadcast)
12.55 Weather: programme news
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Story: Mark and his Teddy-bears make an Aeroplane by AUDREY ALLEN
Music Workshop 2
A miniature cantata for schools by PETER PORTER and CAREY BLYTON
Written and produced by WILLIAM MURPHY
2.20 Your Own Work
A programme of writing by listeners to the series
Produced by STUART EVANS (Books, Plays, Poems)
2.45 Glow-worms by CHRISTINE DUDLEY (Nature)
by M. P. NEWMAN with Nora Nicholson as Mrs May Johnson
'When you're 72, brought away from your home without your consent, moved from everything you've been used to, treated like a half-witted kid - then you'll know ..."
Other parts ROBERT BASHFORD and DAVID SHARP
Produced by BRIAN MILLER
A monthly programme reflecting life in the country with a natural history contribution by Eric Simms
Introduced by C. Gordon Glover
The thriller by KEITH ROBERTS abridged in six parts by NEVILLE TELLER read by FRANK DUNCAN 6: Destruction
Events are moving swiftly to a climax - but when the holocaust comes it takes a form Bill could never have dreamed of.
The news magazine that sums up your day - and starts off your evening including the latest news, the evening press, what's on tonight, the City, and the people and talking points of the day. Presented by William Hardcastle and Steve Race
5.50 Weather; programme news
5.55 South-East News
Jimmy Clitheroe in Out of the Mouths of Puppies
(Repeated: Thursday, 1.30 pm)
Gerald Priestland presenting world news and views with MERYL O'KEEFFE
by RAYMOND RAGAN BUTLER
When Rose Hal pin accompanies her husband Alec on a business trip to the Middle East. she looks forward to ' a nice change' from the normal routine. Her holiday proves to be unexpectedly eventful.
Produced by RICHARD IMISON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.0 pm)
Introduced by KENNETH ALLSOP
JOHN BRAINE , 13 years after Room at the Top, talks about his latest novel Stay With Me Till Morning
PAT WILLIAMS reviews Travels with Alexine - the life of the Dutch explorer Alexine Tinne , the first woman to attempt to cross the Sahara EDWARD HYAMS on new books about flowers, including Flowers in History and The Plant Hunters which tells the story of 3,450 years of horticultural exploration
THOMAS BARMAN reviews Mercenaries, a new historical account which takes in recent events in the Congo, Yemen, and Biafra and other new books
(Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm)
A weekly look at the present plight and the future shape of town and country
Compiled and introduced by NICHOLAS TAYLOR Edinburgh: Sparta of the Northr
The Government has paid up f3 million for the fine new Commonwealth Games buildings at Edinburgh. Meanwhile the 18th-century New Town is menaced by developers and dereliction, and 20th-century sewage is pumped untreated into the Forth.
The programme includes PRO
FESSOR COLIN BUCHANAN , consultant on transportation to Edinburgh Corporation; THE RT HON JO GRIMOND : CLLR ERIC KEAN , convenor of Edinburgh Corporation planning committee: and SIR ROBERT MATTHEW , this year's Royal Gold Medallist for Architecture.
Produced by LEONIE COHN
9.58 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting, with voices and opinions from around the world
The third of five talks by BBC correspondent ANTHONY WIGAN after a farewell tour of the United States
The White Colt by DAVID ROOK read by PAUL ROGERS (2)
preceded by Weather
11.31 Market Trends
