6.27 Farming Today
6.45 Prayer for the Day
6.50 Weather; programme news
6.55 South-East News
The News
The world this morning: Britain at breakfast-time and the news from anywhere on earth introduced bv 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
BBC Correspondents talk about the news, its background, and the people who make it
(Revised edition of Saturday's broadcast)
Laurens van der Post presents an anthology of verse which means a great deal to him: assisted by INGARETGIFFARD (Mrs Laurens van der Post ) before an invited audience in Broadcasting House, London Produced by NEIL HEPBURN
NEM p 33; See the Conqueror mounts in triumph (BBC HB 129); Psalm 24; St Matthew 2, vv 13-23 (RSV); Sing we triumphant hymns of praise (BBC HB 130)
presenting Bill McCue in It's a Fine Thing to Sing with his guest ANN BAIRD
BBC SCOTTISH RADIO ORCHESTRA conductor IAIN SUTHERLAND
Produced by EDDIE FRASER
The autobiography of Prince Felix Youssoupoff read by GEORGE MERRITT
2: The Great Houses of Russia
TIM MATTHEWS introduces 25 minutes devoted to listeners' own views on current issues Please write to: Listening Post. BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA. Or telephone [number removed]0.
by HENRY CECIL adapted for radio from the TV series by RICHARD WARING starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby
5: Counsel's Opinion RICHARD WARING as Henry Blagrove
JOHN GLYN-JONES as Grimes ANN DAVIES as Sally Mannering FRANCES BENNETT as Mrs Pieman BETTY COOPER as Mrs Mannering Other parts PATRICIA GALLIMORE MALCOLM HAYES
Produced by DAVID HATCH
(Repeated: Thursday, 6.15 pm)
12.55 Weather; programme news
The News and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Story: Little Teddy meets Mr Putts by SHEILA COOK
with the ORCHESTRA leader MAURICE BRETT conducted by ALUN FRANCIS and JOHN BARROW (baritone) Produced by ALAN OWEN
by D. L. MURRAY adapted for radio in 10 parts by THEA HOLME with 2: King Charles's Head
Enter new characters in the saga of new-rich Sam Rubens : the mysterious Jan Smeltz , his sleeping partner, and the flamboyant actor-manager Sir Julius Davenant, in need of cash for backing.
With ROBERT RICHARDS KATHERINE FAHY
Produced by BRIAN MILLER (Repeated: Friday, 7.30 pm)
by CHRISTOPHER BIDMEAD with Angela Pleasence
Nigel Anthony , Dinsdale Landen and Rolf Lefebvre
6: The Cross of Light
In which Hilary is picked up once again, learns the bare facts, and has to face the Truth.
Members of Newton-le-Willows Gardeners' Association put their questions to
FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS and ALAN GEMMELL
A series of six programmes compiled by BARRY CAMPBELL 1: John Trenchard's Story from Mooonfleet by J. MEADE FAULKNER
Reader INIGO JACKSON
Produced by R. D. SMITH
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 bv
William Hardcastle and Derek Cooper
5.50 Weather; programme news
5.55 South-East News
ANONA WINN, JOY
ADAMSON NORMAN HACKPORTH , PETER GLAZE with a mystery guest and DAVID FRANKLIN in the chair
Produced by BOBBY JAYE
(Repeated: Thursday, 12.25pm)
(Repeated: Wed, 1.30 pm)
Gerald Priestland presenting world news and views with MERYL O'KEEFFE
starring
Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler in Bare Necessities
Tonight the Permanent Under-secretary - naked save for bowler hat and umbrella - visits a girls' public school and asks the Headmistress why she has got her clothes on. Has he gone mad? No. It's the perfectly logical conclusion to our heroes' handling of a new motorway scheme. With NORMA RONALD
RONALD BADDILEY , JOAN SANDERSON JOHN GRAHAM
Written by EDWARD TAYLOR and JOHN GRAHAM
Produced by EDWARD TAYLOR
Thomas Love Peacock 1785-1866
Peacock was a man born both too soon and too late: too late for the truly Classical outlook, a little too soon for the truly Romantic. Satirist, wit, and poet, there is no one quite like him in English literature.
A study written and compiled by FELIX FELTON and SUSAN ASHMAN CARLETON HOBBS as Peacock Narrator FELIX FELTON With DEBORAH DALLAS
JO MANNING WILSON
GERALD CROSS. MICHAEL DEACON RONALD FORFAR, MALCOLM HAYES EDWARD KELSEY , NORMAN SHELLEY and JAMES THOMASON
Produced by TERENCE TILLER
The rules of our system of criminal trial have traditionally been based on the belief that it is better that 10 guilty men should go free than that one innocent man should be convicted. Are these rules today, at a time of growing concern about crime and law and order, unduly favourable to the accused? A discussion by NEIL LAWSON. QC, Member of the Law Commission and Recorder of Folkestone
DAVID NAPLEY, Solicitor and member of the Council of the Law Society
GEORGE TERRY, Chief Constable of Lincolnshire
Chairman MICHAEL ZANDER
Senior Lecturer in Law at the London School of Economics
Produced by ADRIAN JOHNSON
9.58 Weather
The News
Douglas Stuart reporting, with voices and opinions from around the world
Flush by VIRGINIA WOOLF read by BETTY HUNTLEY-WRIGHT (2)
preceded by Weather
11.31 Market Trends