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 by Jack de Manio and John Timpson
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day
7.5* Weather: programme news
7.55 South-East News
and more of Today
8.40 Today's Papers
Talking. Point: a programme reflecting listeners queries and comments about wildlife and the countryside
Introduced by DEREK JONES
Send your questions to Talking Point,' The Living World, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR
Cigarette smoking is responsible for about one-tenth of all deaths in Britain each year, according to the Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health and Social Security. Similar calculations in America, Canada, Denmark, Holland, Sweden, and Norway come up with the same figures.
What can we do about these alarming facts? What should we do about them?
Introduced by RENÉ CUTFORTH
Produced by ALAN BURGESS
(Shortened version of the broadcast on 24 February in the series Radio 4 Reports) f
NEM p 37; The race that long in darkness pined (BBC HB 4961: Psalm 98; St Matthew 3, vv 1-17 (RSV); Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts (BBC HB 323)
DAVID AND MARIANNE DALMOUR and orchestral recordings made available by courtesy of German Radio
Introduced by JON CURLE
The autobiography of Prince Felix Youssoupoff read by GEORGE MERRITT
3: A Duel and its Consequences
Alnwick FRANKLIN ENGELMANN recently visited Alnwick in Northumberland
(Shortened version of Saturday's broadcast)
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
(Tuesday's broadcast)
Story: Dan Pig by PEGGY WORVILL
with the BBC MIDLAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA led by WILLIAM HAND conducted by BERNARD HERRMANN and JOHN BARROW (baritone) Produced by ALAN OWEN
The Twilight Ladies by PATRICK SIMPSON
This play of suspense takes place in a small country town in the hackney-carriage-andgaslight era.
Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT
The act that turns a box of matches into a criminal weapon TONY ASPLER looks into this little-publicised crime and talks to specialists in the field of fire fighting. detection, and prevention: to psychiatrists and forensic scientists, and to DR WILLIAM GRAY , Chief Medical Superintendent and Governor of Grendon Psychiatric Prison. The programme also includes a reconstruction of a conversation with a young arsonist based on actual case histories. Reader SEAN ARNOLD
Produced by GEORGE ANGELL
The World of A. J. Wentworth , BA by B. F. ELLIS
2: Please, Sir, how do you spell codgerr abridged and read by NOEL ILIFF
The hilarious experiences of Mr Wentworth. for many years assistant master at Burgrove Preparatory School, are related in extracts from his diary of the prewar years.
Produced by MARGARET ETALL
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 Cily. 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
Jimmy Clitheroe in All at Sea with a Sailor With PETER SINCI. AIR
PATRICIA BURKE , DANNY ROSS DIANA DAY, TONY MELODY
BRIAN TRUEMAN , COLIN EDWYNN Written by JAMES CASEY and FRANK ROSCOE
(Repeated: Thursday, 1.30 pm)
Gerald Priestland presenting world news and views with MERYL O KEEFFE
Portrait of a Star: TONY BILBOW talks to Ingrid Bergman who discusses her long career in Hollywood and features scenes from her latest film Cactus Flower.
There Ain'a Lady Livin' in the Land bv-ROBIN SMYTH with The cockney boy exiled in Suffolk dreams of First Division football and ' The Smoke,' and finds romance and reality nearer home.
Produced by R. D. SMITH f
(Repeated: Thursday, 3.0 pm)
With ROBERT ROBINSON
SAUL BELLOW talks about his new novel Mr Sammlers Planet PETER SCHAFFER reviews The Conquest of the Incas by John Hemming
Richard MAYNE on A Journey Through Britain by John Hil laby. now in paperback
EDWARD GREENFIELD considers Joan Hammond 's autobiography A Voice, a Life
CHRISTOPHER FRY talks to STUART BURGE about his summer comedy ' A Yard of Sun, the last in his quartet of seasonal plays and other new books
Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm)
talking to
JOAN BAKEWELL
1 believe that there is a close connection between bringing up children to be healthy and happy and making a world in which they can stay alive ... During his recent 11-day visit to Britain, the American child-care expert and campaigner against the Vietnam war was interviewed on BBCtv.
This interview is taken from the soundtrack of BBC2's Line-Up broadcast on 3 June.
The News
Deuglas Stuart reporting, with voices and opinions from around the world
Flush by VIRGINIA WOOLF read by BETTY HUNTLEY -WRIGHT (3)
preceded by Weather
11.31 Market Trends
