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
7.50 Weather: programme news
7.55 South-East News
and more of Today
8.40 Today's Papers
bv TR DAMIAN WEBB , OSB
Fr Webb has made recordings of children's games for many years both in this country and on the Continent. He now maintains that in girls' singing games lies the last repository of English folklore.
His talk is illustrated by his own recordings.
Produced by DENYS GUEROULT
NEM p 58; How lovely are thy dwellings fair BBC HB 458): Psalm 119, part 3; St Matthew 5. vv 38-48 (Rsv): Rise up, 0 men of God (BBC HB 364)
HENRY KREIN AND HIS QUARTET and orchestral recordings made available by courtesy of German and Czechoslovak Radios Introduced by PETER BARKER
The autobiography of Prince Felix Youssoupoff read by GEORGE MERRIT 8: devolution
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD
Edinburgh
(Shortened version of Saturday's broadcast)
12.55Weather; programmenews
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Story: The foghorn gets a cold by RUTHSIMONIS
with the BBC MIDLAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA conducted by MICHAEL MOORES and TOMMY REILLY i harmonica)
Produced by ALAN OWEN
Man in a Blue Vase by TOM KIRKWOODadapted for radio bv JOY HOLLYER with Miriam Karlin
A young married Australian fights against the domination of his Polish mother and against the trap of marriage.
Produced by MARTIN JENKINS
ROY WILLIAMSON and ROBERT TURLEYtake a new look at an old rivalry: with KENNETH COOKE. MIKE LOCKYER and WILLIAM BROWN.
The Gamekeeper-in the conservation conscious future, where does he stand and what is his contribution?
The Poacher - is his romantic image tarnished now that he tends to operate with a loaded revolver and a fast car?
Produced bv ROY WILLIAMSON
(BBC Sound Archive recording)
The World of A. J. Wentworth , BA by H. F. ELLIS
3: A Thorn in Mr Wentuorth 's Side 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 pre-war 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 City, and the people and talking points of the day. Presented bv
William Hardcastle and Steve Race
5.50 Weather: programme news
5.55 South-East News
Jimmy Clitheroe in A Slight Case of Whisky
(Repeated: Thursday, 1.30 pm)
Gerald Priestland presenting world news and views with MERYL O'KEEFFE
by R. D. Wingfield
with Robert Lang and Dudley Foster
For John Somersham, his work as a Security Supervisor at the Department of Scientific Warfare always comes first; but when the safety of his small son is at stake he faces the most agonising crisis of his life.
(Repeated: Thursday, 3.0 pm) (Robert Lang is a National Theatre player)
with ROBERT ROBINSON who takes a new look at his hero Ezra Pound in the light of Noel Stock 's recent biography
SHIRLEY WILLIAMS. mp. reviews A Curious Life for a Lady, the story of Isabella Bird. an intrepid Victorian traveller, by Pat Barr
ANTHONY SPENCER on The Silence of Pius XII by Carlo Falconi
RICHARD MAYNE on The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst by Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall
Richard USBORNE on Hilaire Belloc in the light of an anthology celebrating the centenary of his birth
Produced by JOCELYN FERGUSON (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm)
Don'think you can ever achieve socialism. It's something that is in the mind; the nearer you get to it, the more it seems to recede because you keep setting new standards for yourself
The General Secretary of the TUC talks to Geoffrey Goodman. Industrial Editor of the Daily Mirror, about his life in the Trade Union movement, the changes that are taking place within the trade unions, and the future of their relationship with Government under the Conservative administration.
Produced by ANNE DUNCAN -JONES
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 (8)
preceded by Weather
11.31 Market Trends
