6.27 Farming Today
6.45 Prayer for the Day
6.51 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
7.5t Weather; programme news
7.55 South-East News
and more of Today
8.40 Today's Papers
by EVELYN WAUGH
Read by HUGH BURDEN (12)
BBC Correspondents talk about the news, its background, and thepeoplewhomakeit
C. A. Joyce, who has devoted his life to the Prison Service, presents a personal anthology of his favourite poetry to an audience of prisoners at Ford Open Prison, near Littlehampton.
NEM p 33; Rejoice! the Lord is King (BBC HB 128): Canticle 12; Matthew 13, vv 24-35 (RSV); Hark how the adoring hosts above (BBC m 489)
presenting Bill McCue in It's a Fine Thing to Sing with his guest HELEN MCARTHUR
BBC SCOTTISH RADIO ORCHESTRA leader IAN TYRE conductor JAIN SUTHERLAND
Produced by EDDIE FRASER
Read by JOHN WESTBROOK
2: In which Ali Baba , aided by Providence and the good sense of a slave-girl, overcomes a band of 40 thieves 1
LESLIE SMITH 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].
by HENRY CECIL written and adapted for radio from the TV series by RICHARD WARING starring Without Due Care
Other parts SONIA FRASER
JOHN BRYNING. LESLIE HERITAGE This week's guest star
Jon Pertwee as Ford O'Hara Produced by DAVID HATCH
12.35 Weather; programme news
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Story: The unusual birthday portu by BILDA RAWCLlFFE: pt 2
with the BBC NORTHERN IRELAND ORCHESTRA conducted by NEIL FElLING and THE ORPINGTON JUNIOR SINGERS conductor SHEILA MOSSMAN Produced by ALAN OWEN
by D. L. MURRAY adapted for radio in 10 parts by THEA HOLME with Joe Melia as Sam Rubens Deborah Dallas as Josie Violet and Charlie Lachmann have gone from success to success. on her beauty and his brains; while Sam is determined to ' own ' Sir Julius Davenant , the greatest actor-manager of his day. Josie is now definitely going down hill and Smeltz wonders what to do with her: Violet's love-life becomes complicated, too ... 7: Love, Free as Air ...
Other parts JOHN LONG
JOHN SMITH. JULIET PHILLIPS Produced by BRIAN MILLER (from Bristol)
(Repeated: Friday, 7.30 pm)
from the novel
A Beauty for Inspector West by JOHN CREASEY dramatised as a serial in seven parts by MAURICE travers with Patrick Allen as Chief Inspector Roger West Sarah Lawson as Janet
The case of the strangled Beauty Queens takes a new twist as the murderer tries a different method. There is a crack in Turnbull's ego. 5: Murder, Sweet Murder (Mondays broadcast)
6: Jason and the Golden Fleece compiled by BARRY CAMPBELL from Tanglewood Tales by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
Reader RAYMOND WESTWELL 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 by William Hardcastle and Derek Cooper
5.50 Weather; programme news
5.55 South-East News
ANONA WINN, JOY
ADAMSON NORMAN HACKFORTH , PETER GLAZE with a mystery guest and DAVID FRANKLIN in the chair Produced bv BOBBY JAYE
(Repeated: Thursday, 12.25pm)
(Repeated: Wed, 1.30 pm)
John Hosken presenting world news and views
starring Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler in Trouble in the Air with NORMA RONALD , JOHN GRAHAM GORDON CLYDE
Why are Lamb and Lennox-Brown so interested in the mysterious girl on the Transatlantic Jet? Why are they wanted by the police? Why is Lamb frightened? Well, why not?
Written by EDWARD TAYLOR and JOHN GRAHAM
Produced by EDWARD TAYLOR
An impression of the Victorian schoolchild for whom the Forster Education Act was designed 100 years ago
Including how, where, and by whom he was taught, and what his betters thought should be done about him.
Before we had entrusted the masses with the whole poteer of this country we should have taught them a little more hoic to use it ... 1 believe it will be absolutely necessary that you should prevail upon our future masters to learn their letters (rt NON ROBERT LOWE , MP: 1867)
Independence is of more importance than education, and if the child's wages are necessary to keep the parents off the poor rates, it is far better that it should yo to work at the earliest age at which it can bear the physical exertion (NEWCASTLE EDUCATION COMMISSION: 1861)
Narrator DAVID MAHLOWE Written and produced by STANLEY WILLIAMSON
An appraisal of attitudes of mind by 'Derry Walls today
Compiled by DILIP HIRO from conversations with Protestant and Catholic citizens of the Maiden City. and their songs recorded in May 69 and July 70 mainly in the Fountain and the Bogside districts of London-derry.
As far as I'm concerned, 'Derry is the greatest wee town in the world
This thing we're left with- historiral 'Derry Walls - they're no good to us!
Produced by CHARLES PARKER (from Birmingham)
9.58 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting, with voices and opinions from around the world
2: The Social Services
What ought to be the priorities of the new Government in the forthcoming session?
GEOFFREY SMITH of The Times gives his views to ROBERT WILUAMS.
Produced by SUSAN ERLBECK
Waiting for Willa by DOROTHY EDEN
Read by DIANA OLSSON (2)
preceded by Weather
11.31 Market Trends
