6.27 Farming Today
6.45 Outlook reflecting matters of Christian interest and concern
6.50 Weather; programme news
6.55 South-East News
7.10 On Your Farm has breakfast With RALPH VERNEY at Claydon House, near Bletchley. Arranged and introduced by ANTHONY PARKIN
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Outlook
7.50 Weather; programme news
7.55 South-East News
Radio 4's breakfast-time look at what Britain is getting up to this weekend-and what's happening abroad
Today's Papers at 8.45
8.59 Weather
(Revised edition: Tues,9.5 am)
What the weeklies think, illustrated from their editorials, is reviewed by WALTER TAPLIN
A musical self-disclosure from Sir John Summerson
(5 September: Margaret Lane)
New Every Morning, page 68; The Lord is King! (BBC HB 26); Psalm 148; Matthew 16, vv 13-23 (rsv); Father, who on man dost shower (BBC HB 389)
Deux enquetes du commissaire Maigret Stories by GEORGES SIMENON Filicie est là: part 4
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A series of six programmes 1: Lenin - Founding Father
PETER FRANK of Essex University looks at the political background to the lives of ordinary Soviet citizens.
Produced by HUGH PURCELL
6: Edinburgh National Gallery BRYAN ROBERTSON on Raphael's Bridgewater Madonna; BARRIE STURT-PENROSE on Molesey Weir by Sisley
Introduced by PETER JONES
News of the day's big events including the fight in the County Cricket Championship, and prospects for the day's football in England and Scotland and for the Newmarket race meeting.
(Sport on 2: from 2.30 pm)
A weekly quiz on music and general knowledge with the Services stationed in West Germany, Berlin, and Gibraltar Panel: LIZ FERRIS, TED MOULT NEIL DURDEN-SMITH versus
A team representing the RAF at Gatow, Berlin
Question-master ALUN Williams Questions set and programme produced by MICHAEL TUKE-HASTINGS
12. 55 Weather; programme news
A radio happening with Jimmy Edwards , Ted Ray
Arthur Askey , Cyril Fletcher In the chair, MCDONALD HOBLEY
Special guest Peter Goodwright from an idea by JIMMY EDWARDS Produced by EDWARD TAYLOR
by RUDYARD KIPLING adapted as a play for radio in two parts by JOHN TYDEMAN with Felix Aylmer George Coulouris Wilfrid Lawson and David Spenser
British India in the 1890s. 1: The Search
Other parts JOHN BROSTER and FRANK PARTINGTON
Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN
Introduced by Olive Shapley from Manchester
A Breath of Fresh Air: WALTER FLESHER in the country
Black Babies and White Babies: RICHARD BURSLEM and NIMROD MANDARA discuss childbirth in Tanzania and England
The Salt of the Earth: Tom HEANEY investigates the Cheshire salt mines
' The Voices ': a short story by Elizabeth Taylor read by DAPHNE OXENFORD
FRANKLIN ENGELMANN recently visited the Vale of Pickering in Yorkshire
Produced by PHYLLIS ROBINSON (Shortened edition: Wed, 12.0)
TONY BILBOW talks to Michael Caine about his film career, his army life, and his new anti-war film Too Late the Hero.
Written by LYN FAIRHURST
Produced by BOBBY JAYE (Repeated: Wed, 7.30 pm)
LESLIE SMITH introduces 25 minutes devoted to listeners' own views on current issues
5.55 Weather; programme news
by ALISTAIR COOKE
Produced by GODFREY DIXEY
A panel game with Cyril Fletcher in the chair The questioners: MARJORIE PROOPS
JIMMY THOMPSON Devised by JIMMY THOMPSON , JOHNNY WHYTE and NICHOLAS PARSONS Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON
Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan in The Sinking of Westminster Pier A watery yarn of pontoon, pierrots, and pumping, starring Major Denis Bloodnok (military coward and bar). with MAX GELDRAY
THE RAY ELLINGTON QUARTET
WALLY STOTT AND HIS ORCHESTRA Announcer WALLACE GREENSLADE Script by SPIKE MILLIGAN and ERIC SYKES
Produced by PETER ETON (1955) Series edited by JOHN BROWELL
The posthumous novel by C.S. Forester adapted for radio by Val Gielgud who introduces the play with John Westbrook and John Bennett.
The year is 1805 - shortly before the Battle of Trafalgar.
Special effects by David Fleming-Williams in conjunction with the Sail Training Association
(from Manchester)
(Repeated: Monday, 3.0 pm)
(Why the last Hornblower story will never be told: p 14)
9.58 Weather
Baroness Wootton of Abinger talks to ANTHONY SCHOOLING
Lady Wootton retired this year from 44 years' service as a magistrate. She doesn'do things by halves: she set out to acquire an expert understanding of the questions the courts confronted her with. and wrote Social Science and Social Pathology as a result.
She recalls her life as a jp and the changes she has seen in the courts and in society.
Produced by RICHARD KEEN (Repeated: Thursday, 9.5 am)
Evening Prayers conducted by FR JOHN STAPLETON with THE BARLOW SINGERS directed by MICHAEL CALLAGHAN
preceded by Weather
