6.27 Farming Today
6.45 Prayer for the Day
6.50-7.0 Weather, information and news for your area
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
7.50-8.0 Weather, information and news for your area
and more of Today
(including. Today in the South and West, and Regional Extra for the Midlands and E Anglia) E Anglia VHF: see Variations, col 5
8.40 Today's Papers
by JACK SCHAEFER
Read by BLAIN FAIRMAN (8)
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
NEM p 37; 0 worship the King (BBC HB 471); Psalm 84; Matthew 24, v 45, to 25, v 13 (RSV); Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts (BBC HB 323)
BBC NORTHERN IRELAND ORCHESTRA led by PETER GIBBS conductor KENNETH ALWYN and DEIRDRE LIND (oboe)
Introduced by JOHN WEBSTER
by LEN RUSH
For Harry it means tradition and a link with the past, even though it's only a gent's convenience.
Produced by ALFRED BRADLEY
(Shortened version of Saturday's broadcast)
South West VHF: see Variations, col 5
12.55 Weather, information, and news for your area
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Story: A day on the Beach by WINIFRED DORAN
with the BBC MIDLAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA conducted by MICHAEL MOORES and DEREK HAMMOND-STROUD (baritone)
by FEMI EUBA
Jegede, torn between two women, becomes involved in a witch-hunt before his problems are solved.
The action takes place in a small town in Africa.
Produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX
died 16 September 1945
A musical portrait of the great Irish tenor based on the biography by L. A. G. STRONG compiled by HILARY PYM
Introduced by ROY WILLIAMSON
by H. HESKETH PRICHARD abridged for radio by ARTHUR RUSSELL
Reader NORMAN SMITH
2: The Seven Lumberjacks Produced by ROGER PINE
(from Northern Ireland)
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 Steve Race
5.50-6.0 Weather, information and news for your area
Jimmy Clitheroe in No Licence for Jim with PETER SINCLAIR
PATRICIA BURKE , DANNY ROSS DIANA DAY, 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
by MICHEL FAURE
'Divorce is a solution, of course, but it takes so long. Divorce requires grounds. And we are dealing here with a very special case indeed ... '
Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT (Repeated: Thursday 3.0 pm)
With JOHN JULIUS NORWICH
SIR HUGH GREENE talks about The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes , his collection of early detective stories
GERALD LEACH on The Seasons and how they affect our lives, an illustrated study by Anthony Smith
JOHN DONAT on the changing character of cities in the light of Cities On the Move by Arnold Toynbee and The Un. Melting Pot by John Brown
idris PARRY on new novels: Bird by Thomas Hinde and Two Sisters by Gore Vidal Produced by MICHAEL HEFFERNAN (Repeated: Thursday, 3.45 pm)
Professor Milton Friedman of the University of Chicago, a leading academic advocate of capitalism and the free market who has been described as 'the world's most controversial economist,' talks to Robert McKenzie Produced by ANNE DUNCAN -JONES
9.58 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting, with voices and opinions from around the world
3: We like what we like
But what do we like? A lot of people prefer tea to coffee, but they may ask for coffee because it is considered to be a more socially acceptable drink than tea.
DEREK COOPER investigates the pressures which dictate what we eat and drink
The Ghost and Mrs Muir by R. A. DICK
Read by JOHN WESTBROOK (8)
preceded by Weather
11.31 Market Trends