1.27 Farming Today
6.45 Prayer for the Day
6.50-7.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
The world this morning introduced by Jack de Manio and John Timpson
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day
7.50.8.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
and more of Today
(including, in the Midlands and E Anglia, Regional Extra; and Today in the South and West introduced by DEREK JONES E Anglia VHF: see Variations, col
8.40 Today's Papers
An Act of Worship introduced by RALPH ROLLS
with CLIFF MORGAN
Produced by DAVID ALLAN
Music Workshop I*
Written by DOUGLAS COOMBES
NEM p 87; Awake, my soul (BBC HB 403); Psalm 119, part 5: Acts 17, vv 16-27; Love of love (BBC HB 521)
Voix de France
6: André Breton et le surréalisme
Written by ODETTE LHENRY (Sixth-form French)
10.50 A Corner for Music by ALBERT CHATTERLEY
6: Tick tock. (This programme should be tape-recorded)
A Man of Parts
Nigel Stock , alias Dr Watson, Dr Thomas Owens , Sir Edward Hyde. Roebuck Ramsden , talks to ANNE CATCHPOLE abOUt his life and work
Produced by JACK SINGLETON
The Kiss
Short story by WALTER MACKEN (Listening and Writing)
11.40 Prospect
AD 2000: Getting about
Compiled by PADDY FEENY
12.0 Announcements
Joan Yorke presents the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you Today's main feature:
Your Own Time. Fashion - good taste or tough business? NANCY wise takes a look at the rag-trade to find out what influences the styles women are offered.
South West VHF: see Varia. tions, 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: Bertha and the floating fisherman by LIANE SMITH
The Snail who climbed Mount Fuji by M. K. RICHARDSON (Let's Join In)
2.20 Dartd Wynne
The sculptor talks about his work with JOHN STOCKBRIDGE and a group of young people. (Art and Design)
2.40 Star Patterns
(Stories and Rhymes)
by F. C. BALI, adapted by the author from his novel of the same name
A story of the strange relationship between a solitary old lady and her garden-boy.
Music composed and conducted by JOHN BECKETT
Produced by DAVID THOMSON
A selection of the best 60-minute plays broadcast during the last decade. ' The Jury ' by Ivan Klima
A radio correspondence column in which listeners add their comments to views expressed in last Friday's Any Questionst Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Produced by ROY HAYWARD
The story by SLAVOMIR RAWICZ abridged in eight parts by ERIC TWINAME
Read by FRANK DUNCAN
2: The wife of the Commissar Produced by PAMELA HOWE (from Bristol)
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
5.50-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
A general knowledge contest between girls' and boys' schools in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland Question-masters
JOHN ELLISON and TIM GUDGIN First Round
6: North of England
Bolton School, Bolton (Boys) v
Central Newcastle High School (Girls)
Questions set by ROY SMITH Production assistant GERALDINE CHURCH
Produced by MARTIN FISHER
Adrian Porter presenting world news and views With MERYL O'KEEFFE
Chosen from the many broadcasts on BBC Radio and TV during the past seven days. Introduced by JOHN.ELLISON Editor NANCY WISE
Research JEAN STROUD Producer
PHYLLIS ROBINSON
(Shortened version: Saturday,
4.30 pm)
A spontaneous discussion by RT HON RICHARD CROSSMAN , MP RT HON ERNEST MARPLES , MP SHEILA HANCOCK HENRY PLUMB
Chairman DAVID JACOBS Produced by MICHAEL BOWEN from Warwick with an audience of Young Farmers
(Repeated: Saturday, 1.15 pm) Listeners' views for use in Any Answersr should be sent to Any
Answers?. BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR
The recent outrages by the Quebec Liberation Front have once again drawn attention to the strong separatist leanings of many French-speaking Canadians.
Does the desire to break away stem more from linguistic and cultural differences, or from the political unrest caused by the unequal distribution of wealth across the country? And how strong is the challenge to the reforming federalism of Mr Trudeau ? From Montreal
Ian Mclntyre reports Produced by GEORGE FISCHER
Douglas Stuart reporting, with voices and opinions from around the world
A programme in which a foreign journalist based in London looks at a subject of current interest in Britain this week
Mist Over Pendle by ROBERT NEILL
Read by RONALD HARVI (5) †
Doug Fisher David Jason and Frank Abbott look back at the week's news and illustrate the funny side with JOHN BENTLEY , MALCOLM HAYES Script by PETER SPENCE
Produced by DAVID HATCH and SIMON BRETT
All the day's news preceded by Weather
11.59 Market Trends