6.27 Farming Today
6.45 Outlook
Reflecting matters of Christian interest and concern
6.50-7.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
7.10 On Your Farm: a weekly review of the agricultural scene Produced by ANTHONY PARKIN (from Birmingham)
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Outlook
7.50-8.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
Radio 4's breakfast-time look at what Britain is getting up to this weekend-and what's happening abroad, including live reports from the First Test at Brisbane, presented by Michael Aspel
(By letter in 1879... by satellite in 1970: pages 6 and 7)
8.45 Today's Papers
Radio 4 fills you in on the political scene at home and abroad, starting with 9.5 From Our Own Correspondent contributed by the BBC's Foreign News Staff
(Revised edition: Tues, 9.5 am)
9.30 The Weekly World
HONOR BALFOUR reviews what the weeklies have to say: illustrations read by RONALD FLETCHER
9.45 The Week in Westminster
Parliamentarians discuss the week's business with ALAN WATKINS
Narrator Peter Barker
Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE MARTIN COX , BERNARD TATE
New Every Morning, page 47; Love of the Father (BBC Hymn Book 522); Psalm 143; Acts 24. vv 17-26; 0 Holy Spirit. Lord of grace (BBC HB 157)
Rendez-vous a Chaviray Programme 7
(LastMonday's broadcast: R3)
11.0 Starting German: Reisebiiro Atlas
7: Das Benzin i.st alle
Herr Muller offers his secretary a lift in the car.
(LastTuesday'sbroadcast: R3)
11.30 Europe and The Indies
7: The Nabobs at Home
(Publications: see page 15)
Introduced by DESMOND LYNAM
News and prospects of today's big sporting events, featuring Association Football in England and Scotland, Racing, Rugby Union, Rugby League. (Sport on 2: from 2.0 pm)
Question-masters
JOHN ELLISON and TIM GUDGIN Second Round
Harris Academy, Dundee (Boys) v Madras College, St Andrews (Girls)
Questions set by ROY SMITH Production assistant
GERALDINE CHURCH
Produced by MARTIN FISHER (Repeated: Friday, 6.15 pm)
12.55 Weather; programmenews
A spontaneous discussion by RT RON ANTHONY
WEDGWOOD BENN , MP
LORD KEARTON, VIC FEATHER
DAME PATRICIA HORNSBY-SMITH , MP Chairman DAVID JACOBS
A play adapted from his book The Great Air Race by ARTHUR SWINSON
In October 1934 20 aircraft of six nations, flown by some of the world's greatest pilots, took part in a race from England to Australia as part of the Melbourne centenary celebrations. The play focuses on the Douglas Dc2 airliner entered by KLM and carrying three passengers.
Produced by JOE BURROUGHS
Introduced by Judith Chalmers
Guest Nora Nicholson
Managing Your Money: MARGARET ALLEN
A Good Read: This week, ELEANOR BRON recommends some books she couldn'put down
Sidelights on Equality: some views from Sweden
Slimming to ' Annen Polka ': MARGARET HOOD 'S discovery
DAVID MARCH reads Another Self by JAMES LEES-MILNE
Fourth of five instalments
TONY BILBOW talks tO ALBERT FINNEY , ALEC GUINNESS, KENNETH MORE, and EDITH EVANS about the making of the musical Scrooge and features a preview of the film.
Written bv LYN FAIRHURST Produced by BOBBY JAYE
(Shortened version of last Friday's broadcast)
A series of plays written by ANTHONY SCOTT VEITCH featuring William Gaunt as Mister Frank Pybus with Tom Watson as Major Duncan Geddes and Olive Milbourne as Mrs Mary Pybus
Next Year - El Dorado
A bank is held up - by men wearing the uniforms of Holdfast Security. And neither Pybus nor his boss Major Geddes can tolerate any questioning of the credibility of Holdfast.
Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON
(Repeated: Tuesday, 3.30 pm)
5.55 Weather; programme news
by ALISTAIR COOKE
Highlights of today's sport in the South and Midlands
Produced by GODFREY DIXEY
A series of 13 dramatisations based on the campaign in North Africa during the Second World War
Narrator Michael Flanders Military historical adviser KENNETH MACKSEY
3: The Battle of Beda Fomm with SEAN ARNOLD. GERALD CROSS
GARARD GREEN, LESLIE HERITAGE CLIFFORD NORGATE. HECTOR ROSS Written and produced by JOHN BRIDGES
Written by Barry Took, Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke, and Donald Webster
starring Kenneth Horne with Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden
The Max Harris Group
Announcer Douglas Smith
(Golden Age of Radio Comedy - Philip French on 'Take it From Here': The Listener, 3 Dec)
The novel by TERENCE DE VERE WHITE adapted for radio by ADRIAN VALE with Bernard Brown and Kika Markham
Although the big house now stands empty. Mount Lambert and its famous ' Mile ' have seen few outward changes since the 18th century. But now the young heiress intends to revisit the family estate ... (For cast see Monday, 3.0)
A late-evening conversation in which
KENNETH YOUNG
PROFESSOR GRAEME MOODIE BARONESS PHILLIPS exchange thoughts, opinions, ideas, and prejudices with BRIAN REDHEAD
(from Manchester)
Evening Prayers conducted by FR WILLIAM ANDERSON
All the day's news preceded by Weather
