6.27 Farming Today
6.45 Prayer for the Day
6.50-7.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
The News
The world this morning; Britain at breakfast-time and the news from anywhere on earth introduced by Jack de Manio and John Timpson
Deputy editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE Editor MARSHALL STEWART
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
continues his investigation of the BBC Sound Archives but once again comes to no serious conclusion,
Ken Sykora , Zena Skinner Gordon Clyde and who knows who take a lively look round and meet some of the people for whom this is a special week. Produced by FRANCES DONNELLY and JACK SINGLETON
NEM p 72: Rock of ages (BBC HB 296); Canticle 4: Acts 27, vv 1-17: On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry (BBC HB 38)
Introduced by Sidney Harrisont who invites you to listen to some easily remembered music played by the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader ARTHUR LEAVINS conducted by MAURICE HANDFORD with PHILIP CHALLIS (piano)
by VICTOR CANNING adapted in five parts by HOWARD JONES
'If this wind holds we could be in Roompot in twelve hours ... but I've got to have a cash guarantee ... now! ' 1: Dead Dutchman Cast for the week:
Produced by ROGER PINE
Nancy Wise presents the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you. Today's main feature:
Your Money - earning, saving, artd spending it
Christmas Clubs: It's time for the annual share-out when the savers become the spenders. MONTY MODLYN reports.
Other topical items too, and a selection from your letters in What's On Your Mind?
South West VHF: see Variations, col 5
The News and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by Nicholas Woolley
Deputy editor DEREK LEWIS Editor ANDREW BOYLE
for children under 5
Story: Brown Bear 's ' Helping People ' Week - Brown Bear helps Mrs Tink by ELIZABETH ROBINSON
with the BBC SCOTTISH RADIO ORCHESTRA leader IAN TYRE conductor IAIN SUTHERLAND and OWEN BRANNIGAN (bass)
Produced by ALAN OWEN
An Ideal Husband by OSCAR WILDE with Noel Johnson , Ronald Lewis Jane Wenham
Rosemary Martin
A revival of Wilde's famous play, first produced in 1895, that tells of a serious indiscretion which Mrs Cheveley attempts to turn to her advantage.
Produced by DAVID GEARY
Tales of Paris
Three novelettes by HONORE DE BALZAC
The second novelette: Gobseck It lies within the power of Gobseck the moneylender to ruin the Comtesse de Restaud: but Gobseck is growing old, and a grotesque revelation awaits his young lawyer friend Derville ...
Last of three episodes read by DUNCAN CARSE
Adapted and produced by BRIAN MILLER (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 Nicholas Woolley and Steve Race
Deputy editor DEREK LEWIS Editor ANDREW BOYLE
5.50-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
Thing
Written by ERIC MERRIMAN Knee-to-nose comedy starring Ronnie Corbett supported by HUGH PADDICK
JOSEPHINE TEWSON , GORDON CLYDE On the musical side: THE PATTERSONS and KEN MOULE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
(Repeated: Tuesday, 1.30 pm)
John Hosken presenting world news and views with MERYL O'KEEFFE
Deputy editor VINCENT DUGGLEBY Editor BRIAN BLISS
DILYS POWELL and FRANK MUIR challenge ANNE SCOTT-JAMES and DENIS NORDEN
In the chair JACK LONGLAND
A weekly quiz on music and general knowledge
Resident Panel: NAN WINTON TED MOULT, NEIL DURDEN-SMITH v A team representing Great Yarmouth
Question-master ALUN WILLIAMS Questions set and programme produced by MICHAEL TUKE-HASTINGS from The Town Hall, Great Yarmouth
by JOHN MCGRATH : adapted for radio by COLIN TUCKER from the novel A Danish Gambit by WILLIAM BUTLER with Kerry Francis and Ed Bishop
A moving and bitter play concerning a young prisoner awaiting execution.
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT
9.58 Weather
The News
Douglas Stuart reporting, with voices and opinions from around the world
Deputy editor VINCENT DUGGLEBY Editor BRIAN BLISS
Scruffy by PAUL GALLICO
Read by JOHN WESTBROOK (11)
All the day's news preceded by Weather
11.31 Market Trends
