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
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day
7.51-8.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
and more of Todav
(including, in the Midlands and E Anglia, Regional Extra; and Today in the South and West introduced by DEREK JONES ) E Anglia VHF: see below
8.40 Today's Papers
(Revised edition of Saturday's broadcast)
Joyce Grenfell
A personal anthology of prose and poetry chosen and read before an invited audience at Broadcasting House, London, by JOYCE GRENFELL
She is joined in the studio by the Poet Laureate, C. Day Lewis, who reads some of the pieces for her. Produced by ANNE DUNCAN-JONES
NEM p 76: Be thou my guardian and my guide (BBC HB 135); Psalm 130; Acts 27, vv 18-32; The advent of our King (BBC HB 39)
Introduced by Sidney Harrisen who invites you to listen to some easily remembered music played by the BBC MIDLAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA leader JAMES DAVIS conducted by TERENCE LOVETT with NIGEL coxe (piano)
bv VICTOR CANNING adapted in five parts 2: Ninus and Elsa
Nancy Wise presents the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you. Today's main feature: Your Home and Family
Punishment: is it out of date? LESLIE SMITH talks to people who look after children.
Other topical items too. and a selection from your letters in What's On Your Mind?
South West VHF: see Variations, col 2
A panel game controlled (?) by Nicholas Parsons in which Kenneth Williams
Derek Nimmo , Clement Freud Jacqueline MacKenzie try to talk for just a minute on this and that
Devised by IAN MESSITER
Produced by DAVID HATCH
(Repeated: Thursday, 6.15 pm) (Derek Nimmo is in ' Charlie Girl ' at the Adelphi Theatre, London)
12.55 Weather, information and "Gftews for your area
The News and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Story: Brown Bear 's 'Helping People' Week: Brown Bear helps Mrs Waddle-Duck by ELIZABETH ROBINSON
with the BBC NORTHERN IRELAND ORCHESTRA led by PETER GIBBS conducted by HAVELOCK NELSON and OWEN BRANNIGAN (bass)
A serial for radio in 12 parts based on the novels of L. P. HARTLEY and .adapted by ARCHIE CAMPBELL with Paul Gregory as Eustace Alan Wheatley as Jasper Bentwich and Dinah Sheridan as Lady Nelly 10: The Feast oj the Redeemer
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
Yorkshireman - Security Officer
A series of plays written by ANTHONY SCOTT VEITCH
A View from the Edge
Twelve programmes featuring some of the less famous, but certainly not less interesting characters from Dickens.
Compiled by BARRY CAMPBELL
9: Daniel Quilp (taken from The Old Curiosity Shop) with John Dearth and Anthony Jacobs
Produced bv R. D. SMITH
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 Regional news, weather and programme news
A radio happening with Jimmy Edwards , Ted Rav
Tommy Trinder. Cyril Fletcher In the chair MCDONALD HOBLEY Special guest
Danny Blanchflower from an idea by Jimmy EDWARDS Produced by EDWARD TAYLOR
(Repeated: Wed, 1.30 pm)
Gerald Priestland presenting world news and views With MERYL O'KEEFFE
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Ring George Scott to put your question in person to Lord Robens, Chairman of the National Coal Board
To promote a maximum flow of questions, [number removed] (12 lines) will take them from 6.30 pm onward, as well as while the programme is on the air.
Produced by WALTER WALLICH
a portrait by RUTH FIRST with Dorothy Black as Olive Schreiner
Anthony Jacobs as Narrator
Olive Schreiner , who died 50 years ago this week, was the first great woman artist and feminist from South Africa,
Ruth First , now living in London, was imprisoned for four months without charge during the South African Treason Trial.
Readers RUTH FIRST
GRIZELDA HERVEY, LEO MAGUIRE DIANA ROBSON , ANTONY VICCARS Produced by R. D. SMITH
(Olive Schreiner 's masterpiece, 'The Story of an African Farm ': Story Time, 28 Dec)
In an age of constantly rising prices, the cost of performing big works is becoming prohibitive. And as for today's composers, an increasing number prefer to try and write small-scale works for small-scale forces Will there be anvone to perform Beethoven and Brahms and Mahler in our concert halls 20 years from now? A discussion by GERALD MCDONALD , General Manager of the New Philharmonia Orchestra: NORMAN DEL MAR , conductor; ALEXANDER GOEHR , composer: and HANS KELLER , musician and writer, in charge of orchestral music at the BBC. Chairman JOHN AMIS
Produced by DANIEL SNOWMAN S.58 Weather
The News
Douglas Stuart reporting, with voices and opinions from around the world
Scruffy by PAUL GALLICO
Read by JOHN WESTBROOK (12)
All the day's news preceded by Weather
11.31 Market Trends
