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
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
DONALD MCLACHLAN reviews what the weeklies have to say, with illustrations read by RONALD FLETCHER
9.45 The Week in Westminster
Parliamentarians discuss the week's business with IAN WALLER
Narrator Douglas Smith Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE
MARTIN COX, BERNARD TATS
New Every Morning, page 4; Lord, pour thy spirit from on high (BBC Hymn Book 224); Psalm 19, vv 1-11; St Luke 1, vv 57-66; A great and mighty wonder (BBC HB 41)
Rendez-vous a Chaviray Programme 10
(Last Monday's broadcast: R3)
11.0 Starting German: Reisebiiro Atlas
10: Busfahrt zum Tegemsee
Klaus takes his travel party on an excursion to one of the lakes near Munich.
(Last Tuesday's broadcast: R3)
11.30 Europe and The Indies
Ten programmes about the impact of Europe on the Indies during the Era of the Companies 1600-1824.
10: The Foundations of Empire
Introduced by PETER JONES
News and prospects of today's big sporting events, featuring Association Football In England and Scotland, Racing, Rugby Union and Rugby League (Sport on 2: from 2.0 pm)
A general knowledge contest between girls' and boys' schools in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland Question-masters
JOHN ELLISON and TIM GUDGIN Semi-Finals
Harris Academy, Dundee (Boys) v Regent House School, Newtownards (Boys)
Questions set by ROY SMITH Production assistant GERALDINE CHURCH
Produced by MARTIN FISHER (Repeated: Friday, 6.15 pm)
12.55 Weather; programme news
A spontaneous discussion by RT HON ENOCH POWELL. MP THE BISHOP OF CREDITON
NED SHERRIN, MARY GOLDRING Chairman DAVID JACOBS
Produced by MICHAEL BOWEN from the Robert Sewers Hall, Curry Rivel , Somerset
Listeners' views for use in Any Answers† (31 December, 7.30 pm) should be sent to Any Answers?, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LB
by Jim Andrew
"If I had my way, they wouldn't be let stop in town. They should put 'em on their coach or the train right after the match."
(from Leeds)
Introduced by Judith Chalmers
Equality of Opportunity?: a discussion with MARIE PATTERSON , ANNE MACKIE , CAROL BLAYMIRE
What's the money used for?: a working wife and mother who runs her own business at home A Good Read: KATHARINE WHITE-BORN recommends a book she couldn't put down
Managing Your Money Some Inns in Wales by GWYN THOMAS: abridged and read by TENNIEL EVANS
TONY BILBOW previews two Christmas attractions: Walt Disney's Aristocats, and Lionel Jeffries ' version of The Railway Children.
Written by LYN FAIRHURST
Produced by BOBBY JAYE
(Shortened version of last Friday's broadcast)
A series of plays written by ANTHONY SCOTT VEITCH
featuring with and The Closed Door
A civil engineer returns to his old job after a number of years in a Chinese gaol. He cannot stand closed doors, and yet he slams one on himself. A man does such a thing either after - or just before - he does something drastic.
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
6: Operation Battleaxe
With GERALD CROSS. GARARD GREEN LESLIE HERITAGE, GODFREY KENTON HECTOR ROSS , FREDERICK TREVES PETER TUDDENHAM
Written and produced by JOHN BRIDGES
Written by Barry Took, Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke
starring Kenneth Horne with Kenneth Williams... and Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden
The Max Harris Group
Announcer Douglas Smith
Produced by JOHN SIMMONDS
The Mourning Raga
The novel by ELLIS PETERS adapted for radio by BETTY DAVIES A trip to India, taking a 14-year-old girl to the father she hadn't seen for ten years, sounded an exciting way to spend Christmas. But for Tossa and Dominic it turned out a terrifying experience ...
With SEAN ARNOLD , MOHAN SINGH VIRAM JASANI (sitar)
Produced by BETTY DAVIES (Repeated: Monday, 3.0 pm)
(Harry Towb is in ' Dial M for Mulder ' at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford)
A late-evening conversation In Which LADY GEORGINA COLERIDGE , THE BISHOP OF CHESTER, and BRIAN INGLIS exchange thoughts, opinions, ideas, and prejudices With BRIAN REDHEAD
Evening Prayers conducted by FR PATRICK MCENROE with the ST GABRIEL SINGERS directed by DAVID EDMONDS Organist ROGER BROOKS
All the day's news preceded by Weather
