6.27 Farming Today
S.45 Prayer for the Day
6.50-7.0 Regional news, weather and programme 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
7.50-8.0 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 ) VHF East Anglia: see col
8.4t Today's Papers
Written and read by DARRELL BATES
3: Travelling
Nature Trail Underground
(Shortened version of Sunday's broadcast)
Variety artist, comedian, concert singer and star of musical comedy, films and television. Talking to ANNE SUTER , he recalls some of the songs and monologues he has made famous and discusses his personal philosophy and the qualities of character which have enabled him to remain a top entertainer for more than half a century.
Produced by MADEAU STEWART
(Shortened version of the broadcast on 25 Dec 1970) 1
NEM p 1: Away with gloom, away with doubt! (BBC HB 99); Psalm 3: St John 12, vv 20-36; Come, ve faithful, raise the strain (BBC HB 102)
Introduced by Sidney Harrisen who invites you to listen to music played by the BBC NORTHERN IRELAND
ORCHESTRA conductor KENNETH ALWYN DEREK HAMMOND-STROUD (baritone)
PAUL HAMBURGER (piano)
(Derek Hammond-Stroud broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera)
by Donald Tosh
Second of four morning plays about family life
They had fought for years, the battlegrounds were known and harmless until ...
(George Cole is appearing in "The Philanthropist" at the May Fair Theatre, London)
(Tomorrow: A Small Trumpet for the Time of the Tiger)
Presented by Joan Yorke Today's main feature: Your Rights and Responsibilities
' Of good standing and repute ... ': ELIZABETH MITCHELL points out the possible dangers of dealing with unqualified Estate Agents in the light of a recent case involving the loss of a deposit.
16 Plus: next year the school-leaving age goes up from 15 to 16. MAUREEN O'CONNOR has been looking at the sort of problems it will cause and the advantages it could bring.
And other topical items too VHFSouthwest:seecol5
with Bernard Miles. Betty Marsden Written by HARRY IBBETSON Based on the characters in the Larkin family saga by H. E. BATES
1: Baby
Larkin Pop 's private paradise in the rolling Kentish countryside is just as lovely as ever to him and his numerous family. It's so ' perfick ' that woe betide any government or council official who wishes to wave the wand of authority over Pop's rugged independence. Of course, they try, but the earthy and ingenious Larkins are always a match for them.
Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON
(Repeated: Saturday. 8.0 pm)
12.55 Weather, information and news for your area
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Story: Albert the Traction Engine by MRS b. CULCLETH
A musical tale of The Strauss Family 2: Cornucopia
(Tomorrow 3: The Best Years)
bv DAVID BARTLETT with Freddie Jones
We've all got our own quiet place somewhere inside us. It's there waiting for us: but sometimes the search for it can be a painful experience.... Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by GLYN DEARMAN
You hung about Archer Street in Piccadilly hoping for a job. If you were lucky you made a fortune. If you were unlucky you )ost it again.
Steve Race recalls the golden age of British dance bands with contributions from
ROY FOX. JOCK JACOBSON
NAT TEMPLE. TINY WINTERS and the late HARRY ROY
Produced by MICHELL RAPER
(Shortened version of the broadcast in July 1970) ‡
Being the adventures of the Bastable children in search of a fortune by E. NESBIT (1858-1924)
Abridged in eight episodes and told bv DAVID DAVIS
2: Being betectives and Poets
' should like to be a detective.' said - perhaps it was Dicky, but I think not - ' and find out strange and hidden crimes.'
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD
The news magazine that sums up your day - and starts off your evening. Presented by William Hardcastle and Steve Race
5.50-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
ANONA WINN, JOY
ADAMSON NORMAN HACKFORTH. PETER GLAZE with a mystery guest and DAVID FRANKLIN in the chair Produced by BOBBY JAYE
(Repeated: Friday, 12-25 pm)
(Repeated: Thursday, 1.30 pm)
John Hosken presenting world news and views with MERYL O'KEEFFE
A comedy for radio by WILLIAM INGRAM with Ray Smith , Olwen Griffiths William Ingram
Elizabeth Morgan
'The trap is set: and Gwil Rabbit hops unwittingly to his door. Any day now there'll be a smudgey photo and a half-page obituary in the Gazette. Gwil as a tailor's dummy and our Myfanwy in 400 yards of white butter muslin.'
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by BETTY DAVIES
(Repeated: Thursday, 3.0 pm)
with MAGNUS MAGNl'SSON
PAT Williams on Doris Lessing 's new novel Briefing for a Descent into Hell
PETER PORTER on the poetry of Swinburne and Mollie Panter -Downes's new book about Swinburne's domestic life At The Pines
SHIRLEY MACLAINE , in an interview, talking about her first volume of autobiography Don'Fall off the Mountain and other new books Produced by ALAN HAYDOCK
A professional broadcaster talks on a topic which has caught his attention, Tonight:
Christopher Serpell
'Repeated: Sunday, 6.45 pm)
David Holden reporting, with voices and opinions from around the world
LESLIE SMITH continues his inquiry into the nature of sleep 3: Mental Activity during Sleep
Towards the End of the Morning by MICHAEL FRAYN
Read by DENYS HAWTHORNE (8)
All the day's news preceded by Weather
11.31 Market Trends
