6.27 Farming Today
6.45 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)
8.40 Today's Papers
An Act of Worship
' Emmaus ' by MICHAEL SHARPE Introduced by RALPH ROLLS
Dressmaker to Queen Victoria's Court
' I remember when we were children my mother took us into St James 's Park and at the entrance there was a woman with a cow and she used to milk the cow and sell the milk for a penny a glass and we all had one. 96-year-old Mrs Eleanor Appleby remembers London at the turn of the century and talks to JEANINE MCMULLEN about her life as a court dressmaker.
The first broadcast of a musical 'tall story' set in Russia by William Murphy and Ian Humphris
Produced by William Murphy (Music Workshop 1)
NEM p 58; King of glory, King of peace (BBC HB 325); Psalm 93; St John 17, vv 1-13; Rise up, 0 men of God (BBC HB 364)
Railways are a means of communication not only from one place to another but also from one person to another.
In this series of five programmes Gerard Fiennes considers some of the hazards involved. Today he looks at the relationship between the staff and the public in: The Stationmaster's Office
Produced by DENYS GUEROULT
A Corner for Music by ALBERT CHATTERLEY
21: Finding your way about
(This programme should be tape-recorded)
In a series of eight programmes David Gell examines the rise and decline of the Big Bands. recalling the personalities associated with them 1: The Scene is Set produced by JOHN KNIGHT
The Lion
A story by WALTER MACKEN Reader ANTHONY HALL
(Listening and Writing)
11.40 Prospect
Man in an Industrial Society: Causes for Concern
Compiled by GEOFFREY MORRIS produced by TOM BUTCHER
12.0 Announcements
Ken Sykora presents the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you. Today's main feature: Your Own Time
Pets in Flats: GORDON SNELL talks to some experts about the dos and don'ts of keeping an animal in a flat.
And other topical items too. South West VHF: see col 5
12.55 Weather, information and news for your area
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Story: Milly the Milk Bottle by JEAN W. WILLIS
Let's Join In
Angelina's Yellow Straw Hat
DENIS MATTHEWS introduces music played by Rachmaninov
Beneath the Crumpetty Tree
A poetry programme compiled by ZOE BAILEY
Poems by Edward Lear , John Ciardi , Ogden Nash , Ted Hughes and Theodore Roethke (Stories and Rhymes: 7-9)
A play for radio by PETER PRESTON with Francis de Wolff and Pauline Letts
The action of the play takes place in present-day India.
Margaret Otley is the wife of an ambitious Junior Diplomat.
Produced by JOHN POWELL
A radio correspondence column in which listeners add their comments to views expressed in last Friday's Any Questionst Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Produced by ROY HAYWARD
The Ra Expeditions by THOR HEYERDAHL translated by PATRICIA CRAMPTON adapted for radio In ten parts by NAN MACDONALD
Published yesterday, this is a new adventure by the explorer of the world-famous Kon-Tiki. 1: An Unsolved Mystery
I I wanted to find out something.... I wanted to find out if the ancient Egyptians themselves had originally been seafarers, before they settled down to become sculptors, Pharaohs and mummies. I wanted to find out if a reed-boat could withstand a sea voyage of 250 miles, the distance from Egypt to Lebanon. I wanted to find out if a reed-boat would be able to sail even further - I wanted to find out if a reed-boat could make the journey to America Reader John Justin
Produced by BRIAN MILLER (from Bristol)
(Ra - next week's cover story)
The news magazine that sums up your day - and starts off your evening. Presented by William Hardcastle and Roger Cook
5.50-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
(Repeated: Monday, 1.30 pm)
John Hosken presenting world news and views with MERYL O'KEEFFE
NANCY WISE makes a personal selection of items from BBC Radio and TV
Introduced by JOHN ELLISON Research bv JEAN STROUD
Produced by RICHARD BURWOOD (Shortened version: Sat, 4.30)
A spontaneous discussion by RT HON ENOCH POWELL , MP MICHAEL FOOT. MP EMLYN WILLIAMS
HONOR BALFOUR
Chairman DAVID JACOBS
Produced by MICHAEL BOWEN from The De Valence Pavilion, Tenby, Pembrokeshire
(Repeated: Saturday, 1.15 pm) Listeners' views for use in Any Answers? should be sent to Any Answers?, BBC. Bristol. BS8 2LR
Laurence Martin , Professor of War Studies. King's College, London, examines the nature of modern sea power.
Increased Soviet activity in the Mediterranean and in the Indian Ocean has reawakened interest in naval power. In addition, new technology, such as the Polaris programme and the nuclear submarine, is changing the historic role of the world's navies.
Contributors include:
ADMIRAL SIR MICHAEL POLLOCK. First Sea Lord
ADMIRAL W. F. A. WENDT , Commander in-Chief United States Naval Forces. Europe
PROFESSOR JOHN ER1CKSON , Of the Department of Politics, Edinburgh University
PROFESSOR J. HUREWITZ , Of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Columbia University Produced by ROBERT FOX
9.59 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting, with voices and opinions from around the world
A foreign journalist based in London looks at a subject of interest in Britain this week
The Card by ARNOLD BENNETT
Read by MICHAEL ALDRIDGE (7)
In which travellers on the Southern Region pass their time like Chaucer's pilgrims by telling stories. This week: The Tale of the Midwife
Written by RICHARD GORDON and told by Beryl Reid to
BRIAN HEWLETT and PATRICK TULL Produced by DAVID HATCH
All the day's news preceded by Weather
11.59 Market Trends
