6.27 Farming Week: a regional view of farming in the week ahead, presented today from Scotland by ROY GREGOR
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 John Timpson and Robert Robinson
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 ) VHF East Anglia: see below
8.40 Today's Papers
DAVID BROOMFIELD , with the help of the BBC Sound Archives, continues his light-hearted examination of Shakespeare's resilience to the passing years. Produced by JOHN KNIGHT
Ken Sykora. Zena Skinner
Gordon Clyde , Vivian Stanshall and who knows who take a lively look round and meet some of the people for whom this is a special week. Produced by RICHARD GILBERT
NEM p 44; Away with our fears (BBC HB 147); Psalm 139; Luke 2, vv 8-20; Our blest Redeemer (BBC HB 160)
Sidney Harrison introduces some easily remembered music played by BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader ARTHUR LEAVINS conducted by DAVID LLOYD JONES and NIGEL COXE (piano)
Produced by JOHN MELOY
Ten portraits compiled and written by JULIA SMALL
1: Busybody (Mrs Norris , from MansfieM Park by JANE AUSTEN ) Produced and narrated by DAVID DAVIS
' As far as walking, talking and contriving reached, Mrs Norris was thoroughly benevolent, and nobody knew better how to save her own money as to spend that of her friends.'
Joan Yorke presents the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you. Today: Your Money
Your Budget: With prices constantly rising, most housewives are finding it more and more difficult to make ends meet. JOAN YORKE continues the series in which she talks to listeners about the problems of family budgeting.
SET by Half: LUCILLE HALL looks into what effect the cut in tax will have
Other topical items too, and a selection from your letters in What's On Your Mind?
VHF South West: see column 2
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by Robert Williams
Deputy editor DEREK LEWIS Editor ANDREW BOYLE
Story: Tim and the Prize Tomato by GERALDINE KAYE
with the BBC SCOTTISH RADIO ORCHESTRA conductor JAIN SUTHERLAND DEREK COLLIER (violin) WILFRID PARRY (piano)
Produced by ALAN OWEN
GERALD DURRELL 'S book about his South American animal collection expedition: abridged and read in four parts by Peter Billingsley
1: We Arrive at Adventure
The author and his two companions set up their headquarters at the romantically named township of Adventure deep in the South American forest. Producd by GRAHAM GAULD
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 Robert Williams and Roger Cook
5.50-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
(Repeat: Tuesday, 1.30 pm)
Gerald Priestland presenting world news and views with MERYL O'KEEFFE
Deputy editor VINCENT DUGGLEBY Editor BRIAN BLISS
A general knowledge contest between schoolchildren in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Sydney team: Charles Maddison, Igor Nossar, Colleen Guray
Question-master John Dease
Wellington team: Alison Miller, Rosalind Salas, Leslie Galler
Question-master Lyell Boyes
(Also broadcast on the networks of ABC Australia, NZBC New Zealand and CBC Canada)
Producers in Sydney Hal Lashwood, in Wellington Graeme Ross
In which travellers on the Southern Region pass their time like Chaucer's pilgrims by telling stories. This week: The Tale of the Solicitor written and told by John Slater to DOUGLAS BLACKWELL and NIGEL LAMBERT
Produced by SIMON BRETT followed by .an interlude
by JEAN MORRIS with Sheila Grant , Bettv Baskcomb Kate Binchy. Rolf'Lefebvre and Peter Pratt
A way of life divided manor from village in the early Middle Ages. But the cold of winter is common to all and there are darker forces which can unite people.
Music selected and composed by DAVID CAIN
Lute JULIAN BYZANTINE Radiophonic score by DELIA DERBYSHIRE Of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN
Douglas Stuart reporting, with voices and opinions from around the world
Deputy editor VINCENT DUGGLEBY Editor BRIAN BLISS
by JOHN MASTERS
Read by MIRIAM MARGOLYES as Victoria Jones (16)
All the day's news preceded by Weather
11.31 Market Trends
