PATRICK GARLAND reads from The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis
7.55 Weather; programme news
8.10 Sunday Papers
9.5 Sunday Papers
(from Birmingham)
9.30-10.30 VHF Open University
from St Elvan's Church, Aberdare conducted by the Vicar
THE REV CANON CHARLES ARTHUR assisted by THE REV DEREK PATTERSON and THE REV P. A. CROCKETT
Hymns (A and m rev): Christ, whose Klory fills the skies (7: Ratisbon): 0 thou who earnest from above (329: Hereford); 0 praise ve the Lord (376: Laudate Dominum)
Lessons: 2 Samuel 1, vv 1-10, 17-27; St Luke 18, vv 18-30 Organist ROGER DAVIES
Introduced by JIM PESTRIDGE
Better Driving: an investigation by NEVILLE POWLEY. 2: The League of Safe Drivers
Turn to Better Driving: PADDY HOPKIRK talks to PAT GREGORY
It's Habit-forming!: by DONALD NORFOLK together with topical news and at 11.43* the latest traffic report Producer ARTHUR PHILLIPS
On an average day that is the number of ' consumers ' of BBC Radio. Viewed from Broadcasting House in London it seems a reassuring figure. but considered ' from the grass roots ' what do listeners actually think of what they hear? 2: The World Through the Microphone
A group of listeners with strong feelings about BBC Radio's view of the world, as presented by News programmes, voice their criticisms and discuss them with DONALD EDWARDS , formerly Editor of BBC News and Current Affairs and Managing Director of ITN, and PETER WOON , present Editor of Radio News. Chairman JOHN TUSA
Producer HUGH PURCELL
Michael Billington takes a look at what's going on in the arts this week, including:
John Mortimer 's play A Voyage Round My Father, starring Alec Guinness ; the new Sadler's' Wells Opera production of Lohengrin; and the exhibition London Art Spectrum.
Producers ROSEMARY HART and ALAN HAYDOCK
12.55 Weather; programme news
leads off this 60-minute up-to-the-minute report presented by Nicholas Woolley
Editor HARRY BROWN
A year of Gardeners' Question Time
(Repeated: Tuesday, 4.0 pm)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by THOMAS HARDY : adapted in four parts by DESMOND HAWKINS with Emily Richard as Tess John Ronane as Alec Robin Ellis as Angel Clare
Part 1: The life of Tess Durbeyfield , of Marlott in the Vale of Blackmoor, might have gone its simple way had it not been for a passing reference made by the local parson to her father about the family's noble ancestry....
March and dance music arranged by SIDNEY SAGER and played by the SHAFTESBURY CRUSADE BAND OF BRISTOL conductor ARTHUR GOLDING Violinist GEORGE BUDDEN Producer BRIAN MILLER (from Bristol)
(Radio Times People: page 5)
by J. b. PRIESTLEY : arranged in 13 episodes by NEVILLE TELLER Reader Wilfred Pickles
Things could not be worse-they just have to get better. 7: The Tide Turns
Producer TREVOR HILL
A series of six programmes about archaeology today. 2:Rescue
As urban redevelopment continues, as new motorways cut deeply into rural areas, new archaeological evidence is revealed. Can these discoveries be ignored or can they be usefully recorded?
Introduced by PETER FOWLER Site reports by BRIAN GEAR Producer ROY HAYWARD (from Bristol)
A magazine edition
(Repeated: Wed, 9.5 am)
A weekly magazine of special interest to blind listeners
Is It Worth Going Away?: MICHAEL ADAMS and RICHARD CRAIG , who have both tried various kinds of holidays, discuss the merits of travel for blind people. Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL
Producer THENA HESHEL
at Northwood, Middlesex
FRANKLIN ENGELMANN recently visited the Headquarters of the Western Fleet, NATO, and RAF No 18 Group
Producer PHYLLIS ROBINSON
(Extended version: Wed, 7.30) Clay Cross, Derby
5.55Weather; programme news
A novel-sequence (1914-1968) arranged for radio in 29 parts 22: Towards a Choice
With JACOB DE VRIES
Cricket: John Player League
Racing from France: Deauville Tenth European Athletic Championships: PETER HILDRETH from Helsinki
Motor Racing: COLIN DRYDEN on the practice for tomorrow's race: from Osterreichring
Cycling -Tour of the North: JOHN BURNS from Harrogate
6.56* Cricket Scoreboard
Think on These Things 3: Your Freedom
THE REV JOHN STOTT conducts the service in All Souls Church, Langham Place, London Organist COLIN GOULDEN
JOYCE GRENFELL appeals on behalf of The Council for the Protection of Rural England The CPRE fights to preserve the kind of countryside that everyone can enjoy. To do so is costing more every year and help is needed.
Donations, preferably by crossed po or cheque, to [address removed]
conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET DINU LIPATTI (piano)
Haydn Symphony No 84
7.55* Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor
8.26* Bartok Rumanian Folk Dances
The Man and his Planes
SIR THOMAS SOPWITH. President of the Hawker Siddeley Group and one of the first men to hold _a pilot's licence, talks to COLIN RIACH about his experiences during the course of a long career in aviation,
Part 2
Franck Symphony in D minor gramophone records
A conversation with Sir Barnes Wallis
In spite of the inventions which have made him world-famous, Sir Barnes Wallis, of Dambuster fame, says his present project is the biggest of his life. It's a revolutionary concept beside which, he says, the airship R100, the earthquake bombs and even his invention of the swing-wing aircraft become insignificant.
In the garden of his country home in Surrey, Sir Barnes, now 83, talks about his new project with Robert Williams. He reminisces about his earlier years and passes on his recipe for longevity.
A personal anthology about the theatre by Judi Dench and Edward Woodward
Compiled by judi DENCH
Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING
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