6.27 Farming Today
6.45 Prayer for the Day
6.50-7.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
7.0 News
The world this morning: Britain at breakfast-time and the news from anywhere on earth introduced by John Timpson and Robert Robinson
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day
7.50-8.8 Regional news, weather and programme news
8.0 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
by L. M. MONTGOMERY
Read by ANN MURRAY (0)
A panel consisting of OLGA FRANKLIN , journalist; DR WILLIAM THOMSON , editor of The Practitioner; JAMES HEMMING , educational psychologist: and DR WENDY GREENGROSS , marriage guidance counsellor, discuss the problems listeners send in -with the people concerned taking part as well
In the chair Jean Metcalfe Producer ELIZABETH SMITH
Manon
Illustrated with readings from the novel Manon Lescaut by the Abbe Prévost, and records of the operas by Massenet and Puccini.
Introduced by JON CURLE † Compiled by HILARY PYM
NEM p 33; Come, let us join our cheerful songs (BBC HB 122); Psalm 20: Luke 17. vv 11-19; God of eternity (BBC HB390)
Today; Music for the Dance BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conductor ASHLEY LAWRENCE ROGER LORD (oboe)
WILFRID PARRY (piano)
Introduced by PETER BARKER
4: Nothing viatters to me now (from Anna Karenina )
Reader DENYS HAWTHORNE
John Edmunds presents the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you Today's main feature:
Your Health and Welfare
It didn'hurt at all! NANCY wise describes what happened when she had a checkup at a ' Well Woman ' clinic
Other topical items too, and a selection from your letters in What's On Your'Mind?
VHF South West: see column 2
starring Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guvler With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley, John Graham
12.55 Weather, information and news for your area
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Story: The Very Old Birthday Party by DOROTHY EDWARDS
with the LONDON STUDIO STRINGS leader REGINALD LEOPOLD conducted by VILEM TAUSKY JACK ROTHSTEIN (violin)
WILFRID PARRY (piano)
Top Man
Read by Paul Douglas
The news magazine that sums up your day - and starts off your evening. Presented by William Hardvastle and Steve Race
5.50-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
based on the book by HENRY CECIL starring Richard Briers as Roger Thurshy in Disqualified ‡
(Repeated: Friday, 1.30 pm)
Gerald Priestland presenting world news and views with JACKY GILLOTT
A radio happening with Jimmy Edwards , Ted Ray
Arthur Askey , Cyril Flelchef In the chair MCDONALD HOBLEY Special guest Eric Sykes
The Muth and the Reality
Pancho Villa
Written by RUTH FIRST
The fifth in a series of programmes on famous ouitiaw figures.
Poor Mexico, so far from God and so near to the United States of America with Henry Stamper as Pancho Villa and the voices of DAVID HEALY. MARTIN FRIEND and LEWIS STRINGER
Narrator TRADER FAULKNER Producer MAURICE LEITCH
Rani Dube , an Indian actress, came to this country 14 years ago. Recently and quite unexpectedly she has had cause to wonder whether it was all worth it, and what the future for her children in this country, or indeed any country, is lfkely to be.
She has been talking to her friends, some Indian, some not. but all sharing her experience in some degree.
Producer ROBERT CRAOOCK
This week the programme skims the cream off the more interesting ideas in science and technology raised at this years meeting of the British Association in Swansea.
Presenter PAUL VAUGHAN Producer LAURIE JOHN
9.59 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting, with voices and opinions from around the world
The fourth of five programmes in which GEORGE WOODCOCK , former General Secretary of the tuc, discusses his career, and the political and industrial leaders he has known, with PETER JENKINS.
by E.L. Konigsburg
Read by Blain Fairman
All the day's news preceded by Weather
11.31 Market Trends
