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
7.50-8.0 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 ) VIIF East Anglia: see col 5
8.40 Today's Papers
by H. K. FLEMING
Read by TONY BRITTON (2) »
Cicely Courtneidge who has just celebrated her 70th year on the stage tells her own fascinating story.
Producer TRAFFORD WHITELOCK (Cicely Courtneidge is in ' Move Over Mrs Markham ' at the Vaudeville Theatre, London)
Marie Borelli in conversation With SHELDON WILLIAMS
MARIO BORELLI , although no longer a priest, continues to expand his work among the lost children of Naples. He and his fellow workers are trying to equip the young people of the Italian South to take their proper place in society. SHELDON WILLIAMS visited Borelli's new ' Casa ' last year
The Proms
Tomorrow Colin Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra on the Last Night of the 1971 Prom season. Beginning at 7.30. the whole concert will be broadcast on Radio 2, and Part 2 will be shown live on BBC1 from 9.0 pm.
Full details in RADIO TIMES.
NEM p 58: Lo. God is here! (BBC HB 264i; Psalm 119. part 3: Luke 19. vv 28-40: Father. who on man dost shower (BBC HB 389)
Today: Strings and Voices LONDON STUDIO STRINGS conducted by GEORGE FRENCH
ROBIN HALL and JIMMIE MACGREGOR Introduced by PETER BARKER
by Tom Wright
based on the short story by R.L. Stevenson
'Murder is no special category. All sins are murder as all life is war. I have no interest in evil acts - only in evil men.'
(from Glasgow)
12.0 Announcements
Jeanine McMullen presents the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you. Today's main feature: Your Own Time
Pod or Packet?: DEREK COOPER meets the men who grow peas for freezing and enquires into the relative merits of fresh or frozen.
And other topical items too. VHF South West: see col 5
Written by Jack Roffey
Starring Kenneth More
with Ewan Roberts and Jean Harvey
A young man threatens his fiancee and her family with a gun when she breaks off the engagement. Is he a run-of-the-mill vicious fool or just a young fool in a situation he cannot cope with?
12.55 Weather, information and news for your area
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Stories: The Little Pig and Pussycat's Tea-Party by LILY BOTTOMLEY (Tiny Tots series)
with the BBC N IRELAND ORCHESTRA conductor KENNETH ALWYN IAN WALLACE (baSS)
WILFRID PARRY (piano)
by Leslie Darbon
Selected for Friday
Reports of large-scale banknote robberies are not, regrettably, unusual. But when Inspector Aymes is called to investigate such a crime in Townsend-on-Thames the affair turns out to be far from usual.
Producer Keith Williams
A chance to hear again some of the best one-hour plays broadcast in recent years.
The Night of Wenceslas by LIONEL DAVIDSON
Read by JOHN BULL
5: Betrayed .
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
(Repeated: Monday, 1.30 pm)
Gerald Priestland presenting world news and views with JACKY GILLOTT
NANCY WISE makes a personal selection of items from BBC Radio and TV
Introduced by JOHN ELLISON Research by JEAN STROUD Producer JOHN HASLAM
(Shortened version: Sat, 4.30)
A spontaneous discussion by LORD KEARTON, HUGH SCANLON GINETTE SPANIER
Chairman DAVID JACOBS
Producer MICHAEL BOWEN from The Association of European Journalists' Annual Conference, Bristol
(Repeated: Sat. 1.15 pm)
Listeners' views for use in Any Answers? should be addressed to Any Answers? BBC, Bristol, BS82LR
The Economy - how bleak a winter?
Although Europe and Ulster have dominated the headlines, it is the economy which casts the longest shadow as autumn approaches. What has been the effect of the Chancellor's miniBudget? What are the prospects for more jobs? Do the underlying trends give grounds for optimism or cause for concern? The issues had an airing at last week's rue Conference. In tonight's programme they are discussed by industrialists and politicians.
Presented by Ian McIntyre Producer GEORGE FISCHER
9.59 Weather
John Tusa reporting, with voices and opinions from around the world
BBC Economics Correspondent DOMINICK HARROD takes a look at the present international currency tangle.
Tonight he finds out from SIDNEY GOLT , former Board of Trade adviser on commercial policy, what dangers we face if we don'find an agreed solution soon.
(George) by e. L. KONIGSBURG Read by BLAIN FAIRMAN (8)
In which the following artistes have kindly consented to appear
Joan Sims
With JULIAN ORCHARD CHRISTOPHER HANCOCK
Script by MYLES RUDGE
All the day's news preceded by Weather
11.59 Market Trends
