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-S.t-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 column S
8.40 Today's Papers
Religious Service for Primary Schools
"Jesus the storyteller" by Robert Rietti
(Tuesday's broadcast)
The Rt Rev David Shephard, Bishop of Woolwich, describes some of his feelings and experiences as a priest and as a Sussex and England cricketer.
(BBC Sound Archives recording)
9.35 Religion: How and Why
The music and poetry of man's celebrations from birth to death in Feast and Festival: written by Mary Trenchard
9.55 Movement and Music 1 for the 5-to-6-year-olds by Pennny Whittam
(tuesday's broadcast)
HEMP 37: God of grace, and God of g'ory (BBC HB 391); Psalm 122' Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 10. vv 12-22 (RSV) O dear and heavenly city (BBC HB 251)
It M La France Aujord'hui 7: La journee d'une secretaire a Paris . Written by PAULE-ALINE DENT
10.45 Horizons de France
7: Un journaliste: eomptied by GEOFFREY BRAITHWAITE
(Fifth-year French)
11.0 Time and Tune
The Magic Music Shop-7
Written by DOUGLAS COOMBES H.M Man. 7: Brain, Eye and Hand by MARGERY MORRiS Narrator BARRY FOSTER
11.4< Geography
Nottingham and the East Midlands: by JOHN CITES
Joan Yerke presents the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you. Today's main feature: Your Health and Welfare
Illness never takes a holiday - but doctors do. Frances Berthelsen finds out about the work of locums.
Other topical items too. and a selection from your letters in Whats On Your Mind?
VHF South West: see column 5
A panel game devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON
Dilys Powell and Frank Muir challenge Anne Scott James and Denis Norden
In the chair Jack Longland
(Monday's broadcast)
12.55 Weather, information and news for your area
News and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Story: Andy and the Footprints by Elizabeth Robinson
Living Language
Jason and the Go!den Fleece-2 byKENNETHCAVANDER
2.30 Unes minutes nada mas
7: Un nn de semana en el campo <i)
Written by ROBERT p. CLARKE
(For secondary school pupiis in their third year of Spanish)
2.40 Learning about Life 7: Give and Take Arranged and introduced by JOHN STOCKBRfDGE
MoMohom the Storyteller The Lion Skin
But precisely what?
A magazine of a sort, which takes a quizzical, indulgent and sometimes ferocious glance at the British way of life - while we still have one.
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Read by Judy Parfitt
4: Summer Melancholy
The news magazine that sums up vour dav-and starts off your evening. Presented by William Hardcastte and FM's reporting team
5.50-6.6 Regional news, weather andprogrammenews
Kenneth Williams, Clement Freud, Peter Jones, Sheila Hancock try to talk for just a minute on this and that
Jacky Gillott presenting world news and views
A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion heard in last Friday's Any Questions? Introduced by David Jacobs
If you wish to add your views to any of the subjects discussed in this week's Any Questions? (Friday, 8.30pm), send them as soon as possible to BBC, [address removed]
A series of six programmes illustrating the composer's approach to his art as revealed through one of his major works. Introduced by Andrew FauIds
Vaughan Williams was occupied with Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress for nearly half a century. His opera on the subject was finally performed in 1951. 'They don't like it, and perhaps they never will like it, because it's not like the operas they're used to. But it's the sort of opera I wanted to write, and there it is.' With MARK DIGNAM as Vaughan Williams
Written by MICHAEL KENNEDY
Musical excerpts from a forthcoming recording of the completed opera, by permission of EMI Ltd
Producer STANLEY WILLIAMSON (from Manchester)
A weekly survey of the arts introduced by Michael Billington
This edition includes:
The Changing Room: David Storey's new play at the Royal Court Theatre, London
Geneva: a political extravaganza by Bernard Shaw at the Mermaid Theatre, London
The Cullberg Ballet: the Swedish company's first appearance in Britain at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
Meet the people whose research. inventions and discoveries are changing our way of life and our understanding of the world around us. Presenter Pam Vaughan
21.59 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting, with voices and opinions from around the world
by Daphne du Maurier
Read by Michael Spice
preceded by Weather
11.31 Market Trends
