6.27 Farming Today
6.45 Outlook
Reflecting matters of Christian interest and concern
6.50-7.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
7.10 On Your Farm: a weekly review of the agricultural scene Producer ANTHONY PARKIN (from Birmingham)
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Outlook
7.50-8.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
Jack de Manio presents Radio 4's 50-minute worldwide look at the weekend
8.45 Today's Papers
9.5 From Our Own Correspondent
(Revised edition: Tues, 9.5 am)
9.30 The Weekly World
TREVOR SMITH reviews what the weeklies have to say, with illustrations read by DAVID BROOMFIELD
9.45 The Week in Westminster Parliamentarians discuss the week's business with ALAN WATKINS
Narrator PETER BARKER Producers KEVIN RUANE
MARTIN COX , BERNARD TATE
New Every Morning page 26: 0 Heavenly Word (BBC Hymn Book 37); Psalm 22: Isaiah 35, vv 1-10 (rsv); How brightly beams (BBC HB 141)
10.30-11.0 VHF Open University
10.30 Vfent de paraltre
Three holiday programmes
1: Trente ans de journalisme
11.0 New series Poetry at Large
MICHAEL BAKEWELL investigates the new popularity of poetry and of public readings.
1: The Poet and Ms Public Producer PEGGY BACON
11.30 Perspective Jazz in a Pint Pot
GEORGE MELLY discusses with HUMPHREY LYTTELTON and MAX JONES the history of traditional and mainstream jazz in Britain since the war: with WALLY FAWKES. KEN COLYER. and the FAWKES-CHILTON FEETWARMERS. Producer GRAHAM TAYAR
(Christmas Sounds: page 19)
Introduced by DESMOND LYNAM
News and prospects featuring: Association Football in England and Scotland: Racing; Rugby Union: Rugby League (Sport on 2: from 2.0 pm)
Question-masters JOHN ELLISON and TIM GUDGIN. Second Round 10: Wales v North of England THE DAVID HUGHES COMPREHENSIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL, Menai Bridge, v
CHEADLE HULME SCHOOL. Cheshire Questions set by ROY SMITH Producer MARTIN FISHER
(Repeated: Friday, 6.15 pm)
A spontaneous discussion by RT HON RICHARD CROSSMAN , MP PETER HALL. HARRIET CRAWLEY CHRISTOPHER TUGENDHAT , MP Chairman DAVID JACOBS Producer MICHAEL BOWEN from Woodcote. Berkshire
A Touch of Flu by PETER RUSSELL with Timothy West Geoffrey Matthews and Gudrun Ure
Only cowboys ride away into the sunset. The rest of us know there's nothing over the hill.'
Producer BETTY DAVIES
Introduced by Judith Chalmers
Rights and Obligations: Gerald Sanctuary sums up
Entertainment Round-up: Judith Chalmers
W.H. Auden's Commonplace Book: an appreciation from Tom Driberg, MP
History through the Looking Glass: Jean Rook, Basil Boothroyd and Michael Green resurrect and redeploy the famous. The Lion's Share by Arnold Bennett abridged by Doreen Estall read by Lawrence James
presents
A Christmas round-up of family entertainment including:
Treasure Island, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Scrooge, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Introduced by DAVID GEARY Written by LYN FAIRHURST Producer BOBBY JAYE
Introduced by JOHN ELLISON
DAVID JASON , BILL WALLIS NIGEL REES and Bill MCGUFFIE at the piano look back at the week's news and illustrate the funny side 'Friday's broadcast)
(Repeated: Sunday, 9.15 am)
Highlights of today's sport in the South and Midlands. Producer GODFREY DIXEY
Cliff Morgan introduces a weekly sequence of favourite music chosen from records made by some of the world's great artists.
Peggy Ashcroft Festival Hay Fever by NOEL COWARD with Peggy Ashcroft
Tony Britton , Millicent Martin Julia Foster and Maurice Denham
Producer Guy Vaesen
(Tony Britton is in ' Move Over Mrs Markham ' at the Vaudeville Theatre, London) (Repeated: Monday, 3.0 pm)
A late-evening conversation in Which STEPHEN MURPHY , EVA FIGES and PROFESSOR HARRY STREET exchange thoughts, opinions. ideas and prejudices with BRIAN REDHEAD
Producer MICHAEL GREEN (from Manchester)
Evening Prayers conducted by PR JOHN STAPLETON with the BARLOW SINGERS directed by MICHAEL CALLAGHAN
All the day's news preceded by Weather
