6.27 Farming Today
6.45 Prayer for the Day
6.50-7.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
The world this morning introduced by John Timpson and Douglas Cameron
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day
7.50-8.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
and more of Today
(including, in the Midlands and E Anglia, Regional Extra; and Today in the South and West introduced by ANTHONY SMITH ) VHF East Anglia: see below
8.40 Today's Papers
by JAMES HILTON read by GEOFFREY MATTHEWS (8)
Talking Point: reflecting listeners' queries and comments about wildlife and the country-side. Introduced by DEREK JONES Producer DILYS BREESE (from Bristol: Sunday's broadcast) Questions to Talking Point, The Living World, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR
to Jack Wynne-Williams , President of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising and Chairman of the largest British-owned advertising agency with ROBIN DAY in the chair
(Shortened version of last night's broadcast)
NEM p 68; Child in the manger (BBC HB 45): Psalm 104. vv 25-36; St Luke 2, vv 25-40 (AV); The greatness of God in his love has been shown (Oxford Book of Carols 139)
BBC N IRELAND ORCHESTRA conducted by ERIC WETHERELL MARJORIE THOMAS (contralto) WILFRID PARRY (piano)
Today: Rhythm of the Dance
Introduced by PETER DONALDSON
by ANTHONY BUCKERIDGE
Jennings Joins the Search Party Jennings and Darbishire find themselves going round in circles on a dark night in the middle of the country. And what is Mr Wilkins doing? Cast for the week:
Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING
Presenter Joan Yorke Your Rights and Responsibilities
'It'll last a lifetime ': many appliances are sold with this comforting phrase, but whose lifetime - yours or the appliance's? GEORGE LUCE finds OUt. Other topical items too, and What's On Your Mind?
VHF South West: see column 2
12.55 Weather, information and news for your area
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Story: Timothy Makes Friends with a Clown by DOROTHY EDWARDS
LONDON STUDIO STRINGS leader REGINALD LEOPOLD conducted by KENNETH ALWYN PHILIP HATTEY (baritone)
WILFRID PARRY (piano)
Twelve Tuesdays to Christmas by w. G. STANTON
While the doctors try to revive Olive Morley , a young spinster, we learn of what happened since that day ' twelve Tuesdays before Christmas' when she tried to find for herself a new life.
Producer JAMES DUCKETT (from Birmingham)
Themes and Variations from the History of the People in Britain, based upon their' own words.
6: Ploughmen -
The Medieval Peasant
The Wind in the Willows by KENNETH GRAHAME Told by DAVID DAVIS
3: The' Wild Wood
The news magazine: presented by William Hardcastle and PM's reporting team
5.50-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
The questions and ideas you send are discussed today by Rente Houston, Mary Stocks Teddy Beverley Doreen Stephens
In the chair Anona Winn Devised by ANONA WINN and IAN MESSITER
Producer CHRISTOPHER SERLE (Repeated: Friday, 12.25 pm)
Gerald Priestiand and Jacky Gillott presenting-world news and views
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
The Fixer
A comedy by HARRY TAYLOR
A young crook falls in love and decides to go straight. The effect this has on his friends and his criminal associates is to say the least-startling.
Producer MARTIN JENKINS
I have found in my own novel writing ... that what really I am trying to do is to convey, translate some of the reality that I feel to you - Hugh Wal pole, one of the best-selling novelists of his generation; yet. though he died only 30 years ago. he seems to have become neglected. Unjustly perhaps? ...
The Herries Chronicle novels have just been reissued in paperback and a Radio 4 serial based on them starts next Sunday.
WILLIAM PLOMER and others who knew Walpole or admire his writing discuss the man and- his work with DEREK PARKER.
Producers MIRIAM RAPP and ALAN HAYDOCK
England v
Australia 1946-71
Highlights from the third day's play in Radio 4's special Computer Test Match marking 25 years of rivalry for the Ashes between England and Australia since the resumption of Tests after the war. Contributors include: SIR NEVILLE CARDUS , JOHN ARLOTT , BRIAN JOHNSTON , NORMAN YARDLEY. BILL FRINDALL, CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS . JOHN POSTON (Of Scicon Ltd) and leading players. Comment and interviews at
10.45.
9.59 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting, with voices and opinions from around the world
Part 2: Comment, discussion and interviews arising from today's play in Radio 4's Computer Test Match.
Chairman JOHN ARLOTT
Kitten with Blue Eyes read by DENISE BRYER (8)
preceded by Weather.
