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 introduced by Robert Robinson and Douglas Cameron
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)
8.4* Today's Papers
Nature Trail in Neasden
Houses and gardens are the scene of this month's Radio Nature Trail, factories and parks, reservoirs, allotments.
In the suburbs, familiar species like sparrows, starlings and blackbirds really make use of the man-made landscape-and there are some surprises. Introduced by DEREK JONES
Producer DILYS BREESE (from Bristol: Sunday's broadcast)
An anthology
Funny things, bells. They can call for you, rejoice with you, mourn over you - but they can just as soon kill you!
Presenter and producer LAURIE JOHN
(Shortened version of last Tuesday's broadcast)
nem p 7: High in the heavens (BBC HB 9); Psalm 8; Hebrews 3, vv 1-14 (JB): 0 Lord of Heaven and earth and sea (BBC HB 14)
BBC NORTHERN IRELAND ORCHESTRA conductor KENNETH ALWYN SIDNEY HARRISON (piano)
Introduced by COLIN DORAN
A series by Margaret POTTER
3: The Apothecary's Apprentice Narrative spoken by GEOFFREY BANKS who also portrays the various characters
Presenter Derek Cooper Your Rights and Responsibilities
Damages: MICHAEL MOLYNEUX explains how damages are assessed and why ' a leg is worth more to some people than to others.'
Other topical items too, and What's On Your Mind?
12.55 Weather, information and news for your area
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Story: Our Collie Pup - Gather by MOLLIE WHITTLE
LONDON STUDIO ORCHESTRA leader REGINALD LEOPOLD conducted by LOU WHITESON includes ' Fingal's Cave ' and the ' Emperor '
Waltz DEREK COLLIER plays violin solos accompanied by WILFRID PARRY
A Welcome in the Hillside A new comedy for radio by GERRY JONES with Windsor Davies , Freddie Jones and Richard Davies
The Welsh village of Llandridd is thrown into confusion when the BBC announce that they are looking for a suitable location for their next ' Top Village' Variety Show. Great plans are made but ... Producer MARTIN JENKINS
20: Poverty and Progress
Towards the end of the 19th century, Everyman-and. to some extent, Everywoman - starts to acquire his bicycle, his music-halls and even his motor car.
Special music by DAVID cain Programme realisation by DICK MILLS , LLOYD SILVERTHORNE EARLY MUSIC CONSORT OF LONDON directed by DAVID MUNROW Readers WILLIAM FOX
KATHERINE PARR , DAVID BRIERLET Additional commentary by MICHAEL DRAKE
The series of 26 programmes created in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop by michaei. MASON
Beau Geste by p. C. wren Read by DOUGLAS LEACH 8: Mulmu
The news magazine: presented by William Hardcastle and PM's reporting team
5.50-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
Anona Winn , Joy Adamson
Norman Hackforth , Peter Glaze with a mystery guest
David Franklin in the chair Producer JOHN CASSELS
(Repeated: Friday, 12.25 pm)
(Repeated: Thursday, 1.30 pm)
Gerald Prirstland presenting world news and views
BRIAN Johnston recently visited Locharbriggs. Dumfriesshire Producer phyli.is ROBIN SON
The What on the Landing by ALAN PI.ATER with Bernard Cribbins
Albert Chipchase hears somebody pull the chain in the lavatory. Nothing unusual about that except that his wife is attending her evening class in Elementary Archaeology and he is in the house alone.
Producer Alfred BRADLEY
(Repeated: Thursday, 3.0 pm)
with Richard Mayne
This week he talks to kenneth ALLSOP. E. H. COOKRIDGE and CLANCY SIGAL. Among the books they will look at: Howard, the Amazing Mr Hughes , a genuine biography of the millionaire; Robert Penn Warren's latest novel Meet Me in the Green Glen ; and The Patriotic Traitors, David Littlejohn 's book on collaboration in German-occupied Europe.
Producer MICHAEL HEFFERNAN
A well-known professional broadcaster talks about something in the recent news which has caught his attention.
Douglas Stuart reporting
by A.J. Cronin
abridged by Madge Hart
Read by Richard Leech
A broken marriage had soured Harrington Brande. Only his young son Nicholas was now worthy of his love. Woe betide anyone who tried to come between father and son.
(First of ten instalments)
preceded by Weather
