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 'his morning introduced by Robert Robinson and John Timpson
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 )
8.40 Today's Papers
9.5 Religious Service for Primary Schools
9.25 Material for Assembly The Peacemakers by MARIANNE COOK
in conversation with SHERIDAN MORLEY
Producer JOHN KNIGHT
S.55 Movement and Music 1
NEM p 58; Christ is our corner-stone (BBC HB 258); Psalm 146; Wisdom 11, v 21, to 12, v 10a (rsv); 0 worship the King (BBC HB 471)
Steve Race presents a personal view of Lincolnshire.
Producer SHEILA ANDERSON
11.0 Time and Tune
24: Fairs and Markets
Introduced by JOHN CAMBURN
11.20 Man. 4: In the village by MARGERY MORRIS
Narrator BARRY FOSTER
11.40 Geography. Nigeria - oil by RICHARD ASPINALL
Presenter Jeanine McMullen Your Health and Welfare Tyranny of Pets?
FRANCES BERTHELSEN looks at some of the emotional and practical consequences of getting too fond of the family pet. Other topical items too, and a selection from your letters in What's On Your Mind?
A radio happening with Jimmy Edwards , Ted Ray
Arthur Askey , Tommy Trinder In the chair MCDONALD HOBLEY Special guest Max Robertson
From an idea by JIMMY EDWARDS Producer EDWARD TAYLOR ‡
12.55 Weather, information and news for your area
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Story: Zerzy Gleen by MARY SOUTHWICK
2.0 Living Language
The Mouse and his Child - 1 by RUSSELL HOBAN adapted by MOIRA P. DOOLAN
Cecil Roberts , the author, today celebrates his 80th birthday and the publication of the final volume of his autobiography.
In conversation with MICHAEL GILLIAM he looks back on his life and career and recalls his friendships with many of the famous people of his day.
2.40 Life Cycle. Bricks and Mortar
It's the Risk You Take
A mixture of the laconic, the luminous, the lovesick, the larkish and the labyrinthine.
The Shamrock Dossier by MICHAEL KENYON
Read by PETER MARINKER
4: The Old Head of Kinsale
The news magazine: presented by William Hardeastle and PM's reporting team
5.50-6.0 Regional news, weather and programme news
A panel game?
Gerald Priestland presenting world news and views
A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion heard in last Friday's Any Questions! Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Producer ROY HAYWARD
(Repeated: Friday, 4.0 pm)
If you wish to add your views send them as soon as possible to BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR
A ten-part series examining the hidden and darker aspects of Victorian life.
. 6: The Unknown Victorian by DONALD THOMAS with Clive Swift as ' Walter Michael Smee as the Narrator The activities of that unknown Victorian ' Walter,' a sexual adventurer whose private writing charts more than just a series of amorous exploits.
His book, My Secret Life, in the shape of an 11-volume diary of over 4,000 pages, spanning half a century, reflects the ' experiences of those who lived not in the myth of natural greatness or the self-congratulations of self-made men but in Victoria's other England, which many of her subjects deplored and many more preferred not to think about.'
Readers ANDREW DOWLING
MARTIN FRIEND, MICHAEL HARBOUR EDWARD KELSEY , JANE KNOWLES KATHERINE PARR , DAVID SPOONER EVA STUART , HELEN WORTH Producer RICHARD WORTLEY
A weekly survey of the arts presented by Ronald Eyre whose choice includes:
The Pre-Raphaelites - a group of 19th-century artists whose lives were part of their art: their personalities and paintings are illustrated in a new exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in London
Journey's End: Life in the trenches described by R. C. Sherriff , author of the classic play about World War I now presented by the Manchester 69 Company at the Mermaid Theatre, London
Producers DAN ZERDIN and ROSEMARY HART
The UN Conference on the Environment is scheduled for the beginning of June.
Michael R. Bright recently visited Sweden - the host country - and met the scientists and administrators who are managing their environment.
Introduced by PAUL VAUGHAN
(Repeated: Monday, 10.30 am)
9.59 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting.
by David Beaty
abridged by Donald Bancroft
Read by David Tate
Why had the proud new Phoenix airliner crashed? Had Captain George Gort really obeyed to the letter the flying instructions laid down by the manufacturers? Had he made a mistake? Was he too old? Or was there another more sinister explanation?
(First of 15 instalments)
preceded by Weather
11.31 Market Trends
