6.32 Farming Today presented by BRYAN PLATT
(Europe Farm Facts, a set of 15 cards containing information on the Common Agricultural Policy which comes into force next February, 75p: see page 78)
6.50 Outlook
Reflecting matters of Christian interest and concern
VHF: Regional news, weather
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
Michael Aspel introduces Radio 4s 60-minute worldwide look at the weekend.
7.50 Travel news and What's on VHF: Regional news, weather
7.55 Weather, programme news
8.0 News and more of Today including at 8.20 TROMPETTO on food; at 8.30* Sportsdesk; at
8.45 Today's Papers
9.5 From Our Own Correspondent
(Revised edition: Tues, 9.5 am)
9.30 The Weekly World
HONOR BALFOUR reviews what the weeklies have to say, with illustrations read by MARTIN MUNCASTER
9.45 The Week in Westminster
Parliamentarians discuss the week's business with ROBERT CARVEL
Narrator BRIAN HUDSON Producers BERNARD TATE
MARTIN COX , PADDY O'KEEFFE
New Every Morning, p 44: God's law is perfect (BBC HB 456); Psalm 139; Isaiah 52, v 13, to 53. v 6 (Rsv): Glorious things of thee are spoken (BBC HB 176)
Introduced by DESMOND LYNAM
Featuring League football in England and Scotland; Racing; Rugby Union and Rugby League Producer BOB BURROWS
Presenter John Edmunds You and Your Time
The Anatomy of a Competition. Why are they devised? Why do people enter? LYN MACDONALD follows a competition through all its stages from its inception to the final award.
With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind?
A general knowledge contest between schools in England, Scotland. Wales and N Ireland. Questionmasters
JOHN ELLISON and TIM GUDGIN First Round. 8: Wales
PONTYPRIDD GRAMMAR SCHOOL V
BRECON HIGH SCHOOL
Questions set by roy smith Producer MARTIN FISHER
12.55 Weather, programme news VHF : Regional news, weather
A spontaneous discussion by Lord Robens Cliff Michelmore John Junor
Chairman David Jacobs from London
The Lady with the Little Dog by LAZARE KOBRYNSKI , based on the short story by ANTON CHEKHOV
English translation by BRIAN JONES with Anthony Bate as Gurov Jane Lapotaire as Anna
1 Has it never happened to you, during a walk, at a reception, or on a train, that a sudden secret glance from someone has surprised you by its complete and touching understanding, as if that person had known you from your earliest childhood and was replying, immediately and instinctively, to all your desires, fears, and doubts? '
Producer JANE GRAHAM
Introduced by Judith Chalmers The Lost Art of Travel: ALAN
MELVILLE
Window Shopping for Christmas; JUDITH CHAI. MERS in London, MARY MARQUIS in Glasgow, BARBARA MCDONALD in Manchester. What the European papers say. Fatherhood: SUE MACGREGOR on past and present attitudes ALEXANDER JOHN reads
It Shouldn'Happen to a Vet by JAMES HERRIOT (8)
(Alexander John is in ' Canterbury Tales' at the Phoenix Theatre, London)
John Dunn introduces the Saturday show for young listeners
Rex Radio by ALEXANDER GUYAN
Captain Radio and Passion-flower versus archfiend Krakov with NIGEL LAMBERT
PAT KEEN and GARARD GREEN Producer ELIZABETH ORNBO
4.5 Dial a Scientist
Send us those science questions your parents stumble over.
Paddy Feeny will be phoning the lucky ones and putting them on the line to the panel of scientists: Professor Eric Laithwaite. Dr Chris Evans and Cherrie Bramwell.
Questions (on a card, please, giving your name, age and home phone number) to: Dial a Scientist, [address removed] (Dial a Scientist again: 13 Jan) Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT
4.30 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by ROALD DAHL abridged in six episodes by NAOMI LEWIS Told by ERIC THOMPSON
5: Violet meets the Great Gum Machine and Veruca has a nutty encounter with squirrels Producer IAN COTTERELL
4.50 Unsolved Mysteries
NORMAN TOZER puts together reports of time slips at Versailles. Producer JOCELYN RYDER-SMITH Editor GRAHAM GAULD
(4D Special: Mon-Fri. 11.30 am)
Themes and Variations from the History of the People in Britain, based upon their own words, spoken by their descendants. 11: Nation of Shopkeepers
The businessman in the 17th and 18th centuries
Composed and produced by MICHAEL MASON under the direction of Peter Mathias. Chichele Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford.
(A series of 26 programmes)
5.55 Weather, programme news VHF : Regional news, weather
by ALISTAIR COOKE
A nationwide took at the stories behind the day's sporting headlines. Producer GODFREY DIXEY
Richard Baker introduces a weekly sequence of favourite music chosen from records made by some of the world's great artists.
(Radio Times People: page 5)
Ramage dramatised by BENNETT MAXWELL from the novel by DUDLEY PORE wtih Michael Harbour as Lt Lord Nicholas Ramage , RN I was bound to send a report to Sir John Jarvis about the proceedings here involving an accusation of cowardice. If I could later forward a report from the young officer involved, describing how he had successfully rescued the crew of a ship lost to the French, then neither the Admiral nor myself need have any further doubts about his courage.'
Producer ROGER PINE
9.58 Weather
A late-evening conversation in Which PROFESSOR BERNARD CRICK , NIGEL LAWSON and MARY WARNOCK exchange thoughts, opinions. ideas and prejudices with BRIAN REDHEAD
Producer MICHAEL GREEN (from Manchester)
Evening Prayers conducted by THE REV JOHN LANG
A topical view- of the cinema featuring the stars, the new films and the people who make them. This week: Danny La Rue as Our Miss Fred and Barry Newman , star of Alistair McLean 's new adventure Fear is the Key.
Introduced by JOHN BENTLEY Written by MARJORIE BILBOW Producer BOBBY JAYE
preceded by Weather
