6.32 Farming Today presented by BRYAN PLATT
6.50 Outlook
Reflecting matters of Christian interest and concern
VHF: Regional news, weather
6.55 Weather, programme news
7.10 On Your Farm
Producer ANTHONY PARKIN
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Outlook
Michael Aspel introduces Radio 4's 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
ANDREW SINCLAIR 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 ROBERT SUTTON Producers BERNARD TATE
MARTIN COX , PADDY O'KEEFFE
New Every Morning, p 61: Thy kingdom come! (BBC Hymn Book 28); Psalm 145. vv 1-13; Isaiah 58, vv 1-9 (RSV); Hills of the north, rejoice (BBC BB 33)
11.30 Announcements
Introduced by DESMOND LYNAM
Featuring League football in England and Scotland; Racing; Rugby Union and Rugby League Producer BOB BURROWS
(Sport on 2: from 2.0 pm)
John Edmunds presents this edition of the Radio 4 series that tackles topics of direct concern to you.
You and Your Time
Simple Man's Guide to Christmas Shopping: some advice and suggestions.
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 Second Round
9: TAPTON HOUSE SCHOOL, CHESTERFIELD V
NEWTON ABBOT GRAMMAR SCHOOL Questions set by ROY SMITH Producer MARTIN FISHER
12.55 Weather, programme news VHF : Regional news, weather
A spontaneous discussion by Michael Foot , mp
Viscount Watkinson Lady Antonia Fraser Brian Morris
Chairman David Jacobs
The Shake-Out by PETER PRESTON
This play looks at what happens to a man who has been employed by one firm for most of his working life and suddenly finds himself redundant.
Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING
Introduced by Judith Chalmers Writer turned Academic: BARRY HINES , author of Kes
Entertainment Round-Up: by JUDITH CHALMERS
What the European papers say. Full House for Christmas: HONOR WYATT and PRUE GLOVER discuss plans for withstanding the festive siege
The Lost Art of Courtship: JANICE ELLIOTT
It Shouldn'Happen to a Vet by JAMES HERRIOT (9) abridged by DELIA PATON Read by ALEXANDER JOHN
(who 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 in action again! With NIGEL LAMBERT
PAT KEEN and CARARD GREEN Producer ELIZABETH ORNBO
4.5 Time Well Spent
Things to do. Things to make. Things to collect with BARBARA MCDONALD Producer GILLIAN HUSH
4.30 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by ROALD DAHL abridged in six episodes by NAOMI LEWIS Told by ERIC THOMPSON
6: Mike Teavee is sent by Television and only Charlie is left. Producer IAN COTTERELL
4.50 Postbag
More of your letters ' aired ' 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. 12: The British Gentleman
Country House, Town Mansion, in the 18th and 19th centuries. Composed and produced by Michael MASON under the direction of F. M. L. Thompson, Professor of Modern History at Bedford College. London
(A series of 26 programmes)
5.55 Weather, programme news VHF : Regional news, weather
by ALISTAIR COOKE
A nationwide look 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.
By Victor Pemberton.
With David Spenser and John Westbrook.
Paul de Vries comes from one of Ceylon's oldest colonial families, but has been brought up in England where he now works in an architect's office.
His father died two years ago, but suddenly he receives letters from the dead man asking him to return to the land of his birth...
A late-evening conversation in Which BRIAN FORD , PROFESSOR JAMES RING and TONY ECCLES exchange thoughts, opinions, ideas and prejudices with BRIAN REDHEAD
Producer MICHAEL GREEN
Evening Prayers conducted by THE REV STEWART CROSS with a section of the NORTHERN SINGERS directed by STEPHEN WILKINSON
A topical view of the cinema featuring the stars, the new films and the people who make them: including a musical preview of Man of La Mancha , starring Peter O'Toole , Sophia Loren and James Coco.
Introduced by JOHN BENTLEY Written by MARJORIE BILBOW Producer BOBBY JAYE
(Man of La Mancha reviewed in Scan: Thursday, 8.45 pm)
preceded by Weather
11.45 Inshore waters forecast
