6.27 Farming Today presented by ROBIN HICKS
6.45 Prayer for the Day
The world this morning introduced by John Timpson and Mary Marquis
6.50 Travel news. What's on, and Keep Fit with EILEEN FOWLER VHF: Regional news, weather
6.55 Weather, programme news
7.0 News and more of Today including at 7.25 Sportsdesk; at 7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day
7.50 Travel news
VHF: Regional news, weather
7.55 Weather, programme news
8.0 News and more of Today including at 8.25 Sportsdesk; at 8.35* Today's Papers
Regional VHF: see Variations
Bud Flanagan
The colourful life of one of Britain's great comedians as he recalled it himself on his retirement from show business. With reminiscences from two constant companions in his career - MRS BUD FLANAGAN and CHESNEY ALLEN.
Producer JOHN BRIDGES
(Tommy Steele - ' I wanna be an all-round entertainer': Boxing Day, 10.30 am)
The game that turns the pages of showbiz history with the return of Diana Dors , Donald Peers Victor Spinetti , Barry Took Chairman Jack Watson
Programme devised and compiled by DENIS GIFFORD
(Shortened version of Thursday's broadcast: Radio 2)
NEM p 76; We come unto our fathers' God (BBC HB 255): Psalm 67: Isaiah 63, vv 7-17 (RSV); Creator of the starry height (BBC HB 31)
for Christmas
BBC MIDLAND LIGOT ORCHESTRA leader JAMES DAVIS conducted by MICHAEL MOORES including music by Johann Strauss and Waldteufel, and Gilbert Vinter 's Christmas Sinfonietta. with harp solos and songs from OSIAN ELLIS
JOHN DUNN introduces
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by ROBERT C. O'BRIEN Read by DAVID DAVIS 5: Escape!
Presenter Jeanine McMullen you and the Law
Is your Christmas party legal? A barrister explains some of the little-known hazards of Christmas entertaining.
With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind? VHF South West: see Variations
The questions and ideas you send are discussed this week by Renée Houston. Beryl Reid Margaret Powell , Zena Skinner In the chair Anona Winn
12.55 Weather, programme news VHF : Regional news, weather
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Story: The Stvry of Christmas by JEAN SUTCLIFFE
Presenters ELIZABETH CASSIE and JOHN BULL
Scripts by the producer JENYTH WORSLEY
(Turnip Tom and Big Fat Rosie by Mary Calvert , a collection of seven stories illustrated with cartoons by Rogfer Smith , from Listen with Mother: BBC paperback, 30p: see p 114)
BBC N IRELAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA leader MAURICE CAVANAGH conducted by HAVELOCK NELSON BBC CHORUS directed by JOHN POOLE
Introduced by MARTIN MUNCASTER
Selected for Friday
The Valley and the Shadow
A comedy thriller set in West Wales before the suspension of capital punishment.
The novel by w. H. boore : adapted for radio by BARRY THOMAS with Ray Smith and Rachel Thomas It's a daft thing committing a crime in the place where you belong. Death now - that's a neighbourly thing, but murder ... and hanging. There's talking to be done before we let this invader from Scotland Yard decide the rights and wrongs of it.'
Producer LORRAINE DAVIES
A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion heard in last Friday's Any Questionsf Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Producer ROY HAYWARD
A Christmas Anthology
4: Christmas Day at Kirkby Cottage by ANTHONY TROLLOPE Read by EVA HADDON Part 2
The news magazine: presented by William Hardcastle with PM's reporting team
5.50 VHF: Regional news. weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
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
Gerald Priestland presenting world news and views
NANCY WISE makes a personal selection of items from BBC Radio and TV
Introduced by JOHN ELLISON Research by JEAN STROUD
Producer RICHARD BUHWOOD
A spontaneous discussion by Baroness Stocks
The Bishop of Crediton Frank Gillard Kenneth More
Chairman David Jacobs Producer MICHAEL BOWEN from Tone Valley Hospital, Somerset
(Repeated: Saturday, 1.15 pm) Listeners' views for use in Any Answerst should be addressed to Any Answers. BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR
Bound to Get On
A birthday tribute to
Sir Ralph Richardson
Compiled and produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX and introduced by MICHAEL ELLIOTT with Lord Olivier and Harold Hobson The programme also includes Sir Ralph and recordings he has made ranging from 1942 to 1970.
(He reads a short story by de Maupassant: Christmas Day,
3.35 pm Radio 3)
John Tusa reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
A foreign journalist based in London looks at a subject of interest in Britain this week
Travels with my Aunt by GRAHAM GREENE
Read by TIMOTHY WEST (15)
DAVID JASON. BILL WALLIS NIGEL REES and BILL MCGUFFIE at the piano take a late-night look back over the week's news and illustrate the funny side
Script by PETER SPENCE and CHRIS MILLER. Producers
DAVID HATCH and SIMON BRETT
preceded by Weather
11.59 Market Trends
