The world this morning introduced by John Timpson and Robert Robinson
6.58 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
Deputy editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE Editor MARSHALL STEWART
Regional VHF: see Variations
Read by KERRY FRANCIS (4)
Tommy Steele - I wanna be an all-round entertainer
The story told by FRANK DIXON
The game that turns the pages of showbiz history
Elsie and Doris Waters Bob and Alf Pearson
Chairman Jack Watson
(Shortened version of Thursday's broadcast: Radio 2)
NEM p 19; Little Jesus. sweetly sleep (OBC 87); Canticle 9; John 1. vv 14-28 (av); When Christ was born of Mary free (OBC 178)
BBC MIDLAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA leader JAMES DAVIS conducted by MICHAEL MOORES including music by Chabrier, Delibes and Sullivan, with songs from the TAPIOLA HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR OF FINLAND, COndUCtOr ERKKI POHJOLA
JOHN DUNN introduces Farmer Giles of Ham by J. R. R . TOLKIEN
Read by GEOFFREY BANKS Part 2
Presenter Jeanine McMullen You and the Law
In Train: a look ahead to the new legislation in the social services field which will affect you in 1973. With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind?
VHF South West: see Variations
12.55 Weather, programme news VHF : Regional news, weather
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Deputy editor DEREK LEWIS Editor ANDREW BOYLE
Story: Mr Arthur Stocking in Space by MARY CALVERT
Presenters ELIZABETH CASSIE and MICHAEL RICHMOND
Scripts by the producer JENYTH WORSLEY
BBC N IRELAND ORCHESTRA leader MAURICE CAVANAGH conducted by ALUN FRANCIS GEOFFREY CHARD (baritone) WILFRID PARRY (piano)
Introduced by MARTIN MUNCASTER (Geoffrey Chard broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera)
Selected jor Friday In the Fog by MICHAEL HARDWICK from the novel by RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
' Were this the 18th century, when Sir Andrew left the club tonight I would have him bound and gagged and hold him prisoner till daylight. He should not speak in Parliament tonight! '
Producer GRAHAM GAULD
A chance to hear again some of the best one-hour plays broadcast in recent years.
A Christmas box of seasonal music
Lady Susan by JANE AUSTEN with Caroline John Cast for the week:
Producer MARGARET ETALL
The news magazine: presented by William Hardcastle with PM's reporting team.
5.50 VHF: Regional news, weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
Questionmasters
JOHN ELLISON and TIM GUDGIN
COUNTY GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL, NEWBURY V
CAMBRIDGE HOUSE SCHOOL, BALLYMENA. N IRELAND
Adam Raphael presenting world news and views
Deputy editor VINCENT DUGGLERY Editor BRIAN BLISS
on behalf of the Liberal Party
NANCY WISE makes a personal selection of items from BBC Radio and TV
Introduced by JOHN ELLISON Research by JEAN STROUD
Producer RICHARD BURWOOD
A spontaneous discussion by Baroness Phillips
Rt Hon Jeremy Thorpe. MP
Rt Hon Edward du Cann , mp Arthur Marshall
Chairman David Jacobs Producer MICHAEL BOWEN from Teignmouth, Devon
(Repeated: Saturday, 1.15 pm)
I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move (Robert Louis Stevenson ) Still unspoilt, but developing fast (Travel Brochure 1973)
From the Algarve to the Bosphorus, in Rimini and Hammamet, on lbiza and Mykonos, to say nothing of the Seychelles. the slopes of Kilimanjaro and the Golden Road to Samarkand, they're preparing for the summer invasion as the great growth industry of tourism gets into its stride once again. How do they do it so cheaply? What has made us all so restless? What does it all do for. and to, the locals? Where will it all end?
A report introduced by George Scott
Written and produced by STANLEY WILLIAMSON
Douglas Stuart reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
Deputy editor VINCENT DUGGLEDY Editor BRIAN BLISS
An examination of some of the world's trouble-spots and their prospects.
Northern Ireland: BOB FRIEND, of the BBC's reporting team, looks for hopeful developments there.
Producer WALTER WALLICH
Travels with my Aunt by GRAHAM GREENE : abridged by GEOFFREY M. MATTHEWS Read by TIMOTHY WEST
Producer ROSEMARY HART
in which the Week Ending team David Jason , Bill Wallis , Nigel Rees and Bill McGuffie at the piano look back and remind you of the funny side of 1972's news Script by PETER SPENCE and CHRIS MILLER Producers
SIMON BRETT and DAVID HATCH
(David Jason is in ' No Sex, Please.... We're British ' at the Strand Theatre, London)
preceded by Weather
11.59 Market Trends
