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: a weekly review of the agricultural scene 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 8.30* Sportsdesk; at 8.45 Today s Papers
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New Every Morning page 80; How lovely are thy dwellings fair! (BBC Hymn Book 458); Psalm 34. vv 1-10; John 7. vv 14. 25-36 (AV); Holy Father, in thy mercy (BBC HB 386)
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Introduced by DESMOND LYNAM
Featuring League football in England and Scotland; Racing; Rugby Union. Rugby League. Producer BOB BURROWS
(Sport on 2: from 2.0 pm)
Presenter John Edmunds You and Your Time
Skating on Thin Ice? Not necessarily: JANE FINNIS takes a look at the hobby of skating.
With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind?
Challenge Match
The winners of this year's Top of the Form,
The County Girls Grammar School, Newbury challenged by the winners of Radio Telefis Eireann's inter-school quiz First Class,
Loreto High School, Co Dublin Questionmasters JOHN ELLISON and PATRICK MAGUIRE
Questions set by ROY SMITH in co-operation with RTE
Producers: in the Republic of Ireland MAIRE MCEOIN; in the United Kingdom MARTIN FISHER (Repeated: Friday, 6.15 pm)
12.55 Weather, programme news VHF : Regional news, weather
A spontaneous discussion by C. A. Joyce. Anthony Lewis Rt Hon Richard Marsh Baroness Elles
Chairman David Jacobs from Farnborough, Hampshire
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Introduced by Judith Chalmers What the European papers say. Guest Kathleen Raine , poet
The Lost Art of Conversation:
ARTHUR MARSHALL
A Good Question: How much detergent? asks the Central Hertfordshire Consumer Group, with NORMAN TOZER
Computer Dating: PRUE GLOVER tells where it led to.
' The Night the Bed Fell ' from The Thurber Carnival by JAMES THURBER : abridged and read by BLAIN FAIRMAN
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Martin Muneaster introduces the Saturday show for young listeners
Rex Radio by ALEXANDER GUYAN With NIGEL LAMBERT , PAT KEEN and GARARD GREEN
4.5 Animals Unlimited
Introduced by PHIL DRABBLE
Animal extremes this week: the brontosaurus weighed six times as much as a present-day elephant: the wren weighs only a third of an ounce. This week's pet is the budgie, and we also look at foxes in winter-time. Producer DILYS BREESE
4.25 Things to Do
Ideas for your spare time
1: JANICE DICKERSON on how to make an interesting visit to a museum
4.30 Jennings at School A series of six plays by ANTHONY BUCKERIDGE
6: Jennings and the Lure of the Jumble
Producer HERBERT SMITH Editor GRAHAM GAULD
Themes and Variations from the History of the People in Britain. based upon their own words, spoken by their descendants. 19: Wayfarers
Everyman the Traveller.
Composed and produced by DANIEL SNOWMAN under the direction of Raphael Samuel , Tutor in Social History, Ruskin College. Oxford.
(A series of 26 programmes)
5.55 Weather, programme news VHF : Regional news. weather
by ALISTAIR COOKE
(Repeated: Sunday, 9.15 am)
A nationwide look at the stories behind the day's sporting headlines. Producer ROGER MACDONALD
Richard Baker introduces a weekly sequence of favourite music chosen from records made by some of the world's great artists.
The Governess by PATRICK HAMILTON : adapted by the author from his stage play with Margaret Wolfit as Miss Fry and Hugh Manning as Mr Drew
MISS FRY: What do you mean. Ellen, you didn'sleep at all? ELLEN: I dreamed all night long. It was horrible ... It was all about baby....They were taking him somewhere ... And then when I woke up this morning, I looked over at baby's cot and he wasn'there. It gave me such a fright.
Producer DAVID H. GODFREY
(Repeated: Monday, 3.0 pm)
A late-evening conversation in Which THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. GILLIAN REYNOLDS and ESMOND WRIGHT exchange thoughts, opinions, ideas and prejudices With BRIAN REDHEAD
Producer STANLEY WILLIAMSON (from Manchester)
The evening office of Compline
A topical view of the cinema featuring the stars, the new films and the people who make them. including the controversial Portnoy's Complaint and the new detective thriller Shamns starring Burt Rey nolds.
Introduced by JOHN BENTLEY Written by MARJORIE bilbow Producer BOBBY JAYE
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11.45 Inshore waters forecast
