6.27 Farming Today presented by ROBIN HICKS
6.45 Prayer for the Day
The world this morning introduced by Robert Robinson and Mary Marquis
6.50 Travel news, What's on, and Keep Fitwith EILEEN FOWLER VHF: Regional news, weather
6.55 Weather, programme news
7.0 News and more of Today including at 7.25 Sportsdesk with a report from Las Vegas on the international heavyweight fight, Muhammad Ali v Joe Bugner; 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 with more news of the Ali-Bugner fight: at 8.35* Today's Papers Regional VHF: see Variations
9.5 Religious Service for Primary Schools
9.25 Material for Assembly
' The Kingdom Within:' hymns and prayers from Japanese Buddhism
9.35 You and Survival
5: Nor any drop to drink written by LEWIS JONES presented by PETER PACEY
9.55 Movement and Music I
NEM p 11; Love of love (BBC HB 521); Psalm 66, vv 1-11; John 10, vv 1-10 (AV): Lord Christ, who on thy heart didst bear (BBC HB 380)
10.30 La France Aujourd'hut
French IV. 15: Je suis assistanfe sociale written by PAULE-ALINE DENT
10.45 Horizons de France
French V. 15: Un professeur de lycee. Compiled by GEOFFREY BRAITHWAITE
11.0 Time and Tune
15: Introduced by JOHN CAMBURN
11.20 Man 5: The Curing Dance by MARGERY MORRIS
Narrator BARRY FOSTER
11.40 Geography
The North East: New Industry (i) by NORMAN BROWN
Presenter Nigel Murphy Health and Welfare
A New Look for Patients: ROSEMARY SIMON looks into the scheme to bring beauty treatment into hospital wards.
With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind? VHF South West: see Variations
David Franklin and Frank Muir challenge
Ian Wallace and Denis Norden In the chair Steve Race
12.55 Weather, programme news VHF : Regional news, weather
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Story: Mending the Road by JANET LILLY
2.0 Living Language
The Pardoner's Tale of the Search for Death, from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales adapted by JOAN GRIFFITHS
2.20 Movement and Music II
2.40 Learning about Life 5: Getting Married
Programme arranged and introduced by JOHN STOCKBRIDGE
Little Brother Claude
The life and times of a broadcaster-about-town
Special guest Miriam Karlin with something on her mind:
' I remember when I did Today with Jack. One morning the producer rang to say the show had started and where was I? I was in bed actually ... asleep. Six minutes later I was in the studio - about half a mile away - still in my night-dress. I did the whole show that way. Thank God it wasn'television! '
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER
(Radio Times People: page 4)
Clmarron by EDNA FERBER Read by JUNE BARRIE (9)
The news magazine: presented by William Hardcastle and PM's reporting team
5.50 Stock Market report
VHF: Regional news, weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
A panel game controlled (!) by Nicholas Parsons with Kenneth Williams
Derek Nimmo. Clement Freud Sheila Hancock
Gerald Priestland presenting world news and views
A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion heard in last Friday's Any Questions; Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Producer ROY HAYWARD
(Repeated: Friday, 4.0 pm)
Write to Any Answers?, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR
Donovan's Travels
The story of a pop-singer who went from Hatfield to a private estate in Virginia Water by way of St Ives, Southend, London, Los Angeles and a Scottish island-commune.
' I don'kid myself for one moment that this is permanent. On the road probably is more permanent, when it's your own shoes as a house, because at least you know you can stop them whenever you want and point them in any direction.... Real security is In your mind, in your head.' Written and narrated by MICHAEL WALE with contributions from
ELKAN ALLAN , MICKIE MOST and Donovan himself
Producer MICHELL RAPER
A special edition of the weekly magazine of the arts devoted to opera - ' that exotick and irrational entertainment '
Introduced by Christopher Cook
What makes Geraint Evans an international star? He celebrates his 25th year at Covent Garden in a new production of Don Pasquale : the conductor, JOHN PRITCHARD , analyses the art of his friend and colleague. Why is Wagner's Ring one of the biggest box-office draws in all opera? PENELOPE TURING , LORD HAREWOOD and JOHN CUL-SHAW offer some explanation; and JOHN BLATCHLEY talks about his production of Siegfried which completes the Sadler's Wells Ring cycle at the London Coliseum.
Producer PATRICIA BRENT
(Don Pasquale direct from Covent Garden: Saturday afternoon, 24 February, Radio 3)
Discoveries, inventions and news from the world of science and technology.
Each week New Worlds bring you the people whose achievements are changing your way of life.
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer LAURIE JOHN
Douglas Stuart reporting
George by EMLYN WILLIAMS Read by RICHARD BEBB (4)
preceded by Weather