6.32 Farming Today: BRYAN PLATT
6.50
Outlook: reflecting matters of Christian interest and concern
6.55 Weather, programme news
7.10 On Your Farm: a weekly review of the agricultural scene Producer ANTHONY PARKIN (from Birmingham)
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Outlook
Desmond Lynam introduces Radio 4s 60-minute worldwide look at the weekend.
7.50
Travel news and What's on 7.55 Weather, programme news
8.0 News and more of Today including at 8.30* Sportsdesk; at 8.45 Today's Papers
Radio 4 fills you in on the political scene at home and abroad, starting with 9.5 From Our Own Correspondent
Contributed by the BBC's Foreign News staff
(Revised edition: Tues, 9.5 am)
9.30 The Weekly World
WALTER TAPLIN reviews what the weeklies have to say, with illustrations read by BRIAN EMPRINGHAM
9.45 The Week in Westminster
Parliamentarians discuss the week's business with ALAN WATKINS
Narrator BRYAN MARTIN
Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE
BERNARD TATE , ANNE SLOMAN
New Every Morning, page 54: Holy Father, in thy mercy (BBC Hymn Book 386): Psalm 36; Acts 3, v 16 to 4, v 4 (NEB); Lord of all hopefulness (BBC He 309)
NANCY WISE makes a personal selection of items from BBC Radio and TV.
Introduced by JOHN ELLISON Producer MADEAU STEWART
11.30
Announcements
Introduced by NIGEL STARMER-SMITH
Latest news and prospects of a big afternoon's sport, including Athletics, Lawn Tennis. Racing, Golf, Soccer and Cricket.
Producer JOHN HASLAM
Presenter Nigel Murphy You and Your Time
Anyone for Squash?: as more people play squash to keep them fit, what will it keep them fit for?. The rules by KEVIN D'ARCY
Chairman ROBERT ROBINSON
Second Round: featuring each week winners from the first round of the contest. 5: North of England
MARGARET TODD (Yorkshire) retired lecturer
DONALD BURSLAM (Lancashire) civil servant
PETER RICHAHDSON (Lancashire) photographic technician
(Repeated: Friday. 6.15 pm)
12.55
Weather, programme news
A spontaneous discussion by Lord Mancroft. John Junor The Bishop of Woolwich Baroness Phillips
Chairman David Jacobs from Greenwich. London
The Narrow Forfeit by BRIAN LEE with Colin Blakely. Nora Nicholson and Clive Swift
Flood warnings are up along the coast when two strange men arrive at a fenland village. Mace - a giant of a man - and Billy, his companion, describe themselves as ' walking gentlemen.' The fearful inhabitants are not pleased to see them. but the village matriarch. Granny B. is convinced that they come to fulfil a legend and restore the Narrow manhood....
Producer SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN
(Colin Blakely and Nora Nicholson are in ' A Doll's House' at the Criterion Theatre, London)
Introduced by Anne Gregg
The week in Woman's Hour. What the European papers say. It's Foolish but its Fun: JEANINE MCMVLLEN visits some follies and finds out how these eccentric buildings came into being.
Plan Your Own Pension: but don'over-tax yourself.
What's New for the Home: ALICE HOPE reports.
Down Under the Thames by RUMER GODDEN abridged by ANN REES JONES read by DIANA OLSSON
John Dunn introduces the Saturday show for young listeners Adventures of the Incredible Dr McLoon by BRIAN THOMPSON With JOHN FRANKLYN-ROBBINS and CAROLE HAYMAN Producer TONY CLIFF
4.5 Railway Magazine including Festiniog Extension: a report on the work by enthusiasts who are rebuilding the narrow-gauge railway in the mountains of North Wales. Introduced by TOM HEANEY Producer REX CHRISTIANSEN
4.25 Sports Competition
Who? When? Where? Why?
How well do you know your sport and its personalities? Premium Bond prizes for the winners.
Introduced by PETER WHEELER
(Entries to: 4th Dimension, BBC. London W1A 4WW)
4.30 Popinjay Stairs by GEOFFREY TREASE. A new serial play in four parts set in the days of King Charles II 1: Strictly Outside the Law
Producer HARRY CATLIN Editor GRAHAM GAULD
A second chance to hear the best from the week's editions. Introduced by Robert Hewlson
by ALISTAIR COOKE
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 Venus of Konpara by JOHN MASTERS dramatised by NORMAN PAINTING with Liane Aukin as Rukmini
' ... within seven days of my coming to my lord Mohan, we two. with four others, were called by destiny to search for an ancient statue, and in so doing to learn the truth about our deepest selves ... '
Ian Richardson as Kendrick Peter Dyneley as Smith and Sam Dastor as Mohan
With HUGH WARD and DEV SAGOO Producer ANTHONY CORNISH (from Birmingham)
(Ian Richardson is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Co)
A late-evening conversation in Which ANTHONY STORR , MARY MIDGLEY and BRIAN JACKSON exchange ideas with BRIAN REDHEAD Producer MICHAEL GREEN (from Manchester)
Evening Prayers conducted by REV HUBERT HOSKINS
preceded by Weather
