6.32 Farming Today
6.50
Outlook: reflecting matters of Christian interest and concern
7.10 On Your Farm: a weekly review of the agricultural scene Producer ANTHONY PARKIN (from Birmingham)
Michael Aspel introduces Radio 4's 70-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 8.40* Today's Paper*
Radio 4 fills you in on the political scene at home and abroad, starting with 9.5 From Our Own Correspondent
BBC correspondents throughout the world report on the societies they live in - the politics and the people.
9.30 Talking Politics
A summer series in which leading politicians talk to ANTHONY KING about themselves and their lives in and away from politics.
2: RT HON DENIS HEALEY , MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
10.0 News
10.2 The Weekly World
COLIN VALDAR reviews what the weeklies have to say with illustrations read by MARTIN MUNCASTER
Narrator BRYAN MARTIN
Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE
ANNE SLOMAN , BERNARD TATI
New Every Morning p 11; All praise to thee (BBC Hymn Book 401); Psalm 66, vv 1-11; Acts 22. vv 17-29 (NEB); God is love (BBC HB 7)
NANCY WISE makes a personal selection of items from BBC Radio and TV.
Introduced by JOHN ELLISON
11.30 Announcements
Introduced by ALAN PARRY with a look ahead to the day's sport, including: Second Test, England v West Indies; Football. Watney Cup; Golf, the Dutch Open; County Cricket; Racing from Redcar. Producer JOHN HASLAM
Presenter Roger Cook You and Your Time
A Question of Perspective: DEREK COOPER finds out what goes into the box that every amateur painter takes with him. With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind?
Final of this general knowledge contest in which the three finalists who have won through from the 56 contestants representing all parts of the UK compete for the title: HUGH STEWART (Bucks) actuary
DR GLYN COURT (Somerset) linguist
PETER RICHARDSON (Lancashire) photographic technician
Chairman ROBERT ROBINSON
Questions set and programme devised by JOHN P. WYNN Producer MARTIN FISHER
(Repeated: Friday, 6.15 pm)
12.55
Weather, programme news
A spontaneous discussion by Alastair Burnet
Rt Hon Jo Grimond , HP Lt-Col Colin Mitchell , MP Helene Middleweek
Chairman David Jacobs from Burghead, Moray, Scotland
Introduced by Anne Gregg
Worth a Detour - 3: ANNE HEYNO visits the Flamingo Zoo at Olney, Bucks.
What the European papers say. The week in Woman's Hour.
What's New for the Home: ALICE HOPE reports.
Air Letter from the Seychelles: sent by JOAN PYPER
Wife-beating: DILYS MORGAN looks at this age-old problem and the help that is available. Auntie Mame by PATRICK DENNIS abridged by PAT MCLOUGHLIN Read by DAVID MARCH
Two Ladies from Philadelphia by HARVEY HALL with Earl Cameron Frank Cousins
Mikel Lambert , Bonnie Hurren ' This very day I am to welcome to my Kingdom of Haiti two ladies from Philadelphia, here to bring a modern education to your daughters. What am I to tell them? That we are still living in the dark ages of witchcraft and superstition? That they must go back to America? Of course not. So remember: no more voodoot '
Producer JOHN THEOCHARIS
John Dunn introduces the Saturday show for young listeners Adventures of the Incredible Dr McLoon by BRIAN THOMPSON with JOHN FRANKLYN-ROBBINS and FIONA WALKER
Producer TONY CLIFF
4.5 Day Out (2)
We again join two youngsters from Birmingham on a summer outing - where the sky's the limit. Recently BEVERLEY and DAVID, accompanied by LESLIE DUNN , visited Shobdon Air Display in Herefordshire. Producer RICHARD MADDOCK
4.25 Mystery Voice Competition Identify them; add them together: With BARBARA MCDONALD. Prizes to be won!
4.30 White Rose and Wanderer The book by MOLLY HOLDEN Read by JUNE BARRIE 5: Eggardon Hill
Producer PAMELA HOWE
4.50 Meet.... Ann Moore, the famous show jumper
Producer Elizabeth SMITH Editor GRAHAM GAULD
A second chance to hear the best from the week's editions. Introduced by Gordon Snell Producers
ALAN HAYDOCK. MICHAEL BRIGHT ROSEMARY HART , JOY HATWOOD
5.55
Weather, programme newt
by ALISTAIR COOKE
(Repeated: Sunday, 9.15 am)
A nationwide look at the stories behind the day's sporting headlines. Producer ROGER MACDONALD
Gervase de Peyer, clarinettist, with Roy Plomley
Richard Baker introduces a weekly sequence of favourite music: on records (Shortened edn: Thurs, 9.5 am)
by Alan Bennett, adapted for radio by Alan Bennett, Richard Wortley
[Starring] John Gielgud and Alan Bennett
with Dorothy Reynolds, Nora Nicholson and Paul Eddington
The Headmaster of Albion House finds himself reluctantly in a 'progressive' end-of-term play devised by his imminent successor, Mr Franklin. The West End cast reappear in this brilliant kaleidoscopic comedy, part parody and part nostalgia.
(Repeated: Monday, 3.5 pm)
Alan Bennett's Choice: page 3
Introduced by C. Gordon Glover (For-details see Thurs, 11.5 am)
Evening Prayers conducted by REV JOHN LANG
preceded by Weather
