6.32 Farming Today
6.50
Outlook: reflecting matters of Christian interest and concern
6.55 Weather, programme news
7.10 On Your Farm
Producer Anthony PARKIN
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Outlook
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 Papers; and at 8.50* The primrose path from Bath to Reading.... following in MALCOLM BILLINGS'S footsteps along the Kennet and Avon Canal. Series producer JOANNA HiCKSON
9.5 From Our Own Correspondent
9.30 Conference Special
ALAN WATSON reports on the TUC at Blackpool and discusses the week's main issues with some of the people in and behind the headlines.
10.0 News
10.2 The Weekly World
J. w. m. THOMPSON reviews what the weeklies have to say with illustrations read by STUART FORSYTH
Narrator BRYAN MARTIN
Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE
ANNE SLOMAN , BERNARD TATE
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New Every Morning p 96; For the might of thine arm (BBC HB 242): Psalm 29: St Mark 7, vv 1-23 (av); Around the throne of God (BBC HB 237)
Introduced by ALAN PARRY
News and prospects for all the day's big events including: Football in England and Scotland: Racing at Newbury; International Athletics at Edinburgh: Golf; Cricket; Rugby Union and Rugby League. (Sport on 2: from 2.2 pm)
Presenter Roger Cook You and Your Time
Food Column: Among other things in this month's food column, DEREK COOPER will be finding out how the Government's Food Science Division protects the shopper.
With other items and your let. ters in What's On Your Mind?
A weekly quiz on music and general knowledge with the Services stationed in West Germany and Gibraltar.
Panel: Nan Winton, Ted Moult, Neil Durden-Smith
v. 7th Field Ambulance, RAMC, Osnabruck, West Germany: Tony Spargo, Mark Twells, Derek Bettany, Terry Faro
Questionmaster Alun Williams
Questions set, devised and produced by Michael Tuke-Hastings
(by arrangement with the BFBS)
(Repeated: Friday. 6.15 pm)
12.55 Weather, programme news
One of the greatest
Dame Cicely Courtneidge , who has celebrated over 70 years on the stage, tells her own fascinating story.
Producer TRAFFORD WHITELOCK
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Introduced by Anne Gregg The week in Woman's Hour.
What the European papers say. Guest Virginia Wade
What's New for the Home: DIANA POLLOCK reports.
Mammon's Mile: FRANCES CAIRNCROSS and HAMISH MCRAE examine our financial institutions.
With Pipe and Drum: DOREEN MUSKETT and MICHAEL MUSKETT on the development of folk instruments. The Correspondents by MARGERY ALLINGHAM abridged by EVANGELINE BANKS Read by Carleton Hobbs
Visiting Time by DOMINIC LE POF.R POWER with Through a series of comic mishaps a shy young man finds himself trapped in a kangaroo suit.
Producer Richard WORTLEY
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Introduced by John Dunn
Adventures of the Incredible Dr McLoon by BRIAN THOMPSON With JOHN FRANLYN-ROBBINS and FIONA WALKER
Producer TONY CLIFF
4.5 Day Out at the Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge
BEVERLEY and DAVID are joined again by LESLIE DUNN for a visit to Sir Peter Scott 's centre of bird life and conservation study in Gloucestershire. DR JANET KEAR shows them round. Producer RICHARD MADDOCK
4.25 Postbag: some of your letters read by KIM CLIFFORD and GARY KEMP.
4.30 The Hawks and the Doves A thriller series for the young and fearless: written for radio by PAT and DEREK HODDINOTT
3: Operation: The King of Diamonds
The young heir to the throne of the Middle Eastern state of Tarra has been abducted.
DEREK HODDINOTT
Editor GRAHAM GAULD
4D annual, 80p: see page 78
A second chance to hear the best from the week's editions. Introduced by Kenneth Robinson Producers
MICHAEL BRIGHT. ALAN HAYDOCK MIRIAM RAPP , JOY HATWOOD
5.55
Weather, programme news
by ALISTAIR COOKE
(Repeated: Sunday, 9.15 am)
AUstair Coofce will be featured in RADIO TIMES Anniversary Special on sale 13 September, SOp
A nationwide look at the stories behind the day's sporting headlines.
Joyce Carey, actress, discusses with Roy Plomley (in a recorded programme devised by him) the gramophone records she would take to a desert island.
(Repeated: Monday, 12.27 pm)
Records introduced by Richard Baker
(Shortened edn: Thurs, 9.5 am)
The Semi-detached House by EMILY EDEN: adapted for radio by THEA HOLME with Elizabeth Spriggs
Sheila Brennan. John Rowe Valerie Sarruf
A semi-detached house in the suburbs of London was no better regarded by the snobs of 1858 than it would be by the snobs of today. Lady Chester learnt with dismay of her husband's plans to move into such a house, but It turned out to be not entirely what she expected.
Pianist MARY NASH
Producer JANE GRAHAM
(Repeated: Monday. 3.5 pm)
Bedrich Smetana , composer of The Bartered Bride and founder of modern Czech music, wrote some of his finest works after he had suffered the most grievous affliction that can overtake a musician - total deafness.
Written and presented by IAN HORSBRUGH with Other parts read by RONALD HARVI and ALAN MOORE Producers CILLIAN HUSH and STANLEY WILLIAMSON (from Manchester)
Evening Prayers led by ANDREW BARR
preceded by Weather
