6.32 Farming Today
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
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
9.5 From Our Own Correspondent
9.30 Conference Special
Delegates and observers look back at the weeks events in Blackpool and discuss their likely impact on the Labour Party's policies and strategy in the run-up period to the General Election.
Presenter ANTHONY KING
10.0 News
10.2 The Weekly World
MICHAEL MOLYNEUX reviews what the weeklies have to say with illustrations read by STUART FORSYTH
Narrator BRYAN MARTIN
Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE
ANNE SLOMAN , BERNARD TATE
New Every Morning (new edition) p 21: To Christ, the Prince of Peace (BBC HB 94); Canticle 9; St Mark 14. vv 53-72 (AV); To the name of our salvation (BBC HB 284)
11.30 medium wave on-Announcements
Introduced by DESMOND LYNAM
News and prospects for the day's sport, featuring: Football in England and Scotland; Racing from Newmarket; Golf; Athletics; Rugby Union and Rugby League.
Presenter Roger Cook You and Your Time
Leisure Centres: what are they and are they a good idea anyway? DAVID LLOYD finds out.
With other items and your let. ters in What's On Your Mind?
Panel: Nan Winton, Ted Moult, Neil Durden-Smith
v Royal Navy, Gibraltar: John Holland, Tony Sperring, David Farquharson, Bryan Evans
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
Baroness Wootton
Rt Hon Edward du Cann. mp
Clement Freud. MP: John Cole Chairman David Jacobs from Sway, Hampshire
Introduced by Judith Chalmers The week in Woman's Hour Guest Raymond Leppard
What the European papers say. Attitudes to Blindness: JANE FINNIS , DAVID SCOTT BLACK-HALL and PETER FREEMAN.
What's New for the Home: ALICE HOPE reports. Mr Hamble's Bear by MARGERY SHARP abridged by FIONA MACPHERSON Read by John Moffatt ProducerGILLIAN HUSH
From Small Beginnings by MICHAEL BRETT
Christine and Gordon Marks have forgotten their tickets. Returning home. they find their house has been burgled, but it's no ordinary break-in. Producer DAVID h. GODFREY
John Dunn introduces the Saturday show for young listeners Rex Radio by ALEXANDER GUYAN Fearless Capt Radio and Passionflower versus the world's most evil man - Krakov!
With NIGEL LAMBERT. GARARD GREEN and JO MANNING WILSON. Producer MICHAEL ROLFE
4.5 Dial a Scientist
The popular telephone show returns for another series. Send in those science questions that do not seem to have straightforward answers. Paddy Feeny will phone up the lucky ones and put them on the line to the panel: astronomer Patrick Moore, electrical engineer Professor Eric Latthwaite, zoologist Professor John Napier. Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT
Questions on a postcard, with your name, age and home phone No, to: Dial a Scientist, 4th Dimension, BBC, Broadcasting House, London WlA 4WW
4.30 Harry the Boot
Martin Muncaster reads a new series of comedy stories by RICHARD COMPTON-HALL .
'Harry the Boot; Ironwork, Carpentry and Coffins Executed to Order. Plumbing by Arrangement Boots and Shoes repaired to the Satisfaction of All. Known to the Nobility.' 1: The Secret Passage Producer JOHN CARDY
4.45 A Picture of Summer
ROY HAYWARD discusses the entries for the photographic competition with the judge, J. S. LEWINSKI , FRPS, who announces the winners. Editor GRAHAM GAULD
People, ideas and events in the world of arts and sciences.... A second chance to hear the best from the week's editions. Introduced by Gordon Snell Producers
ALAN HAYDOCK , MIRIAM RAPP
LOUISE PURSLOW. ELIZABETH BLUNT
5.55
Weather, programme news
by ALISTAIR COOKE
A nationwide look at the stones behind the day's sporting headlines.
Mary Peters, Olympic gold medallist, discusses with Roy Plomley (in a recorded programme devised by him) the gramophone records she would take to a desert island.
(Track records: page 5)
Records introduced by Richard Baker
(Shortened edn: Thurs, 9.5 am)
By Mike Stott
An archaeologist excavating a site discovers a skull. The skull, however, is modern, and Det-Sgt John Smith begins to unravel the most unusual murder mystery of his career.
Producer Gerry Jones
(Repeated: Monday. 3.5 pm)
Maurice Temple-Smith Bernard Crick
In conversation with Brian Redhead , who says:
Producer MICHAEL GREEN (from Manchester)
The evening office of Compline
preceded by Weather