6.22 Farming Today
6.40 Prayer for the Day JEAN RICHARDSON
The world this morning introduced by John Timpson and James Burke
6.45 Travel news, What's on, and Keep Fit with EILEEN FOWLER
6.55 Weather, programme news
7.0 News and more of Today including at 7.25 Sportsdesk; at 7.35* Today's Papers
7.45 Thought for the Day
7.50 Travel news
7.55 Weather, programme news
8.0 News and more of Today including at 8.25 Sportsdesk: at 8.35' Today's Papers
(Shortened version of Saturday's broadcast)
New Every Morning (new edition) p 89; Shepherd divine (BBC HB 348); Psalm 118, vv 1-14; 1 Corinthians 12, vv 14-31a (RSV); Through the night of doubt and sorrow (BBC HB 186)
Old Jug bv CHARLES BOWNESS Read by Trader Faulkner
They sometimes ask if there are any aborigines in my part of Australia. Where I come from is not Abbo country. I never had any interest in the black fellers. If I thought of them at all, I thought of them as Stone Age people. But now that's changed.'
Producer HERBERT SMITH (from Manchester)
Hermione Gingold
Friends from the entertainment world talk about Hermione Gingold and she, in turn, talks about them and about her life in the theatre and films. Taking part are: HERMJONE BADDELEY
(the 'other ' Hermione)
ALFRED MARKS, CHARLES HICKMAN and NORMAN MARSHALL
Written and presented by RONNIE HILL
Producer JOHN BROWELL
A weekly look at people who are happy at their work.
4: The Fireman-GEORGE HODSON
Presenter Nigel Murphy Health and Welfare
Why don'doctors tell? JUNE ROSE enquires.
With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind? Write to You and Yours, BBC, Broadcasting House, London WIA IAA
12.55
Weather, programme news
William Hardcastle
from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk till Two.
2.0-2.2 News
About the House: more points from Parliament.
Arts Notebook: a monthly look at work in progress. JAMES MCMANUS reads
Holding On by MERVYN JONES (8)
Story: Fred meets Mr Bill by BARBARA HARRISON
Dayspring Is at Hand
The life and times of a broadcaster-about-town
4.0-4.5 News
The Wake of the ' Gertrud Luth ' Read by GARARD GREEN 9: Hi-jacked
The news magazine: presented by William Hardcastle and PM's reporting team
5.50 Stock Market report
5.55 Weather, programme news
(Tuesday's broadcast)
Nick Ross presenting world news and views
A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion in last Friday's Any Questions? Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Producer ROY HAYWARD
Five famous psychic mysteries which still hold their secrets.
The case of a Victorian medium written and narrated by Michell Raper
With Rolf Lefebvre as Daniel Home
and the views of a present-day medium, Ena Twigg.
"I was sitting nearly opposite him. I saw his hands leave the table and his head vanish in the shadows... We watched in profound silence and saw his figure pass from one side of the window to the other, feet foremost, lying horizontally in the air..."
(From an eye-witness account in the Cornhill Magazine)
(Next week: The Myers Case)
What Price Drugs
Presented bv John Maddox
In England last year 265-million prescriptions were dispensed, at a cost of £211-million.
The Association of Pharmaceutical Industries said in its last annual report: ' The industry and government have a common interest in fostering a strong, research-based and profitable industry which will produce safe and effective medicines at reasonable prices for the National Health Service.'
Are drug profits too high? Can they be justified by the cost and uncertain nature of long-term research?
Producer Michael BRIGHT
9.29 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting with voices and opinions from around the world, including Radio 4's new International Business Report with at 10.25* Market Trends
Greengates by R. c. SHERRIFF Read by ANDREW SACHS (4)
A nightly review of the arts and science
People, ideas, events - opinion and discussion. Introduced tonight by Paul Vaughan
preceded by Weather
