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
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 Sportsdesk; at 8.30* Sports Spot; at 8.40* Today's Papers
9.5 From Our Own Correspondent
9.30 The Week in Westminster Parliamentarians discuss the week's business with PATRICK COSGRAVE
10.0 News
10.2 The Weekly World
BRIAN CONNELL reviews what the weeklies have to say with illustrations read by ROY WILLIAMSON
Narrator BRYAN MARTIN Producers BERNARD TATE
PADDY O'KEEFFE , ANNE SLOMAN
New Every Morning (new edition) p 84: Lord of mercy and of might (BBC Hymn Book 295); Canticle 4; 1 Samuel 18. vv 27b-29 and 19. vv 1-7 (NEB); Lead us, 0 Father (BBC UB 308)
NANCY WISE makes a personal selection of items from BBC Radio and TV.
Introduced by JOHN ELLISON
Introduced by ALAN PARRY
News and prospects of the day's sport, featuring: Football in England and Scotland: Racing at Newbury: Rugby Union - Scotland v Argentina; Rugby League - Great Britain v Australia.
(Sport on 2: from 2.2 pm)
Presenter Roger Cook You and Your Time
Food Column: DEREK COOPER with what's new in the world of food this month.
With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind?
A general knowledge contest between schools in England, Scotland. Wales and N Ireland. Questionmaster JOHN ELLISON
First Round
5: Northern Ireland
LORETO CONVENT GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Coleraine v
CARRICKFERGUS GRAMMAR SCHOOL, Carrickfergus
Questions set by ROY SMITH Producer MARTIN FISHER
(Repeated: Friday. 6.15 pm)
12.55
Weather, programme news
A spontaneous discussion by Lord Boothby Hugh Scanlon Alex Jarratt
Lynda Chalker
Chairman David Jacobs Producer MICHAEL BOWEN from Ipswich. Suffolk
Listeners' views for use in Any Answers? (Thursday at 7.30 pm) to: Any Answers? BBC. Bristol BS8 2LR
Introduced by Judith Chalmers Lawman and Conman: actor IAIN CUTHBERTSON has played both and more.
The week in Woman's Hour.
What the European papers say. Mahommed Goes Home: BRENDA KIDMAN flew to India with the Hussein family.
Small Jobs in the Garden: seasonal tips from GEOFF AMOS. The Long Cat by COLETTE abridged by BA MASON Read Dy MONICA GREY
The Woods are Full of Peacocks by OLIVE WALKER: adapted for radio by OLIVER COBURN with Anna Cropper as Sarah
'Until last night I hadn'spoken to anyone about Johnny since he died ... I thought that life would only be possible by taking that line.'
Producer HALLAM TENNYSON
Introduced by John Dunn
Rex Radio by ALEXANDER GUYAN With NIGEL LAMBERT , GARARD GREEN and JO MANNING WILSON Producer MICHAEL ROLFE
4.5 All Yours
More poetry, stories and music written and performed by you.
4.20 Books for Christmas
NAOMI lewis reviews some books for giving - and receiving.
4.30 Duke Diamond
The space fiction serial in six parts by ROBIN SMYTH 3: The Witch of Mars
The Witch of Mars has escaped! And a huge bullion ship is preparing for a journey to a far planet.
Radiophonic special sounds and music by DICK MILLS.
Play produced and programme edited by GRAHAM GAULD
4D Annual. 80p: see page 62
A second chance to hear the best from the week's editions. Introduced by Gordon Snell Producer TONY GOULD
5.55
Weather, programme news
by ALISTAIR COOKE
' Alistair Cooke 's America ': from booksellers, £5.80
Barry Humphries , Australian humorist, with ROY PLOMLEY Producer RONALD COOK
(Repeated: Monday, 12.27 pm)
Records introduced by Richard Baker
(Shortened edn: Thurs, 9.5 am)
The novel by Daphne du Maurier.
Adapted for radio by Philip Leaver and Kay Patrick
With Ian Richardson.
'Whatever you say I've been in that other world, seen it, known it. It was cruel, hard and very often bloody. But, my God, it held a fascination for me which is lacking in my own world of today.'
Radiophonic Sound by David Cain, BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Producer Betty Davies (Repeated: Monday. 3.5 pm)
(Ian Richardson is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company; Rosalind Shanks is a National Theatre player)
Dr Hugh Freeman
Professor Patrick Byrne Brian Inglis in conversation with Brian Redhead
Producer MICHAEL GREEN (Manchester)
Evening Prayers conducted by REV COLIN SEMPER
preceded by Weather
