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 (Birmingham)
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Outlook
Michael Aspel introduces Radio 4's 60-minute worldwide look at the weekend: including at
7.50 Travel news and What's on; Weather and programme news at 7.55.
At 8.0
News and more of Today with Sports-desk at 8.30*; Papers at 8.40*
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 The Week in Westminster
Parliamentarians discuss the week's business with ROBERT CARVEL
10.0 News
10.2 The Weekly World
MICHAEL MOLYNEUX reviews what the weeklies have to say: illustrations read by PETER JEFFERSON
Narrator PETER DONALDSON
Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE
BERNARD TATE , TOM READ
New Every Morning, p 84; Jesus, stand among us (BBC hb 262); Canticle 4; Hebrews 1, vv 1-7, 13-14, to 2, vv 1-4 (NEB); All praise to thee (BBCHB 119)
Introduced by DAVID DUNHILL
A weekly survey of what is new and significant in science and technology at home and abroad. Presenter Brian J. Ford Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT
Presenter Roger Cook You and Your Time
A thing of beauty.... by the million: DEREK COOPER looks at some new ideas in glass design. With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind?
A nationwide general knowledge contest Chairman Robert Robinson Second Round
4: Midlands and East Anglia
GROUP CAPTAIN DAVID RHODES , RAF (Suffolk)
MRS ENID LEEMING (Warwickshire)
DR G. H. FREEMAN (Warwickshire) statistician
Including Beat the Brains
Questions set and programme devised by JOHN p. WYNN Producer MARTIN FISHER
(Repeated: Friday, 6.15 pm)
Brain of Britain, 35p, from bookshops
12.55
Weather, programme news
A spontaneous discussion by Malcolm Muggeridge Marghanita Laski Glenda Jackson
Chairman David Jacobs
Presenter Sue MacGregor
Writers' Houses- they lived and wrote here. 1: AUDREY RUSSELL visits Bernard Shaw 's home at Ayot St Lawrence, Herts, which is open to the public.
What the European papers say. The week in Woman's Hour.
Over-rated Pleasures: described by ALISON BRUCE , CLARE SLATER and ARTHUR MARSHALL.
Who Said That? Last of six quiz programmes compiled and presented by IRENE THOMAS : answering the questions today, BENNY GREEN and DIANA GRAVES .A Child in the Forest by WINIFRED FOLEY : abridged by +VIRGINIA BROWNE-WILKINSON Read by JUNE BARRIE (7)
A Child in the Forest, f2.25, from bookshops.
A Flat Near the Station by MICHAEL BRETT with John Rye as Guy
' You wouldn'believe how many enchanting young creatures have decided that, now I have a title, I'd go rathet well with their trousseaux.'
Producer HARRY CATLIN
Introduced by John Dunn
4.0 Admiral Skylark
Tales of a Space-age Twit with GEORGE LAYTON as everyone: written by GAIL RENARD Producer JOHN LLOYD
4.5 Help!
The Help team investigate what is being, done to make the world a better place to live in and find out what you can do to help. Producer PETER WARD
4.25 Book Review
ELAINE MOSS looks at three prize-winning books.
4.30 Liz
A comedy serial play in six parts by ANTHONY buckeridge - 4
Producer MARGARET ETALL Editor GRAHAM GAULD
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
James Stewart, film actor, discusses with Roy Plomley (in a recorded programme devised by him) the records he would take to a desert island.
(Repeated: Monday, 12.27 pm)
Records introduced by Richard Baker
(Shortened edn: Thurs, 9.5 am)
The novel by Mary Stewart. Adapted by Stewart Hunter.
The island of Skye in 1953. Coronation year. 'I knew, back there by the river, that sooner or later you'd remember.... I'd no intention of killing you. But of course I'll have to, now.'
(Repeated: Monday, 3.5 pm)
9.58 Weather
David Steel , mp
Baroness Wootton Dr James Hemming in conversation with Brian Redhead
Producer MICHAEL GREEN
Evening Prayers led by JOHN STUART ROBERTS
preceded by Weather