6.22 Farming Today GARTH COOPER
6.40 Prayer for the Day TONY JASPER
Introduced by John Timpson and Barry Norman
Including at 6.50 and 7.50 Travel news, What's on, and (6.50 only) Keep Fit: Weather and programme news at 6.55 and 7.55. At 7.0 and 8.0 News and more of Today with Sports-desk at 7.25 and 8.25; Today's Papers at 7.35* and 8.35*, and Thought for the Day 7.45-7.50. Thought for the Day, a book of selections, 40p, from booksellers (from today)
on behalf of the Conservative Party
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The Radio Hustings
Throughout the General Election campaign you can put your questions live by telephone to leading politicians. As the campaign progresses you can raise the issues you feel are the most important.
Ring Robin Day to put your questions to the Liberals on their policies and their views of the other parties' policies. Producers WALTER WALLlCH and MARTIN cox. Executive producer BERNARD TATE
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BBC Home correspondents and reporters look beyond the headline stories and analyse significant developments throughout the country.
Introduced by EDWARD COLE Producer DAVID WALTER
NEM, p 30; There is a green hill (BBC HB 92); Psalm 31; Jeremiah 1, vv 4-10, 17-19 (RSV); Soldiers of Christ, arise (BBC HB 366)
New Every Morning, £1.00 (cloth), 50p (paper), from bookshops
Slander by HENRY CECIL Read by Nigel Stock
' If I may say so, sir, that is a very dangerous remark to make, unless you can prove your facts. You might easily be sued for slander if there were a friend of his here.'
John Amis , broadcaster, former orchestral manager and critic: i: me souna of Music
Its first impact: Lilac Time, Art Tatum , Donald Swann -and musical encounters with cousin Kingsley.
Producer DEREK DRESCHER
Noble Houses. Stately Trees by GORDON DRYLAND
'Rex just hasn' got what it takes,' said Mother back home in New Zealand. But she was wrong.
Producer Dickon REED
(Paul Haley is a National Theatre player)
Presenter George Luce
Crack the Egg Code: KEVIN D'ARCY reveals how to tell its age, grade and place of origin.
12.55
Weather, programme news
William Hardcastle
from 2.0
Guest of the Week: Dame Margery Corbett Ashby
2.0-2.2 News
Large Bedsit - afloat! : SUE BEAU-MONT describes the problems of living on board a motor vessel. Costing It Out (3): Biscuits-HEATHER FORMAINI investigates,
Master of Musical Fantasy - GERARD HOFFNUNG : his widow ANNETTA HOFFNUNG tells hOW She has kept his musical humour alive.
Daniel Come to Judgement (3)
Story: The Conceited Red Balloon by ANGELA PICKERING
Demons by JACK GERSON with Bryden Murdoch
'Let's say that it doesn' matter whether we believe in one demon or Solomon's 72. It's enough that someone does. Someone with a kind of power. And always, they aim at a target ... ' with ISOBEL GARDNER
MARY RIGGANS. ARTHUR BOLAND Producer GORDON EMSLIE
Another chance to hear this recent comedy series written by ANNE JONES starring
The early days of retirement bring their problems ...
Producers RICHARD MADDOCK and PETER TITHERADGE
Kipps by H. G. WELLS
'Read by PETER PRATT 3: Chitterlow
The news magazine: presented by William Hardcastle and PM's reporting team
5.50 Financial Report
5.55 Weather, programme news
The antidote to panel games from Tim Brooke-Taylor
Barry Cryer , Graeme Garden and William Rushton under the supervision of Humphrey Lyttelton in the chair and LEON COHEN at the piano Producer JOHN CASSELS
(Repeated: Friday, 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Thursday, 1.30 pm)
John Tidmarsh presenting world news and views
(VAUGHAN WILLIAMS)
One of the greatest of British composers, Hoist was born 100 years ago this year.
Narrator GEOFFREY WHEELER Script by MICHAEL KENNEDY
Producer STANLEY WILLIAMSON
We Could Always Fit a Sidecar by STAN BARSTOW
' The perfect man hasn' been born yet. AH men have summat wrong with cm. But you've got to make the best of 'em cos they're all we've got. And they're slippery customers an' all. They'll take all and give nowt if you let 'em.'
(Cast as Thursday, 3.5 pm)
Five programmes written and presented by Edgar Lustgarten in which he reconstructs some of the most notorious murder cases of the past 60 years. 1: Mother's Day
A macabre case of murder in Scotland in 1926. Producer ROGER PINE
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer LOUISE PURSLOW
Douglas Stuart reporting including Campaign Report
The Constant Nymph
Read by JUNE BARRIE (3)
Extracts from the day's major speeches, recorded at campaign meetings.
Presenter John Hosken
Radio 4's International Business Report; Market Trends
preceded by Weather
