6.32 Farming Today
ROBIN HICKS and GARTH COOPER
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
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Outlook 1
Barry Norman introduces Radio 4's 70-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
9.30 Destination Downing Street The Dust Settles
Has the Election result transformed the political scene? What are the main tasks facing the new Government? What is the economic outlook? Presenter JOHN TUSA
10.0 News
10.2 The Weekly World
COLIN VALDAR reviews what the weeklies have to say: illustrations read by PETER DONALDSON Narrator SHEILA TRACY
Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE TOM READ, DAVID WALTER
New Every Morning, p 71; Come, my soul (BBC HB 404); Psalm 97: 1 John 2. v 28, to 3, vv 10, 15-18 (AV); Eternal God, whose powerupholds (BBC HB 23) New Every Morning, £1.00 (cloth), 50p (paper), from bookshops
MARGARET HOWARD presents her personal selection of items from BBC Radio and Television,
Presenter Brian J. Ford
A weekly review of new Ideas and discoveries in science, medicine and technology. Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT
Presenter Roger Cook
Stop Slacking! Wheel yourself into the garden and get down to work. Join NANCY WISE with this month's Gardening Column.
A general knowledge contest between schools in England, Scotland, Wales and N Ireland. Questionmasters
TIM GUDGIN and BOB HOLNESS First Round
3: South of England
JOHN MASON SCHOOL, Abingdon, v PURBROOK PARK SCHOOL, Portsmouth
Questions set by ROY SMITH Producer MARTIN FISHER
12.55
Weather, programme news
Lady Barnett, Steve Race Lord Soper Professor
Graham Ashworth Chairman David Jacobs from Lincoln
Presenter Judith Chalmers
Magic in the Air: ANDY PRICE has been following the fortunes of the International Brotherhood of Magicians at this year's Hastings Convention.
The Person My Childhood Made Me: SIR BARNES WALLIS, CBE, FRS, talks to ELIZABETH WEBB.
The Week in Woman's Hour. What the European papers say.
Breaking the Barrier: do women have equal opportunities in the legal profession? ANNA COOTE investigates.
Sitting Duck by BRYCE FRASER read by KERRY FRANCIS (5)
The Secret Miniature by DOUGLAS KEAY
Kenneth and Mary return from Australia after 15 years to visit Kenneth's family. It a visit that results in the uncovering of a family secret - with tragic results.
Producer KAY PATRICK
John Dunn introduces the Saturday show for young listeners. Rex Radio by ALEXANDER GUYAN Once more the gallant Captain and intrepid Passionflower tangle with wicked Krakov. with NIGEL LAMBERT. JO MANNING WILSON and CARARD GREEN Producer MICHAEL ROLFE
4.5* Animals Unlimited
'The weasel is weasily distinguished but the stoat is stoatally different': PHIL DRABBLE tells us how - and opens his Pets Postbag to answer some of your queries. Producer DILYS BREESE
4.25* Competition
MICHAEL RICHMOND asks you how many different things you can buy for a total of 30p. Valuable prizes to be won!
Entries to: 4th Dimension, BBC, London W1A 4WW
4.30* Flying Doctor in Africa
A series of six adventure plays by MICHAEL NOONAN about the work of a Flying Doctor Service in East Africa.
2: The Four-legged Patient
Producer PEGGY BACON Editor GRAHAM GAULD
4D Annual, 90p, from bookshops
The daily news magazine, now extended to Saturdays. All the day's current affairs, news and comment.
Presented by Nicholas Woolley with PM's reporting team Editor ANDREW BOYLE
5.55
Weather, programme news
assisted by Dennis Barker, Dr Edward de Bono, Benny Green, Anna Raeburn and who knows who else
The Radio Personality of the Year takes a quizzical look at the week and talks to people who have contributed to its yield of the sublime and/or the ridiculous.
Also featuring the Musical Week Spots of Gordon Clyde, David Tate, Bronwen Williams.
William Hardcastle, radio and television journalist, discusses with Roy Plomley (in a recorded programme devised by him) the records he would like to take to a desert island.
Records introduced by Richard Baker
(Shortened edn: Thurs, 9.5 am)
That Bey by IVOR WILSON
' You were a master in the orphanage. Always talking about my duty and obedience.' ' That was the job, lad ... Maybe I believed it. There wasn't much else I could do.'
Producer TONY CLIFF (Leeds)
Professor Brian Chapman Anthony Quinton
Professor Royden Harrison in conversation with Brian Redhead
Producer MICHAEL GREEN (Manchester)
A meditation for Saturday evening led by REV MICHAEL MAYNE
preceded by Weather
