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 (Birmingham)
7.40 Today's Papers
7.45 Outlook
Malcolm Billings introduces Radio 4s 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'
Radio 4 fills you in on the political scene at home and abroad.
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 Talking Politics
Presented by ANTHONY KING
10.0 News
10.2 The Weekly World
GERARD EVANS reviews what the weeklies have to say: illustrations read by EDWARD COLE Narrator SHEILA TRACY
Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE
BERNARD TATE. ANNE SLOMAN
New Every Morning, page 102; Love of love (BBC HB 521); Psalm 147, vv 1-12; Ephesians 2, vv 11-22 (NEB): How lovely are thy dwellings fair! (BBC HB 458)
MARGARET HOWARD makes a personal selection of items from BBC Radio and Television.
Presenter Brian .1. Ford
A weekly review of new ideas and discoveries in science, medicine and technology. Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT
Presenter Roger Cook
Tree Care: time for the beautician to attend to your tree? NANCY WISE sharpens up her saw.
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. Questionmasters
TIM GUDGIN and BOB HOLNESS First Round. 4: N Ireland
BANBRIDGE ACADEMY, Co Down. v ST JOSEPH'S CONVENT SCHOOL, Donaghmore. Co Tyrone
Questions set by ROY SMITH Producer MARTIN FISHER
(Repeated: Friday, 6.15 pm)
12.55
Weather, programme news
Marghanita Laskl
Lord Robens. Hugh Scanlon Andrew Alexander
Chairman David Jacobs from Surrey
Introduced from Manchester by Judith Chalmers
The week in Woman's Hour.
Village Limited Company: ALAN BARHAM on a new scheme launched in Llanaelhaearn.
Herb Gardener: KAY BIRTWISTLE gaveup teaching for cultivation. What the European papers say. Sitting Duck by BRYCE FRASER abridged by SALLY SKRIMSHIRE read by KERRY FRANCIS (6)
Awaiting Alison by PHILIP BARKER with Sonia Dresdel , Aimee Delamain and Nicolette McKenzie
It was nearly 40 years since Aunt Alison died but. when Ann visited the house where she'd lived, her aunt's room was immaculate, her clothes laid out, waiting ..
KATE COLERIDGE , ALAN DUDLEY VERNON JOYNER. PETER PACEY NORMA RONALD and JOHN RYE Producer JOHN CARDY
John Dunn introduces the Saturday show for young listeners. Rex Radio by ALEXANDER GUYAN with NIGEL LAMBERT , JO MANNING WILSON and GARARD GREEN Producer MICHAEL ROLFE
4.5* Dial a Scientist Returns
Puzzled by those scientific questions that don' seem to have answers? Send them on a pc (giving your name, age and phone number) to 4th Dimension, BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW.
This month. psychologist Dr Chris Evans joins regulars Patrick Moore and Professor Eric Laithwaite who have answers to just about anything. In the chair Paddy Feeny. Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT
Dial a Scientist again: 16 Nov
4.30* Flying Doctor in Africa Six plays by MICHAEL NOONAN
3: The Witch Doctor
Producer PEGGY BACON Editor GRAHAM GAULD
(Jack May is in ' Pygmalion ' at the Albery Theatre, London)
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. Producer MICHAEL EMBER
Polly James, actress, discusses with Roy Plomley (in a recorded programme devised by him) the records she would like to take to a desert island.
(Repeated: Monday, 12.27 pm)
Records introduced by Richard Baker
(Shortened edn: Thurs, 9.5 am)
'Politicians don' love solicitors. If Killey persists in this stupid one-man crusade, it will give them a useful stick to beat us with. That's why it's important to stop it.'
(Repeated: Monday, 3.5 pm)
Professor Frank Musgrove Jacky Gillott
Very Rev Edward Patey in conversation with Brian Redhead
Producer MICHAEL GREEN
A meditation for Saturday evening led by REV MICHAEL MAYNE
preceded by Weather
