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
Barry Norman Introduces Radio 4's 60-minute world-wide 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*
on behalf of the Labour Party
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 The Week in Westminster
Parliamentarians discuss the week's business with DAVID WOOD
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
DAVID WALTER , BERNARD TATE
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MARGARET HOWARD presents her personal selection of items from BBC Radio and Television.
Presenter Brian J. Ford
A weekly survey of what is new and significant in science and technology at home and abroad.
Producers MICHAEL BRIGHT and DAVID PATERSON
Presenter Roger Cook Food Column
DEREK COOPER with his monthly look at what's new in the world of food.
With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind? Write to You and Yours, BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA
A general knowledge contest between schools in England, Scotland, Wales and N Ireland. Questionmasters
TIM GUDGIN and BOB HOLNESS Second Round
9: JOHN MASON SCHOOL, ABINGDON V MAGDALEN COLLEGE SCHOOL,
BRACKLEY
Questions set by ROY SMITH Producer MARTIN FISHER
(Repeated: Friday, 6.15 pm)
12.55
Weather, programme news
A spontaneous discussion by Clive Jenkins
Katharine Whitehorn Campbell Adamson Lord Chalfont
Chairman David Jacobs from Gwent
Producer MICHAEL BOWEN
Listeners' views for use In Any Answers? (Thursday at
7.30 pm) should be addressed to: Any Answers BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR
Presenter Judith Chalmers
Equal Pay for Women: JAMES BELLINI of the Hudson Institute discusses some of the conclusions of their latest economic forecast for Britain and Europe, published today.
The week in Woman's Hour. Guest: Maureen O'Sullivan
What the European papers say. You're never too old in Newark: DENNIS MCCARTHY visits the Chauntry Club where retired people can learn new skills.
EILEEN ATKINS reads Norfolk Child by JANE WHITE (2)
Silent Night by BARALD MUELLER translated by URSULA LEHRBURGER and OLIVER COBURN with Betty Hardy as Mrs Manders and Nigel Stock as Bernard Christmas is a time for reunions, love and warmth. When you spend your life in an old people's home you look forward to any chance of a break ...
Christmas Carols specially recorded by the BALHAM WRVS OLD FOLKS CLUB
Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING
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* Focus
SARAH FORBES looks at Lionel Bart 's Oliver and other films for the Christmas holidays; meets SUSAN HAMPSHIRE, MICHAEL DENISON and STACY DORNING - the stars of Peter Pan ; and listens to THE WOMBLES'S latest record.
Producer BOBBY JAYE
4.25* Competition
MICHAEL RICHMOND asks you to use all your ingenuity to invent a comic menu. Valuable prizes to be won!
Entries to 4th Dimension, BBC, London WlA 4WW
4.30' Five Children and It by E. NESBIT
Abridged in five parts and read by DAVID DAVIS 2: Golden Guineas
Producer PEGGY BACON
4.50* In Daily Use
GWYN RICHARDS discovers how everyday things get to us. 2: Soap
Producer DAVID SHUTE Editor GRAHAM GAULD
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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 NOTTINGHAM FESTIVAL QUARTET Producer MICHAEL EMBER
Bruce Tulloh, long-distance runner, 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 Sesame Card
A play for radio by SHEILA HODGSON with David Brierley , Norma Ronald and Tom Watson LES: Look at that. TINA: What is it?
LES: Found it on the floor of the cab ... It's a credit-card, isn'it?
TINA: Oh, yes. Worth something. You ought to get a reward for that.
Producer DAVID h. GODFREY
(Repeated: Monday, 3.5 pm)
Marghanita Laski , Stanley Ellis and Louis Allcn in conversation with Brian Redhead
Producer MICHAEL GREEN (Manchester)
Evening prayers and music led by REV STEWART LAMONT
preceded by Weather
