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
Barry Norman introduces Radio 4's 55-minute world-wide look at the weekend: including at
7.50 Travel news and What's On; Weather and programme news at 7.55.
and more of Today with Sports-desk at 8.30*; Papers at 8.40*
on behalf of the Liberal Party
9.5 From Our Own Correspondent
9.30 The Week in Westminster Parliamentarians discuss the week's business with ROBERT CARVEL
10.0 News
10.2 The Weeklv World
MARGHANITA LASKI reviews what the weeklies have to say: illustrations read by DENIS JONES Narrator JOHN MARSH
Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE
DAVID WALTER , BERNARD TATE
New Every Morning, p 30: To Christ, the Prince of Peace (BBC HB 94); Canticle 5; Isaiah 51. vv 4-16 (rsv); Rock of ages, cleft for me (BBC HB 296)
Presenter Brian J. Ford
A weekly survey of what is new and significant in science and technology at home and abroad.
Producer MARGARET CHAMBERS
Presenter Roger Cook Thinking
You might think all school work involves thought: but now thinking is being taught as a separate subject. DAVID HAWKSWORTH investigates.
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
Banbridge Academy, Co Down v The Grammar School, Cheltenham
(Repeated: Friday, 6.15 pm)
12.55 Weather, programme news
A spontaneous discussion by Alastair Burnet
Margaret Jackson, mp Cyril Smith, mp Colin Welland
Chairman David Jacobs from Greater Manchester
Presenter Barbara Myers
Consumer Commentary: NORMAN TOZER with a round-up of international news in the consumer world.
A Loving Look Back: DODIE SMITH remembers her childhood in Manchester.
The week in Woman's Hour.
What the European papers say. Cumbrian Country People: talking abou- their way of life, and its changing qualities. EILEEN ATKINS reads Norfolk Child by JANE WHITE (4)
Commercial Break by GILLIAN FREEMAN
Simon gets his first break in a television commercial when he's filmed in his pram in the park. It gives his mother big ideas for his future.
Producer HARRY CATLIN
John Dunn introduces the Saturday show for young listeners Rex Radio by ALEXANDER GUYAN With NIGEL LAMBERT , JO MANNING WILSON GREEN and GARARD GREEN Producer MICHAEL ROLFE
4.5- Animals Unlimited
Introduced by PHIL DRABBLE
Why should a mole be the shape of a furry sausage? And is it really blind? Answers to both these questions today, advice on putting up bird-boxes - and, of course, Pets' Postbag.
Producer DILYS BREESE
Questions for Pets' Postbag to: Animals Unlimited, BBC, Bristol BSS 2LR
4.25* Postbag
Some of your letters read by ANNA WENSAK and JOHN MACLAREN
4.30' Five Children and It by E. NESBIT
Abridged in five parts and read by DAVID DAVIS 4: Scalps
Producer PEGGY BACON
4.50* In Daily Use
GWYN RICHARDS discovers how everyday things get to us. 4: Cornflakes
Producer DAVID SHUTE Editor GRAHAM GAULD
4D Annual, 90p, from bookshops
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 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 PETER SKELLERN With NOTTINGHAM FESTIVAL Producer MICHAEL EMBER
P.J. Kavanagh, writer and broadcaster, discusses with Roy Plomley (in a programme devised by him) the records he would take to a desert island.
Records introduced by Richard Baker
by David Pownall.
'Now he's been killed, I can't go on living here as though nothing had ever happened. I've got to get out of this house, out of this street, out of bloody Liverpool. I must get away from here and be on my own. Free.
(Leeds) (Rptd: Monday, 3.5 pm)
Ralph Bateman , Clive Jenkins Dr Michael Winstanley in conversation with Brian Redhead
Producer MICHAEL GREEN
Evening Prayers conducted by REV VERNON SPROXTON
preceded by Weather
