C.22 Farming Today
6.40 Prayer for the Day ROSEMARY WAKELIN
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.
Records introduced by Richard Baker
(A shortened version of Saturday's broadcast) 4
BBC correspondents throughout the world report on the . societies they live in - the politics and the people.
NEM, p 75; 0 day of God. draw nigh (BBC HB 24); Psalm 119, part 1; Isaiah 60, vv 1-15 (RSV); Lift up your heads (BBC HB 34)
New Every Morning, £1.00 (cloth). 50p (paper), from bookshops
from Scotland
The Shadow of the Mountain by JOY TODD
Read by Marjorie Dalziel
The creatures on the mountain -were they beast or man? The quest had taken Ishbel with her husband Roddy to the Himalayas and back. Now Roddy was missing on the hill and there were some strange tracks....
Producer ALLAN g. ROGERS
A chance to hear again some favourite entertainers of a few years ago.
Tommy Handley
It's That Man Again Series compiled by EDWARD TAYLOR
It's Tommy Handley again in Eric and Ernie's Hall of Fame, a 75-minute bumper edition: Boxing Day 1.45 pm
Presenter Jeanine McMullen
Shopping Basket: MARGARET KORVING looks at the cost of everyday items and reports on best buys.'
12.55
Weather, programme news
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
Presenter Sue MacGregor
Heavenly Music: STEVE RACE and JOHN RUTTER discuss the music of Christmas.
2.0-2.2 News
Travelling with the Mail: BILL DOLMAN takes a trip on a post bus serving passengers and post in the Kent villages.
Any Other Business: the brighter side of Parliament.
Christmas with Clogs: LYN TEN KATE reports on the festival from Holland - the country which first brought Santa Claus to Europe. DAVID BUCK reads
The Castle Inn (14) by STANLEY J. WEYMAN
Story: Peggy's Lamb by HAZEL CHEW
Presenters JEAN ROGERS andTONY AITKIN
Written by MICHAEL RICHMOND Producer JENYTH WORSLEY
by Algernon Blackwood
One of the John Silence series of Stories of the Supernatural and the Uncanny
The life and times of a broadcaster-about-town Producer MICHELL RAPER
4.0-4.5 News
The Lunatic at Large by J. STORER CLOUSTON
Read by NIGEL LAMBERT (4)
The news magazine: presented by William Hardcastle and PM's reporting team
5.50 Financial Report
5.55 Weather, programme news
from the TV series based on the characters created by A. J. CRONIN with Andrew Cruickshank as Dr Cameron Barbara Mullen as Janet Bill Simpson as Dr Finlay A Time for Discretion
Adam Raphael presenting world news and views
A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion in last Friday's Any Questions? Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Producer ROY HAYWARD
The Complete Opera Singer
The great Italian baritone Tito Gobbi talks about his life in the world of opera, from his unsuccessful debut at the age of 19 to the triumphs of his post-war career.
The programme includes extracts from recordings of Tosca (with MARIA CALLAS ). La Traviata, Rigoletto, Otello, Falstaff and The Marriage of Figaro. Producer ALAN BAYDOCK
What is a secretary? To some people she's purely for decoration - about as worthy of consideration as the filing cabinet. To others she's a vital part of the management team.
Linda Blandford looks at the secretary's role, past, present and future. Is she an underintelleetually endowed job-hopper, or is she held back by bosses who couldn'cope if she moved onward and upward?
BARONESS FALKENDER, secretary to Mr Wilson for 17 years, talks about her work; personnel manager IRENE LINDEN discusses the need of major employers; and CAROL BLAYMIRE urges secretaries to use the power at their fingertips.
Producer jenny DE YONG (Birmingham)
True to type?: page 5
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer TONY GOULD
9.59 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting
Chéri by COLETTE translated by ROGER SENHOUSE abridged by joy OSBORNE Read by SIOBHAN MCKENNA Producer JOHN CARDY (Final instalment)
Radio 4's International Business Report; Market Trends
preceded by Weather
