6.22 Farming Today
6.40 Prayer for the Day REV RICHARD HARRIES
Introduced by John Timpson and Desmond Lynam
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
Voice your opinions on the political issues of the day.
Ring Birmingham (021)-[number removed]and discuss your point of view on the air with George Scott and with other R4 listeners. Producer JENNY DE YONG
The lines are open from 8.0 am
Presenter Roger Cook
NEM, p 79; The advent of our King (BBC HB 39); Psalm 104, vv 25-36; Isaiah 61, vv 1-11 (rsv); Wake, 0 wake! (BBC HB 40).
Here's a Present by NORMAN SMITHSON
Read by Bernard Cribbins
We couldn'think of anything till one tea-time on Christmas Eve night. ' What y'off to buy yer gran for Chrissy then? ' Nobby said. ' Don'know what to buy.' I said. and my breath frosted the window up. ' Why don'you buy her a cigar? '
Producer ALFRED BRADLEY (Leeds) (Bernard Cribbins is in ' There Goes the Bride ' at the Criterion Theatre, London)
(Shortened version of Tuesday's broadcast)
Presenter George Luce Letter Therapy
Friendship, information, advice and pleasure are exchanged in letters between mothers of children with special difficulties. NANCY wisi hears about the organisation In Touch.
12.55
Weather, programme news
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by Gordon Clough
Introduced from Glasgow by Mary Marquis
Dlal an Inventor: Alexander (Jraham Bell.
The Soft Sell: in the street markets.
2.0-2.2 News
Family of Kings: THE STEWARTS. Christmas Menu: with a Scots flavour
The Cnstle Inn by STANLEY J*. WETMAN abridged by DOREEN ESTALL Read by DAVID BUCK (Final instalment)
Story: The Big Blue Removal Van by VERA RUSHBROOKE
Selected for Friday Ralph Richardson in A Christmas Carol by CHARLES DICKENS : adapted and produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX with music composed and conducted by CHRISTOPHER WHEIEN , Christmas can hardly be Christmas without a story by Dickens, and what better story than this, told by one of our most famous actors.
Other parts: ERIC ANDERSON and ROSALIND SHANKS
A Pickwickian Christmas at Dingley Dell: Monday and Tuesday 4.35 pm
A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion in last Friday's Any Questions? Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Producer ROY HAYWARD
The Lunatic at Large by J. STORER CLOUSTON
Read by NIGEL LAMBERT (Final instalment)
Next Story Time. Nevil Shute 's Round the Bend, read by Edward Kelsey : 31 December
The news magazine: presented by Gordon Ciough with PM's reporting team
5.50 Financial Report
5.55 Weather, programme news
A general knowledge contest between schools in England, Scotland, Wales and N Ireland. Questionmasters
TIM GUDGIN and BOB HOLNESS Second Round
12: RUTHIN SCHOOL, CLWYD V
THE KING'S SCHOOL, TYNEMOUTH Questions set by ROY SMITH Producer MARTIN FISHER
Adam Raphael presenting world news and views
MARGARET HOWARD presents her personal selection from the many broadcasts on BBC Radio and Television during the past seven days.
Producer JOHN KNIGHT
A spontaneous discussion by Lord Byers, Ned Sherrin Lord David Cecil
Chairman David Jacobs from Dorset
Producer MICHAEL BOWEN
Listeners' views for use in Any Answers? (Thursday af 7.30 pm) to Any Answers? BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR
in New York
At a season when British theatre companies seem to be taking over Broadway, Paul Bailey takes a look at what is essentially American in the arts. Producer LOUISE PURSLOW
9.59 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting
Joe Johnson: a short story by H. E. BATES
Read by John Hollis
Flowers, chocolates, perfume, a fur coat - he would give the girl anything. And if she ruined him he would lay the blame elsewhere. Had a scapegoat ready and waiting. Producer JOHN CARDY
Smokescreen by Dick Francis , read by Jack Watson
Radio 4's International Business Report: Market Trends
DAVID JASON. BILL WALLIS NIGEL REF.S and BILL MCGUFFIE at the piano take a late night look back over the week's news and illustrate the funny side.
Script by COLIN BOSTOCK-SMITH ALASTAIR BEATON and others Producer SIMON BRETT don'miss Week Ending's Post-Christmas Party, the social event of the year (they say): Friday 11.15 pm
preceded by Weather
12.1 am Inshore forecast
