6.32 Farming Today
GARTH COOPER and ROBIN HICKS
6.50 medium wave onlu
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 70-minute world-wide look at the weekend: including at
7.50 VHF Regional news and
7.55 Weather and programme news.
At 8.0 News and more of Today with Sports-desk at 8.39*; Papers at 8.40*
9.5 From Our Own Correspondent
9.30 Talking Politics
This year we shall probably be asked to vote in a completely new type Of poll. ANTHONY KING looks at the practical aspects of organising a Referendum and compares the experiences of France, Switzerland, Ireland and Norway.
10.0 News
10.2 The Weekly World
BRIAN CONNELL reviews what the weeklies have to say: illustrations read by EDWARD COLE Narrator JOHN MARSH
Producers PADDY O'KEEFFE
ANNE SLOMAN , BERNARD TATE
New Every Morning, p 114; 0 little one sweet (Oxford Book of Carols 109): Psalm 42; John 1, vv 40-51 (rsv); It came upon the midnight clear (BBC HB 52)
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 Nancy Wise
Keeping Warm (2): TED HARRISON with ideas about how to avoid frozen fingers, frostbitten feet, chapped cheeks and nipped noses when you're out and about.
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
Magdalen College School, Brackley v The Grammar School, Cheltenham
(Repeated: Friday 6.15 pm)
12.55 Weather, programme news
A spontaneous discussion by Lady Barnett
Dr Michael Winstanley Jack Hedley
Phillip Whitehead. mp
Chairman David Jacobs
Dame Edith Evans as Radio 3
as Radio 3
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* Unusual Schools 4: JOHN CRAVEN visits
Worcester College for the Blind Producer ANTHONY SMITH
4.25* Postbag: more of your letters read by NICOLA WATLING and JOHN MACLAREN
4.30. Pharaoh of the Nile
A six-part serial play about ancient Egypt written by VICTOR PEMBERTON and DAVID SPENSER (2)
Play produced and programme edited by GRAHAM GAULD
All the day's current affairs. news and comment: presented by Gordon Clough with PM's reporting team
5.55
Weather, programme news
A personal collection from the week's crop of sense and/or nonsense revealed in informal conversation with Dennis Barker. Dr Edward de Bono , Benny Green and who knows who else. Musical ideas and comments by PETER SKEL LERN With NOTTINGHAM FESTIVAL Producer MICHAEL EMBER
Alan Civil, french-horn player, discusses with Roy Plomley (in a 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 novel by Hugh Walpole adapted for radio by Antony Kearey
with Peter Marinker, David March, Martin Jarvis and Caroline John
What did it mean? Why had he a clutch of terror as though someone was whispering to him that he must turn tail and run? Nothing could be more lovely than that town basking in the mellow afternoon light, and yet he was afraid at the sight of it - afraid so that his content and happiness of a moment ago were all gone.
John Wilbraham (trumpet) George Crozier (flute) Anne Collis (bass drum)
Dance composed and arranged by John Wilbraham
Producer BETTY DAVIES
(Repeated: Monday 3.5 pm)
9.58 Weather
Sir Geoffrey Jackson John Cole
Professor David Dilks in conversation with Brian Redhead
Producer MICHAEL GREEN (Manchester)
Words and music for meditation With CINDY KENT and DAVID WINTER
preceded by Weather
