6.22 Farming Today This week:
GARTH COOPER and ROBIN HICKS
C.40 Prayer for the Day CANON G. WILLIAMS
Introduced by John Timpfon and Desmond Lynam
Including at 6.50 and 7.50 VHF Regional news and weather; at 6.55 and 7.55 Weather and programme news.
At 7.0 and 8.0 News and more of Todav with Sports-desk at 7.27 and 8.27; Today's Papers at 7.35* and 8.35.; and Thought for the Day 7.45-7.50. English Regions: tee column 5
from 9.20 Do-It-Yourself
What's the best way of dealing with uneven wall plaster before I redecorate? What precautions can I take against freezing pipesf Could you advise me on putting a small pond in the gardent
Put your questions to Tony Wilkins , editor of Do-It-Yourself magazine.
Presenter Sue MacGregor Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Call [number removed]from 8.0 am
BBC correspondents throughout the world report on the societies they live in - the politics and the people.
NEM. p 21: Come, let us to the Lord our God (BBC HB 487); Canticle 9; John 4, vv 13-26 (rsv); Lord Christ, who on thy heart didst bear (BBC HB 380)
Lord's Prayer by SHIRLEY BAGRIT Read by Lockwood West He knew that now it was time for him to go, but he must await the final summons ... Did they play cricket up there?
Couldn'tbemuchofaheaven if they didn't. On the other hand, they would need an exceptionally sophisticated netting system.
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER
Brian Johnston recently visited Denville Hall , the home for actors and actresses at North-wood. Middlesex.
Producer PHYLLIS ROBINSON
Simon Ward talks about his hilarious experiences with a horse and a Pekinese. He plays a vet in the forthcoming film All Creatures Great and Small, based on the bestselling novels of James Herriot.
Let Sleeping Vets Lie by James Herriot is the current Woman's Hour story: 1.45 pm
Presenter George Luce
Children's Eating Habits: HEATHER FORMAINI reports on the changes convenience foods have made to our children's health and eating habits.
With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind? Write to You and Yours, BBC, Broadcasting House, London WlA 1AA
from the TV series based on the characters created by A. J. CRONIN
Charlie is my Darling written by ALISTAIR BELL adapted by PAT DUNLOP
An unknown benefactor helps a young war veteran.
Broadcast by arrangement with GRAHAM STEWART
Producer TRAFFORD WHITELOCK (Repeated: Thursday 6.15 pm)
12.55
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by William Hardcastle
from 2.0 Presenter Sue MacGregor
'Among the Nunnes Black': PAT ROWE spends a day with the 300-year-old Order of La Retraite.
2.0-2.2 News
Fractions before Five: a look at New Maths for the under-5s. The Person My Childhood Made Me: Lord Longford talks to ELIZABETH WEBB
I Made It Myself (2): hints for the home-dressmaker on coping with man-made fabrics. ALEXANDER JOHN reads Let Sleeping Vets Lie by JAMES HERRIOT
Story: The Very Big Word by BARBARA WILLIAMS
visits Cheshire
In a Marmalade Saloon by PATRICK O'CONNOR
Read by MICHAEL DEACON 2: The Dreaded Beast
The news magazine: presented by William Hardcastle and PM's reporting team
5.50 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
S.55 Weather, programme news
A musical quiz devised by EDWARD J. MASON and TONY SHRYANE
John Amis and Frank Muir challenge
Ian Wallace and Denis Norden In the chair Steve Race Questions compiled by STEVE RACE
(Repeated: Thursday 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Wed 1.30 pm)
John Tidmarsh presenting world news and views
Ring Alan Watson to put your question in person to his Guest of the evening. With an eye on topical interest the invitation is being left as near as possible to the date.
To promote a maximum flow of questions, [number removed](16 lines) will take them from 6.0 pm until the end of the programme
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He was the little buzzing bee - the cartoonist's delight. As a press baron he could make and break reputations, and he did. Many loathed and distrusted him. Churchill admired him, and were Churchill alive and active today there is littledoubtthathewouldbe sending for others like Max Aitken , Lord Beaverbrook.
In tonight's portrait you can hear those who worked with him including:
RT BON MICHAEL FOOT , MP
JAMES CAMERON , A. J. P. TAYLOR and TOM DRIBERG
Written and presented by Peter Hunt
Producer ROBERT CRADOCK
Presenter Peter France Producer JOHN POWELL
Douglas Stuart reporting
Lolly Willowes by SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER
Read by ROSALIE CRUTCHLEY (4)
Radio 4's International Business Report; Market Trends
preceded by Weather
