22 Farming Today
6.40 Prayer for the Day ROSEMARY WAKELIN
Introduced by John Timpson and Barry Norman including at 6.50 and 7.5* 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 Today 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.
Records introduced by Richard Baker
(A shortened version of Saturday's broadcast)
BBC correspondents throughout the world report on the societies they live In - the politics and the people.
NEM, p 75; Ye servants of the Lord (BBC HB 372); Psalm 119, vv 9-16; Romans 14, v 19 to 15, v 7 (Jerusalem Bible); Come, labour on! (BBC HB 388)
Stan by ANNE BLACKETT
Read by Michael Deacon
Stan is a latch-key kid,' but he hasn' got a key, and that's not his only problem. He badly needs someone to talk to. If only Jack was still alive. Producer ANNE BROWN (Birmingham)
recalls six of the unusual occupations at which he has tried his hand.
6: Putting Snarls on Lions' Faces
Series producer BRIAN PATTENt
Presenter Nancy Wise
Up, Up and Away: JOHN TURTLE reports on how the BBC's Shopping Basket and the Government Retail Price Index keep a check an how much and how last prices are rising.
And in Shopping Basket MARGARET KORVING looks at the cost of everyday items and reports on best buys.
With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind?
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
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk till Two.
2.0-2.2 News
Arty Other Business: a look at some of the more domestic points from Parliament. Reading your letters.
Cooking the Jewish Way (4): cakes and biscuits. EVELYN ROSE'S suggestions for stretching the food pound.
Focal Point: a magazine round-up of news from the world of science.
VIRGINIA STRIDE read* Joy as it Flies by BRENDA LITTLEK(4)
Story: Mr Brown 's House by JOHN FARRINGTON
The Cooper Case by JAMES G. HARRIS
The majority of real murders are nothing more than accidents of passion. The motives are nearly always the same: stress, frustration, despair, rage. leading to a sudden, volcanic release of tension.
Producer DAVID SPENSER
JACK DE MANIO meets the famous, the not-so-famous and sometimes even the downright obscure.
Producer MICHELL RAPER
4.0-4.5 News
The Pastures of Heaven by JOHN STEINBECK
Read by RAMSAY WILLIAMS 4: Pat Humbert
William Hardcastle and PM's reporting team
5.50 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
Written by BRUNO MILNA
(Repeated: Friday 1.30 pm) Cast for the week:
Ray Gowdridge 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
(Repeated: Friday 4.5 pm)
Laurens van der Post plays some of his favourite records and explains why they give him particular pleasure. (Repeated: Friday 11.5 am)
The Stony Road
A severe Budget is a necessary element in any strategy for improving the overall performance of our economy, which has been lagging increasingly behind most industrial economies for more than a single generation.
(CHANCELLOR OP THE EXCHEQUER)
The immediate effects of Mr Healey 's Budget, in which he said there was a better alternative to the present stony road. are now being felt. But what impact are his measures likely to have in the longer term?
Analysts considers the state of the economy and the choice of roads open to the Government. Producer GREVILLE HAVENHAND
Presenter Nigel Hees Producer JOHN POWELL
9.59 Weather
John Tusa reporting
The Mill on the Floss by GEORGE ELIOT
Read by GABRIEL WOOLF (19)
Radio 4's International Business Report; Market Trends
preceded by Weather
