REV JOHN JACKSON
The world this morning. what Britain's getting up to. plus the news from anywhere on earth, introduced by Charles Wheeler in Berlin and Desmond Lynam in London
Including at 6.59 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 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 English Regions: see column 5
A second chance to hear
The Leg-Puller by ' bartimeus ' Read by Hugh Burden
Within five minutes of their arrival on board, the sheep had been adopted by the ship's company. Mr Peglar 's supplications for their execution fell on shocked and outraged ears . , , Producer
JOANNA SCOTT-MONCRIEFr
aided by Sheridan Morley, Mavis Nicholson, Lance Percival, Esther Rantzen, Kenneth Robinson and Fritz Spiegl.
Enjoy a mixture of argument, humour and music as they meet the personalities, preview the popular arts and discuss a theme of the week ahead.
' The phantom plastic-eater strikes again! ' writes a listener. ' It has eaten the plastic corners of a canvas grip, the plastic-coated cover of a book, and a protective polythene sleeve. Whatever can it be? ' Introduced by DEREK JONES
Producer DILYS BREESE (Bristol)
NEM.p 58: Father, in whom we live (BBC HB 166); Canticle 2; Acts 4, vv 5-20 (NEB); Father most holy (BBC HB 167)
David Jacobs introduces 75 minutes of the best in radio comedy to brighten your Spring Bank Holiday morning with Arthur Askey, Ronnie Barker, Wilfrid Brambell,
Tim Brooke-Taylor, Dora Bryan, Harry H. Corbett, Bernard Cribbins, Barry Cryer, Ken Dodd, Jimmy Edwards, Dick Emery, Ray Fell, Peter Goodwright, Ann Hamilton, Sheila Hancock, Renee Houston, Frankie Howerd, Peter Hudson, Yootha Joyce, John Junkin, Roger Kitter, Ian Lavender, John Le Mesurier, Aimi MacDonald, Jo Manning-Wilson, Alfred Marks, Betty Marsden, Bob Monkhouse, Eric Morecambe, Frank Muir, Hugh Paddick, Jon Pertwee, Ted Ray, Gay Soper, Bob Todd, Arthur Tolcher, June Whitfield, Ernie Wise, Pauline Yates.
Jeanine McMullen introduces a special Country Edition which visits a Stone Age farm; attends a school for relearning hedging; looks at country crafts; meets the winner of the Kenneth Allsop Award ; and talks to a pet Iamb. Editor DENNIS LOWER
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Gordon Jackson. Show more
12.55
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Gordon Clough
Can I Help it if I Scream?: ERNIE BROWN investigates the current teenybopper cult.
2.0-2.2 News
Meals on (Car) Wheels: ANDY PRICE samples some budget ways of eating while you travel. For Your Booklist: SYLVIA CLAYTON chooses some recent novels. Fred Astaire 's daughter, AVA ASTAIRE MCKENZIE , talks about her father's career.
Ebenezer 32 by PHILIP PURSER Read by John Pullen
Deputy editor TERESA MCGONAGLE Editor WYN KNOWLES
Story: Tom Cat and Brown Mouse by ANNE ENGLISH
Alibi for a Judge
Adventure Lit Their Star by KENNETH ALLSOP abridged for radio In five parts and read by Denys Hawthorne Kenneth Allsop 's first novel is an account of the little ringed plover's early attempt to establish itself in this country. Written in 1949, Adventure Lit Their Star was awarded the 1950 John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize.
Producer HARRY CATLIN ‡
Kenneth Allsop 's lifelong concern for the countryside resulted in the setting up of a memorial fund in his name. With the money raised it is hoped to purchase the island of Steepholm in the Bristol Channel as a nature reserve. Further information from [address removed]
The news magazine: presented by Gordon Clough
5.50 VHF
Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
starring Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler in Nothing but the Vest With NORMA RONALD
RONALD BADDILEY , JOHN GRAHAM Written by EDWARD TAYLOR and JOHN GRAHAM
Producer EDWARO TAYLOR
Still yours faithfully: page 4
(Repeated: Tuesday 1.30 pm)
John Tidmarsb
Unnatural Death by DOROTHY L. SAYERS , adapted in seven parts by CHRIS MILLER
4: Hallelujah
Producer SIMON BRETT
in Abraham Lincoln by JOHN DRINKWATER adapted for radio by ANTHONY CORNISH and PIERS PLOWRIGHT
'I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. But as events have come before me. I have seen them always with one faith: we have preserved the American Union. and abolished a great wrong.'
Producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT
(Alan Gifford is in 'The Dame of Sark' at the Duke of York's; David Healy in 'Saturday, Sunday, Monday' at the Queen's; Bob Sherman in 'Harvey' at the Prince of Wales, London)
A nightly review
Presenter Nigel Rees Producer CHRIS SWANN Editor ROSEMARY HART
Douglas Stuart reporting
by John Wyndham
Read by Andrew Burt
A day in the life of country vet. James Herriot. JEANINE MCMnLEN travels with him on his rounds of Yorkshire hill-farms. Herriot, now one of the best-selling authors in the world, still prefers to spend his days up to his armpit inside cows finding out why they cannot hold in calf. rather than living a life of luxury in the Bahamas.
Producer PETER DE ROSA
James Herriot is guest of the week: Woman's Hour, Wed
preceded by Weather
