REV JOHN JACKSON
Bank Holiday Edition
Introduced by Desmond Lynam with assistance from Heather Summerfield
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 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 Thought for the Day, a book of selections, 40p, from bookshops English Regions: see column 5
Five short stories by A. J. ALAN , doyen of the radio story with Ian Carmichael as A. J. Alan 1: The 19 Club
It soon became clear that his story was a pack of lies and that he'd never been nearer Java than Southend. And he admitted it. The whole thing was a hoax. Then he sprang his great surprise. Producer JOHN CARDY
as David Jessel , Sheridan Morley , Mavis Nicholson , Lance Percival , Esther Rantzen , Kenneth Robinson. Fritz Spiegl and their guests entertain you for the next unpredictable hour.
Producer HUGH PURCELL
Swallows and swifts fly at a great height feeding on insects - but why do the insects fly so high just to be eatenf
The team pits its wits against a selection of your wildlife questions.
Introduced by DEREK JONES Producer JOHN HARRISON
Series producer DILYS BREESE (Bristol)
(Questions to Wildlife, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR)
NEM, p 54; Our Lord, his Passion ended (BBC HB 161); Psalm 126; Acts 27, vv 1-17 (rsv); Breathe on me (BBC HB 148)
Introduced by David Jacobs
An entertainment for the Bank Holiday, featuring
JOAN BAKEWELL , TIM BROOKE-TAYLOR JOHN CLEESE , BARRY CRYER
PERCY EDWARDS , GRAEME GARDEN DAVID HATCH , GEORGE HOUSE
DAVID JASON , ERIC MORECAMBE MITCH MURRAY , MIKE NEVILLE BILL ODDIE , NIGEL REES
BARRY TOOK, BILL WALLIS andERNIE WISE
Music by THE SCHOLARS
Poetry reading by ALAN DOBIE
Compiled by BOB OLIVER ROGERS and TONY LUKE
A special country edition presented by Jeanine McMullen , where we meet a travelling stallion with that certain light in his eye and a common seal called Fred, among other unlikely broadcasters. Editor DENNIS LOWER
Roy Plomley's castaway is owner of Longleat Marquess Of Bath. Show more
The Marquess of Bath
12.55 Weather, programme news
VHF Regional news and weather
Gordon Clough
with Sue MacGregor in ' Jolly Good Company ' beside the sea at Blackpool direct from the Casino with Mike and Bernie Winters
Russell Harty with Local Land-ladies
Kathleen Eyre on the Golden Mile and all the vital, vulgar, variety of the Prom - along the pier
- with fame and fortunes - in pools and rock
- and a launch in The Space Tower
The Man Who Could Work Miracles by H. g. WELLS abridged by EVANGELINE BANKS Read by Alaric Cotter Editor WYN KNOWLES
2.0-2.2 News
Story: Little Benny Surprises his Motherby JEAN DARLING
Witch Wood
(Saturday s broadcast)
The Nightcomers by ERIC AMBLER
Read by GARY WATSON 6: The Generator
Gordon Clough with PM's reporting team
5.50 VHF
Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
A panel game for four hands
Leader of the pack and Chairman is David Nixon who deals to June Whitfield, Patrick Moore, William Rushton
Devised and shuffled by Ian Messiter
Produced and cut by Richard Willcox
(Repeated: Tuesday 1.30 pm)
John Tidmarsh
Frank Muir and Alfred Marks investigate the humour of the subject.
and the voices of John Cleese, Marty Feldman, Alan Bennett, Joyce Grenfell, Tony Hancock and Sid James
by Bill Naughton
with Geoffrey Banks and Judith Barker
'Over the years a man and a woman try and make a home for their children - not just a furnished place to live in, but a home, a home with some culture. But do these children thank you? Any expression of thanks seems out of place today. They take you an' your home for granted. Well, let me tell you, young lady, there's nobody taking me for granted.'
(Leeds)
(Repeated: next Sun 2.30 pm)
at the Edinburgh Festival with a look at the Military Tattoo and a preview of the outstanding events taking place during the next three weeks.
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producers ALAN HAYDOCK and CHRIS SWANN
Editor ROSEMARY HART
Douglas Stuart reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
The Power-House by JOHN BUCHAN
Read by NOEL JOHNSON (6)
Fred Lexster must have one of the most unusual jobs in the country - he's a swanherd. Like his ancestors before him, it is his duty to care for the flock of up to 1,500 swans who come to nest each year on Chesil Beach in Dorset. Today he shows DILYS BREESE round the swannery and tells her about the family life of the swans.
preceded by Weather
