6.40 Prayer for the Day REV IAN HOLDCROFT
Introduced by John Timpson 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 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
Events and sounds of a past year to challenge the memories of Resident team
Isobel Barnett and Paul Barnes and Guests Irene Thomas and Geoffrey Hamilton
Chairman Sheridan Morley
MARGARET HOWARD Sets the questions with recordings from the BBC Sound Archives. Producer MADEAU STEWART
BBC home correspondents and reporters look beyond the headline stories.
Introduced by PAULINE BUSHNELL ProducerTOM READ
nem, p 114: The race that long in darkness pined (BBC HB496); Psalm 29; Mark 13, vv 14-27 (NEB); Soldiers of Christ, arise (BBC HB 365)
Fifty-Fifty by DOUGLAS RAILTON
Read by David March
If I was on my own, Guillermo would say, things would be different. I could take chances ...Was he a coward, then? No, it isn't that, he explained to himself. The fact is, I'm used to this place, I like it here....
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER
A domestic comedy about retirement written by ANNE JONES starring
Deryck Guyler. Mollie Sugden as Mr and Mrs Wheeler with Norman Rossington as Jack Bailey
and Agnes Carmichael Home to Roost theme by ALEX WELSH, played by HIS BAND
Producer TRAFFORD WHITELOCK
No Second Spring by MARIA CHARLES
Presenter Lyn Macdonald
I Know My Rights - or Do IT: find out in today's edition*
Programme 6
A weekly quiz on music and general knowledge Panel: Nan Winton
Ted Moult , Neil Durden-Smith v a team representing the RAF stationed in Cyprus Pat Flisher. Barrie Blakely Marvin Nicks. Derek Baldwin
Questionmaster PETER JONES
Questions set, programme devised and produced by MICHAEL TUKE-HASTINGS (By arrangement with the British Forces Broadcasting Service)
(Repeated: Friday 6.15 pm)
12.55
Weather, programme news
VHF Regional news and weather
William Hardcastle
from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week: Paul Tortelier
2.0-2.2 News
Reading Your Letters.
For Your Booklist: JUNE KNOX-MAWER chooses some novels.
Alternative Transport: PAUL BARNES travels without a car. SHIRLEY COOKLIN reads Walls (10)
Story: The Pillow Case by EDNA WILLIAMS
Hopcraft into Europe
A second chance to hear the comedy for radio by MICHAEL SADLER with Charles Kay , Norman Rodway and Cécile Chevreau
As Britain enters the Common Market, wider horizons open up for the sale of British toys, A Toy Fair in Northern France offers an opportunity that cannot be ignored. And there are also offers of another nature to be found across the Channel.
Producer JOHN TYDEMAN
Tom Driberg recalls seeing the first production of this legendary musical comedy in 1917, when it starred Jost Collins , ' a majestic Amazonian presence, with raven hair and flashing eyes.'
With songs from the show recorded by a number of artists including JOAN SUTHERLAND STANLEY HOLLOWAY and jose COLLINS herself.
Producer PATRICIA BRENT
Woman in the Mirror (8)
William Hardcastle with PM's reporting team
5.50 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
Rodney Bewes and James Bolam as Bob Ferris and Terry Collier With MICHAEL STAINTON 12: Boys Night In
Written by DICK CLEMENT and IAN LA FRENAIS
Adapted for radio and produced by JOHN BROWELL
(Repeated: Friday 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Thursday 1.30 pm)
John Tidmarsh
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The Church and Our Present Discontent
Ring Robin Day to put your questions in person to the Most Rev Dr Donald Coggan , The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury
Producer WALTER WALLICH
Call [number removed]from 6.0 pm
A ten-part series on some of the men in the private and public life of Queen Elizabeth I, based on the book by NEVILLE WILLIAMS with Judy Parfitt as the Queen Narrated by Gabriel Woolf
8: Boy Jack written by ERIC EWENS with Richard Pasco Sir JohnHARINGTON
: I have a verse:
Treason doth never prosper - what's the reasont
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason. with the voices of CAROLE BOYD , SANDRA FREEMAN JANE THOMPSON , PAULA TINKER MARTIN READ and JOHN RYE Producer MICHAEL BARTLETT
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer Louise PURSLOW
John Tusa reporting
Leave it to Psmith (8)
preceded by Weather
