Market pric s and intelligence, the weather and what's new for farmers.
Producers ROBIN HICKS and GARTH coorER
6.40 Prayer for the Day MARTIN MUNCASTER
Introduced by John Timpson and Barry Norman 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, including the latest news on the Lombard RAC International Rally from BARRIE GILL at York; Today's Papers at 7.35' and 8.35*: and Thought for the Day 7.45-7.50 English Regions: see column 5
Our Pets
With an estimated five million dogs, three-and-a-half million cats and one million pet rabbits in the United Kingdom. it's no wonder that we have a reputation as a nation of animal-lovers. Sadly though, many domestic pets suffer through ignorance on the part of their owners.
How much food and exercise is necessary for dogs and catst What sort of cage does a hamster needf Does the water in a fish tank ever need changingt Will a tortoise need feeding during hibernation
In the studio to answer your questions about pets is James Allcock. a practising veterinary surgeon, and member of the British Veterinary Council. In the Chair Barbara Myers Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
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NEM, p 9; My soul, praise the Lord! (BBC HB 463); Psalm 65; 2 Samuel 2, vv 1-7 (AV); Lord of all being (BBC HB 11)
Love Whoop by ANNE RITCHIE
Read by Laurence Harrington ' And now, Ladies and Gentlemen. pree-senting Madame Guillotine , the finest blade in the world. Watch her slice through this prize head of cabbage-cole slaw in seconds ...
Presenter Jeanine McMullen
A look at home, school and everyday family life.
A panel game controlled (!) by Nicholas Parsons in which Kenneth Williams Peter Jones. Sheila Hancock and William Rushton try to talk for just a minute Devised by IAN MESSITER Producer JOHN LLOYD
(Repeated: Thursday 6.15 pm) Kenneth Williams 's Preview: page 19
12.55
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Nicholas Woolley
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor Fun and Games: MOLLY PRICE-OWEN investigates the changing ways we spend our leisuretime.
2.0-2.2 News
Reading your letters.
Back into the Main S'tTeam: DR DARCEY DALE describes recent work with deaf children.
For Your Booklist: SYLVIA CLAY TON chooses some recent novels, The Joy of the Snow (5)
Story: Meter-Man by DONALD MATTAM
by JANE AUSTEN dramatised in six parts by DENIS CONSTANDUROS with Part 2
Mr Bennet's hopes, expressed to his daughter Elizabeth, that their guest, Mr Collins, might provide him with a rich source of secret entertainment were not long in being fulfilled ...
Music composed and conducted by SIDNEY SAGER
Producer BRIAN MILLER (BBC Bristol)
The Return by WALTER BE LA MARE
Read by STEPHEN MURRAY (7)
The news magazine presented by Nicholas Woolley with PM's reporting team
5.50 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
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A panel game devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON
Dilys Powell and Frank Muir challenge
Anne Scott-James and Denis Norden
In the chair Jack Longland Questions compiled by PETER MOORE
(Repeated: Thursday 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Wednesday 1.30 pm)
John Tidmarsh
Part 1 as Radio 3
Part 2 as Radio 3
Presenter Edwin Mullins Producer CHRIS SWANN
Douglas Stuart reporting
The Little Ottleys
Book 1: Love's Shadow (2)
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