6.40 Prayer for the Day REV RICHARD HARRIES
Introduced by John Timpson and Paul Barnes
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 9.0 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 7.4S-7.50 Editor MIKE CHANEY
English Regions: see column 5
from 9.40
Radio 4's open line gives you the opportunity to voice your opinions on political issues.
Ring Birmingham [number removed] and discuss your point of view on the air with George Scott and with other R4 listeners.
Producer JENNY DE YONG
BBC Birmingham
The lines are open from 8.0 am
Checkpoint investigates. Fair? Is it worth it? Are you well-protected? Points at issue for consumers presented by Roger Cook
Producer ISABEL JAMES
nem, p 110; Christ for the world we sing! (BBC HB 172); Psalm 119, vv 129-136 (bcp); Luke 12, vv 13-31 (RSV); Love divine (BBC HB 328)
A Change is as Good as a Rest by GWEN HORSFIELD
Read by Barbara Mullaney
Arthur had always refused to go abroad. 'I don't trust foreigners,' 'e'd say. ' They rook you right an' left. An' their food! No wonder folks get typhoid an' other 'orrible things. No. I'll keep to Black-pool.' Producer HERBERT SMITH BBC Manchester
medium wave only
by MARY-JEAN HASLER with Penelope Lee as Lilian Starr
Brigid Erin Bates as Molly Ellis * We had been walking a very long time. I saw what looked like blocks of salt but. to my horror, after a bit, I found it was snow. Every step we took I slipped back half and then they got annoyed. They produced a dagger. I was so tired. I said, " Well, get on with it then ".'
A true story of murder, kidnapping and ransom set on the North-West Frontier of India. Today, 50 years later, the two principals in that drama live in peaceful retirement here in England. With their voices and memories this strange tale has been pieced together.
Narrated by Richard Bebb With RALPH TRUMAN
LESLIE HERITAGE, HAYDN JONES JEFFREY SEGAL , NORMA RONALD ROSHAN SETH. DINO SHAFEEK and MARC ZUBER
Producer MAURICE LEITCH
Your health and general well-being are the concern of our Friday presenter Bill Breckon
12.55
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Gordon Clough
Editor DEREK LEWIS
from 2.0 Introduced from Manchester by June Knox-Mawer Northern Guest:
Grace Sheppard. wife of the Bishop of Liverpool
2.6-2.2 News
Settling Down in a New Town: LIBBY WALKER is there to help. Survival of the Species: Riber Park looks to the future of our wildlife.
BBC Manchester
Images of Rose (8)
Story: Missus Cluckabiddy Saves the Day by STEPHEN WEAVER
Presenters JEAN ROGERS and JOHN BULL
Written by MARY HAYDON
Nigel Stock. Sheila Grant and Ronald Herdman in Time to be Still by PETER BRENT
' Anger makes waves. Ripples. They unsteady one. The subtle-body is disturbed, like a tree in a storm. It is bad for you. It is bad for me to watch you. You see, we do not always know why we do what we do. And sometimes we do not even know what we do.'
Producer DAVID SPENSER
A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion in last Friday's Any Questions? Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Producer ROY HAYWARD BBC Bristol
Write to: Any Answersf, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR
The House of Gatr by ERIC LINKLATER adapted for radio in ten parts Read by JOHN SHEDDEN 10: Kate Decides
Producer CORDON EMSLIE BBC Scotland
(Starting next Monday: Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie , abridged by Donald Bancroft and read by Anna Massey )
The news magazine: presented by Gordon Clough with PM's reporting team Editor DEREK LEWIS
5.50 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
A nationwide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain.
(Repeated: Monday 1.30 pm)
Dick Tracey presenting world news and views
Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNI
MARGARET HOWARD presents her selection of extracts from BBC Radio and Television programmes during the past seven days.
Producer PETER DE ROSA
(Repeated: Saturday 10.30 am)
A spontaneous discussion by Clive Jenkins
Norman St John-Stevas , mp Arianna Stassinopoulos Nicholas Harman
Chairman David Jacobs from Avon
Producer MICHAEL BOWEN BBC Bristol
(Rptd: Sat, 1.15; Mon, 11.5 am)
Listeners' views for use in Any Answers? (Thursdau at
7.30 pm) to: Any Answerst, BBC, Bristol BSS 2LR
Presenter P. J. Kavanagh
Douglas Stuart reporting
Friday Special: a deeper look at a topic of the moment Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE
The Stone Angel by MARGARET LAURENCE Read by MARGARET ROBERTSON (10)
Bill Wallis, Nigel Rees, Peter Hudson and Bill McGuffie at the piano take a late-night look back over the week's news and illustrate the funny side.
Script by COLIN BOSTOCK-SMITH, ANDREW MARSHALL and others
Producer JOHN LLOYD
preceded by Weather
