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 7.45-7.50 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
The programme that Investigates your consumer problems, presented by Roger Cook Producer ISABEL JAMES
NEM, P 50; 0 King enthroned on high (BBC HB 158); Psalm 139; Luke 16, vv 10-18 (RSV); Come down, 0 love divine (BBC HB 149)
Sanctuary by NORA WINDRIDGE
Read by June Barrie
The little seals still had speckly fur. The man tossed the last fish into the water, making the babies dive and race for them, 'They must learn to catch their own,' Granpa said. * They won't be in the Sanctuary for ever.'
Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol
A second chance to hear the story of the successful British attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest by the most difficult route-the South-West Face.
Recounted by Chris Bonington with recordings made during the climb.
Producer ROY HAYWARD BBC Bristol
An occasional look at people who are happy at their work. The Milk Lady
Pamela Johnson
BBC Birmingham
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 Birmingham by Maureen Staffer
Come Fly with Me: PETER WINDOWS investigates what makes this a distressing experience for a lot of travellers.
2.0-2.2 News
Supermarket Art Show: LIZ DANIELS reports from the newest and biggest in Europe.
The Flat We Lived in: JOHN DWYER recalls with affection his first marital home.
Rent-a-bike: JOCELYN RYDER-SMITH meets GWYNETH MORGAN who hires holiday bikes - each with a name.
Guest: Margaret Nally , President of the Institute of Public Relations.
BBC Birmingham
EDWARD KELSEY reads The Rainbird Pattern by VICTOR CANNING (4)
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Story: Two Heads are Better than One by HERBERT MCKAY Presenters MICHAEL RICHMOND and MAUREEN MORRIS
Written by MICHAEL RICHMOND Producer JENYTH WORSLEY
The Quarter-Million Boys
A Sentimental Journey to a Dead City by BLOKE MODISANE
The story of a man who Is too black to be white and too educated to be black.
Producer CHARLES LEFEAUX
Death on the Nile by AGATHA CHRISTIE
Read by ANNA MASSEY
10: Demise of a Lady Novelist
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
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 DENYS GUEROULT
(Repeated: Saturday 10.30 am)
A spontaneous discussion by Rt Hon Enoch Powell , mp Gwyneth Dunwoody , mp Melvyn Bragg Antony Jay
Chairman David Jacobs from Buckinghamshire Producer MICHAEL BOWEN BBC Bristol
(Rptd: Sat, 1.15; Mon, 11.5am)
Listeners' views for use in Any Answers? (Thursday at
7.30 pm) to: Any Answers!, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
The special relationship
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Reassessing the 'special relationship' between the UK and US, in the light of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson's sudden resignation.
by ALISTAIR COOKE
(Repeated: Sunday 9.15 am)
Alistair Cooke 's America: £6.00, from bookshops
Presenter P. J. Kavanagh
9.59 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting
Friday Special: a deeper look at a topic of the moment Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE
The Sleeper Awakes by H. G. WELLS
Read by ROBERT HARDY (5)
Bill Wallis , Nigel Rees Chris Emmett 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 ALASTAIR BEATON and others Producer JOHN LLOYD
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