Market prices and intelligence, the weather and what's new for farmers.
6.40 Prayer for the Day TONY BLACK
with Brian Redhead In Manchester and John Timpson in London
At 7.0 and 8.0 News and more of Today with 7.25* and 8.25* VHF Regional News and Weather; and Thought for the Day at 7.45
English Regions: see column 3
medium waveonlyfrom 9.20 am Birds
Their songs, habit and habitats. Why do birds build their nests in certain places and in different house-slyles? What are the different mating and courtship patterns? What kind of food do they needr Why do some birds migrate? How do they fly such long distances? Do birds have good eyesight? Why does the cuckoo have such a bad namet Do birds matter?
Put your questions to naturalist Tony Soper , and Chris Mead of the British Trust for Ornithology. in the Chair Jill Burridge
Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Call [number removed] from 8.0 on
medium uave only
BBC correspondents throughout the world report on the societies they live in - the politics and the people.
NEM, p 97: For all thy saints, 0 Lord (BBC HB 228): Psalm 50; 2 Timothy 3, v 14 to 4, v 5 (NEB): Lord, thy word abideth (BBC HB 190)
Perdita. Twice by ANGELA HUTH Read by Noel Johnson
Perdita iang Lawrence at the Office. He knew something had happened. She was using her flat voice. " It's Oliver's divorce," ,he said, " it's suddenly come through more quickly than we expected."
Mari Prichard presents the Tuesday edition, concerned with home and family affairs.
Based on the original TV series by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
Starring Arthur Lowe. John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn.
The Great White Hunter: Private Walker converts an open parachute he's found into several pairs of ladies' underwear and in the process causes Captain Mainwaring and his men some embarrassment.
Featuring John Laurie, Arnold Ridley and Ian Lavender.
With Larry Martyn, Pearl Hackney, Elizabeth Morgan, Fraser Kerr and John Snagge.
Adapted for radio by Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad.
Producer: John Dyas(Repeated: Thursday 6.15 pm)
Nicholas Woolley
from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Reading your letters.
Second Start: DAVID HAWKS-WORTH reports on SUSANNE BRAY 'S progress with her Open University course.
2.6-2.2 News
Anec-Notes: IRENE THOMAS with the stories behind the music.
Not a Penny off the Pay - Not a Minute on the Day: SYLVIA MARGOLIS commemorates, with MANNY SHINWELL and others who took part, the General Strike of 50 years ago.
Helen with the High Hand (6)
Story: Teddy Bear Gets Too Big for his Jacket by MARGARET CORE
This story, together with others by the same author, is in Little Pig and the Big Potato, 25p from bookshops
by HUGH WALPOLE 5: The Cleansing
With JOANNA WAKE and DAVID NEAL
Knock Down by DICK FRANCIS
Read by JACK WATSON (2)
The news magazine: presented by Nicholas Woolley with PM's reporting team
5.50 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
A quiz devised by EDWARD j. mason and TONY SHRYANE
John Amis and Frank Muir challenge
Ian Wallace and Denis Norden In the Chair Steve Race Questions compiled by STEVE RACE
BBC Birmingham
(Repeated: Wednesday 1.30 pm)
John Tidmarsh
Part 1 as Radio 3
Part 2 as Radio 3
Presenter Michael Oliver
Douglas Stuart reporting
Fanny by Gaslight 7: Night Clothes
Read by ANGELA DOWN
preceded by Weather
