C.40 Prayer for the Day RICHARD WILKINS
with Brian Redhead In Manchester and Michael Cooke in London
At 7.0 and 8.0 News and more of Today, including Thought for the Day at 7.45*
English Regions: see column 5
medium waveonly front 9.25 An Old Stream by the Mill
A millstream, oxbow ponds and the clear waters of a river wandering at will along a valley bottom form the setting for this Radio Nature Trail in which we explore the rich wildlife that lives beside the waters.
Introduced by DEREK JONES Producer JOHN HARRISON
Series producer DILYS BREESE BBC Bristol
The New Mobility
Each year more and more sufferers from arthritis are given a new lease of life at the hands of the orthopaedic surgeon.
Nancy Wise went to watch a new hip being given to patient. Producers
SUSAN SNAILUM and PAT TAYLOR
Introduced by JOHN HEDGES Producer TERRY LLOYD
NEM, p 118; Christian, unflinching stand (BBC HB 350); Ps 91, vv 1-13; Acts 4. vv 21-31 (AV); Ye holy angels (BBC HB 286)
Five from the North
3: A Box to Keep the Screws In by JIM ANDREW
Read by Henry Livings
I arrived home from school to find my grandmother's house, where I lived, a gloomy place of whispers.
Open Day
(Saturdays broadcast)
Presenter Nancy Wise
I Know My Rights - or Do 17
12.55
Weather, programme news
VHF Regional news and weather
Brian Widlake
from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week:
Mary Stewart. novelist.
2.0-2.2 News
Four Are My Own. Two Are Adopted, and I Have Foster Children Too: a divorced mother talks to JEAN GOODMAN. Wadi Mohammed 's Affaire: Liz MCNEILL TAYLOR recounts a domestic crisis in India.
Booming Harps: DILYS MORGAN on the current popularity of these ancient instruments. Requiem for a Wren (10)
Story: The Magic Oven by SYLVIA A. PRICE
by Anita Bronson
[starring] Rosemary Leach as Maudie Jones
and Anton Rodgers as Murdoch
in a comedy
with Ann Beach as Louise and Denys Hawthorne as Barney
Maudie and Murdoch's divorce would seem to most of their friends to be the end of their marriage, but, in fact, it could turn out to be something completely different.
(Stereo)
A series of four programmes 1: The Fascination of Birds
Robert Dougall invites you to listen to the music of birds and to some of the music, poetry and prose they have inspired in man.
Reader GARY WATSON
Producer PETER de ROSA
Ride a Paper Tiger 8: Execution
Brian Widlake
5.50 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
Esther Rantzen. Penelope Keith George Melly. Francis Matthews In the Chair Cliff Michelmore Producer BOBBY JAYE
(Repeated: Friday 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Thursday 1.30 pm)
In the studio Peter Hobday
Is Britain like Little Red Riding Hood? Should we be afraid of the big bad wolf of communism? How strong and how independent is West European communism? Can Britain become communist?
Christopher Cvlic goes behind the jargon and the myths to explain what communists really believe, how they operate both in and out of office. and how they see the future of world revolution.
Research by PETER STOTHARD
Producer GREVILLE HAVENHAND
(Ring Voice of the People: Friday 9.5 am Radio 4; The Money Programme on Bulgaria: Friday 8.15 pm BBC2)
An appreciation illustrating his gift for creating laughter during 30 years on radio, the cinema and television.
Presented by Barry Norman Producer JOHN BRIDGES
with Roger Cook and Nick Ross The M64 - A Clash of Interest
Compiled by ROGER COOK , NICK ROSS and SALLY DIPLOCK Producer RITCHIE COGAN
Presenter Michael Oliver
Douglas Stuart reporting
Room at the Top (8)
preceded by Weather
