6.40 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 Sports News and Today's Papers: at 7.25* and 8.25* VHF Regional News and Weather: and Thought for the Day at 7.45*
English Regions: see column 5
(Sat's broadcast: shortened)
NEM, p 122; Hark how the adoring hosts above (BBC HB 489); Canticle 10; Acts 4, v 32 to 5, v 10 (av); There is a land of pure delight (BBC HB 254)
Five from the North 4: Balloons
Written and read by Valerie Georgeson
She was sweating, her arms ached and as her turn at the till came nearer and nearer, she just wanted to throw the boxes in the air and run. But how could she? She had to go through with it now*
5: Lulworth Cove
Andy roams over the cliffs and shingle beaches at this unique spot in Dorset.
A series of six programmes Producer MARLENE PEASE
Presenter George Luce including MOLLY PRICE-OWEN with the BBC Shopping Basket, the weekend's best buys and all the consumer news,
12.55
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by Brian Widlake
from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk till Two.
2.0-2.2 News
Reading your letters.
Woman Conducts at Met: from New York SONIA BEESLEY reports on the unusual musical life of SARAH CALDWELL.
Skin Deep?: VALERIE BETHELL investigates the value of cosmetics.
IAN RICHARDSON reads Requiem for a Wren by NEVIL SHUTE (11)
Story: The New Road by VERA RUSHBROOKE
Crazy Crowd by ANGUS WILSON
The last in a series of four plays adapted for radio by JOHN GRAHAM
' Now - this weekend, darling - there's no need to be frightened. I know you've never met my family, but I'm pretty certain you'll approve of them.'
Produced and directed by GRAHAM GAULD
JACK DE MANIO meets the famous and the not-so-famous* Producer MICHELL RAPER
4.0-4.5 News
Ride A Paper Tiger
9: The Confrontation
Brian Widlake
5.50 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
(Repeated: Friday 1.30 pm)
In the studio: Peter Hobday
A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion in last Friday's Any Questions/ Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Producer ROY HAYWARD BBC Bristol
1: The Spiritualists
Written by ERIC TWINAME , based on The Road to Endor by JONES and STOKER with Narrated by Richard Bebb Turkey, 1917. In a remote prisoner of war camp the British inmates have long given up any hope of escape. Then one day, an ouija board, manipulated by a young officer to while away the time, becomes a bizarre instrument of freedom. Others taking part:
SEAN BARRETT. PETER CRAZE DAVID GRAHAM , ALAN DUDLEY DINO SHAFFEEK. PAUL MEIER and PATRICK BARR
The first of three programmes Producer MAURICE LEITCH
(Repeated: Friday 11.5 am)
The Reluctant Recruits
Presented by John Vaizey
British boardrooms contain only half as many graduates as those in other industrialised countries and the proportion of university leavers going into industry has been dropping steadily in recent years. Last month the cbi launched a major scheme to ' sell ' industry to schoolchildren.
Why do so few of our top brains go into productive industry? What effect is this having on our economic performance?
Producer MICHAEL GREEN BBC Manchester
Presenter Paul Vaughan
Douglas Stuart reporting
Room at the Top (9)
preceded by Weather
