6.40 Prayer for the Day FR JOHN HARRIOTT , SJ
Brian Redhead in Manchester and John Timpson 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.J5* VHF Regional News. Weather; and Thought for the Day at 7.45*
English Regions: see column 5
Drawn from the Wild
The cows and sheep in our fields today are as different from any creature in the wild as many of our crop plants are from their ancestors. Where have they come from? We return to the Iron Age to seek out their origins.
Introduced by PETER franct Producer JOHN HARRISON
Series producer dilys breesi BBC Bristol
Major Breakthrough's Army
Never before has there been such interest in health matters; never before has the pace of medical research been so rapid. Breakthroughs are always round the corner and the temptation is to be first with the good news. Medical journalists, however, are increasingly aware of their responsibilities not to raise false hopes and yet not to withhold encouraging news. Where does the happy medium lie? Bill Breekon reports
Medical adviser DAVID belvin Producers SUSAN smiluu and PAT TAYLOR
BBC home correspondents and reporters look beyond the headline stories.
Introduced by JOHN HEDGES Producer TERRY LLOYD
nem, p 34; How sweet the name of Jesus sounds (BBC HB 142); Psalm 114: Acts 9, vv lgb-31 (AV); All hail the power of Jesus' name (BBC BB 118)
A Casual Acquaintance by STAN BAR STOW
Read by Peter Bartlett
* " He's neglected you for once, then? " I said. " For always." she said. It's over. It has been for weeks ... People never live up to expectation, you know."
Last Respects by MICHAEL TOFT ! Just take young Joe for a start ... I lamented more when our budgie died than he's doing over his own father. Mind you, they were daggers drawn, you know.'
Produced and directed by TONY CLIFF. BBC Manchester
Presenter Nancy Wise
I Know My Rights - or Do I?
Chairman Robert Robinson
Round 2. 19: South oj England RICHARD snailrau (Berkshire), lecturer: MICHAEL DENNEHY i Berkshire), law student; ELIZAbetb withycombe (Oxfordshire), writer; cerald Gregory (Hampshire). civil servant
Including Beat the Brains
Programme devised by JOHN P. WYNN , Who, With IAN GILLIES. sets the questions. Producer TONY luke
IRepeoted: Friday 6.15 pm)
12.55
Weather, programme news
VHF Regional news and weather
Brian Widtake
{.Tuesday's broadcast)
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week:
Janet Suzman , actress
2.0-2.2 News
No Fun Behind the Games: ANDREW MANDERSTAM takes a look at the preparations for the Montreal Olympics.
Stir Clockwise, Stir Anti-Clockwise: BOBBI CHAMBERS enrolled at a cookery school.
-' It Gives Me Fun': LYNN ten KATE visits a school recorder consort.
Reflections on a Mountain Summer by JOANNA M. GLASS (2)
Story: The Maypole by EUGENIE SUMMERFIELD
Asya by ivan tvrgenev dramatised bY-JOAN O'CONNOR
At 24 Viado was an innocent - he'd dabbled in love affairs but nothing had ever really touched his heart. Then some quirk of fate took him to a small town on the Rhine, where he met two fellow Russians-an attractive young man and his even more attractive sister, Music played by HUGO b'alton Directed by JANE uorgax
3: The Eagle and the Dove Robert Dougall introduces the music of birds and some of the music, poetry and prose which they have inspired in man. Reader GARY WATSON
Producer PETER DE ROSA
Poison and Adelaide Bartlett by YSEULT BRIDGES
Read by DAVID brierley
8: The National Scandal
The news magazine: presented byBrianWidlake with PM's reporting team
5.59 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
A team of celebrities play this popular panel game This week:
Isobel Barnett Anona Winn
Humphrey Lyttellon Desmond Morris
In the Chair Cliff Miehermare Producer bo»y jaye
(Repeated; Fridall 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Thursday 1.30 pm)
In the studio David Sells
Ring Robin Day to put your questions on the relations between customer and trader, in person, to the newly appointed Director General of Fair Trading, Professor Gordon Borrie.
Call [number removed] from 6.0 pm
... what would we do without her?
James Burke introduces a humorous and irreverent survey of the American way of life in this its bicentenary year, with the voices, songs, music and sounds of its people, politicians and personalities, including:
MUHAMMAD ALI, WOODY ALLEN BILL COSBY , JAMES DEAN
PHYLLIS DILLER , BILLY GRAHAM •URL IVES, TOM LEHRER
BOB NEWHART , RICEIAKD NIXON JESSE OWENS , ELVIS PRESLEY LITTLE RICHARD
EDWARD G. ROBINSON
MORT SAHL , GEORGE WALLACE
JOHN WAYNE and GENE WILDER Script and research by COLIN BOSTOCK-SMITH
Producer MARTIN FISHER
Presenter Paul Vaughan
Douglas Stuart reporting
-What's Become of Waring (3)
preceded by Weather
