6.40 Prayer for the Day REV PHILIP TURNER
John Timpson in London and Michael Cooke in Manchester
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, Weather; and Thought for the Day at 7.45*
English Regions: see column 5
Read by JOHN GRAHAM (9)
(Sot's broadcast: shortened)
NEM, p 97; 0 greatly blessed the people are (BBC HB 469); Psalm 50; 1 John 5, vv 1-6. 8-13 and 18-21 (RSV); 0 word of God incarnate (BBC HB 191)
Strange Gift by HELEN COLE Read by Denise Bryer
' We haven't got Aunt Muriel's wedding present on show. You know what she's like.' ' I do indeed.'
What did she give us? ' That was a poser ... Producer PAMELA HOWE
In a series of five reminiscent talks the well-known barrister, author and broadcaster recalls some of the strange, amusing, and even frightening things that have happened to him and the people he's known. 2: In Court
Presenter George Luce including MOLLY PRICE-OWEN with the BBC Shopping Basket, the weekend's best buys, all the news that affects consumers, and, of course, your views in What's On Your Mind?
12.55 medium wave onlu
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather -
Brian Widtake
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk till Two
2.0-2.2 News
' It's Just Like Having Another Baby! ': NANCY LINCOLN talks about life as a seal mother. ' If I Were ... I Would.... ':
ROSS DAVIES as Minister for the Quality of Life.
Blessing or Curse?: DR KATHAR-INA DALTON explains to ANN HEYNO the development of menstruation, and its effects on girls and women.
The Painted Veil (8)
Story: David's Own Chair by JOHN FARRINGTON
Blue-Blood Hang-Up by DAVID MARSHALL with Patricia Hayes , John Hollls ' Just fancy - you and me - working class - involved in murder. I mean, murder mysteries are for the upper classes and that.'
Produced and directed by GERRY JONES
(Patricia Hayes is in Liza of Lambeth ' at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London)
JACK DE MANIO meets the famous and the not-so-famous. Producer MICHELL RAPER
4.0-4.5 News
The Toff on Ice
4: Three Relics from Siam
Brian Widtake
5.50 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
(Repeated: Friday 1.30 pm)
In the studio David Holden
Six classic cases in the story of British criminal investigation as we know it today. 5: Dead On Arrival by TONY VAN DEN BERGH
In 1910 a train arrived at Morpeth Station with a dead body in one of the compartments. Who had committed the murder? One man seemed to have the motive and the opportunity ...
Produced and directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING
An investigation into the growing trend towards the Closed Shop in Britain. Four million Tuc members are in Closed Shops. They have to belong to the union. Under the Government's Trade Union and Labour Relations laws more and more people are facing the choice: join the union or get the sack. Does compulsory trade union membership infringe personal freedom? Or is the Closed Shop essential for good industrial relations?
Presented by Peter Paterson Producer CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM BBC Manchester Preview: page 11
Presenter Tony Palmer
Douglas Stuart reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
Mark Twain and Royalty and Me Read by FAITH BROOK
2: Bad Times and Good
Radio 4's International Business Report: Market Trends
Part 4: Clive Jacobs with a report on the river as a gateway to the world.
preceded by Weather
