Presented from East Anglia by DAVID RICHARDSON BBC Birmingham
6.40 Prayer for the Day REV VERNON SPHOXTON
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 8.25* VHF Regional News, Weather; and Thought for the Day at 7.45* Editor MIKE CHANEY
English Regions: see column S
Read by JULIAN GLOVER (11)
The studio guests join Esther Rantzen. Kenneth Robinson , Fritz Spiegi and who knows who else for 55 minutes of interviews, discussion and mild irreverence.
Producer MICHAEL EMBM
'I'm very worried about our ordinary garden birds-robins, dunnocks, blackbirds, and so on. How have they been getting on during this very dry summer? I have seen so few young birds this year.'
The Wildlife team have news for all garden bird-watchers. Introduced by DEREK JONES Producer DILYSBREESE
BBC Bristol (Tomorrow's Tuesday Call is also about birds)
NEM, p 89: 0 thou in all thy might so far (BBC HB 312); Psalm 118, vv 1-14: Matthew 11, vv 2-15 (Rsv): All my hope on God is founded (BBC HB 299)
The Count and the Wedding Guest by o. HENRY Read by Peter Marinker
' " Laugh, and the world laughs with you: weep. and they give you the laugh," she quoted. " I have learned that, Mr Donovan. I have no friends or acquaintances in this city. But you have been kind to me. I appreciate it highly." He had passed her the pepper twice at the table.'
Producer JOANNA SCOTT-MONCRIEFF
11.50 Announcements
Presenter Sue Cook
The World of Work: MARGARET KORVING studies the market. Your Money
Editor DENNIS LOWER
Roy Plomley's castaway is swimmer David Wilkie. Show more
12.55
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Robert Williams
Editor DEREK LEWIS
from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk till Two.
2.0-2.2 News
Head Start: DAVID HAWKSWORTH looks at a new scheme to help children enjoy starting Senior School.
Reading your letters.
Wintertime, Holidaytime (2): MAEVE BINCHY with some out-of-season ideas for holidays in Britain.
The Right True End (6) Editor WYN KNOWLES
Story: The Three Little Pigs adapted for radio by JEAN SUTCLIFFE
Presenters MAUREEN MORRIS and MICHAEL RICHMOND
Written and produced by JtNYTH WORSLEY
Black Tom Tyrant
(.Saturday's broadcast)
Felix Holt by GEORGE ELIOT
Abridged in ten episodes and read by Gabriel Woolf (1)
A young man who chooses poverty as a way of life; a young girl who daydreams of wealth and position; and a bitter, haunted woman on her great estate waiting only for her beloved son to restore the family's fortunes: these are the threads which George Eliot weaves into a splendid tale of human relationships against the background of political unrest in the early 19th century. Producer MARGARET ETALL
The news magazine: presented by Robert Williams with PM's reporting team Editor DEREK LEWIS
5.50 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
Another chance to hear The US Air Force Comes to Cheam starring Tony Hancock
With SID JAMES, BILL KERR
HATTIE JACQUES. KENNETH WILLIAMS and GERRY STOVIN
Script by ALAN SIMPSON and HAY CALTON
Theme and incidental music by WALLY STOTT
Producer TOM RONALD
Review by Kenneth Williams : page 70
(Repeated: Tuesday 1.30 pm)
Twenty-Five Years of The Archers, 60p, from bookshops
A daily programme in which reports from around the world are discussed and analysed. In the studio David Sells Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE
on behalf of the Conservative Party
Frank Muir gives an irreverent commentary on our social history.
6: University Education Readers Alec McCowen and Norman Shelley
' The Romans would never have had time to conquer the world if they had been obliged to learn Latin first.'
Adapted by SIMON BRETT in seven parts from The Frank Muir Book , to be published 27 September.
Producer HALLAM TENNYSON
(Alec McCowen is in ' The Family Dance ' at the Criterion Theatre, London)
Maureen O'Brien in Diana of the Crossways by GEORGE MEREDITH adapted by DENIS CONSTANDUROS A woman has two alternatives, in my opinion, either she must accept the role that society has made for her; succumb to some man and lie down meekly before her fate with her eyes tight shut.... or else she must resist to the last - and fight! '
Produced and directed by MARGARET ETAI .L
(Rptd: next Sunday 2.30 pm)
Presenter Peter France Editor ROSEMARY HART
9.59 Weather
John Tusa reporting
Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE
And So - Victoria Buok 1 (11)
The first of three programmes in which JANE FINNISbrings together two people who might not otherwise have met.
The Duke of Gloucester talks to Wally Coleman. who works as a dustman for the London Borough of Barking.
Producer THENA HESHEL
preceded by Weather
