6.40 Prayer for the Day FR JOHN HARRIOTT , SJ

John Timpson in London and Brian Redhead 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 and Weather; Thought for the Day at 7.45*
English Regions: see column 5

Brain Power
Arc you suffering from a poor memory, lack of concentration, difficulty in learning ...? Do you feel you're not utilising your full brain power, creative thinking ability ...? Have you ever wondered about IQ, hypnosis, dreams, mental blocks, the relationship between mind and body ...? Although man's understanding of his brain is not yet complete, Tony Buzan hopes to come up with some interim answers to your questions on the brain, how it works and how best to use it. In the Chair Sue MacGregor Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Call [number removed] from 8.0 am

BBC correspondents throughout the world report on the societies they live in - the politics and the people.

NEM, p 54; Help us to help each other, Lord (BBC HB 378); Psalm 126; Matthew 19, vv 1-15 (Rsv) Be thou my vision, 0 Lord of my heart (BBC HB 316)

by GERARD MELIA
Read by Michael Shannon
'"Don't worry - any of you - I won't embarrass you - I've worked out the final chapter of my life. You won't be bothered by me much longer...." He slammed the back door shut. A satchel swung violently from the coat hook and my new fountain pen jumped out,'

BRIAN JOHNSTONrecently visited Prestelgne in Powys.
Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol

Home and Family Edition Presenter Mari Prichard with your letters

Programme 6
A weekly quiz on music and general knowledge with the Services stationed in Germany, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar.
Panel: Nan Winton, Ted Moult and Neil Durden-Smith v a team representing the Army stationed in Ballykinler, Northern Ireland MARTIN SCRACE , JOHN RIDING TINY KAYE, ALEX BIRTWISTLE
Questionmaster Peter Jones
Questions set, programme devised and produced by MICHAEL TUKE-HASTINGS
(By arrangement with British Forces Broadcasting Service: recorded on 9 June at The Family Centre. Ballykinler, Northern Ireland)
(Repeated: Thursday 6.15 pm)
12.55 medium ware only
Weather and programme news VHF . Regional news and weather

and voices and topics In and behind the headlines introduced by Brian Widlake

medium waveonly from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Fifty Years in Medicine: DR CICELEY WILLIAMS. Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, tells ANNE CATCHPOLE her life story.
2.0-2.2 News
Reading your letters.
Second Start: DAVID HAWKS-WORTH talks to Open University tutors and discusses how they are selected, the work they do, and the training they receive. Leisure and Pleasure: pursuits, entertainments and places to go.
YSANNE CHURCHMAN reads A Touch of Mistletoe by BARBARA COMYNS (7)

Story: Little. Chicken Goes for a Walk by RUTH GOLDMAN

by J. B PRIESTLEY

visits Bredwardine, Hereford, where members of the Bredwardine and Brobury Women's Institute put their questions to FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS , ALAN GEMMELL
Questionmaster MICHAEL BARRATT Producer KENNETHFORD BBC Manchester
(Alan Gemmell is in Any Questions? Friday 8.30 pm)

Black as He's Painted by Ngaio Marsh
2: Lucy Lockett
Read by David Mahlowe

The news magazine: presented by Brian Widlake with PM's reporting team
5.50 medium trace only Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather, programme news

A panel game devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason

Dilys Powell and Frank Muir challenge Anne Scott-James and Denis Norden
In the Chair Jack Longland

BBC Birmingham

(Repeated: Wed 1.30 pm)

A daily programme in which reports from around the world ace discussed and analvsed. In the studio David Sells

Part 1 as Radio 3

as Radio 3

Part 2 as Radio 3

A nightly review of books, films plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions. Presenter Jacky Gillott

9.59 Weather

Douglas Stuart reporting with voices and opinions from around the world

by Vaughan Wilkins.
Read by Gary Watson (7)

Radio 4's International Business Report; Market Trends

preceded by Weather