6. 40 Prayer for the Day CANON ROY MCKAY
Brian Redhead in Edinburgh and Nigel Rees in London
At 7.0 and 3.0 News and more of Today, including Thought for the Day at 7.45*
English Regions: see column 5
(Sat's broadcast: shortened)
NEM. p 67; Father, 0 hear us (BBC H8 260); Psalm 146; Jonah 1, v 17 and 2, vv 1-10 (NEB); Forth in thy name, 0 Lord, I go i BBC HB 406)
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Concrete Evidence by j. OWEN Read by Dillwyn Owen Producer HARRI GWYNN BBC Wales
René Cutforth looks back.
5: Some Great Men I've Met
' From time to time when you're gathering in the news you are forced into the company of great men. Four of them I've chosen to speak about are Nehru, Churchill, MacArthur and Rommel.' Producer PETER de ROSA
Consumer Edition
Presenter George Luce including the BBC Shopping Basket With MOLLY PRICE-OWEN .
12.55
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Brian Wldlake
from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk till Two.
2.0-2.2 News
Knights and Daze of Wine: JOHN ARDAGH at the Burgundy grape harvest.
Home-making Books: Christmas present suggestions from LYN MACDONALD.
Focal Point: JUDITH HANN with a round-up of news from the world of science.
The Way of All Flesh by SAMUEL BUTLER , abridged in 15 parts by JACK SINGLETON Read by Richard Leech (1)
First published in 1903, a year after Butler's death, The Way of A Flesh was a spectacular success. The story of Ernest Pontifex and his struggle to escape the domination of his father has been described as a hymn of hate against Victorian Christianity, Victorian family life and in particular against Butler's own parents-a devastating reprisal raid across the generation gap '. (Music: Janacek's Idyll)
Story: The Mouse Family go House Hunting by LYNNE MOUNSET
Four from The Day's Work
A series of four plays based on the short stories of RUDYARD KIPLING adapted and dramatised by A. R. RAWLINSON with Sean Barrett as Rudyard Kipling 1: The Maltese Cat
1890. The Skidars, a poor but honest regiment, against all odds. have reached the final of the Upper India FretFor-All Polo cup. They now face the imposing Archangels - an elite regiment.
It's up to the ponies of the Skidars led by the gallant Maltese Cat, a flea-bitten grey, to attempt victory against the thoroughbreds of the opposing side....
Produced and directed by GLYN DEARMAN
Kipling's English
History by Marghanita Laski 85p from bookshops
From gardeners to ghost hunters: from poets to pop-stars. jack be MANIO meets them all. P oducer MICHELL RAPER
4.8-4.5 News
The Taras Report on The Last Days of Pompeii
4: The First Warning
Brian Widlake
5.58 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
(Repeated: Friday 1.30 pm)
In the studio Kathryn Davies
A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion in last Friday's Any Questions? Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Producer ROY HAYWARD BBC Bristol
A series of three programmes
Written by Lionel W. Bailey and based on the book by Jessica Mitford
Sarah Badel as Jessica Mitford and Geoffrey Beevers as Esmond Romilly
Shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the 18-year-old Jessica Mitford eloped with her second cousin Esmond Romilly, who was a volunteer with the International Brigade.
Their love affair created a sensation at the time. The Foreign Secretary, then Anthony Eden, himself intervened in an attempt to force Jessica back to England and her parents.
Liberty and the Law
Presented by John Eidinow
The rule of law, it is arguefl, is in retreat; Lord Hailsham has spoken of an elective dictatorship '. New pressures, particularly the prospect of devolved government, could lead to a written catalogue of civil liberties and fundamental constitution changes. How realistic, and necessary, is such reform? How best can the citizens' rights be defined and preserved? Should the state and society be subject to greater legal control?
Producer MICHAEL GREEN BBC Manchester
Presenter Michael Oliver
9.59 Weather
John Tusa reporting
The Rains Came (7)
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