Market prices and intelligence, the weather and what's new for farmers. Producers ROBIN HICKS and BRYAN PLATT
6.40 Prayer for the Day MARTHA BLOUNT
with Nigel Rees 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; and Thought for the Day at 7.45*
English Regions: see column 5
Extending Your Home
With the cost of moving house becoming greater, many families are turning their thoughts to home extensions.
What are the problems? Shoufd there be an architect? How can planning permission be obtained? Are there grants to help in extending the home? What does the la-w say?
If you are thinking of adding more space, ring 01 (if you are outside London) [number removed]from
8.0 am and talk to John Marsh , who is converting his own home, and Bill Eykyn , director of the Loft Conversion and Home Extensions Advisory Bureau.
In the Chair Judith Chalmers Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
BBC correspondents throughout the world report on the societies they live in - the politics and the people.
NEM, p 17; 0 greatly blessed the people are (BBC HB 469); Canticle 3: Proverbs 2, vv 1-10 (AV); Guide me, 0 thou great redeemer (BBC HB 140)
Hello. Me by JOHN UNSWORTH
Read by Martin Jarvis
' Let's get one thing straight, I don't belong here - not in this timestream ... I'm a con man from way back.'
medium wave -only
BRIAN JOHNSTON recently visited Woodstock in Oxfordshire Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
Home and Family Edition Presenter Mari Prichard with your letters
A nationwide general knowledge contest in which listeners compete to become this year's Brain of Britain
Chairman Robert Robinson London I
PETER JOLLEY , actor
LANCE HAWARD. solicitor PAUL SMITH , librarian and JOHN CROWN , security officer
The programme includes Beat the Brains in which listeners put their own questions to the contestants.
Programme devised by JOHN P. WYNN , who, with IAN GILLIES , sets the questions.
Producer JOHN BRIDGES
(Repeated: Thursday 6.15 pm)
12.55
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Introduced by Brian Widlake
1 from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Siamsa : the story of the new Irish Folk Theatre, a unique movement born out of Irish culture, ancient and modern.
2.0-2.2 News
Women and the Law: TESS GILL with recent developments. Reading Your Letters.
Day Out in Winter - 3: TIM MATTHEWS visits Stoke-on-Trent, GABRIEL WOOLF reads Royal Highness by THOMAS MANN (2)
Story: A Dragon in Dart Glasses by ANNE BLACKMAN
3: Obsession
visits London where members of the Southgate Townswomen's Guild put their questions to FRED LOADS
BILL SOWERBUTTS and ALAN GEMMELL
Questionmaster KEN FORD BBC Manchester
Raffles by E. W. HORNUNG
Read by NEIL STACY
7: The Fate of Faustina
The news magazine: presented by Brian Widlake with PM's reporting team
5.50 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
A musical quiz devised by EDWARD J. MASON and TONY SHRYANE
John Amis and Frank Muir challenge
Ian Wallace and Denis Norden In the Chair Steve Race
Questions compiled by STEVE RACE BBC Birmingham
(Repeated: Wednesday 1.30 pm)
In the studio Peter Hobday
Part 1 as Radio 3
Part 2 as Radio 3
Presenter Michael Oliver
Douglas Stuart reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
Lucky Jim by KINGSLEY AMIS
Read by MARTIN JARVIS (2)
preceded by Weather
