A regional view of farming in the week ahead presented from Wales by john GLYN-JONES BBC Wales
6.40 Prayer for the Day REV ALEC GILMORE
Brian Redhead in Manchester with Nigel Rees 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 and Weather; and Thought for the Day at
7.45*
English regions: see column 5
reflects on life in and out of the Sound Archives.
(Repeated: Tuesday 11.45 am)
The team of regulars helping to find antidotes to the Monday morning blues includes
Esther Rantzen. Bernard Falk Kenneth Robinson and Fritz Spiegl. Producer MICHAEL EMBER
When a goose gathers her very young goslings under her feathers, they sing themselves to sleep with the most entrancing little crooning melody - it sounds like perfect happiness and contentment set to music. Do all nestlings make such a sound, whatever their adult languaget
The team hope not to doze off while answering your questions thismorning.DEREK JONES
Introducedbyderekjones Producer DILYS BREESE BBC Bristol
NEM, p 62; Awake, our souls, away, our fears! (BBC HB 300); Psalm. 107, vv 31-42; John 12, vv 37-50 (AV); Holy Father, in thy mercy (BBC HB 386)
Night Ride by GRAHAM SEAL
Read by Blain Fairman
The boy glanced nervously at his father's heavy red face.
' I don't think I'll bother with rides.' he said.
' Well, you must go on something,' said his father impatiently. ' I mean, that's what you came for, isn't it? '
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER
(Details as Saturday 1.15 pm)
11.50 Announcements
Earning and Saving Edition Presenter Sue Cook including the World of Work With MARGARET KORVING , and your letters. Editor DENNIS LOWER
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor James Bolam. Show more
12.55
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Introduced by Robert Williams
from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk till Two
2.0-2.2 News
Ladies in Retirement - 3:
SHIRLEY ABICAIR.
Reading your letters.
40 Years On: DOROTHY and MARY-ALICE REDFEARN are Still on duty reporting the weather from the moors of County Durham.
A Quiet Life by BERYL BAINBRIDGK abridged in eight parts by BA MASON
Read by Gordon Gardner (1)
' For the last month, Madge had been coming in late. She went down to the shore straight after school and thought nothing of arriving home at nine o'clock at night. No one else behaved like she did. The sisters of Alan's friends were in the Girl Guides or at tap-dancing classes. Madge was barely 15 and she did as she pleased.'
(Music: Arnold's Little Suite No 2) Editor WYN KNOWLES
mediumwaveonly
Story: The Dog who had no Name by LEILA BERG
How are Things in Portnacrenan?
Sense and Sensibility by JANE AUSTEN (6)
The news magazine: presented by Robert Williams with PM's reporting team
5.50 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather; programme news
A weekly discussion Drogramme Today's guests are Pearl Binder Joyce Grenfell and Dilys Powell Presiding Irene Thomas Theme: Death
Producer MADEAU STEWART
(Repeated: Tuesday 1.30 pm)
A daily programme in which reports from around the world are discussed and analysed.
Featuring the harpsichordist George Malcolm in the third of a series in which Edward Greenfield explores the art and personalities of some of the world's great musicians, gramophone records
The Trumpet-Major by THOMAS HARDY dramatised by MICHAEL KITTERMASTER with Ian Holm , Gareth Thomas Rosalind Ayers and Christopher Benjamin
The soldiers who came to the village of Overcombe and won the hearts of the young ladies had little idea that they'd end up as dust on the battlefields of Salamanca, Toulouse and Waterloo. For one particular soldier, affairs of the heart were complicated by a rival who was not only a sailor, but also his brother.
With DOUGLAS BLACKWELL
MICHAEL GOLDIE , MICHAEL HARBOUR and ANNE ROSENFELD
Songs arranged by MARY NASH
TRUMPETERS OF THE BLUES AND ROYALS. Produced and directed by JANE MORGAN
(Repeated: Sunday 2.30 pm)
Presenter P. J. Kavanagh Editor ROSEMARY HART
9.59 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting
Lucky Jim by KINGSLEY AMIS (11)
preceded by Weather
