6.40 Prayer for the Day JOSIE SMITH
Michael Cooke in Manchester and Nigel Rees in London
At 7.0 and 8.0
News and more of Today,- including Thought for the Day at 7.45*
English Regions: see column 5
(A shortened version of Saturday's broadcast)
NEM, p 102; Awake, my soul, and with the sun (BBC HB 403): Psalm 147, vv 12-20; John 15, vv 16-27 (av); Light's abode (BBC HB 250)
A Dangerous Ambition by ALAN BLEASDALE
Read by Alex Glasgow
Thomas, a priest who has lost his way and who no longer feels any rapport with the members of his congregation, becomes more aware of the trivial things; the draught down the back of his neck and the clink of the collection. Producer ALFRED BRADLEY BBC Manchester
In the final programme, Major Sedley Sweeny talks to JEANINE MCMULLEN about the principles behind self-sufficient farming and the desire to make the farm an ecological entity.
Producer FRANCES DONNELLY
Consumer Edition
Presenter George Luce
Including the BBC Shopping Basket with MOLLY PRICE-OWEN , the best buys and your letters.
12.55
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Introduced by Brian Widlake
from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk till Two
2.0-2.2 News
Don't Put Your Daughter on the Stage: ALISON PEARCE , singer, JANE MARSHALL , oboist, and FLIC YORK , actress, tell JOHN HOWDEN why they took up careers in the performing arts. Reading your letters.
A Day with a Primary School: ANNE HEYNO talks to those who work behind the scenes.; The Perfect Gentleman by JUNE RGSE, abridged in seven parts by DOREEN ESTALL
Read by Rosalie Crutchley (1)
Dr James Miranda Barry , who served in the British Army from 1813 to 1859, was a brilliant surgeon, a tireless campaigner for medical reform, and a compassionate Inspector-General. But was ' he ' also a woman? (Music: Haydn's String Quartet in F, Op 74 No 2)
Story: Timothy and Mary Jane Go to the Zoo by KATHLEEN FLEWELLEN
Countdown by KAY MCMANUS
' I've been thinking about it all night. Telling myself I was wrong ... but now I'm sure.... It would be a stolen car.... they'd need a stolen car. Listen, go to the farm. Dial 999 and get the police ... say ... that there might be a car bomb.'
Produced and directed by ROBERT COOPER. BBC Manchester
Having left the metropolis (temporarily) to its own devices, JACK DE MANIO continues his excursion in the North. Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester
4.0-4.5 News
The Diary of Anne Frank (4)
Presented by Brian Widlake
5.50 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
(Repeated: Friday 1.30 pm)
In the studio Peter Hobday
A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion in last Friday's Any Questions? Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Producer ROY HAYWARD
BBC Bristol. (Rptd: Fri 4.5 pm)
Narrated by René Cutforth
An elderly Mexican constable walking home through a country district stopped for a smoke at an abandoned shack. Inside, to his surprise, four young men were gathered around a peculiar drawing on a blackboard. They refused to answer questions. He arrested them. From such an unlikely beginning, very slowly the extent of the almost unbelievable plot emerged.
A series of six programmes based on the book KGB by John Barron, adapted and produced by Alan Burgess
In Search of Democracy
Presented by George Hills
Despite the activities of extremists of the Left and the Right, the process of political reform in Spain is well established. The transition from the restrictions of Franco's regime to a freer society, with general elections due in June, has not yet created the kind of upheaval seen in Portugal. But how secure is Spain's democratic future? How quickly can the country come into line, politically and economically, with its European neighbours? Producer MICHAEL GREEN BBC Manchester
A nightly review of books, films, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions
Presenter Michael Oliver
John Tusa reporting
Joseph and the Goths (7)
preceded by Weather
