6.40 Prayer for the Day REV RICHARD HARRIES
with Nigel Rees in London and Michael Cooke 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* Editor MIKE CHANEY
English Regions: see column 5
Radio 4's open line gives you the opportunity to voice your opinions on political issues.
Ring Birmingham [number removed]and discuss your point of view on the air with George Scott and with other R4 listeners. Producer JENNY DE YONG BBC Birmingham
The lines are open from 8.0 am Review: page 74
inedium wave only
The programme that investigates your consumer problems Presented by Roger Cook
NEM, p 106; Christ who knows all his sheep (BBC HB 507); Psalm 23; Luke 1, vv 26-38 (AV); The God whom earth and sea and sky (BBC HB 239)
The Art of Fieldwork by STANLEY ROGER GREEN Read by Gerry Davis
' I quite like children. I can put up with them for whole minutes at a time. But when it comes to outdoor painting - they stare at you for hours until your drawing arm develops paralysis, or they horse around scattering dust on your sketch and ask daft, daft questions like " When's the one o'clock gun? "
Producer ALLAN G. ROGERS BBC Scotland
To Be a Farmer
Harry Soan recalls his first shaky steps to becoming a farmer in the unwelcoming Welsh mountains. BBC Birmingham
Mind and Body Edition Presenter Bill Breckon with your letters
12.55
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Introduced by Gordon Clough Editor DEREK LEWIS
from 2.0
Introduced from Birmingham by Maureen Staffer
Songs my Mother Taught me: PETER WINDOWS looks at the music of childhood, with recollections from two sisters now in their 80s.
2.0-2.2 News
Top Nursery Seed: MONICA BENNETT has emerged as a leading geranium grower and she takes LESLIE GODFREY on a tour of her greenhouses.
The Restorer: in a specially humidified studio at Birmingham Art Gallery, MOIRA TWIST brings some of the most valuable paintings in the Midlands back to their former glory. She talks to ANN TENNANT. BBC Birmingham
The Perfect Gentleman (2)
Story: The Early Worm by EUGENIE SUMMERFIELD
Presenters ALISON MCMORLAND and TONY AITKEN
Script by ALISON MCMORLAND Producer MARY HAYDON
The Nonconforming Nonconformist
GEOFFREY PARKINSON 'S autobiographical comedy tells the story of his early religious life and the love affair that ended it.
MR BOOTH: It was easier to go about doing good in Biblical days. Where would you find a leper in Epsom?
MRS ARMITAGE : There are still lepers about.
MR BOOTH: Not enough to keep Christians going full-time.
ANNA BERENSKA (harmonium) Produced and directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN
The Diary of Anne Frank abridged in five parts by NIGEL LAMBERT
Read by EVA HADDON (5) Producer LIANE AUKIN
Presented by Gordon Clough Editor DEREK LEWIS
5.50 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather; programme news
Written by KEITH MILES
(Repeated: Monday 1.30 pm)
BBC Birmingham
In the studio Kathryn Davies Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE
MARGARET HOWARD presents her selection of extracts from BBC Radio and Television programmes during the past seven days. Producer GWYNETH HENDERSON
(Repeated: Saturday 10.30 am)
A spontaneous discussion by Ian Mikardo , MP
Rt Hon Edward du Cann , MP The Bishop of Winchester and Diana Dors
Chairman David Jacobs from Hampshire
Producer MICHAEL BOWEN BBC Bristol
(Rptd: Sat 1.15 pm; Mon11.5am)
Presenter Paul Vaughan
9.59 Weather
John Tusa reporting
Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE
Joseph and the Goths by CATHERINE HEATH abridged in 13 parts by NEVILLE TELLER
Read by Madi Hedd (8) Producer JOHN CARDY
David Jason , Bill Wallis David Tate and Bill McGuffie at the piano take a late-night look back over the week's news and illustrate the funny side.
Script by COLIN BOSTOCK-SMITH and ALASTAIR BEATON , with ANDY HAMILTON , MARTIN SMITH and WILL ADAMS, BARRY PILTON and others. Producer GEOFFREY PERKINS. (Repeated: Sat 5.30 pm)
preceded by Weather
