6.40 Prayer for the Day FR JOHN HARRIOTT , SJ
Brian Redhead 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 o] Saturday's broadcast)
BBC correspondents throughout the world report on the societies they live in - the politics and the people.
NEM, p 21; To Christ, the Prince of Peace (BBC HB 94); Psalm 1; John 19, vv 23-30 (AV); Praise to the holiest in the height (BBC HB 88)
Six talks for Holy Week by REV RICHARD HOLLOWAY , Rector of Old St Paul's Scottish Episcopal Church, Edinburgh.
4: An Unconquerable Love BBC Scotland
HM The Queen distributes Maundy gifts to 51 men and 51 women, the number of years of her age, at the Service in Westminster Abbey.
Order of Service:
Hymn: Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven
Prayers and Responses
Psalm 138 (W.G. Alcock)
Anthem: Lord, for thy tender mercies' sake (anon: 16th century)
Lesson: St John 13, vv 1-16 read by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
During the first Distribution the choir sings:
O Saviour of the world (Goss)
O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling (Elgar)
Wash me thoroughly (S.S. Wesley)
Lesson: St Matthew 25, vv 31-45
During the second Distribution the choir sings:
Almighty and everlasting God (Gibbons)
See what love (Mendelssohn)
Zadok the priest (Handel)
Prayers
Hymn: When I survey the wondrous Cross
National Anthem
The Blessing
Consumer Edition
Presenter Sue Cook
Including the BBC Shopping Basket, the best buys for the weekend and answers to your related queries from DR RICHARD LAWSON
12.55
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Introduced by Brian Widlake
TaOk till Two.
2.0-2.2 News
Reading your letters.
Collectors and their Enthusiasms - 2: FRANK THOMPSON talks about matchbox toys.
Tip-Top to Tip-Toe: shape up for spring with the help of ESTHER FAIRFAX and a kitchen chair.
Making a Garden-3: with a warm soil and the prospect of a long weekend, it's a busy time for FRANCES PERRY and ARTHUR BILLITT. Possessions by GEORGE EWART EVANS abridgedbymadgehart
Read by ALARIC COTTER
Story: Mrs Cluckabiddy and the Big Chicken by STEPHEN WEAVER
Presenters GLADYS WHITRED and TONY AITKEN
Written by GLADYS WHITRED Producer MARY HAYDON
We Could Always Fit a Sidecar by STAN BARSTOW
' The perfect man hasn't been born yet. All men have summat wrong with 'em. But you've got to make the best of 'em 'cos they're all we've got. And they're slippery customers an' all. They'll take all and give nowt if you let 'em.'
Produced and directed by ALFRED BRADLEY
BBC Manchester
From gardeners to ghost hunters; from poets to pop-stars; from cantors to crime-writers. Jack de Manio meets them all. Could you be on his list? Producer MICHELL RAPER
4.0-4.5 News
William's Women by RICHMAL CROMPTON
4: William and the Eastern
Curse
Presented by Brian Widlake
5.50 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather, programme news
Written by TESSA DIAMOND
(Repeated: Friday 1.30 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham
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)
A musical entertainment based on the poems of Sir John Betjeman , with Rowland Davies , John Gould Gay Soper and Barry Stokes Words by SIR JOHN BETJEMAN Music by JOHN GOULD
Devised by DAVID BENEDICTUS and JOHN GOULD
Produced for radio from David Benedictus 's stage production by simon BRETT
On Maundy Thursday, the night of history's most famous betrayal, John Eidinow re-examines the evidence in search of a case for the defence of Judas Iscariot.
Dramatic episodes written by FRANK CHARLES
Producer DAVID WINTER
A nightly review of books, films, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Presenter Tony Palmer
Douglas Stuart reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
The Wedding Group by ELIZABETH TAYLOR
Read by JUNE BARRIE (4)
Radio 4's International Business Report; Market Trends
preceded by Weather
