6.40 Prayer for the Day REV RICHARD HARRIES
with Nigel Rees in London and Brian Redhead in Manchester
At 7.0 and 8.0
News and more of Today, including Thought for the Day at 7.45*
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
bureaucracy, big business and bad traders affect you.
Conducted by Roger Cook Producer WALTER WALLICH
nem, p 58; Be near us, holy trinity (BBC HB 165); Psalm 150; 1 Peter 3, vv 1-12 (Rsv); Rejoice today (BBC HB 281)
The Cream of the Country by KEN WHITMORE
Read by Fanny Carter BBC Manchester
The story of a Royal Family Script by FRANCES DONALDSON
Music by Malcolm Williamson Narrator Richard Pasco 2: Edward VIII
' You must believe me when I tell you that I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do, without the help and support of the woman I love.'
The Abdication drama of 1936 provides the climax of this account of the life and brief reign of Edward VIII. As Prince of Wales he had captivated people in every sphere and walk of life, but his fateful meeting with Mrs Simpson and his determination to marry her at all costs provoked a crisis without parallel in the history of the British Crown. With BETTY BASKCOMB
DAVID GRAHAM , GARARD GREEN MADI HEDD, GODFREY KENTON
DAVID MARCH, IRENE SUTCLIFrt and PETER WILLIAMS and Sebastian Shaw as George V
The second of four programmes Producer ALAN HAYDOCK
(Wed's b'cast: shortened)
House-Buying Week 5: Making it Home
Presented by Bill Breckon with other health topics and vour letters.
12.55
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Introduced by Gordon Clough
Introduced from Bristol by Jenni Murray
Marriage: has it a future?
2.0-2.2 News
300 bc: GWYN RICHARDS reports from a reconstructed Iron Age camp, where a group of volunteers will be living.
The Gifted Child: are we doing enough to encourage outstanding talent and intelligence? BBC Bristol
Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure (9)
Story: Pottle Pig Goes to School by NANCY NORTHCOTE
Presenters ALISON MCMORLAND and TONY AITKEN
Written by ALISON MCMORLAND Producer MARY HAYDON
The Wall by DOROTHY GHARBOUI with Kate Binchy and John Hewitt
GERRY: Listen, that's the way the world is: our world: we're living in it, both of us. Maybe we're different sorts of people, but the same wall hit us, we came here in the same ambulance.
CLARE: Hand in hand, they tell me.
Announcer.PAUL THOMPSON-CLARK
Produced and directed by MICHAEL HEFFERNAN
BBC Northern Ireland
(Postponed from 8 Oct 1976)
(Thursday'sbroadcast)
The Frightening Talent by LOUIS GOLDING , abridged in ten parts by DONALD BANCROFT Read by NOEL JOHNSON (Final instalment)
Producer MICHAEL ROLFE BBC Birmingham
(Starting on Mon: Kif by Josephine Tey, read by Jack Watson )
» Presented by Gordon Clough
5.50 Financial Report
VHF Regional news and weather
5.55 Weather; programme news
Written by KEITH MILES
BBC Birmingham
Presented by MARGARET HOWARD Producer JOHN KNIGHT
A spontaneous discussion by Jacky Gillott , Arthur Marshall Lord Soper and Auberon Waugh Chairman David Jacobs from Somerset
Producer MICHAEL BOWEN BBC Bristol
Presenter Robert Cushman
Douglas Stuart reporting
Coming Up for Air (2)
David Jason, Bill Wallis, David Tate and Paula Scott 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: Saturday 5.30 pm)
preceded by Weather
