with Piers Burton-Page
6.52 VHF
Regional news and weather
English Regions: see column 9
Nigel Rees in London and Brian Redhead in Manchester
with Piers Burton-Page
7.52 VHF
Regional news and weather
Brian Redhead in Manchester and Nigel Rees in London
8.35 News headlines, weather, papers and sport
(A shortened version of Saturday's broadcast)
NEM, p 1; Bright the vision (BBC HB 269); Psalm 3; Acts 20, vv 28-38 (NEB); 0 God of truth (BBC HB 359)
Venus Arising from the Hen-Run by MARY K. HUSSEY Read by Michael Elder
Producer ALLAN G. ROGERS BBC Scotland
Consumer Edition
Presenter Derek Cooper
Including the BBC Shopping Basket, and the Best Buys for the weekend.
A perfectly wizard invitation to chortle in the company of bright young things Mr Barrington 'Barry' Cryer, Mr William 'Bill' Pertwee , Mr Jimmy 'The Cad' Perry, Miss Gilda 'Toots' Perry, with dancing in the orangery to the hot cello of Mr Nic Rowley and his Rialto Ragamuffins
Authors MR BARRINGTON CRYER and MR JIMMY PERIRY
Announcer MR PIERS BURTON-PAGE Producer
MR JOHN HARDRESS LLOYD
(Repeated: Tuesday 6.30 pm)
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Introduced by Brian Widlake
Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Born Under Cancer: DILYS POWELL discusses with NORMAN TOZER the qualities attributed to her birth sign.
2.0-2.2 News
Faces of Africa - VAL AND ALAN WILKINSON on safari. 3: Cameroun
Making the Most of Herbs - 4: MONICA MAWSON on growing and using fennel, dill, chervil and sweet cicely.
Consulting a Counsellor: a mother discusses her feelings towards her six-year-old son With DR PENELOPE LEACH.
Far from the Madding Crowd (3)
Story: The Coat-Hanger by TRINA ROCKEY
Summer of 39 Written and narrated by David Wade , radio critic of The Times
' This is the story of what happened to a child of nine years old and is recollected by the man who used to be that child 38 years afterwards ... What particularly was wrong with summer of 39 - apart from impending conflict - apart from newness, discipline and the shock of institution ail life - what was wrong with it was - Hewlett.
Directed by IAN COTTERELL
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
The Wind Cannot Read <9)
Presented by Brian Widlake
Take a Sparkling Pair
Peter Pratt with a collection and recollection of Gilbert and Sullivan.
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news; weather
Including Financial Report
Written by BRIAN HAYLES
(Repeated: Friday 1.30 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham
The antidote to panel games prescribed by Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and William Rushton with a second opinion from Humphrey Lyttelton in the Chair and the tonic sol-fa of Colin Sell at the piano.
2: I Crossed the Bereslna
on America's entry into the Second World War.
' The news of- Pearl Harbor came to Churchill when he was having dinner with the American Ambassador. Churchill rose to his feet.
" Where are you going? " asked the Ambassador.
" I'm going to declare war! "
Presented by John Eidinow
The internal political changes in Israel have emphasised the fragile relationships in the Middle East. Do the various strands of opinion within the country give any indication of how a settlement may be realised? Is there a basis for peace? Is another war inevitable?
Presenter Paul Vaughan
S.59 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting
A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion in last Friday's Any Questions?. Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Producer ROY HAYWARD BBC Bristol
Cider with Rosie (9)
preceded by Weather
