with Piers Burton-Page
6.52 VHF
Regional news and weather
English Regions: see column 5
Brian Redhead in Manchester and Nigel Rees in London
with Piers Burton-Page
7.52 VHF
Regional news and weather
Nigel Rees in London and Brian Redhead in Manchester
8.35 News headlines, weather, papers and sport
(Sat's broadcast: shortened)
(Next edition: Saturday 10.2 am)
NIEM, p 46; With joy we meditate the grace (BBC HB 134); Psalm 85; Acts 24, v 27 to 25, v 12 (NEB): It fell upon a summer day (BBC HB 71)
The Time-Travelling Anderson Shelter by JOHN SPARRY Read by Don Moss
It all started when Norman got the idea of building a time machine to ensure a steady supply of antiques for the salesroom.
Producer DAVID SHUTE BBC Birmingham
Brian Johnston recently visited Great and Little Missenden in Buckinghamshire
Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
Consumer Edition
Presenter Sue Cook
Including the BBC Shopping Basket, the Best Buys for the weekend, a,nd answers to your related queries from richard LAWSON.
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 PERRY
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 looks at the world of women's magazines - their role today, their coverage of current issues, the way they deal with readers' problems, their choice of fiction and the letters columns - with Jane Reed , Editor of Woman's Own, Audrey Slaughter , Editor of Over 21 and Wyn Knowles. Editor of Woman's Hour - and invites the objective view of Paul Barker , Editor of New Society.
Far from the Madding Crowd (13)
2.0-2.2 News
Story: Tim's Tomorrow by JOYCE WILLIAMS
The Lesson of the Master by HENRY JAMES adapted for radio by DAVID DAVIS with Dinsdale Landen Jenny Quayle and Neville Jason
Paul Overt, a young writer, meets at last the man he adimiires most, Henry St George. But the master teaches him more about life than about art.
Directed by JENYTH WORSLEY
From gardeners to ghost hunters; from poets to pop stars; from cantons to crime-writers. Jack de Manio meets them all. Could you be on his list? Producer JENNY DE YONG BBC Birmingham
4.0-4.5 News
The Memoirs of Catherine the Great 9: Breaking Point
Presented by Brian Widlake
TakeaSparklingPair Peter Pratt with a collection and recollection of Gilbert and Sullivan.
5.55 medium only
Weaither and programme news VHF Regional news; weather
Including Financial Report
Written by TESSA DIAMOND
(Repeated: Friday 1.30 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham
The antidote to panel games featuring the antics of Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and William Rushton anticipated by Humphrey Lyttelton in the Chair with the antiphony of Colin Sell at the piano.
4: Sisters in a Soviet World
The National Theatre's anthology of Philip Larkin 's poetry, selected and compiled by MICHAEL KU.STOW
Readers: JULIAN GLOVER
RICHARD JOHNSON , MARIA AITKEN and ROWENA COOPER
Introduced by Philip Larkin with his own selection of jazz records. Radio production by JOHN SCOTNEY
Preview: page 13
Presenter Louis Allen
Douglas Stuart reporting
A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion in last Friday's Any Questions? Introducedbydavidjacobs Producer ROY HAYWARD BBC Bristol
Marnie (9)
preceded by Weather
