with Susan Denny
S.52 VHF
Regional news and weather
Brian Redhead in Manchester and Nigel Rees in London
with Susan Denny
7.52 VHF
Regional news and weather
Nigel Rees in London and Brian Redhead in Manchester
8.35 News headlines, weather, papers and sport
by RUDYARD KIPLING (13)
A Healthy Watchdog
A complaint about the health service so often meets with nothing but a brick wall of bureaucracy. But since 1974 Community Health Councils have been set up throughout the country to act as the consumer's champion and to take things to Ministry level if necessary. Sue Cook has been following some individual cases and discovering how these Councils work.
Producers SUSAN SNAILUM and PAT TAYLOR
Presented by Peter Jefferson Producer DAVID WALTER
NEM, p 1; O worship the Lord (BBC HB 267); Psalm 99: I Corinthians 4, vv 1-5, 14-20 (RSV); 0 for a closer walk with God (BBC HB 333)
Today's author is MARTIN ARMSTRONG Paul Meier reads The Horse Fair
' Now here's a story you'd never credit. No. you'd never credit that a man could be so silly, but I knew the feller meself.'
12: Maigret Takes the Waters
IThe thing that fascinates me about letters is the vast amount one can learn from them. You learn about the recipient and you learn about the sender, you learn about the period of time, a place maybe, and the interaction of all these. The delight is available to everyone who can read,' Gabriel Woolf reads
1: Letters from Jack London
Rights and Responsibilities
Edition. Presenter Nancy Wise
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Introduced by Brian Widlake
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week:
Simon Gray , playwright
2.0-2.2 News
Reading Your Letters.
Goat Keeping: ANN JONES shows how goats could save 1100 a year on your milk bill.
Careers Desk-2: Work? A year off? Or higher education? Problems for those aged between 17 and 19 discussed by MARGARET KORVING and TERRY COLLINS. Long Road to Freedom (8)
Story: Julia Loses Billy Bear by MARGARET AITKEN
The Sign of the Scarab A comedy for radio by PETER FRANCIS BROWNE
After the murder of Lady Mortimer of Leith. the intrepid policemen, Smith and Jones. armed only with their native intelligence and wit. plus a ' peculiar looking brooch ' - their only clue - are determined to discover the dastardly doer of this devilish deed.
Directed by MICHAEL ROLFE BBC Birmingham
Jack Brymer dips into his fund of stories about music and musicians and illustrates them with gramophone records.
The Dark Side of the Moon (3)
The news magazine: presented by Brian Widlake
At My Leisure
Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Rt Hon Denis Healey , mp, considers some of the personal pleasures discovered amidst the bustle of a public life.
Producer GWYNETH HENDERSON
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme newt VHF Regional news; weather
Including Financial Report
Written by PETER SPENCE Producer SIMON BRETT
(Repeated: Thursday 1.30 pm)
Homosexuality and the Church The Christian churches still officially regard homosexual practice sinful, or at least a ' disorder ', and this belief affects many people (some five per cent of the population) who are homosexual or ' gay '. as the current slang has it< Leading churchmen and members of homosexual organisations discuss the issues involved.
Presented by Eric James Producer MONICA FURLONG
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov was presented earlier this year at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, with a cast which included Albert Finney as Astrov, Leo McKern as Vanya, Eleanor Bron as Elena, Joanna David as Sonia and Alfred Burke as Serebryakov.
Michael Elliott, who directed the play, describes, with recordings made during the rehearsals, how the production grew and was shaped.
Technical supervisor GRAHAM HARWOOD. Producer STANLEY WILLIAMSON. BBC Manchester
The Cloud Rustlers
Presented by Geoff Watts
Who owns the clouds? This bizarre question was raised in the United States earlier this year whan the State of Idaho threatened to file suits against the State of Washington aimed at stopping its rainmaking programme. Rain is needed desperately in the Western states where there is the worst drought on record. But while the lawyers argue about the right of a state to control the rain, many scientists are sceptical of even the possibility of making rain to order. Producer THELMA RUMSEY.
Presenter Robert Cushman
9.59 Weather
John Tusa reporting
Kyung-Wha Chung : a musical portrait of the brilliant young Korean violinist, presented by Edward Greenfield : records
A High Wind in Jamaica 3: Sailing Away
Jane Finnis with four people who have dangerous jobs. 3: The Stunt Performer
Weather report and forecast
