with John Marsh
English Regions: see column 5
6.52 VHF
Regional news and weather
Brian Redhead in Brighton at the Labour Party Conference and Nigel Rees in London
with John Marsh
7.52 VHF
Regional news and weather
Brian Redhead in Brighton and Nigel Rees in London
8.35 News headlines, weather, papers and sport
by DEREK MARLOWE
Read by ROBERT POWELL
9: Revelations and Anniversaries
medium only
(A shortened version of Saturday's broadcast)
medium only
medium only
BBC correspondents throughout the world report on the societies they live in - the politics and the people.
NEM, p 46; May the grace of Christ our Saviour (BBC HB 375); Psalm 32; Mark 10, vv 1-16 (RSV); We saw thee not (BBC HB 74)
End of Term by DAVID WATTERSON
Read by Sheila Donald
Miss Wills had a thing about Thomson. There was, she reflected, always one Thomson in every class. She faced Class III and was vaguely aware that something was wrong he wasn't there.
Producer ALLAN G. ROGERS BBC Scotland
medium only
medium only
medium only
Presenter Sue Cook
Volunteer Week - Enjoying It!
Also the BBC Shopping Basket and the Best Buys for the weekend.
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
and voices and topics in and behind the headlines introduced by Brian Widlake
medium only from 2.0
Introduced by June Knox -Mawer Talk Till Two.
2.0-2.2 News
Animal Relations - an occasional look at the world of animals with MOLLY PRICE-OWEN . Reading Your Letters.
Collectors and their Enthusiasms: OLIVE PORTSMOUTH talks about coins old and new. Pastoral (4)
medium only
Story: The Toy Shop by STEPHBN WEAVER
Steven Pacey and Frances Jeater in A Matter of Form
A comedy for radio by PETER K. J. THOMPSON
Henry Marshall is a very young, very innocent, articled clerk with an old, established firm of solicitors where life is usually pretty uneventful. But when he gets called as a witness in an apparently straightforward hit and run case, things start happening to Henry ...
Directed by BETTY DAVIES
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 Hanoverian Georges 4: George III by W. M. THACKERAY
Read by CLIVE SWIFT
The news magazine, presented by Brian Widlake and PM's reporting team
'...the happy knack of making unexpected and delightful discoveries' - applied each Thursday by Fritz Spiegl in his A-Z of Musical Curios
A is for Alphorn, Autoharp, Aerophon and Arrangers' Aberrations etc
Producer ANDREW MUSSETT
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news; weather
Including Financial Report and halfan-hour ol reports from BBC Newsmen around the world
Written by TESSA DIAMOND
Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham
A weekly investigation into accusations of unfairness, fraud and injustice.
Presented by Roger Cook Editor DENNIS LOWER
Who was to blame? What was the effect? The first major battle between Fascists and Communists to take place in Britain is remembered by those who were there, including Sir Oswald Mosley , Communist Julius Jacobs , ex-MP Lord Geoffrey-Lloyd, ex-police sergeant Albert Hunt, and writer Philip Toynbee , who air their views.
What comparisons can be made with today's violent demonstrations? Mosley's biographer ROBERT SKIDELSKY , and MARTIN WALKER , author of The National Front, add a postscript.
Narrated by Michell Raper Written and produced by HUGH PURCELL
Kieran Prendiville discovers some of the curious, fascinating and somewhat extraordinary sounds recorded on tape and disc.
Producer NICK HUGHES
Poor Old World
Presented by Mary Goldring Britain 's economic recovery depends a great deal on the ability of the industrial nations of the West to climb out of the recession which started with the oil crisis of 1974. Will the apparent improvement in Britain be hindered by what is happening abroad? Is Germany about to lead Europe back into a slump?
Producer GREVILLE HAVENHAND
Presenter Paul Vaughan
A nightly review of books, films, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions
9.59 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting with voices and opinions from around the world, including reports from the Labour Party Conference in Brighton
A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion in last Friday's Any Questions? Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Producer ROY HAYWARD BBC Bristol
Laughter in the Dark by VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Read by HUGH BURDEN (4)
Radio 4's International Business Report; Market Trends
The last in a series about the way life has changed for different communities in Britain during the past 25 years.
Weather report and forecast followed by an interlude
