Producers LESLIE COTTINGTON and BRYAN PLATT

with John Hedges
English Regions: see column 5
6.52 VHF
Regional news and weather

Nigel Rees in London and Brian Redhead in Manchester

with John Hedges
7.52 VHF
Regional news and weather

Brian Redhead in Manchester and Nigel Rees in London
8.35 News headlines, weather, papers and sport

Read by JOYCE GRENFELL (7)

medium only from 9.40 Do-It-Yourself
Winter is coming and those cracks and leaks which have remained undetected during the summer begin to assume a significance all of their own. This is the time to think seriously about heat-insulation, the lagging of roofs and doubleglaz.ng: but how much of this can be tackled by the homeowner on a limited budget?
Another house-problem associated with cold weather is condensation. As we block the draughts we cut down on ventilation. So how do we solve one problem and not create another?
Tony Wilkins , Editor of Do-ft-Yourself magazine, is available to give practical tips and advice.
In the Chair Teresa McGonagle Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Call [number removed]from 8.0 am

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Bernard Falk , connoisseur of the unusual, reports on a countrywide search for people who find fulfilment in unlikely, not to say eccentrici occupations and interests.
Producer SALLY THOMPSON

NEM, p 50; Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire (BBC HB 151); Psalm 89; Ecelesiasticus (Apocrypha) 38, vv 1-14 (RSV); Thine arm, 0 Lord, in days of old (BBC HB 382)

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The Soppiest Dog in Britain by DAVID SANDERS
Read by Michael Bates

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A serial in six episodes by Robert Barr

In which we discover vast wealth and many secrets - both paid for with a life.
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(Rptd: Wednesday 10.30 pm)

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Presenter Mari Prichard

Roy Plomley's castaway is motorcycling champion Barry Sheene. Show more

(Shortened version of Saturday's broadcast)
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF (exc London and SE)
Regional news and weather

Introduced by Brian Widlake

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Introduced by Kate Adie
Making a Move: around 100,000 people move house each year and call in the removal men. NICK HUGHES examines the experts' way of moving as well as the DIY.
2.0-2.2 News
Self-portrait: a personal reflection by JOHN SHANE on the visions, ideals and techniques of a poet.-
Faces . of Fostering - 2: the foster parents.
I Grew, Up In recollections of the place where he grew up by ALAN MELVILLE. Pastoral by NEVIL SHUTE abridged in 12 parts by EVANGELINE BANKS
Read by EDWARD KELSEY (12)
(Music: Glazunov's Eighth Symphony)
Editor WYN KNOWLES

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Story: Tiger Makes Himself Useful by JANET LILLY

by PHYLLIS BENTLEY

visits Kirkcudbrightshire, where members of the Kirkcudbrightshire Branch of the Scottish Rock Garden Club put their questions to GEOFFREY SMITH
BILL SOWERBUTTS and PROFESSOR ALAN GEMMELL Questionmaster KEN FORD BBC Manchester

Forfeit by DICK FRANCIS (2)

Presented by Brian Widlake

Peter Clayton has more words about words in popular song, especially those of some famous song-writing partnerships.
Producer CHRISTINE HARDWICK
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather

The last seven days put in a questionable way by, Barry Norman to Alan Coren Richard Ingrams Nigel Dempster and Angela Rippon
Newsreader JOHN MARSH
Compiled and produced by JOHN LLOYD and DANNY GREENSTONE (Repeated: Thursday 12.27 pm)

(Repeated: Wednesday 1.30 pm)

Compiled by PATRIC DICKINSON Introduced by Henry Knowles Reader GAVIN CAMPBELL and featuring Gray's
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Producer. CHRISTOPHER VENNING

Presenter Michael Oliver Producer ALAN NIXON

Part 1: as Radio 3

as Radio 3

Part 2: as Radio 3 followed by an interlude

John-Tusa reporting

Introduced by Amanda Theunissen
3: Four legs Good, Two legs Bad! Writing about animals cannot fail. Critics squawk, publishers purr, readers bark for more. Jacky Gillott , Russell Hoban and Lord Oaksey graze among some favourite beastly books. Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol

Jill by PHILIP LARKIN (2)

Dominick Harrod explores the dreams and realities of Britain's North Sea oil.
2: What's in It for You and Met The Rt Hon Roy Hattersley , MP, Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection, and David Howell , MP. Conservative spokesman for Treasury Affairs, discuss the priorities

Weather report and forecast followed by an interlude