with Susan Denny
English Regions: see column 5
6.52 VHF
Regional news and weather
Michael Cooke in Manchester Nigel Rees in London
with Susan Denny
7.52 VHF
Regional news and weather
Nigel Rees in London
Michael Cooke in Manchester Editor MIKE CHANEY
8.35 News headlines, weather papers and sport
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Ring Birmingham [number removed]and discuss your point of view on the air with George Scott and with other R4 listeners. Producer JENNY DE YONG BBC Birmingham
The lines are open from 8.0 am
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NEM, p 84; Pray that Jerusalem (BBC HB 472); Canticle 4; Jude, vv 17-25 (AV); 0 brother man (BBC HB 376)
medium only Auld Tawse by ROBERT PATON
Read by Michael Elder
Producer ALLAN G. ROGERS BBC Scotland
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Introduced by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
MARTIN MUNCASTER celebrates a Bee-keepers' Harvest Festival with THE REV DONALD JOHNSON in a Sussex village church, and MOLLIE HARRIS recalls festivals in her Cotswolds home. KEITH ALLAN Visits LORD HOME in his native Borders countryside and BOB DANVERS WALKER finds exotic plants and herbs in a Channel Islands garden.
Birds in the sanctuary at Minsmere, Suffolk, are recorded by ERIC SIMMS , as is the rutting season in a Kent deer herd by RICHARD BURWOOD. Producer DON MOSEY
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People in the British Isles and abroad tell of the doings and concerns of their own parts of the world.
Presenter Bill Breckoa
(Wednesday's- broadcast)
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Introduced by Gordon Clough Editor DEREK LEWIS
medium only from 2.0
Introduced from Manchester by June Knox-Mawer
The Clatter of Clogs: CELIA THOMSON investigates the revival of interest in traditional clog-dancing.
2.0-2.2 News
Cinema on the Move: keith ALLAN goes to the movies in the wilder reaches of Northumberland.
Everything Happens Here: MARGARETTE GRIFFITHS runs a Motorway Service Station. BBC Manchester Jalna (2)
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Story: The Monkey Who Loved Music by STEPHEN WEAVER
Written and presented by nerys HUGHES and TONY AITKEN
Producer JENYTH WORSLET
Ruth by PETER RUSSELL with Elizabeth Proud as Ruth Stapleton
Ruth is the ' disturbed ' 13-year-old daughter in an otherwise ' normal, well-adjusted family. She has no friends.
DR JAYARAJAH: It is a gift, friendship. We do not all have it. She will disconcert, frighten many people. Her gaze is very direct. It may be she sees what we do not like to be seen. Love her for what she is, not what you would like her to be. You follow?
Directed by GERRY JONES
Michael Hordern stars as Tate Wilkinson (1739-1803). actor, theatre manager and mimic. in an adaptation of his memoirs by COLIN MACLAREN which offers an intriguing glimpse into 18th-century theatrical life.
Producer SIMON BRETT
Forfeit by DICK FRANCIS , abridged in ten parts by BRIAN GEAR Read by JACK WATSON (10) Producer MICHAEL BOWEN
BBC Bristol
Presented by Gordon Clough
John East looks at the halcyon days of the Music-Hall.
Producer DAVID RAYVERN ALLEN
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news; weather
including Financial Report
with Barry Norman
A programme for people on the move that tries to give you more miles for your money. The stories behind the scenes in the world of travel and transport. With up-to-the-minute news of what to avoid if you are on the move this weekend.
Producer ROGER MACDONALD
(Repeated: Monday 1.30 pm)
Margaret Howard 's selection Producer JOHN KNIGHT
(Repeated: Saturday 9.10 am)
A spontaneous discussion by Lord Mancroft, Ann Clwyd
Gwyn Morgan and Nigel Douglas Chairman David Jacobs from Gwent
Producer MICHAEL BOWEN
BBC Bristol (Rptd: Sat 1.15 pm) Listeners views for use in Any Answers? (Thursday at
10.30 pm) to: Any Answersf, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR
Presenter Michael Billington Producer RICHARD BANNERMAN
Douglas Stuart reporting Editor ALASTAIR OSBORNE
with David Jason , Bill Wallis David Tate , Sheila Steafel and the keyboards of Bill McGuffie
Written by ANDY HAMILTON BARRY PILTON and others
Producer GEOFFREY PERKINS
(Repeated: Saturday 5.30 pm)
Ken Whitmore describes one of the pleasures of life. BBC Manchester
Jill by PHILIP larkin , abridged in ten parts byMONICA GREY Read by ALAN ROTHWELL (10) Producer GILLIAN HUSH
BBC Manchester
Weather report and forecast followed by an interlude
