Producers LESLIE cottington and KEN POLLOCK
with John Hedges
English Regions: see column 5
6.52 VHF Regional news, weather
Brian Redhead in Manchester Nigel Rees in London
with John Hedges
7.52 VHF Regional news, weather
Nigel Rees in London
Brian Redhead in Manchester
8.35 News headlines, weather, papers and sport
medium only from 9.40
At the best of times, driving can be hazardous, but it's especially so in winter. What are the best ways of correcting skids and of driving in foggy and frosty conditions? When do you put anti-freeze in your car? How can you prevent your locks freezing? These are some of the questions you may want to put to Judith Jackson, Motoring Correspondent of The Sunday Times and Henry Heywood, Editor of Practical Motorist.
In the Chair Judith Chalmers Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Call [number removed] from 8.0 am
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NEM, p 9; Thy kingdom come! (BBC HB 28); Canticle 6, part 1; Malachi 3, vv 1-5, 11-12 (AV); Eternal God (BBC HB 23)
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Carbon Copy, written and read by Brian Hayes
' If you have to get rid of me why not send me away somewhere? You don't have to kill me ... May I ask how you're going to do it? Do you have any freedom, or is the method not up to you? '
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER
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Down the Bristol Channel
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Presenter Mari Prichard
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Winston Graham. 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
medium only from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Christmas is Coming: some seasonal ideas and suggestions.
2.0-2.2 News
Reading Your Letters.
Daisy and The Master: MARIE crossman 's family hadn't had a cat for 26 years.
Down with Semolina: BRENDA kidman goes into the school dinner scene.
The Incredible Journey (2)
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Story: The Dandelion by MARGARET LAMDIN
2: Dingley Dell
visits Essex, where members of the Ongar Women's Institute put their questions to
FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS and PROFESSOR ALAN GEMMELL Questionmaster KEN FORD BBC Manchester
The Tale of Beatrix Potter (2)
Presented by Brian Widtake
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 bent comedy programme Lesson 22: How to Succeed in Business The Burkiss Way starring Jo Kendall
Nigel Rees , Chris Emmett and Fred Harris
Written by DAVID RENWICK and ANDREW MARSHALL Producer JOHN LLOYD
(Repeated: Wednesday 1.30 pm)
Compiled by PATRIC DICKINSON Introduced by Henry Knowles Reader GAVIN CAMPBELL and featuring Atalanta in Calydon by Swinburne Producer
CHRISTOPHER VENNING
Last year Brenda Kidman 's mother died from an illness caused by senility. In despair at her inability to save her and in frustration with the National Health Service, she recorded on tape the last few months of their lives together. Producer HUGH PURCELL Searing and memorable
(FINANCIAL TIMES)
Truly unforgettable, shattering
(THE LISTENER)
A haunting programme
(THE GUARDIAN)
Arthur Marshall with some ' favourite bits ' from writers who have delighted him throughout his life. He is joined in the readings by FRANK DUNCAN
' The mechanism of thought transference might be gravity waves. If you could find a point in space where there was no gravity at all, you might be able to hang a thought "there ... '
' I suspect a couple of hundred years from now we may know many of the answers, but at the moment they're allowed to remain mysteries.....
1 never worry about anybody ridiculing me, the point is I know what happens to me ... ' Science Editor Peter Fairley talks with Leslie Smith about ideas and personal experiences in the realm of Parapsychology. Producer BARBARA CROWTHER
Presenter Michael Schmidt Producer DAVID PERRY
Douglas Stuart reporting
The Wonder Show starring
John Cleese , Tim Brooke-Taylor Graeme Garden. David Hatch Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie with the Dave Lee Group Producers JOHN CASSELS and DAVID HATCH
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (2)
Weather report and forecast followed by an interlude
