with Eugene Fraser
English Regions : see column 5
6.52 VHF Regional news, weather
Derek Cooper in London
Brian Redhead in Manchester
with Eugene Fraser
7.52 VHF Regional news, weather
Brian Redhead in Manchester Derek Cooper in London
8.35 News headlines, weather, papers and sport
(A shortened version of Satur day's broadcast)
NEM, 67; Souls of men, why will ye scatter (BBC HB 20); Psalm 93; Isaiah 25, vv 1-9 (RSV); The God of Abraham praise (BBC HB 283)
Yvonne Brangham 's Birthday Party by TREVOR HOYLE
Read by Bernard Cribbins
Terry was nervous as he walked up Park Road where all the posh houses were. But he was rather honoured too, conscious of the fact that only a chosen few received an invitation to Yvonne Brangham 's birthday party. BBC Manchester
4: Rallying
The folklore, the legend, the anecdote-with Russell Brookes Roy Fidler and Tony Mason in conversation with DON MOSEY Producer DON MOSEY BBC Manchester
Presenter Sue Cook
Including the BBC Shopping Basket, the Best Buys for the weekend and answers to your financial queries from TOM TICKELL.
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Introduced by Brian Widlake
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk Till Two.
2.0-2.2 News
My Style of Dress: MARGARET, DUCHESS OF ARGYLL talks tO
SERENA SINCLAIR .
Christmas Cheers - 4: making the most of a glass of wine With PAMELA VANDYKE PRICE. Reading Your Letters
Lending as an Art Form: D. B. GRIFFITHS on the way your credit worthiness is judged. Jamaica Inn (8)
Stories: Tales of Joe and Timothy: Jessie and Lady Peg by DOROTHY EDWARDS
The Albums by CAROL BRUGGEN
Herbert Fullbright to an elderly man. For his middle-aged daughter Emily, visiting him is a wearing experience with only one safe and easy subject - his collection of photographs , z
Directed by tony CLIFF BBC Manchester
From cantors to crime-writers. Jack de Manio meets them all. Producer MICHELL RAPER
4.0-4.5 News
Out of the Silent Planet (9)
Presented by Brian Widlake
by the Labour Party
.... thehappyknackofmalting unexpected and delightful discoveries - applied each Thursday by Fritz Spiegl in his A-Z of Musical Curios K is for Kings and things Producer ANDREW MUSSETT
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Round 1-5: South of England
COLLINGWOOD SCHOOL, CAMBERLEY v SIR WILLIAM PERKIN'S SCHOOL, CHERTSEY
Questionmaster Tim Gudgin
Questions set by ROY SMITH
Producer GEOFFREY PERKINS
Written by WILLIAM SMETHURST (Repeated: Friday 1.30 pm)
BBC Birmingham
Presented by Roger Cook Producer JOHN EDWARDS
(Repeated: Friday 10.5 am)
In a period when the institution of marriage and the religious ideals on which it was built are under attack, it is surprising that the number of people actually embarking on married life is increasing.
Nick Page looks at the reasons why, for many people, marriage is still potentially the best possible relationship, Researcher MIKE ROBINSON Producer CHRIS REES
(Repeated: Friday 11.5)
At Christmas this year six million people in the European Community will be without jobs. In the United States there are seven million unemployed. Will the western industrialised world be able to reduce these figures significantly before the mid-80s? Does job creation for its own sake make economic sense? Michael Charlton chairs an international discussion on unemployment with economists, politicians, trade unionists and employers.
Producer HARRY SCHNEIDER
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer BRIAN BARFIELD
Douglas Stuart reporting
A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion in last Friday's Any Questions? Introduced by David Jacobs Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Read by PETER MARINKER (14)
Radio 4's International Business Report; Market Trends
Weather report and forecast followed by an interlude
