Bryan Platt reviews economic, political and agricultural changes in 1977.
with Peter Donaldson
English Regions: see column 5
6.52 VHF Regional news, weather
Michael Cooke in Manchester Nigel Rees in London
with Peter Donaldson
Nigel Rees in London
Michael Cooke in Manchester
8.35 News headlines, weather, papers and sport
Read by ANNA MASSEY (3)
Britain has always enjoyed a reputation for inventive genius. But how do we treat people with new approaches today? What are the chances of seeing their ideas in action, and what are the battles they have to fight? In this six-part series, Bill Breckon probes the personalities of some modern innovators, seeks clues to their success and failure, and asks if, in Britain today, a man invents a better mousetrap, will the world beat a path to his door?
This week: Sally Willey-the lone inventor, a dying breed.
Series producer RITCHIE cogan
Presented by Moira Stuart Producer OLIVIA SELIGMAN
nem, p 25; Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child (Carols for Choirs 23); Psalm 9; Matthew 2, vv 13-23 (AV); Unto us a boy is born! (Oxford Book of Carols 92)
Today's author is H. G. WELLS Gabriel Woolf reads
The Red Room, adapted by JOANNA SCOTT-MONCRIEFF
' " I can assure you," said I, that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me." '
The last programme in the present series introduced by Jean Metcalfe Producer PAT TAYLOR
A book you loved in childhood - how well do you remember it now? Prunella Scales , in conversation with JEAN DAVIS , recalls one of her own favourites.; Producer BARBARA CROWTHER
Presenter Nancy Wise
New stories about the characters created by A. j. CRONIN with The Fast Set by DONALD BULL Producer
EDWARD TAYLOR
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Introduced by Brian Widlake
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week:
Gemma Jones , The Duchess Of Duke Street '
2.0 2.2 News
Double First!: ELAINE MELLOR. Champion Amateur Jockey and Champion Woman rider tells GEORGINA COLERIDGE about her year of success.
Under One Roof: in India, parents, several married and unmarried children and grand-children can be found living together. BONNIE CRAWLEY reports. fWith Great Wit and Elegant style ': some contributions by Poet Laureates of previous monarchs.
A Musing Morley, written and read by ROBERT MORLEY
3: A Kensington Childhood
Story: The Witch of Good-body's Patch by IVY o. EASTWICK
The Camp of the Dog
One of the John Silence series of Stories of the Supernatural and the Uncanny by ALGERNON BLACKWOOD adapted for radio by SHEILA HODGSON with ' It is never wise for an overcivilised man to isolate himself in a place where Nature rules. For surely he will revert.'
Diracted by HARRY CATLIN
from Blackburn Cathedral
Hymn: Shepherds, in the field abiding (A and M Rev 594) Responses (Ayleward)
Hymn: 0 martyrs young (A and M Rev 538)
Psalms 136, 137, 138 (Lloyd, Whitlock, Bennett)
Lessons: Isaiah 49, TT 1-10; John 13, vv 21-35
Canticles (Aston in F) Carol: Dance Carol
Anthem: Unto us is born a SOB Organist and Master of the Choristers JOHN BERTALOT
Assistant Organist KEITH bonk BBC Manchester
The African Queen (3)
Presented by Brian Widlakt
Gerald Moore considers the pleasures of ' retirement ' from a busy public life.
Producer JOHN KNIGHT
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
A panel game devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
Dilys Powell and Frank Muir challenge Anne Scott-James and Denis Norden
In the Chair Jack Longland
(Repeated: Thursday 1.30 pm)
A celebration in words, music and sound of the bitter-sweet relationship between Britain and India, 1877-1947.
Written and compiled by Charles Allen with the voices Of B.K. Nehru, V.S. Naipaul, Liz Gould, Dilip Hiro, Mrs Ali Baig, Dail Singh Kalsi, Amarjit Danjal and many others from BBC Sound Archives, the Plain Tales from the Raj Archives, and the British in India Oral History Archives of the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London.
For some people Christmas is primarily a religious festival, for some it's an opportunity for a rest, and for some it's a Bacchanalian orgy. But for everybody it should be a time for laughter. There is the raucous variety - parties, pantomimes and so on - and there is the quieter laughter which is what Vincent Kane sets out to inspire in this light-hearted look at Christmas, in prose, poetry and a little music. Producer VINCENT KANE BBC Wales
The Heart of Yorkshire
Kaleidoscope at York Minster
Louis Allen discovers the glories past and present of our largest gothic cathedral which include the remarkable modern restoration, the famous choir screen and the medieval east window containing ' the whole company of heaven Producer CHRIS SWANN
John Tusa reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
Contestants from eight countries challenge a resident British team
England v Switzerland:. Round 1 England:
Anthony Quinton (Chairman) with Irene Thomas and John Julius Norwich Switzerland :
Gordon Clough (Chairman) with Dr Robert Schneebeli , Director of Adult Education for Zurich and Dr Max Frenkel , Director of the Foundation for Confederate Co-operation
Question researcher
DAVID MACKAY
Producer TREVOR HILL BBC Manchester
Annals of The Parish by JOHN GALT (7)
Radio 4's international Business Report; Market Trends
Weather report and forecast followed by an interlude
