Presented from East Anglia by DAVID RICHARDSON BBC Birmingham
with Harriet Cass
Headlines and weather, a look at the papers, news for sports fans. Prayer for the Day (Mon THE REV LESLIE STOKES , TueS-ThurS THE REV DONALD ENGLISH, Fri THE REV RICHARD HARRIES )
English Regions: see column 5
6.52 VHF Regional news, weather
Brian Redhead in Manchester Nigel Rees in London
Headlines. weather, sport and Thought lor the Day.
7.52 VHF Regional news, weather
reflects on people. places and things with the help of BBC Sound Archives. This week: Beds
medium only from 9.45
Esther Rantzen. Bernard Falk and Kenneth Robinson
Producer IAN R. GARDHOUSE
medium only
medium only
'Do birds have a sense of taste - and how does a bird that swallows seeds whole know what is good to eat? 1 Your questions answered.
Introduced by Derek Jones Producer JOHN HARRISON
Series producer DILYS BREESE BBC Bristol
NEM, P 1; Holy, holy, holy (BBC HB 169); Psalm 99; 1 Thessalonians 2. vv 1-8 (NEB); The Lord of heaven (BBC HB 478)
medium only Timothy by WILLIAM MONTAGU EVERITT Read by Malcolm Gerard
medium only
medium only
11.50 Announcements
Including The World of Work with MARGARET KORVING. Presenters Sue Cook and George Luce
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather
Introduced by Robert Williams
medium onlu from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talk Till Two.
2.0-2.2 News
... Thereby Hangs a Tale: traditional songs are often based on tales from myth and folklore. ANNE LORNE GILLIES sings, and tells the story of 'The Great Silkie '.
A Little Bit of Old England: RACHEL BILLINGTON found it down the Hooghly River in India.
The Phillips of Kentwell Hall: Paul BARNES reports on a DIY stately home of England. A Late Phoenix (9) Editor WYN KNOWLES
medium only
Story: The Bad-Tempered Bridge by JUDITH DRAZIN
The Destruction Factor
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
Presented by Robert Williams
John Tusa goes to the Archive Auction
Producer ALASTAIR WILSON
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news; weather
Presented by Patrick Fyffe and George Logan With DAPHNE HEARD
DEREK SOUTHCOTT and BRIAN JOHNSTON
Written by MIKE CRAIG LAWRIE KINSLEY and RON MCDONNELL
Producer JAMES CASEY BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Wed 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Tuesday 1.30 pm)
Producer PADDY O'KEEFFE
by Bernard Krichefski
with Glynis Brooks as Maggie and Zia Moyheddin as Mr Patel
'...I got uptight over a case - too involved. OK? I wasn't ready for it. I felt bruised. I still feel bruised. I had to watch a sad little family being broken apart - just like that... And I couldn't cope with my own guilt.'
(Repeated: Sunday 2.30 pm)
The first in a series of three tapestries in sound exploring some of the images of God as presented in the Bible.
It features, amongst others, the voices of the composer John Tavener, the writer Alan Garner, the sculptor F. E. McWilliam, and the painter Mary Fedden; and John Byron, Mary Elliott Nelson, Jennifer Piercey, Bruce Beeby, Gregory de Polnay
Presenter Michael Schmidt Producer JOHN POWELL
Douglas Stuart reporting
Esther Waters by GEORGE MOORE abridged in 15 parts by ALLAN MCCLELLAND
Read by Joan Plowright (1)
' She stood on the platform watching the receding train. The white steam curled above the few bushes that hid the curve of the line, evaporating in the pale evening. A moment more and the last carriage would pass out of sight.'
Producer DAVID JOHNSTON (Joan Plowright is in ' Filumena ' at the Lyric Theatre, London)
Weather report and forecast followed by an interlude
