Presented from the South East by BRYAN PLATT
with John Marsh
Headlines and weather, news for sports fans. Prayer for the Day (Mon THE REV LESLIE STOKES , Tues-Thurs TONY BLACK, Fri E REV RICHARD HARRIES )
Prayers of Hope: 70p from bookshops
EnglishRegions: see column 5
8.52 VHF Regional news, weather
Brian Redhead in Manchester Nigel Rees in London
witii John Marsh
Weathersport and Thought for the Day.
7.52 VHF Regional news; weather
Nigel Rees in London
Brian Redhead in Manchester Editor MIKE CIIANEY
reflects on places and things as they were and how they are, with the help of the BBC Sound Archives. This week: flying
(Repeated: Thursday 8.30 pm)
Esther Rantzen. Bernard Falk and Kenneth Robinson , together with their guests in the studio, provide the incentive to face Monday morning once again.
Producer IAN R. GARDHOUSE
Whu are sticky-buds stickyt What makes a bee attack a slugs How can a duck see when its eyes point in opposite directions?
Views on all these subjects from today's wildlife team. Introduced by Derek Junes Producer DILYS BREESE BBC Bristol
(Rptd: THURS 3.35 medium only)
NEM,p 79: 0 come, let us sing to the Lord (BBC HB 465); Psalm 104, vv 25-36; Ephesians 6, vv 1-13 (NEB); Father, we thank thee (BBC HB 201)
The Shy Ghosts by MICHAEL J. BUTLER
Read by Peter Tuddcnham
It was such a splendid lake - and, at night, just the place for a lovers' meeting. But these were not the usual kind of lovers and their problem was, to say the least, unusual. Producer MITCH RAPER
When an English company gave an extended season of Shakespeare 150 years ago. the Parisian audiences were enraptured. When Harriet Smith -son played Ophelia, men wept. Her performance in Romeo and Juliet inspired Berlioz to his symphony and he' married her five years later.
Chris Kelly recalls the season - which included Kcmble. Kean and Macready - and its impact on some of the French Romantics. Script by PETER RABY Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Birmingham
(Repeated: Thursday 7.45 pm)
News and information that affects the way you live.
Including today - Tile World of Work with MARGARET KORVING Presenters NANCY WISE and BILL BRECKON
Chairman Robert Robinson 7: West of England (1)
ANTHONY HURMAN (Glouc) civil servant; JEFFREY PEACOCK (Devonshire) information officer; DOROTHY WOOD (Devonshire); ARTHUR HOLLOWAY (Devonshire) retired civil servant
Including Beat the Brains Programme devised by JOHN P. WYNN , Who, With IAN GILLIES , sets the questions. Producer MARTIN FISHER
(Repeated: Thursday 6.30 pni)
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news
VHF Regional news and weather
Introduced by Robert Williams
Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Talk till Two: EILEEN FOWLER, who's 72, and known to millions for her keep fit exercises, and MARJORIE CRAIG who's 66, and Exercise Director of a New York beauty salon, share some of their secrets for looking less than their age.
2.1-2.2 News
Reading Your Letters.
At last - a sample of the (threatened) autobiography of BASIL BANKS - Sexual Revelations of a Sub-teenager.
Berlin 1978: BERNARD JACKSON reports on his visit to the divided city.
In The Fraine (10)
Editor WYN KNOWLES
Story: Where Shall I Spin My Web? by ANNE WELLINGTON
The Tale of the Knight, the Witch and the Dragon by J.C.W. Brook.
Kcs by BARRY HINES
6: A Sympathetic Ear
Presented by Robert Williams
Geoffrey Smith talks to Ken Ford about the week in his and your garden. Producer KEN FORD BBC Manchester
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VIIF Regional news; weather
Including Financial Report
Presented by Patrick Fyffe and George Logan With DAPHNE HEARD and JOHN SAVlDENT
Written by MIKE CRAIG , LAWRIE┊ KINSLEY and RON MCDONNELL Producer JAMES CASEY BBC Manchester
(Repealed: Wed 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Tuesday 1.30 pm)
Producer PADDY O'KEEFFE
(Next edition: Thurs 10.5 am
by Olwen Wymark
With Georgina Anderson as Amelia, Mary Wimbush as Candida, David William as Sir Timothy and Joan Matheson as Mrs Fisher
Amelia Scaith finds her life being taken over by alarming events and unknown people.
Sir Timothy: "Amelia, my PR people agreed it was time for a little publicity. As for the question of your not having written the book yourself, this is standard practice. You simply get a ghost."
Amelia: "A ghost.... it makes one feel a bit..."
Sir Timothy: "What?"
Amelia: "Nothing."
(Repeated: Sunday 2.30 pm)
Anthony Smith takes a sideways looks at age.
Presenter Michael Oliver Producer CHRIS SWANN
John Tusa reporting
Tomorrow afternoon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Kt Hon Denis Healey mp, will present his 13th Budget in four years. But who is the man behind the dispatch box? How does he cope with the stresses and pressures of one of the most challenging jobs in Government? How does he see himself - and how do others see him? Tonight Andrew Neil talks to the Chancellor and those who know him well.
Producer KAROLYN SHINDLER
(Shortened version:Tues 11.35 am)
The Great Railway Bazaar (6)
Weather report and forecast followed by an interlude
