with Laurie Macmillan
Brian Redhead in Manchester John Sergeant in London
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Owls that can't see as well as we think they can; swallows, the fire bringers; and fishes that flash in the dark are among the animals in today's programme.
Introduced by Peter France Producer M01RA MANN BBC Bristol
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Bernard Falk has been off again to meet all kinds of people who have found the secret of happiness in unusual and sometimes eccentric occupations.
Producer SALLY THOMPSON
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Presented by Edward Cole Producer WILLIAM HORSLEY
NEM, p 1; As pants the hart (BBC HB 451); Psalm 3; Acts 4, vv 21-31 (NEB); Immortal, invisible (BBC HB 10)
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The Stolen Bacillus by H. G. WELLS
Read by Allan McClelland
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A fresh look at the musical Presented by Denis Quilley
Part 1: Programme 3: Women in the Musicals or How to Feel Great Cooking Breakfast for the One You Love
Written by ALISTAIR BEATON Producer MARTIN FISHER
In the last of five talks Myrtle Simpson recalls a trip she made to Greenland to discover exactly what happened to the Vikings. Producer JOHN KNIGHT
News and information that affects the way you live. Presented by Sue Cook and George Luce
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news
Introduced by Brian Widlake
medium only from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week: Esther Rantzen
2.0-2.2 News
Reading Your Letters.
Exploring Family Bellamy: how the family of naturalist DAVID BELLAMY came to be climbing the remote Cotopaxi volcano in South America.
Relax with Laura Mitchell : 4 - especially if you have antenatal or post-natal tension.
Science in the Home: SUSAN GOODMAN takes a look at man-made fibres. Roman Tales 3: Poor Fish
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Story: Mr Mortimer 's Little Old Car by ELIZABETH MACDONALD
Programme Note by IAIN MONTAGUE and A musician in the 1920s could achieve quite a successful living. For example, the cinema orchestra provided a regular Income, and department stores and tea rooms often hired musicians. Then in 1927 the cinema achieved synchronised music, the slump of the 1930s lay ahead and the future became bleak for the professional musician. Mr Potts and Mr Pendle were among them.
Directed by KAY PATRICK BBC Manchester
from Guildford Cathedral
Responses (Doveton); Psalm 119, vv 1-32 (Thalben Ball, Rose, Day. Wesley); Canticles (Howells in c); Lessons: Exodus 24, vv 1-8 (rsv); Philippians 3, v 12-4, v 1 (rsv); Anthem: Alleluia (Weelkes)
Organist and Master of the Choristers PHILIP MOORE Assistant organist PETER WRIGHT
Eagles Near the Carcass 8: Lake Dulce
Presented by Brian Widlake
Vincent Kane ponders the difficult art of the sports commentator; recites the Ballad of the Secret Agent in Belfast; and presents Emily Ploopshank - portrait of a prude.
Written and produced by VINCENT KANE. BBC Wales
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme news
Reports from BBC Newsmen
at the University of London Kenneth Williams Kingsley Amis
Benny Green and Celia Haddon are quizzed on sayings funny, famous and fatuous - taken from the printed page, the spoken word, and the handwritten letter from you, the listener.
An awful programme.'
(MARGRANITA LASKI, THE LISTENER)
Reader Ronald Fletcher
Devised and presented by Nigel Rees
Producer JOHN LLOYD
(Repeated: Friday 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Thursday 1.30 pm)
Presenter Peter Oppenheimer with reports by STEVE BRAD-SHAW and DAVID HENSHAW , Editor MICHAEL GREEN BBC Manchester
A cameo of the man and his times created from his lyrics, sketches and miscellaneous writings by GERALD frow. with Journalist, essayist, theatrical manager, producer and drama critic of refreshing honesty, Herbert Farjeon was also author of much that was wittiest in intimate revue during the 1930s and 40s. A brilliant miniaturist, he captured English middle-class behaviour in sharp, rapier-like strokes without ever being cruel. with DILYS LAYE, HUGH PADBICK , PETER REEVES. TRICIA GEORGE and music under the direction Of DON INNES and JO MANNING WILSON , WILLIAM ROBERTS and HENRY KNOWLES Introduced by Michael Smee Producer JOHN DYAS
(Revised repeat: Friday 11.5 am, medium only)
Presenter Michael Oliver Producer BRIAN BARFIELD
John Tusa reporting
Television
Frank Muir and Alfred Marks investigate the humour of the subject.
' I once lived In a semi-detached house with very thin walls. I didn't mind hearing the neighbours' radio on all the time, but we could see their television as well.' and the voices of BOB NEWHART , WOODY ALLEN STAN FREBERG. JOHN CLEESE TIM BROOKE-TAYLOR and GRAEME GARDEN
Producers SIMON BRETT and JOHN DAVIS
A Fearful Joy (3)
Weather report and forecast followed by an interlude
