with Edward Cole
John Sergeant in London
Brian Redhead in Manchester
(medium only)
(A shortened version of Saturday's broadcast at 7.30)
(medium only)
(medium only)
(medium only)
NEM, P 5; King of glory (BBC HB 325); Psalm 19. vv 1-11 (NEB): Acts 4, v 32-5, v 10; Through all the changing scenes of life (BBC HB 481)
by Kate Cruise O'Brien
Read by Trudy Kelly
BBC Northern Ireland
(medium only)
(medium only)
(Broadcast on Sunday at 5.15)
(medium only)
Archie Hill reads from his prize-winning book.
'"He can be cared for," they say, "and you will be free..." Perhaps he'd be happier with his own sort?
Perhaps. But we don't know, do we?...'
Abridged in six parts by Eileen Hots
(medium only)
Presented by Sue Cook and George Luce
(Broadcast on Tuesday at 6.30)
12.55 Weather and programme news
(medium only)
Introduced by Brian Widlake
Introduced by Sue MacGregor
A View from the Continent
A regular reflection of events and reactions in Europe.
2.0-2.2 News
A Million 'Kisses'
Andy Price talks to Vivian Greene whose cartoons have made a million.
Flying on a Shoestring
Maeve Binchy with a once and for all guide to cheap flights.
Starting from Scratch
Frances Berry helps Brian and Kay Bellens establish a new garden.
Roman Tales: 4: The Go-Between
(medium only from 2.0)
Story: "The Coat Hanger" by Trina Rockey
(medium only)
medium only from 3.5
with Brian Curtois, the BBC's Political Correspondent.
(medium only)
(Broadcast on Mon at 10.5 am)
(medium only)
Jack de Manio meets them all.
Presented by Brian Widlake
Alan Blyth looks back to the era of the 78 rpm record. His first programme is devoted to one of the best-loved singers of the first half of this century, Richard Tauber.
5.55 Weather and programme news
(medium only)
Presented by Roger Cook
(Repeated: Friday 10.5 am)
by Michael J. Butler, based on "In a Great Tradition" by the Benedictines of Stanbrook
The Letters sent between Bernard Shaw and Dame Laurentia McLachlan, a nun who became Abbess in the closed order of Stanbrook Abbey near Malvern, chart the growth of a strong friendship which lasted over 20 years until Shaw's death in 1950. Their relationship was often argumentative, sometimes amusing, but always deeply concerned.
BBC Birmingham
(Barbara Leigh-Hunt and Morgan Sheppard are members of the RSC)
The make-up of the next Westminster Government could well be decided by what happens in Scotland. It's a country divided into pro- and anti-Devolutionists, and into oil 'haves' and 'have nots'.
Mary Goldring examines the social, political and economic tensions of the two Scotlands.
John Tusa reporting
Introduced by David Jacobs
BBC Bristol
Weather report and forecast followed by an interlude
