with John Marsh
Brian Redhead in, Manchester John Sergeant in London
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A chance for network listeners to hear some of the material from local and regional broadcasting.
Presented by Francis Matthewf Producer JANE MARSHALL BBC Birmingham
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
Proposition 13
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Californians to vote on Proposition 13 change to local taxation. Bakke case comes to court. Show more
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Johnny Morris recalls with records and happy memories; his days in a small amateur orchestra when the repertory was chosen, on the night, to suit the available players. Producer PATRICK LAMBERT
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NEM, p 13; My Lord, my life, my love (BBC HB 330); Psalm 103, vv 1-13; Acts 5. vv 11-26 (NEB); Love of the Father, love of God the Son (BBC HB 522)
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Mountain Fighter by DEREK PHILLIPS
Read by Dillwyn Owen
As with the fastest gun, so with the champion mountain fighter, there was always a younger man anxious to prove himself on him. This is a story about one such fighter. Producer HARRI GWYNN BBC Wales
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(Reoised repeat of Wednesday's broadcast at 8.0 pm)
Presented by Sue Cook and George Luce
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news
and voices and topics in and Introduced by Gordon Clough
medium only from 2.0
Introduced from Bristol by Jenni Murray
Festival at Upottery: GWYN Richards reports from a tiny village in Devon as it prepares for the Big Day.
2.1-2.2 News
Horticultural Therapy: a daunting title for a project which promises help for disabled people, as BILL DAVIES discovers.
Home of Rest - for Horses 1: JOHN HOWARD meets some of the lucky residents. BBC Bristol Roman Tales
5: The Perfect Crime
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Story: The Little Man with Big Feet by LEILA BERG
Presenters ALISON MCMORLAND┊ and SAM KELLY
Written by JANEY GORDON Producer JENYTH WORSLET
Hen's Trek by CHRISTINE FURNIVAL
Heather Bell as Henrietta
* I often hear a lot of voices In my head: Father saying " cariad " ... and Mother reading about a lady on a fine, pale white horse ... and all sorts of creatures speaking at once - and also the sound of human animals as they mate and as they cry out in pain.'
Directed by MARTIN JENKINS
Dame Ruth Railton , founder of the National Youth Orchestra, believes that all people and animals possess some form of extra-sensory perception.
Anita Gregory , psychologist and philosopher, and Professor Arthur Ellison , President of the Society for Psychical Research, discuss her experiences and describe some of the scientific research being conducted to prove the existence of this elusive gift.
Producer MADEAU STEWART
Eagles Near the Carcase by PETER SOMERVILLE-LARGE abridged in ten parts by BARRY CAMPBELL
Read by GARY WATSON 10: Dr Horez Producer
BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol
(Starting on' Monday : A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell)
Presented by Gordon Clough
We all have niggling little questions in the corners of our minds that we mean to follow up some day.... when we have the time. Now you can unload your query onto Neil Landor and let the BBC Reference Library and other experts find the answer for you.
Questions - on postcards - to: Enquire Within, BBC, London WIA 4WW
Producer DENYS GUEROULT
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme news
Barry Norman takes a weekly look at the problems and the personalities in the world of travel and transport, with up-to-the-minute advice for people on the move this weekend. Producer GEOFF DOBSON Editor ROGER MACDONALD
(Repeated: Monday 1.30 pm)
Margaret Howard presents her selection of extracts from BBC radio and television programmes of the past seven days. Producer DENYS GUEROULT
(Repeated: Saturday 10.30 am)
The Big Job
The men who work on open-cast sites regard themselves as a breed apart from other coal miners. They talk of the life they lead, and RAY SMITH reads verse by Harri Webb. describing work on one major site. the Maesgwyn Cap.
Producer MEIRION EDWARDS BBC Wales
The Rt Hon Sir Richard Marsh Derek Robinson Claire Rayner Alfie Hinds
Chairman David Jacobs from Guernsey. Channel Islands Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Saturday 1.15 pm)
Listeners* views for use in Any Answers? (Thursday at
10.30 pm) to: Any Answers?. BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR
Presenter Gillian Reynolds Producer JOHN POWELL
John Tusa reporting
An irreverentlv critical look back over the week's news with David Jason. Bill Wallis
David Tate , Sheila Steafel and the keyboards of Bill McGuffie. Written by ANDY HAMILTON , BARRY PILTON, JACK LANGDON. RICHARD QUICK
Producer GRIFF RHYS JONES
(Repeated: Saturday 5.30 pm)
Jim Andrew describes one of the pleasures of life. BBC Manchester
A Fearful Joy (5)
followed by an interlude
Weather report and forecast followed by an interlude