Producers LESLIE COTTINGTON and KEN POLLOCK
with John Marsh
John Sergeant in London
Brian Redhead in Manchester
with John Marsh
Brian Redhead in Manchester John Sergeant in London
medium only
Herbs
I've never grown herbs-can you suggest half a dozen to start with in a small, west-facing bed? Is it best to use fresh or dried herbs in cooking? And which ones freeze well? There are quite a lot of herbal cosmetic preparations about now - can I make my own hair rinse, for instance?
Put your questions on growing and using herbs to Monica Mawson , cookery writer and broadcaster, and Dr Malcolm Stuart. Director of the Society of Herbalists.
In the Chair Sue MacGregor Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
The lines are open from 8.0 am
Spring
Derek Jones introduces tht BBC WEST OF ENGLAND SINGERS conductor PHILIP moorc BBC Bristol
NEM, p 9; The Lord of Heaven confess (BBC HB 478); Psalm 65; Luke 1, vv 39-55 (NEB); Sing praise to God who reigns above (BBC HB 18)
Harry Gurnard 's Gate by ANN CLARKE
Read by Shirley Dixon Producer MITCH RAPER
The Ghosts of the British Museum by J. C. WILSHER
Quite noisy, in a subdued sort of way, isn't it? The Reading Room of the British Museum. In general, though, the atmosphere is extremely orderly: the only really disturbing thing is the ghosts. I don't mean anything supernatural. I mean real live people - but social ghosts, people you thought you'd left behind ...'
Directed by GLYN DEARMAN
(Shortened version of Monday's broadcast at 10.30)
News and information that affects the way you live Presenters Nancy Wise and Bill Breckon
Presented by Brian Widlake
Introduced by Sylvia Horn
Soap, Soup and Salvation, or 100 Years of the Sally Army: a report by HELEN PALMER
2.1-2.2 News
Another Month Older: MAUREEN STEVENS reflects, with the help of a little music, romance v real life.
Eating to Live: PROF IAN MORTON and DR ANDREW STANWAY discuss ways of working towards a perfect diet.
Slightly Less Stately: JENNIFER MAY visits Osborne.
Airs Above the Ground by MARY STEWART
Abridged by JANET HICKSON Read by Virginia Stride
Last of twelve instalments
(Music: Prokofiev's Sinfoniella)
Story: Mr Dickens and The Donkey by BETTY SPENCE
medium only from 3.5
medium onlu
Live from the House of Commons. Today's scene is set by David Holmes , the BBC's political Editor.
medium only
Marmion by SIR WALTER SCOTT
Read by Tom Fleming
BBC Bristol
Presented by Brian Widlake
David Rider considers the mystique of the signature tune, the musical key which so often opens the door on the radio and television as well as in the cinema and the theatre.
5.55 medium only: Weather and programme news
Including Financial Report
'twixt Eleanor Summerlield Gillian Reynolds and David Nixon Tim Rice
Tune Twisters from Steve Race
In the Chair Roy Plomley Devised and written by IAN MESSITER
Producer MARTIN FISHER
(Repeated: Wednesday 1.30pm)
Twelve programmes In which Christopher Ricks looks at some of the poetry found in The New Oxford Book of English Verse.
12: A Quarry
Lines by other poets which appeared in poems by T. S, EHot.
Reader HUGH DICKSON
as Radio 3
Douglas Stuart reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
Out of Africa (12)
Radio 4's International Bust-ness Report; Market Trends
Weather report and forecast followed by an interlude
