News, weather, papers, sport
Introduced by John Timpson with LIBBY PURVES including at
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by LAURIE MACMILLAN
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
A chance for network listeners to hear some of the material from local and regional broadcasting, selected and presented by Bobv-Langley. Producer JANE MARSHALL BBC Birmingham
Jeremy Siepmann follows the colourful progress of the piano from the palaces of 18th-century Europe to the saloons of the Wild West. Enter a Superstar
In the first programme of the series we meet our hero in a variety of guises and encounter some extraordinary characters along the way.
Producer ARTHUR JOHNSON
nem, p 62; Come, my soul, thou must be waking (BBC HB 404); Psalm 36; Luke 5, v 36-6, v 5 (NEB); Holy Father, in thy mercy (BBC HB 386)
Secrets by JOHN HINDER
Read by Hilda Schroder
' Mama caught Irmgard by the shoulder. " Tell me! " she shouted. "Tell me, what you've been listening to! " ' Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol
(B'cast on Wednesday at 8.0)
News and information that affects the way you live. Presenters Bill Breckon and Nancy Wise
(B'cast on Wednesday at 6.30)
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news
Presented by Gordon Clough
introduced from Bristol by Caroline Parsons
Come to the Fair!: AMANDA THEUNISSEN previews the World Wine Fair in Bristol.
2.0-2.2 News
Vive le Camping!: SUSAN CARLTON and family under canvas.
One in the Eye for Mr Punch !: BOB FORBES investigates a Punch and Judy show with a difference.
BBC Bristol
Now Barabbas Was a Rotter (13)
Story: The Boy and the Honey Guide by NANCY RIGBY
Presenters AURIOL SMITH and SEAN BARRETT
Written and produced by JANEY GORDON
Editor JENYTH WORSLEY
Richard Briers and Maurice Denham in Uncle Venables by E. H. HENDRY
Guy Hammersley 's boring bachelor routine is shattered by the arrival of his Uncle Venables. But things become really entangled when he is introduced to Mrs Gracie and Miss Panting - both of whom make extraordinary demands upon his stamina!
Directed by MARTIN JENKINS
The story of Harry Fragson
Brian Haines and Peter Cotes tell the extraordinary tale of the Music-Hall star who was equally popular in England and France and whose ' lady friend ' was the cause of his tragic death as the result of a crime of passion.
Producer BRIAN cook
The Story of Ragged Robyn (S)
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 W1A 4WW
Producer DENYS GUEROULT
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme news
Barry Norman presents a weekly look at the world of travel.
Producer JOHN HASLAM
Editor ROGER MACDONALD
(Repeated: Monday 1.30 pm)
Margaret Howard 's selection. Producer DAVID EPPS
A personal portrait
A series of programmes about the American Involvement in Vietnam.
Presented by Michael Charlton Vietnam has the right to be a free and independent country; and in /act is so already.
(DECLARATION OF THE INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM BY HO CHI MINH, HANOI, 2 SEPTEMBER 1945) 1: 1945 - The Untold Story
Standing beside the new Communist leaders were American officers in uniform. The American Involvement in Vietnam had begun.
Contributions from ARCHIMEDES PAITI and from TRAN VAN DON , DENNIS DUNCANSON , GENERAL ED LANSDALE, DEAN RUSK and JEAN SAINTENY
Producer ANTHONY MONCRIEFF (First broadcast on Radio 3)
' a model demonstration of what broadcasting can do in terms of contemporary history'
(ANTHONY HOWARD,
NEW STATESMAN)
1 It is by far the most interesting item on radio for a very long time.' (FRANCES HILL,
TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT)
1 The series is well timed, the protagonists still alive and willing to talk, the subject matter poised interestingly between history and current affairs. By the end of the 11 programmes even the most ignorant listener ought to be reasonably well informed.'
(VAL ARNOLD-FORSTER,
THE GUARDIAN)
La Scala , Milan
The most famous opera house in the world is 200 years old. The theatre of Verdi, Toscanini and Callas, La Scala has survived Napoleon, the Austrians, Mussolini, British air-raids, and in more recent times political demonstrations. To celebrate its birthday La Scala has put together a mammoth 13-month season which started last December and will not end until New Year's Eve. Paul Vaughan visited Milan to meet some of the singers, musicians and administrators who work in ' the theatre that is a model to the world i , Producer BRIAN BARFIELD
Douglas Stuart reporting
David Jason. Bill Wallis
David Tate , Sheila Steafel and the keyboards of BillMcGuffie
Written by ANDY HAMILTON BARRY PILTON
JOHN LANGDON RICHARD QUICK
Producer GRIFF RHYS JONES
(Repeated: Saturday 5.30 pm)
Written and read by Jim Andrew.
BBC Manchester
The Secret Agent (10)
followed by an interlude
Weather report and forecast followed by an interlude
