Introduced by John Timpson with LIBBY PURVES
7.0. 8.0 Today's News Read by HARRIET CASS
7.39, 8.30 News headlines
(Sat's broadcast: shortened)
NEM, p 106; Lord of all (BBC HB 294); Psalm 121; Luke 8, vv 1-10 (NEB); The King of love (BBC HB 475)
Blow Out the Candles by HELEN TUDOR MORGAN. Read by Gaynor Morgan Rees. Producer HARRI GWYNN. BBC Wales
Today: BBC Shopping Basket Presenters Nancy Wise and Bill Breckon
12.55 medium only
Weather and programme news
Presented by Brian Widlake
Introduced by Sue MacGregor A View from the Continent.
2.4-2.2 News
Chicken Pie and Custard: life in an English country tea-shop is never dull, as JENNY CURRY discovered when she opened one in Wiltshire. Reading Your Letters.
The Crafty People of Rotherhithe: ANDY PRICE meets the craftsmen and women at work in the 'Waterside Workshops'.
.The Hall in the Field by MARGARET EVANS , abridged in eight parts by MONICA GREY Read by Gwen Watford (1)
In the la.te 50s and early 60s. Margaret Evans and her husband ran a family hotel in Merioneth. (Music: Sibelius's first Tempest Suite)
Story: Constantinople Goes Shopping by PETER ASHLEY
medium only from 3.5
medium only. Live from the House of Commons
medium only
Jack de Manio meets them all. Producer SUSAN SNAILUM
A Week of H. G. Wells. 4: The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Presented by Brian Widlake
Alan Blyth selects British ballad singers from 78 rpm records Producer PETER TANNER
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme news
Written by KEITH MILES
(Repeated: Friday 1.30 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham
A recording of a hearing brought before the London Small Claims Court. This week:
The Hired Car Accident
Producers SUSAN SNAILUM and PAT TAYLOR. (The recording was made with the permission of the London Small Claims Court) (Repeated: Fri 10.5 am)
Every Night a Star Attraction? or Every Night Something Awful? Part 1
Introduced by Charlie Chester The story of the mobilisation of entertainment in World War II. From its headquarters in Drury Lane. ' the Maginot Line of Melody and Mirth ', Basil Dean. who master-minded the operation, provided
2.500.000 performances for every theatre of war.
Illustrated with recordings and memories of many of the artists and theatre personalities who served with The Entertainment National Service Association, including AVRIL ANGERS, HAROLD CONWAY. FRANCIS DAY, BASIL DEAN, GRACIE FIELDS, GEORGE FORMBY. VERA LYNN. GREATREX NEWMAN, ARTHUR SALISBURY, ARTHUR RISCOE and MAGGIE TEYTE
Written by JOHN LAIRD
Research by STEPHEN WILLIAMS Executive producer BOBBY JAYE
How accurate are the weather forecasts we hear each day? At the moment, predictions can be made with certainty for only two to three days ahead. But advanced techniques - like a new chain of satellites and powerful computers - could improve significantly the reliability of longer term forecasts.
The BBC Science Correspondent, James Wilkinson, with experts in Britain and America, examines this new technology and assesses the arguments about whether the world is heating up or cooling down. A Radio News production
Presenter Chris Powling Producer CARROLL MOORE
9.59 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting
Bernard Falk meets people who have found happiness.
Producer SALLY THOMPSON
Jonathan Raban describes one of the pleasures of life.
BBC Manchester
A House for Mr Biswas (4)
Weather report and forecast followed by an interlude
