News, weather, papers, sport
Introduced by John Timpson with HILARY OSBORN including at
S.45* Prayer for the Day
With THE REV RICHARD HARRIES
7.8, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
by COLETTE
Translated by HELEN BEAUCLERK and abridged for radio in ten parts by JOAN HART
Read by Rosemary Leach (10) Producer CHERRY COOKSON
A chance for network listeners to hear some of the material from local and regional broadcasting, selected and presented by Francis Matthews Producer JANE MARSHALL BBC Birmingham
A question asked by the accompanist Gerald Moore, as he recalls records he made with some of the world's greatest artists. Including today, ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF , DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU and JANET BAKER
Producer CHRISTINE HARDWCK
Producer PADDY O'KEEFFE
NEM, page 39: 0 Lamb of God all-holy (BBC HB 530): Psalm 22; Luke 24, vv 1-11 (NEB); We sing the praise of him who died (BBC HB 95)
The Hounds of Fear Written and read by Harry Towb
BBC Northern Ireland
(Harry Towb is in ' Barmitzvah Boy' at Her Majesty's Theatre, London)
In the third of a series of four programmes Peter Hobday looks at the players in the Washington game.
Producer ALASTAIR OSBORNE
Presenters Nancy Wise and Bill Breckon
Devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON
Dilys Powell and Frank Muir challenge Anne Scott-James and Denis Norden. In the Chair John Julius Norwich
Questions compiled by PETER MOORE. BBC Birmingham
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presented by Brian Widlake Sequence editor DEREK LEWIS
Introduced from Birmingham by Maureen Staffer
Motor Show 78: on the opening day of the first Motor Show to be held at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, GILL PYRAH and DAVID LLOYD look at what's new, and get some pointers on the shape of cars to come.
2.0-2.2 News
Don't Batter, Discuss the Matter: EILEEN TOTTEN finds Out about Parents Anonymous groups, which aim to help distressed parents who feel they may harm their children.
On the Ball: ANN TENNANT reports on the growth of women's football - and captures the atmosphere of match day. BBC Birmingham Eton Teashop (5)
from 2.0
Letters by LEILA BERG
Presenters JEAN ROGERS and GARY TAYLOR
Scripts by JEAN ROGERS
Producer JENYTH WORSLEY
Gooseberry by JOHN KIRKMORRIS
The world of 1945 wasn't the world of 39; it was bleached white. There was a shortage of every commodity except hope ... Everywhere you could see the need for stability - it was a physical ache in people . . . I was in London where I'd studied for a couple of years before the war M ..
Directed by TONY CLIFF
BBC Manchester
The distinguished actor, who was 75 this year, talks about his long and varied radio career with Raymond Ralkes Producer GRAHAM GAULD
Beck and Call
A short story by ALUN Richards Read by William Squire BBC Wales
Presented by Gordon Clough and Rachael Heyhoc-Flint
Sequence editor DEREK LEWIS
5.55 Weather; programme news
and half-an-hour of reports Including Financial Report
goes to Birmingham where the British Motor Show takes place for the first time at the National Exhibition Centre Producer GEOFF DOBSON Editor ROGER MACDONALD
(Repeated: Monday 1.30 pm)
Margaret Howard 's selection Producer PHYLLIS ROBINSON
(Repeated: Saturday 10.30 am)
A personal portrait
Professor Dorothy Wedderburn, Norman St John-Stevas, Mr Patrick Moore,
Roderick MacFarquhar, MP
Chairman David Jacobs
from Sunderland
BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Saturday 1.15 pm)
Presenter Sheridan Morley Producer ALAN NIXON
John Tusa reporting
An irreverently critical look back at the week's news with David Jason , Bill Wallis
David Tate. Sheila Steafel and the DAVID FIRMAN TRIO
Written by JOHN LANGDON , GUY JENKIN, BARRY BOWES , RICHARD QUICK, JEREMY BROWNE , ROGER WODDIS
Producer GRIFF RHYS JONES
(Repeated: Saturday 5.30 pm)
Fritz Splegl keeps a keen eye and ear on what's written and said. BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Saturday 11.55 am)
The House with the Green Shutters (10)
Weather report and forecast followed by an interlude
