6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presented by John Timpson with HUGH SYKES including at
6.45* Prayer for the Day METROPOLITAN
ANTHONY BLOOM
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by HARRIET CASS
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
plus Angela Rippon with a birthday interview of the week, and other familiar names playing unfamiliar roles in this live miscellany.
From Glasgow, Fran Morrison: from Cardiff, Gerry Monte : and from Dublin, Frank Delaney. tell true stories ot popular interest. Live musical Interludes and punctuations by THE BOWLES BROTHERS
Producer MICHAEL EMBER long wave only
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NEM, p 62; 0 Praise ye the Lord! praise him in the height (BBC HB 279); Psalm 25, vr 1-10; Philip-plans 2, vv 1-11 (rsv); Rejoice today with one accord (BBC HB 281)
The Girl Who Wasn't by MICHAEL A. PEARSON
Read by Timothy Kightley A girl. a ghost and a creepy old house; but this is ridiculous!
Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol long wave only
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Story: The Warthog and the Unicorn by SANDRA HANNAFORD long wave only
Including today:
The BBC Shopping Basket Presenters Nancy Wise and Bill Breckon
12.55 Weather; programme news: long wave only
Presented by Robin Day
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
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Introduced by Sue
MacGregor Emmeline Pankhurst 's Own Story: JILL CRAIGIE Introduces the autobiography of the suffragette, published next week after being out of print since 1914.
Behind Closed Doors: Inside the world of a closed order of Benedictine nuns. RON ALLDRIDGE visits Stanbrook Abbey in Worcester-shire,
A View from the Continent: a regular reflection of events and reactions in the rest of Europe.
The House that Jill Built: JILL COCHRANE learns how to put her own roof over her head.
William Makepeace Thack eray (3) long wave only
Live from the House of Commons
The Quarry by IAN TAYLOR
When out-of-work Maurice applies for a job as manager of a quarry in Devon,hesoonfindshimself up against the formidable Major Faulkner. Has he bitten off more than he can chew?
Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol
The Hills is Lonely (4)
Presented by Robert Williams and Susannah Simons
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5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
Written by WILLIAM SMETHURST
(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham
Light Verse
Kingsley Amis introduces the final programme in his selection of poems from The New Oxford Book of Light Verse.
PHILIP LARKIN : Fiction and The Reading Public; I Remember, I Remember; Self's The Man.
PETER PORTER : A Consumer's Report.
Readers HUGH DICKSON and KINGSLEY AMIS Producer ALEC REID
(Repeated: Sat 11.20 am)
A recital given by the Russian virtuoso pianist in the Royal Festival Hall earlier this year. Part 1
Handel Chaconne in a major
Liszt Sonata In a minor
The Writing on the Wall
Can China achieve its ' four modernisations '? How does Chinese industry and agriculture square up to the demands of the last quarter of the 20th century? A personal view by Mary Goldring , who has recently spent three weeks in China. Producer
GREVILLE HAVENHANB
Part 2
Mussorgsky Pictures from an Exhibition
A nightly review of books, films, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Presenter Paul Vaughan
Producer ANNE THEROUX
Douglas Stuart reporting
A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion In last Friday's Any Questionst Introduced by David Jacobs
Producer CAROLE STONE
BBC Bristol
True Grit (9) long wave only
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Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
