News, weather, papers and sport
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What Britain is getting up to. Two hours of news and views from home and arcund the world. presented by Brian Redhead with LIBBY PURVES Including at
6.45* Prayer for the Day with PEGGY MAKINS
7.0, 8.0 Today's News . Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.30, 8.30 News Headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
... English teeth, hero's teeth, Hear them click and clack Let's sing a song of praise to them, Three cheers for the brown, grey and black. (SPIKE MILLIGAN)
Teeth, gums, dentures, caps, bridges, straightening, fluoride, plaque, toothpastes, diet, dental phobia, preventive dentistry, anaesthetics, dental services.... if you have a query about any of these, or the many other aspects of dentistry, then ring Sue MacGregor and guests: Tom Dowell, Area Dental Officer for Avon: and Richard Miller-Yardley, dental practitioner. Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Lines are open from 8.0 am long wave only
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A chance for network listeners to hear some of the material from local and regional broadcasting, selected and presented by Bob Langley Producer JANE MARSHALL BBC Birmingham long wave only
NEM, page 67: Praise ye the Lord (BBC HB 280); Psalm 146; Acts 19, vv 11-20 (Rsv);. Ye servants of the Lord (BBC HB 372)
A Kind of Heaven by TOM BESTWICK
Read by William Eedle
' You talked about hardship, lad. I wonder if you really know what the word means. No... it is. or it used to be, the difference between living, and dying of starvation. Simple as that.'
Producer MITCH RAPER long wave only
New Signals by CHRISTOPHER JONES
A railwayman recalls his poignant struggle against early retirement - forced on him after 40 years of loyal service.
Directed by BERNARD KRICHEFSKI long wave only
'... she was jealous above all of his long correspondence with the critics editor of the Weekend American: " this Susan person ". The Professor protested in vain that their letters were on purely literary topics. Gloria was welcome to read them whenever she wanted to. she never wanted to, though she often did.'
Frederic Raphael reads his own short story.
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Story: Bertie Button's Adventure by VAL ANNAN long wave only
Presenters Nancy Wise and Bill Breckon
Presented by Robin Day
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor
Seaside Special (2): Brighton or Brighthelmstone. ANNE CATCHPOLE has been taking the waters at our oldest seaside resort. There and Back: Richard JAMESON travels to the other side of sanity.
Children's Books and Writers: book critic ELAINE moss talks about publications and personalities in the children's book world. The Lord of the Fishes: FRENA BLOOMFIELD has been on the Jesus trail - in India.
Tortoise By Candlelight (6) long wave only
Live from the House of Commons
7: Nothing but the Truth, Almost
4.30 Announcements
Kai Lung Stories by ERNEST BRAMAH
Chang Too , Melodious Vision and the Dragon (1)
Presented by Robert Williams and Susannah Simons
5.55 Weather; programme news
A panel game whose unruly members are occasionally kept in disorder by the Chairman. Nicholas Parsons and in which Kenneth Williams. Peter Jones. Derek Nimmo and Ray Alan endeavour to prevent each other talking for just a minute on this -or that.
Devised by IAN MESSITER Producer DAVID HATCH
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pm)
Presented by Peter Oppenheimer with reports by STEVE BRADSHAW and DAVID HEN-SHAW. Editor COLIN ADAMS BBC Manchester
Does alcohol consumed during pregnancy adversely affect the unborn child? Will man be able to live and work in space for long periods of time? Could coal be mined chemically by converting it into gas while still under the ground? Are the adornmento on Gothic cathedrals ornamental or functional?
Geoff Watts presents a report from the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. held recently in Houston. Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT
David Winter reports on today's proceedings
Presenter Michael Oliver Producer CHRIS SWANN
9.59 Weather
Anthony Howard reporting
says Cardew Robinson to Tom Mennard Jan Harding and Peter Robinson KEN FRITII (piano)
Producer MIKE CRAIG BBC Manchester
The Bottle Factory Outing (7) long ware only
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Weather report; forecast followed by an inferlude
