News, weather, papers and sport
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What Britain is getting up to. Two hours of news and views from home and around the world. Presented by Brian Redhead with LIBBY PURVES including at
5.45* Prayer for the Day With THE REV
ROGER GRAINGER
7.0. 8.0 Today's News Read by JOHN MARSH
7.39.8.5lNewsheadlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
by the Labour Party
Throughout the General Election campaign, you can put your questions live by telephone to leading politicians. As the campaign progresses, you can raise the issues you feel are the most important.
Ring Robin Day to put your questions to the Labour Party on their policies and their views of the other parties' policies.
Producers WALTER WALLICH and JOCK GALLAGHER Editor BERNARD TATE
Lines are open from 8.0 am
NEM, p 9; My God, my King, thy various praise (BBC HB 13); Psalm 65; 1 Peter 2, w 13-25 (NEB); The spacious firmament on high (BBC HB 21)
The Young Prestidigitator by PAT BURCHARD
Read by June Barrie
' " This," he said, pointing to the box of tricks, " is a high class magician's outfit...."
Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol
Policies Before Parties
Story: The Singing Grandma of Tring by BONNY CRAWLEY
Including today:
The BBC Shopping Basket Presenters Sue Cook and George Luce
'twixt
Eleanor Suramerfield Gillian Reynolds and David Nixon Tim Rice
Tune Twisters from Steve Race
In the Chair Key Plomley
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Introduced by June Knox-Mawer
European Partners : LIZ MARDALL follows the young footballers of Oadby and Wigston as they compete against Maromme, their twinned town in France. Reading Your Letters.
A View from the Continent: a regular reflection of events and reactions in the rest of Europe.
Maybe I Can Help . . .? WENDY GRLENGROSS With some of your problems. Dig a Little Deeper (6)
Mary French, author of A Victorian Village, and Crispin Gill , Editor of The Countryman, discuss rural life at the turn of the century against a background of interviews with inhabitants of the Cornish village of Quethiock.
Produced and presented by ANTHONY PARKIN
BBC Birmingham
Caledonian Cascade by ALMA CULLEN with and ' Now it's the turn of the lovely Heather, modelling for the Heady Caprice team from Edinburgh. Are you a professional model, Heather, or is this just a spare time activity? '
Psychiatrist/ Commentator JOHN SHEDDON Directed by STEWART CONN BBC
Scotland
The Europeans (4)
Presented by Robert Williams and Susannah Simons
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5.55 Weather; programme news
Written by KEITH MILES
(Repeated: Friday 1.40 pm) Cast for the week
BBC Birmingham
The last of seven programmes on The Englishman Abroad compiled and presented by Anthony Thwaite , with the poems read by GARY WATSON 7: Japan
Producer FRASER STEEL BBC Manchester
A concert including two of the memorable recordings they made together during the 1930s.
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 5, in c major
NEW PHILRARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
Glazunov Violin Concerto in A minor (mono)
JASCHA HEIFETZ LONDON PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
Sibelius Symphony No 7, in c major
HALLE ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
4: The Grand Tour
John Julius Norwich narrates the fourth of six programmes tracing the travelling habits of the English abroad, from Tudor times to the 19th century.
Readers LEONARD FENTON and PHILIP SULLY Written by MARY ANNE EVANS
Producer BRIAN COOK
Part 2
Elgar Serenade for strings
SINFONIA OF LONDON conducted by SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major (mono)
JASCHA HEIFETZ LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI gramophone records
A nightly review of books, films, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions.
Presenter Paul Vaughan Producer
RICHARD BANNERMAN
9.59 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting
A selection of listeners* letters continuing the discussion in last Friday's Any Questions? Introduced by David Jacobs
Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
Sketches from a Hunter's Album
4: The Bear translated by CHARLES HEPBURN ANDNATASHA HEPBURN long wave only
Radio 4's International Business Report; Market Trends long wave only
Extracts from the day's major speeches recorded at campaign meetings. Presented by John Hosken
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
