Presented from the South East by BRYAN PLATT
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Presented by Brian Redhead with I.IBBY PURVES Including at
6.45* Prayer for the Day with ANN HORSPIELD
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by COLIN DORAN
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
2: The Blessing
Read by Richard Pasco abridged by MYRA BEATON
I I do a lot of blessing myself,' the old man said.
'It's when you want to love and you can't manage it. You stretch out your hands and you say God forgive me that I can't love but bless this thing anyway.'
Farming
Farming today means big business! In fact, it is Britain's biggest industry and half of our land is used for agricultural purposes of one kind or another. Although we import about half of our lamb and bacon, farming efficiency means we are self-sufficient in the production of beef. veal and poultry. But it is this ' efficiency' that often leads to a lack of understanding between ' town and ' country ' people.
In the studio this morning to answer your questions on farming, are Mary Cherry , who has visited farms all over the world; and Geoff Ballard , who has a 600-acre mixed farm near Worcester. In the Chair
Sue MacGregor Produced by Woman's Hour Unit Lines are open from
8.0 am long wave only from 9.40
(Brass Tacks tonight at
8.10 BBC2)
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A chance for network listeners to hear some of the material from local and regional broadcasting, selected and presented hy Bob Langley Producer JANE MARSHALL BBC Birmingham long wave only
NEM, p 62; Father of peace (BBC HB 488); Psalm 25, vv 1-10; Romans 2, v 25 to 3. v 9 (rsv); God of grace and God of glory (BBC HB 391)
White Wedding by CLIVE RICHE
Read by Thora Hird
'Our Sal's been out with some right berks. Pardon the language, but it's true. Don't know where she gets her taste from. I mean, she's not what you'd call unattractive, is she? If she wasn't working in the chicken factory, she'd be a model down Soho Street or Re-gent Circus.'
Producer MITCH RAPER long wave only
The Fighting Man by SARAH SHAW with Eight years have passed since the conquest of England by Duke William of Normandy in 1066 and still there are pockets of resistance. All attempts to subdue them seem to be failing. Why?
Directed by KAY PATRICK long wave only
Presented by Caroline Parsons
Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol long wave only
Story: The Maypole by EUGENIE SUMMERFIELD
Presenters Sue Cook and George Lure
Editor JOHN TURTLE
Presented by Brian Widlake
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with Sue MacGregor
A Month Under a Sheep Hair Tent: ANGELA CHELL lived with a family of camel-nomads in Western Sudan.
Reading Your Letters.
Pick of the Paperbacks: chosen by JUNE KNOX-MAWER. EDWARD BLISHEN.
A Plain Woman's Guide to ... : Royal Commissions, as explained by SARAH HOGG , Economics Editor of The Economist. Stories by W. Somerset Maugham
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The celebrated operatic soprano whose greatest role was Turandot looks back over a glittering career in conversation with Teleri Bevan. Now in her 80s Dame Eva is still actively involved in musical activities.
Producer TELERI BEVAN
(First broadcast on Radio Wales)
4: The Good Ship Rose
Vile Bodies
2: Life at Lottie Crump 's
Presented by Robert Williams and John Parry
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5.55 Weather; programme news
Chairman
Nicholas Parsons with Kenneth Williams Clement Freud
Kenneth Robinson and Miriam MargAlyes Devised by IAN MESSITER Producer DAVID HATCH
(Postponed from 3 April) (Repeated: Thurs at 12.27)
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pm)
Presented by Peter Oppenheimer with reports by STEVE BRAD-SHAW and DAVID HENSHAW Editor COLIN ADAMS BBC Manchester
Attach a small magnet to the side of a pigeon's head, and it cannot navigate on cloudy days. Demagnetise a bee, and it will fail to recognise its own hive. What is the source and function of these magnetic effects?
Dr Jim Gould of the Department of Biology at Princeton University, in conversation with Peter Evans , explains the causes of this type of animal magnetism.
Producer GEOFF DEEHAN
Presenter
Paul Gambacctnl
Producer ANNE THEROUX
Anthony Howard reporting
(Revised repeat of Saturday's broadcast at 12.27)
Lord Arthur Savilc's Crime (2)
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Four programmes on how Parliament works presented by Anthony Howard
1: Across the Despatch Box Question Time is perhaps the most publicised hour of the parliamentary day, and twice a week it provides a stage for the ritual clash of Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition. Series producer
GRAHAM TAYAR (Repeat)
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
