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 John Timpson
With LIBBY PURV&S including at
6.45* Prayer for the Day With CANON FRANK WRIGHT
7.1, 8.0 Today's News Read by john MARSH
7.30, 8.38 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
plus Dr Anthony Clare , Russell Davies , Fran Mor rison in Edinburgh, and Gerry Monte in Cardiff.
A live talk show that each week features a celebrity birthday interview and the intriguing personal story or unusual views of other studio guests.
Live musical interludes by THE BOWLES BROTHERS Producer MICHAEL EMIBER long wave only
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NEM, p 106; The God of love my Shepherd is (BBC HB 474): Psalm 121; Matthew 7. vv 13-29 (AV); Father all-seeing. friend of all creation (BBC HB 385)
The Coll Doll by WALTER MACKEN
Read by Mark Mulholland ' She was a nice little thing, maybe 17 or so she reminded me of one of those colleen dolls you see in boxes, in shop windows.'
Producer JUDITH ELLIOTT BBC Northern Ireland long wave onlu
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Story: Wriggly Worm's Happy Birthday by EUGENIE SUMMERFIELD long wave only
Presenters George Lnee and Sue Cook ,
Information, views and advice for the home and family. Today JILL TODD helps you save money with the latest food news and prices in the BBC Shopping Basket.
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Presented by Robin Day
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Introduced by Sue MacGregor
It's Been a Hard Dan's Work: for those familiar faces on your TV screen. 4 Yesterday Sue Lawley was presenting a picture of life Nationwide, and afterwards chatted about her day's work with HELEN PALMER.
Talking Point: opinions and ideas ...
A Shilling's Worth of Hut: JILL COCHRANE talks tO Ascot's most flamboyant hatter.
Reading Your Letters.
Summer in Shades: RICHARD VAUGHAN finds out all about sunglasses.
North and South (7) long wave only
The weekend's listening on Radio 4UK
Live from the House of Commons
A Day at Sea by ELIZABETH KAY
A sequel to last Saturday's play Somebody Else's Smile, which ended with the donation of a minibus to the geriatric wing of a mental hospital. This enables the old ladies to go on their first outing for years - a trip to Brighton. But the outside world can be a frightening place ...
Directed by CHERRY COOKSON Patricia Hayes is in Filumena ' at the Lyric lheatre, London)
Stories of the Royal Navy 3: The Look
with Robert Williams and Susannah Simons
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5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
Chairman Robert Robinson 17: Second Round. London DAVID GODDARD, librarian: PETER BROWN , journalist; JOHN KIRKBY , retired director; OLGA EVANS
Including Beat the Brains Devised by JOHN p. WYNN Questions set by IAN GILLIES and JOAN CLARK Producer RicHARD EDIS
Written by KEITH MILES
(Repeated: Fri 1040 pm) Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham
Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi
John Steane introduces the recording of this opera with Maria Callas
Richard Tucker and Tilo Gubbi
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with the CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF LA SCALA, MILAN conducted by TULLIO SERAFIN gramophone records
Douglas Stuart reporting with voices and opinions from around the world
A selection of listeners' letters continuing the discussion in last Friday's Any Questionst Introduced by David Jacobs
Producer PAMELA ROWE BBC Bristol
The Third Policeman (9) long wave only
Radio 4's International Business Report; Market Trends long wave only
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
