6.25 Shipping forecast long wave only
Presented by Brian Redhead with LIBBY PURVES including at
6.45. Prayer for the Day with THE REV TONY BRETHERTON
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read hy EUGENE FRASER
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45- Thought for the Day
HorseSense
Thinking of learning to ride and wondering how to start: of buying and what to choose; of training and how to begin: of a riding holiday and how to prepare? Or just spectating and curious about faults and fences; bits and bridles? Whatever your interest in horses, international show jumper Judy Crago and Michael Clayton , Editor of Horse and Hound, will be on hand to answer your questions. In the Chair
Sue MacGregor produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
Lines are open from 8.0 am
A chance for network listeners to hear some of the material from local and regional broadcasting selected and presented by Gill Pyrab
Producer JANE MARSHALL BBC Birminohom
NEM'p P 118; Come, let us to the Lord our God (BBC HB 487); Psalm 91; Matthew 15, vv 29-39
(AV); Soldiers of Christ, arise (BBC HB 366)
Alicky's Watch by FRED URQUHART
Read by Fraser Kerr
'"I I must say it's a damned cauld draughty cemetery yon ". Uncle Andrew said. was right glad when Mr Ogil vie stopped haverin' and we got down to business. I was thinkin' I'd catch my death o' cauld if he yapped on much longer,''
Timothy Bateson in Good to be Alive by DAVID WHEELER
Leonard has been forced to retire early from his Civil Service job, and finds himself at a loose end in the seaside town where he lives. Loneliness could be depressing; ill-health could make things worse - but Leonard is an optimist at heart.
Directed by MARGARET ETALL
(A sequel to 'Leonard', broadcast in 1977)
Story: Jacko by JEAN SUTCLIFPI
Presenters Sue Cuok and George Luce
Presented by Robin Day
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
with Sue MacGregor
Treat Yourself ... to Aroma Therapy: JUNE KNOX-MAWER enjoys an indulgence - no expense spared. A Plain Woman's Guide.... to Quangos: as explained by DAVID HENCKE , Planning Correspondent of The Guardian.
The Great Wail of China: BOB PRIZEMAN investigates the music that sounds so strange to Western ears. Betty Ford's Ghost: PAT ROWE talks to CHRIS CHASE about the art of writing other people's autobiographies.
Dr Nina and the Panther (5)
Forthcoming drama
Live from the House of Commoni
by ANTHONY POWELL starring
2: A Question of Upbringing
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD
4.30 Announcements
A Rogue's Life (2)
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather: programme news
including Financial Report
Celia Haddon
Graeme Garden
Peter Porter and Dick Vosburgh are quizzed on sayings funny and fatuous - taken from books, journals and walls, or simply overheard.
' Misquotation is the pride and privilege of the learned.'
(HESKEHT PEARSON)
Quotations read by RONALD FLETCHER
Devised and presented by NIGEL REES Producer
GEOFFREY PERKINS
(Rptd: Thurs at 12.27 pm) Peter Porter on Saturday's Prom: page 22
(Repeated: Wed 1.40 pm)
It used to be called 'Scripture' or ' Divinity and for most people it meant the missionary journeys of St Paul or learning the Beatitudes by heart. But its modern successor, ' Religious Education is under attack, its critics claiming that it is badly taught, boring and inappropriate in a largely secular society. Robert Foxcroft talks to the experts and the consumers, and ventures into the classroom, to find out whether there is a future for RE in the school curriculum. Readers Cass Allen and Donald Bissett
Producer DAVID WINTER
A fresh look at the musical Presented by Denis Quilley
With Roy Spencer and Gregory de Polnay
(Shortened repeat)
Presented by Peter Evans and Geoff Watts
A monthly review of recent discoveries in science, medicine and technology.
Producer ALISON RICHARDS
Presenter Jacky Gillott Producer ANNE WINDER
9.59 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting
starring Ronnie Barker a)so featuring Terence Brady Pauline Yates and John Graham with Gordon Langford at the piano
The lines are contributed by TONY BILBOW and MIKE FENTIMAN , GUY BOAS, TERENCE BRADY, DAVID CLlMIE , JOHN GRAHAM , CHARLES GRIFFIN , KEVIN PAUL , HAROLD ARPTHORP, ALLAN SCOTT and CHRIS BRVANT , PETER SPENCE and GERALD WILEY. Producer
JOHN FAWCETT WILSON
(First broadcast in 1972)
The Secret Sharer (2) long wave only
long wave only
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
