News. weather, papers and sport
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Presented by John Timpson in Margate for the Liberal Party Assembly and Brian Redhead in London
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV AUSTEN WILLIAMS
7.0, 8.0 Today's News Read by HARRIET CASS
7.30. 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
8. Anchor Man
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What Sort of Winter'
Concluding the present series in the week that sees the start of the party political conference season, BBC Economics Editor Dominick Harrod talks to the policy-makers and others, about the economic prospects ahead. long wave only
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NEM, p 79; Let us. with a gladsome mind (BBC HB 461); Psalm 148; Wisdom of Solomon 3. vv 1-9 (Rsv); 0 food of men i BBC HB 209)
The Sound of Silence by PENNY JONES
Read by Hugh Dickson
'Though the waiter's presence infiltrated so much of his life, Gruber had rarely set eyes on him. He was a shadow on the stairs, a slightly stooping figure turning the corner. Gruber didn't want to know him.' long wave only
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News, views and advice for consumers.
Presenters Sue Cook and Andy Price
I Broadcast Mon 6.30 pm)
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and voices and topics in and behind the headlines. Presented hy Brian Widlake
by the Conservative Party
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Introduced by Jill Cochrane
Guest of the Week:
Phyllis George. General
Surgeon and member of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Reading Your Letters.
Desert Island People 2): JEAN ROOK makes her choice of would-be companions for a desert island.
Family Forum: DR DAVID HARVEY and a Woman's Hour listener discuss aspects of bringing up babies with jill BURRIDGE. A Pause for Breath (7) long wave only
The Users by BILL CORRIGAN
When Tom 's girl Jill leaves him and shows up on his parents' doorstep, they little realise the effect the bust-up has on their own relationship ...
Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol
from York Minster
Responses (Jackson)
Psalm 119, vv 145-176 (Parratt, Barnby, Gaunt-lett, Martin)
Readings (Rsv): Proverbs 10, vv 1-12; I Corinthians 13
Canticles (Wood in E flat) Anthem: Christ the fair glory of the holy angels (Bullock)
Organist FRANCIS JACKSON Assistant organist
JOHN SCOTT-WHITELEY BBC Manchester
All Done from Memory 3)
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5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
A panel game devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON
Dilvs Powell and Frank Muir challenge Antonia Fraser and Denis Norden In the Chair
John Julius Norwich
Questions compiled by PETER MOORE
BBC Birmingham
(Repeated: Fri 12.27 pm)
Repeated: Thurs 1.40 pm)
Action Desk Edition in which the Checkpoint team take on bureaucracy and business to solve listeners' problems. Presented by Vincent Kane
'Repeated: Thurs 10.5 am)
(1860-1909)
Devised and written by TRADER FAULKNER
Presented by Dorothy Tutin and Trader Faulkner
Isaac Albéniz was one of the first composers to give modern Spanish music its strongly racial and national identity. His life was a colourful one, verging at times even on the melodramatic as he travelled the world giving piano recitals. His genius, however, was neglected in his home country until after his death.
With the voices of PETER BALDWIN , JOHN BOTT , JOHN BULL , PETRA DAVIES , MARTIN FRIEND and ROGER HAMMOND Directed by MAURICE LEITCH ( Dorothy Tutin is a National Theatre player)
Presented by Peter Oppenheimer
Twenty years after the revolution Steve Bradshaw reports on life in Castro's Cuba, and on how this small Caribbean island has assumed a major role on the world stage.
Producer STUART SIMON Editor COLIN ADAMS BBC Manchester
'Repeated: Thurs 11.0am)
A nightly arts review.
Presenter Jacky Gillett Producer ANNE WINDER
Douglas Stuart reporting with voices and opinions from around the world.
The Drowned World (3) long wave only
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Edward Cole presents sequence of music [or late-night listening.
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
