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The Chinese People's Republic will celebrate its 30th birthday on Monday - three decades of vast change. How far are those changes likely to go in the years ahead? What can we expect from China as she opens her doors wider to the West? What do we find there today?
Libby Purves , and resident correspondent Philip Short , will tell us from Peking this morning and next Monday.
Co-presenting the programme in London, John Timpson
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV RICHARD HARRIES
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.30, 8.31 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day
Written and read by CHRISTOPHER MATTHEW
A concluding episode from the life and times of Simon Crisp
10: Amazing Revelations Producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT (Starting next Tuesday: Walden by Thoreau)
Popular classics on records presented by Richard Baker
(Revised repeat of Saturday's broadcast at 7.30 pm) long wave only
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BBC Correspondents throughout the world talk about the countries they work in. Producer PADDY O'KEEFFE long wave only
nem, p 89; Awake our souls (BBC HB 300); Psalm 118 w 1-14; Wisdom of Solomon 7. vv 1-14 (RSV); put thou thy trust in God (BBC HB 313)
Timosnenko by IAIN CRICHTON SMITH Read by Tom Watson
' There was no point in going for a doctor; he was obviously dead: even I could tell that. She sat like a child, her knees close together, her hands folded in her lap.' Producer PATRICK RAYNER BBC Scotland long wave only
Brian Johnston recently visited Bristol Zoo
Producer ANTHONY SMITH BBC Bristol
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11.40 Announcements long wave only
Story: The Early Worm by EUGENIE SUMMERFIELD Presenters NERYS HUGHES and TONY AITKEN
Written by TONY AITKEN producer JANET BOULDING
(From next Monday Listen with Mother will be at 3.2 pm) long wave only
News, views and advice for consumers.
Presenters Sue Cook and Andy Price
Stereo
12.55 Weather; programme news: long wave only
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Introduced from Birmingham by Maureen Staffer
Babies for Sale: The National Association for the Childless has begun a survey of cases where babies are being bought and sold. What are the issues involved? And what are the dangers?
The Archers-Fiji Style: TONY PARKIN has recently returned from the island of Fiji where he acted as a consultant on agricultural broadcasting. One of his schemes was to introduce a South Seas version of The Archers.
Education for Tomorrow: DAVID LLOYD reports on how computers are being used increasingly in schools with the aim of producing a ' computer-literate' generation for the future.
BBC Birmingham
A Pause for Breath (9) long wave only
Tissue by LOUISE PAGE with Jennie Linden as Sally FLEUR : Sally, if you don't pull yourself together now, it's going to be too late. Okay, so there are people out there. Millions of them and thousands of those are women without breasts. What makes you exceptional?
SALLY: They look at me.
FLEUR: So they don't bump into you, Sally. Come on. . Directed by VANESSA WHITBURN
, BBC Birmingham
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
All Done from Memory (5)
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5.55 Weather; programme news
including Financial Report
Simon Neave brings you stories behind the scenes in the world of travel and transport.
Editor ROGER MACDONALD
(Rptd: Mon at 1.40 pm)
by Margaret Howard Producer
PHYLLIS ROBINSON
(Repeated: Sat 10.45 am)
A personal portrait
Diana Dors
Arthur Scargill Michael Barratt Lord Robens tackle the issues raised by the audience in Cotgrave, Nottingham.
Chairman David Jacobs Producer CAROLE STONE BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Sat 1.10 pm)
Listeners' views /or use in Any Answers? on Thursday at 4.15, to Any Answersf, BBC, Bristol BSS 2LR
with Michael Billlngton Producer
RICHARD BANNERMAN
9.59 Weather
Douglas Stuart reporting
An irreverently critical look back at the week's news with David Jason , Bill Wallis
David Tate. Sheila Steafel and THE DAVIS FIRMAN TRIO Written by GUY JENKIN , JOHN LANGDON , RICHARD QUICK, ROGER WODDIS , JER-EMY BROWNE , BARRY BOWES , GEOFFREY ATKINSON
Producer GRIFF rhys JONES (Rptd: Saturday 5.25 pm) Woddis On ... : page 21
Dr John Rae
' A man was travelling from Pimlico to Battersea when he fell among muggers ... '
BBC Manchester
The Drowned World (5) long wave only
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at the Archive Auction, chooses the recordings he would most like to own.
Producer JOHN KNIGHT
The En-suite Bathroom by WILLIAM HUMBLE with Garrick llagon as Alan Josic Kidd as Helen and Steve Hudson as Joe It's so much more convenient to have a bathroom en-suite with your bedroom, and anyway, so many people have them nowadays it's not really a question of keeping up with the Jones's. But there are problems, of course, as Alan and Helen discover. Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
